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against his king. He then went further and kept back all revenues
which were due to the central Government.
As soon as these unseeming activities of Azad Khan reached
the ears of the king in Afghanistan, he sent an officer, one named
Mir Mohamed Ali Khan, known as Kifayat Khan to give "good ad-
vice" to the rebel. The king's messenger, due to his wisdom mana-
ged to persuade the rebel to come to his senses, and not to indulge
in such acts against the government. He also advised him to send
three lakhs of rupees to Afghanistan and be received at the king's
audience.
The "rebel" governor had hardly emerged from Kashmir, when
the king heard further reports against Azad Khan from the lips of
his brothers namely Murtaza Khan and Zaman Khan, who had been
asked by their brother-the governor of Kashmir-to leave Kashmir,
and who had taken refuge at the Afghan court. The king became
enraged against Azad Khan and commanded that thirty thousand
fighting men should immediately be go to Kashmir and that Azad
Khan should be punished. The kings's army encamped Kashmir on
the outskirts of a village named Nakli on the banks of the river
Muzaffarabad. It so happened that Azad Khan at that time was on
the other side of the river in the house of his father in law. A
battle, therefore took place between the troops of the king and the
Kashmirees. Mullah Azam Khan, the commander of Kashmir troops
was killed and the king's troops were victorious. Two thousand
men of Azad Khan were drowned in the river at Muzarffabad, and
the rebel governor wanted to flee, but his cousin, one named Pahlawan
Khan dissuaded him and Made him withstand the onslaught,so that by
repeated attempts at fighting, the rebel's troops steadily achieved the
upper hand, and the king's forces were defeated. Having gained victory
Azad Khan returned to Kashmir and the king's men retreated to Kabul.
It is related that during this fighting the Yusuf Zai clans,
and those of Peshawar, showed loyalty to the Saduzai kings' cause.
One of them Syed Olul Shah belonging to the clan of Utman Khail
fought so gallantly, despite many wounds, that he was brought be-
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