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KABUL
{g. Expedition against the Afghan clans.)
{Feb. 8th) On Tuesday the 7th of the month the begs and the Dilazak Afghan headmen were summoned, and, after consultation, matters were left at this: "The year is at its end,1 only a few days of the Fish are left; the plainsmen have carried in all their corn ; if we went now into Sawad, the army would dwindle through getting no corn. The thing to do is to march along the Ambahar and Pam-manI road, cross the Sawad-water above Hash-nagar, and surprise the Yusuf-zal and Muhammadl Afghans who are located in the plain over against the Yus\ifzal sangur of Mahura. Another year, coming earlier in the harvest-time, the Afghans of this place must be our first thought," So the matter was left.
{Feb. 9th) Next day, Wednesday, we bestowed horses and robes on SI. Wais and SI. 'Ala'u'u-dln of Sawad, gave them leave to go, marched off ourselves and dismounted over against Bajaur.
{Feb. roth) We marched next day, leaving Shah Mansur's daughter in Bajaur-fort until the return of the army. We dismounted after passing Khwaja Khizr, and from that camp leave was given to Khwaja Kalan; and the heavy baggage, the wornout horses and superfluous effects of the army were started off into Lamghan by the Kunar road.
{Feb. nth) Next morning Khwaja Mlr-i-mlran was put in charge of the camel baggage-train and started off by the Qurgha-tfl and Darwaza road, through the Qara-kupa-pass. Riding light for the raid, we ourselves crossed the Ambaharpass, and yet another great pass, and dismounted at Panl-mali nearer a the Afternoon Prayer. Aughan-blrdl was sent forward with a few others to learn 3 how things were.
{Feb. 12th) The distance between us and the Afghans being short, we did not make an early start. Aughan-birdI came back at breakfast-time.4 He had got the better of an Afghan
1 Perhaps the end of the early spring-harvest and the spring harvesting-year. It is not the end of the campaigning year, manifestly ; and it is at the beginning of both the solar and lunar years.
' Perhaps, more than half-way between the Mid-day and Afternoon Prayers. So too in the annals of Feb. 12th.
3 til alghali (Pers. zaban-giti), a new phrase in the B. N.
* chasht, which, being half-way between sunrise and the meridian, is a variable hour.
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