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in this matter was the Czarist regime of Russia. It is a time, too, when the question of the possession of Herat had assumed an international aspect; so that the progress of imperialist designs of Russia and England, in Central Asia and India had arrived at a pass that it was feared that one day soon the two expansionist forces must collide some where in the neighbourhood of Centrl Asia. There is no doubt that the Saduzais of Herat, and Persian Kachars from Ghouristan to Herat had come into conflict with eachother in Afghanistan; but the expansionist policies of Russia and of England were rather more interested in the historical situation of Herat as a point of geography and politcal location. The Russians assisted the Kachars as against the Saduzais; and the English were in favour of these Saduzais; so the political helpers, and even military helpers of each these European dowers were assisting each group. Both the Russians and the English were ever in quest of approaching Amir Doust Mohamed Khan and Sirdar Kundil Khan, through sending their varous delegations, letters and envoys to win these two Sirdars to their respective sides. Great political manoeuvres, political rivalry was the scene in Central Asia of the period.
Inspite of the fact that the Killa of Ghuyans fell in to the hands of the Kachars; and the Persian soldiers reached upto the citidal walls under ther Russian officers; and Herat was besseiged for ten months, and that on account of lack of rations King Kamran did in effect opened negotiations for peace, yet Wazir Yar Mohamed Khan Alkozai and showed great resistence; and Pottinger, who was an English Agent, gave great hopes to Kamran in Herat. The result of it all was that Herat was not conquered by the Persians and that fatal hour was passed. Pressure was brought to bear upon Persia by the English at Bundar Abbas, so that the Persian king's forces has to retire from their ten months seige of Herat and returned to Tehran.
After replusing the foreign attacks, Kamran and his minister Yar Mohamed Khan converged their attention quite definitely toward the internal enemies of their own. The king, however, was now getting rather anxious about the growing power of his minister; and
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