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- 136 - NAYAB AMINULLAH KHAN LOGARI. THE KHAN - The Governor - Aminullah. Nayabut Saltanuh, The National Hero. ARTICLE: THIRTY SIXTH In the 18th and the 19th century of Afghan history, men have arisen whose great deeds have not been made known as they ought to have been known. From amongst such is one named Nayab Aminullah Khan Logari, who from his early age till he attained the age of sixty years, having in view the good of the country and its people, had been engaged in all battles against the invaders of this country. His activities during the First Afghan War proclaim his selfless devotion to the cause of his country. His name as the great and gallant warrior and defender of his people shall always remain in the annals of our country, and his name shall be remembered as an honoured one for ever. One of the leaders of the nation, who during the later years of the Saduzi dynasty, and during the uprisings of the Barakzais, from the later years of the rule of Zaman Shah son of Timour Shah down to the end of the second period of rule of Amir Dost Mohamed Khan - that is for sixty years - during the Anglo-Afghan War, is to be respected and whose name shall always stand out with greatness and renown amongst the ranks of nobles and leaders of this nation, was undoubtedly Nayab Aminullah Khan Baraki, otherwise known as Nayab Aminullah Khan Logari. He it was that held himself aloof from the weekness of self-seeking when men fought and battled for self-aggrandisement, when they struggled for a place for themselves in the troublous times of the invasions of the foreigners, when groups and individuals battered at the door of fame or sunk into oblivion in quest of self-interest during the turns and twists of the 19th, century of political turmoil in this country. This noble man was born in a village called Baraki Rajan of Logar in the year 1197. A. H, which was the 11th year of the reign of Timour Shah Saduzi. His mother was