The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-09
TIE AFGHAN CRISIS.
me New Amees. Hlsbeso tIiah Khan
the Ameers q Csbui.

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Tho Ameers q Csbui.
To TIE EDIToR or TuE SUISSE. A. you
remark. the death Of Adbur RAhman, the
Amer OF Cabul. on the morning OF Oct =.
IL hkeiy 60 cause q crisis In the great Oriental
question. and as l resided among the Afghans
Tor many years. and was Gov eminent er-
sminer IN their Ian guAge. u may he Of Interest
10 your readers n | draw attention TO the rise
Of the Ameers % Cabul.
In isss the ruler Of Cabul vas called .
Shah" or King and the descendants OF
L.lmur shah who bccsme rulers Of Afghan
LIP is1e a BArukkis chieftAin. named Dost
Mahomet, obtained command Of the Afghan
t!a.e title Of Amer The rejection Of the
able. n lhat me religion 81 Mshomtt regard.
We whole world as under the rule OF one
osliph, who Is the vic.sereot Of the Prophet.
with Ameers a. his h~rutennts The title
spirit Of Islam. ~hiis The iitiss of suitan and
shah are entirely antagonistc " the religion
OF the Prophet
The -Dost, as be was called. was one Of
the most distinguished men Of his time In a
les civilized ago he might have been an
Omar OF a Jenrt Khan lie sueceeded once
among the Afghans which existed IN the day
when. they conquered India and II 10 this ma
,loaaI issl.ng which pervadss the Afghan
The British became Jealous Of his power.
ana m an gvu moment I'm 1881 invaded his
70 India. aud shah sooJaS was replaced on
the throne But IN the winter OF ls4i the Brit
lsh embassy a. Cabul headed by M~zcnauEhion
the whole British army was destr Dyed. only
one EnElishmAn. Dr. Dryden, LIVING 20 tel
the tals A party OF about twenty ofieeTs
lives were protected until the -Dost- was
restored 70 bis throne
When, Dost Mahomet was released from
rTlu0n he glNH Ia tn ~ Har In (hAfRa nj him
We'll, ! have seen-.omething Of Dritatn's
power, and cannot understand why you
Ensli,h want 70 enter ny country. which Is
During the great mutiny In India In 1875
there were three British ohioers in Kandahst.
but the Dost replied. II every EnElishmAn
Ia India were killed thy britishers would come
out In shiplosds, FOR ] have seen their ship-
Dost Mahomet had many wives. but his
first wife was his true love. and 70 this u = DO
attributed many OF those ciNu wars whlch
have so weakened the power OF the barskHa'
This ~favori,e wife had no sons for a number
OF years, but when sons we're born OF ihls
~favorite wife lac put Hsid. the sons by las
first wife. manned tfIul Khan and AI!m
Khan and nominated the younger sons. who
were born Of his faNOrlte wife. as his sue
II is owing 20 this inciden, that Amer
Shere All Was reco gniZed as Am-er by the
British.
but Afyul Khan. IN. father Of the late
Abdur kAhman, regarded himself as the
rightful ruler 81 the AfghAns, aud both he
Ame.r. OF Cabul. although they were never
by the British Government
The recent Afghan war is a matter OF hi.-
tory SheTe All died soon after the wnf
commenced. and he Was succ-cded by Nakoob
han. who was dethroucd after the massacre
OF SIR LOUIS CayashaII and a. stan On SEP,
still living IN British territory, and ~ "a"
event Of combinations ~ thbul, Ia. ms{
b.. placed 90 the throne htG1gh STU.
Am-cr. Habe-b Cllah. whose nan' signifies
The beloved Of GOD, Is an "Nceedinsly
ga able young man lie j. very Different In tenn
perament from h- Younger brother. Nasrulla.
who visited foadou a few wears ago stu
Hahr"h llnh ard hts brother are We syhs
very greatly initiates against th"ir Iopu-
larity
, Ia the event Of an UPRISING g Cabul the
brother Of ex- Amecf Nakooh Khan. Who a
nov a State prisoner 10 Persia may appear
The seen" This - S'rdnr Ayuob hhan
I, was thi- slrdar Ayoob Khan who ,eNblted
In August, isso. When h- defeated The BRUSH
vith terrific slaugh,sr u" made a ges,
the Ameer recently decens"dl, Was not
for his friendly attitude toward
the British Government. ~ Is not imlfobahlr
that Sirdar AyOob Khan may 10 placed "h
In the battle Of Maiwand. ,voob inni oted
terrible loss on the, brit-h In snan
~ - - ~ W - :
Killed In her Maiestv's Si,t1--t,th Resi.
ment. ont 81 coo men aud ~ Officers who went
int acton. ~ oricer- and US men were
killed. aud . Officers and =. men wounded.
thus showing that an Afghan General could
infirt 4 terrific loss on 1u fns!i-h ARMY.
even as the Beers have Zone 10 the pre-ent
war
.tmeer Haheeb Ullah Khan g. the ~~venth
- tho kmecrs ~ 'abul. whose names MAY
b. given A. follows bost NohBu"t Khan,
Shere Al Khan. AfEul Khan. Aim Khan
AZ Yakoob Khan tbdur Eahman Khan
aud Habeeh I uHh Khan
Afgul and Aim conquered Cahul dur ms
the reign Of Shere AZ
Ihese facts may he Of interest az q time
" hen tho kn,eer Of Afghhut-tan T. likely -
take "a prominent place In tue history OF the
world. especially a.. there seems { he an NJ
rising Of Islam IN every part " the world.
u Turkey. tsNpt. Armenia, Agiers, Mo-
raCNp. Persia. Arabia and Bushir 1ele-
grams announcing thes" movements reach
H. every week. and the peculiar Htutnd" Of
Russia and France would indicate that tie
Eastern uue-tion will soon occupy a prOmi-
plaor iu the political world
THuNAs HUuHEs