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It is rlated that as soon as the news of the death of Sirdar Mohamed Azeem Khan reeched Kandahar; Sirdar Pur Dil Khan immediately resolved to set out for Kablul. He took his brother Mihr Dil Khan with him. Ayub Shah was still unceartain of his son Prince Ismail whose hands were stained with the blood of the rival of his father, overcome by his greed, persuaded his father Ayub Shah to kill Habiullah Khanl and to secure the vast riches of the son of Sirdar Mohamed Azeem Khan. Ayub Khan, however, did not agree to the scheme. Meantime Pur Dil Khan appeared in the arena and atonce desired that the king should see him at Bala Hisar. Ayub Shah agreed to grant the intervew, but made the conditon that he should come alone; and during the audience there should be no one else withh him The gateway of Bala Hisar was opened, and a number of the companions of Pur Dill Khan most of them being Kohstanis entered along with Sirdr Pur Dil Khan in the citedal, and attacked the district of the Arabs. In front of the gateway, which lead to the king's own palace the same scene was hnacted; so that in place of Pur Dil Khan alone shoule have entered, Michr Dil Khan and a number of sundry followers also entered the Royal precints; ans actually arrived at the place where Ayub Shah and his son prince Ismail were awaiting their solitary guest. Ordinary conversation soon led to heated scenes, and certin indications of bad temper on the part of the Sirdars, made the king and his son rather doubtful of their designs. As they were fully prepred for any trouble, they levelled the barrels of their guns against the chests of the sirdars; but the followers soon dvierted the guns away from the dirction of the Sirdars; so that the Audience Hall was transfered to a scene of massacre; and as the result of the use of firing, the king and the prince and one other person was killed and another was killed and another was wounded. The whole situation was disturbed. Then they fell upon the king; in the melee the prince Ismail was killed and the king was flung into dungen; of the Bala Hisar citedal. As a result of this tragedy, one of the most dreadful acts aginst the last smallest Saduzi was ended. The king was subjected to all sorts of cruelitirs till he had to pay one lakh of rupees to Sirdat Pur Dil Khan; and a man by the name of
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