Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-09-23
Who Ayoob Khan Is.
TLondon Timesl


II! The victory of Ayoob Khan will have
s81he effect Of bringing TINS young prince OF
a. Rtrskza house prominently forward
an sc,iye participation Ia the guidance
s*of events in Eastern Atghanistan, Up 10
81 rrasent time re had held sloot from
- mgcbina,ioGs at Cabul and CGudahar,
ssand the view had bccom general that he
vs. either personally IN 4reteni OF In
6i ff,gent 20 the progress L. affairs. Both
81 q Unions are now shown 10 be iallaclOus
Il nv The success IF the Hersa army, and
Ayuob Khan will heucvfoEth occupy .
3oromiuent place IN The Imagination
LOT the Afghan people SIS their most
successful champion. While his name
wil undoubtedly serve to give IN
creased cohesion 20 the sO-called national
party his birth, together with the promise
OF abllity now afforded, will tend TO make
xhlm among HE followers the natural sue
cessor of his brother Yskonb. Whereas
he had up to the present remained IN the
| background, circumstances have now
| brought him prominently forward, aud In
/ the future settlement OF Afghan stan The
role he will play must necessarily be an
important one.
AyoOb. so tsr as our information goes,
n is the son OF the lsU Ameer Slere All, by
ii the daughter OF the Monand Chiet OF Lal
pura, thus being the full brother OF VA
koot Khan. He was born in or about the
wear 1851 ana took part in the campaign
Of 1868, which resulted in the triumph
OF skoob and the restoration OF Shere
All 10 the throne His name WAS not men
tioned, however, until much later period
In 1871, Yakoob had fallen INTO disfavor
with his father, and had Tor safety with
4 drawn from Cabul 10 the following ear
u he retired to Seistan, ana soon atter~ard,
q gathering round him q small band OF al
venturers, among whom AyOob was prom
q ipept, he attacked Herat and expelled
u Shere Ais Governor. Until the close OF
the year 1874 Yakooh ruled there In in.
deper dent state, and he was assisted in
4 the task of government by his younger
brother Ayoob. In the year mentioned
the we'll known attempt to reconcile con
!. aicting pretensious Of Shere Ali and his
| son Was made, and Yakoob went under
safe conduct to Csbul. During his sb-
sence he had left Ayoob IN charge OF
4 Herat, but the promP; measures taEen by
the Ameer and the skill shown by his
General, Omar Khan made his rule there
one of very briet duration. On the APP
proach of Shere All's army, lie fled TO
Persia, where he was granted sh honor
able reception, and allotted pension by
the Shah From 1874 until The flight Of
Shere Ali from Cabu, in December, 1878,
he resided in Persia, generally at Meshed {;
but when the Afghan power cium
Il bed away in its frat contact with her
own, he saw that an opportunity offered
itself for establishing himself in Herat
The Governor nominated by the Amer
wss apparently 10th to refuse an entrance
to Ayoob al time when common dan.
ger seemed to sink all party differences,
] but as soon as the young prince had OBJ
4 tanned admission into Herat be intrigued,
and successfully, against his fathers rep
resentative. When YakOob Khan was
negotiating with US at Gandamak, his
| brother Ayoob had so far consolidated his
| power in the west that he was in pos
ton to send fresh troops 10 take part in
the war against ourselves. These arrived
! on the scene too late, for the treaty Oi
Gandamak had been sigue ed. 1t is gener-
ally understood tina, Ayoob, on learning
the conclusion OF the war, reproacfed his
brother for having made territorial con-
cessions to the infidel; and the part taken
By the Herati levies in the attack on the
Cabul residency Will also be remembered
as substantisting this view.
Ayoob showed no inclination to leave
Herat ana come TO CdDul AFTER lne VIII
drawal of our troops last yesr-a circum-
stance which may be attributed either to
his disinciination to sure nder independ
ent authority, or 10 the consideration that
communication through Candahar was
only practicable with our assent. Even
after the outbreak of the last campaign
he long remained passive, and, despite
frequent rumors, il was only within the
last few weeks that he showed any inCli
nation to take an active part in the pro
gress of events. His success will ineyi.
tabiy make him the natural leader of the
party Of Yakoob; and, while everything
depends on his skill, recolIections are IN.
avoidably aroused OF the former proves
and ability shown by hls brother in the
same quarter where he IS now operating.
He, doubtless, hopes to emulate the ca
reer of his uncle, the famous Akbar Khan;
but he will find that the stale OF affairs Is
vastly different now from wnat it was in
4 1912. |; would be as impossible as it is
unnecessary to deny that AyOob has
shown that he possesses something of the
great qualities which have made the Ba-
rskzals supreme in Atghanstan during
the last three generations.