Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-08-06
AfGHANlSTAN.
The New !Amccr. Ills Relations 10 the
Russian Government.
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The New Amccr. Ills Relations 10 tho
Russian Government.
New York Herald
Tho father Of the AndurMnman was
Mahommcd Atul Khan eldest son Of
the Dos Mahommed; hut ON his wife's
side he has ropulkai blood in his veins.
In lS6SGl, whom the death of the nost
had rendered the throne vacant, Afsul
Khan, Ms eldest son Of the deceased
Amccr objected to his claims being set
aside i'll favor OF his Younger half
brother, Shcrc Aiand soon tho country
was in n state Vt civil war, Ahdurrah-
man was placed 10y his father in charge
of hkhtipul III rukcstan, and SLOWED
some genius us soldier, hut was event
uallv Obliged to confess himself beaten
Ivy Shcre Mis- forces. lie made n half.
hearted submission, and being suspect
I'd ut still intriguing III favor ot his
father, was summoned to Cahul. This
order he refused To obey but dreading
the CONSEQUENCES fled across the Oxus
into Rokhara, where many other sir.
dars had taken refuge, rurkestan was
still very unsettled, and Ahdurrahmun
induced many of the garrison OF l3alkh
70 desert Shcrc All and cross into Bok.
harm The Amcer Of that KLAMATH
openly cspousrd his cause and aided
him III many ways, With II small but
we'll equipped force he NJ last rccrosscd
the Oxus and made fo Akcha, then in
charge of Fai2 Mohammcd Khan. The
latter finding himself unequal to any
successful resistance, threw over Shere
Ali and united his garrison with the
force from Bokhaa, The governor of
hWkcstNn, Fatch Mohnmmcd Khan,
was not 80 easily Won over, and resisted
the new army Ills soldiers, however,
proved GaithcSs, and leaving them to
follow their own course of action, he
fled from Turkwtan Ahdurmhman
thus found himself in II few weeks ut
the head OF n few weeks nj the bend of
n fnirly powerful army; and pushing on
10 Takhtipul, he resumed his old posi-.
ton Ms governor Turkcsiau had thus
fallen easily into his hands and 80
striking was his success TINT he resolved
upon u march 10 Cuhul His uncle,
Aim Khan, n mun of some ability,
joined him; and Shcrc Ali, still having
with him, Alzul Khan u prisoner, wns
forced to leave his capital, On the 9th
of February AbdurNhman entered the
city without opposition But his posi-
tion in Turkcstm soon became unton-
able. His soldiers. hearing TINT Shcrc
Ali was in possession of Cnhul, lost
heart nnd deserted, and in January,
1869, in conjunction with Aim Khan
he was once more fugitive. After
Aim Khan had appealed to the Indian
government for help md been refused,
the srdars sought refuge in Pcrsin, and
aftcrwnrd in the trnnD-Oxus khnnatcs.
Aim Khan died in October, 1869, and
hbdurrnhmnn, still entertaining his
idea Of rcguining Cabu, went to Khiyc,
Hero his intrigucs Ia raise n force with
which To conquer AfghanTurkestan
met with such slight success that he
turned his steps to llokhnra. Living NJ
IA refugee in Tint khnnatc wus Jchanhnr
Shah, ex-Meer of 3ndnkshnm This
ehicf had heartily aided Afaul Khan in
his struggle for the throne, and TO 90.
ment the alliance had given his sister
in marriage To Aim Khan and his
daughter to Ahdurrnhmnn. Shcrc All,
IN August, 1863, induced the Bndnk.
sham sirdars to dcposc ,lchnndcr Shah,
who was imprisoned in hs own capital
Of Faizahad, lie persuaded his late
subjects to grant his release, and crossed
the Oxus to Rulnb where Abdurrnh-
man joined him. Their intrigues to
gain possession Of lindhkshnm were on
the basis Of raising 4 force Of Tur-
comnns on the north, while the Nicer
of Malmcnn with nm army ~ Ushegs
co-opcrnted with them from the west
through Bnikh md kunduzi The want
of money was n great obstacle to sue
ecHs, Abdnrrnhman conceived the iden
Of duplicating aid from Russia. While
Jchnndnr shah went 10 Chitrnl Ia seek
mid from Amnn-u.Mulk, chief Of that
country, Abdurnhman left Bokhara for
Snmnrcand, and reach Iashhend in
May, 1870, General Kaufman received
him Hospitality, bat was deaf to all his
appeals for troops Ia aid him in con-
quering Afghan-Tnrkcstan. A pension
Of about 5000 WIS assigned 10 him,
but refusal was given to his request
To visit 81. Petersburg and represent his
case 10 the ezar. When Schuyler saw
him hc expressed il confident belief
that with 100000 To raise and equipnn
army lie could once more make HIM
self supreme in Afghanistnn. With
this one idea ii his mind he was saving
nine-tenths Of his pension, and limited
that, under favorable conditions, he
might be aided by Russia. Jchanda
Khan after raising unsuccessful in.
surrcction in Badakshan in 1873, joined
his ron-in-law at sampcand in 1875,
but has since died
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ut looks like the scane Of a great
battle remarked n traveller. viewing