This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1858 edition. Excerpt: ...submitting, and who affected to act in the name of the Shah Kamran, were daily intriguing, and tried frequently to give the city up to the besiegers; so that but a handful of brave Afghans were frequently obliged to repel the attacks from the enemy outside the walls, and those from their countrymen ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1858 edition. Excerpt: ...submitting, and who affected to act in the name of the Shah Kamran, were daily intriguing, and tried frequently to give the city up to the besiegers; so that but a handful of brave Afghans were frequently obliged to repel the attacks from the enemy outside the walls, and those from their countrymen within as well; but this contest was of short duration, for the traitors, seeing the fruitlessness of their disloyalty, took refuge in the camp of Mohamed Shah, with the exception of their nominal chief Shah Kamran, who was imprisoned and closely watched in the citadel, where he could get drunk at his ease; he ceased not to urge the surrender of the place, but, though Yar Mohamed treated him with external respect, it was long since he had paid the least regard to his commands. Amongst the Afghans who had joined the Persian army were Djelat Eddin Mirza, a son, and the Serdar Chems Eddin Khan, a brother-in-law, of the Shah Kamran; the former was governor of MR. M'NEIL IN THE PERSIAN CAMP. Chap. XVII. Subzawar, the latter of Furrah, fortified places south of Herat. They had brought with them 1000 Popolzyes and Noorzyes, who were a valuable reinforcement to the Persians; also 2000 Hazarahs of Kalehnoon, who, by the clever policy of Assaf Dooulet, the maternal uncle of Mohamed Shah, were attached to the Persian party. This welcome addition to his forces saved the king from the necessity of raising the siege so soon as from the utterly destitute state of his army he must otherwise have done, and he afterwards proved his gratitude to these chiefs by bestowing lucrative grants upon all, and continuing their rank in the Persian army when they followed him in his retreat. It has been stated that General Simonitch and Mr. M'Neil had remained at Teheran...
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