The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-13

I great great ruler and leader Of men. No othor l.,
pared with him - W oe com
heckontd among his conten porary sovor.
elgus throughout the world, he easify main.
rank. III Tue foremost
I There would be little extravoya,.o T.,
/ Viii Viii, III usackeung his lame with those Of
/ ~ NUN i.in OF pern'any and Victor Em1np /
OF ltaiy. The great aim OF each was 10 -
unite ana rehabi.itate an ancient mn ilins
rpioqs realm III n devoted his lie pri.
! marlly. 10 that object Euch gfteino TX
cess OF the three Altdur RabnIsn's t1"t
/ was not the least nrduons and n usv h.,
tnat us results will prove not least crdnf-
PRISONER, warrior blacksmith. eyile nv,
| nElng for his lif9 and again sweeniny n y
Ehtlnles before him. the early life Of IbIut.
htanIllah Mhan was iull OF strange vicls
p veei. then' when his hour had come
RUSSIA, which had given an ASYLUM 10 fhr
I9iaI exile, gave him leave TO leiun Ia
Alsuuulstan, gave him money ANA ms
700 thinking II he became amecr he woi.d
I De yassal OF the ear.
LORD Lytton, then viceroy OF India NOR
cclNeu that Abdur Rahman vns mo ,,nl.
posslOle ruler OF AfghauStan, that he WIS
etIl RUSSIAN influence, and with rare pre-
sClthce re directed the British agent nj
Cabul to welcome Abdur Rahman and to
| recognize MIN as ameer The result was
that Abdur Rahman at once put himself oi,
n an ,e terms with the British, lie Would
/ Desired
10 dwell between the tWd great power, in
entire friendship with both
More especially he consolidated his own
empire, making the people 10 realize that
II was one and indivisblp that there wac
70 pe no more thought of sovereignty M
Candahar or Herat, but that tho lord OF
tupul was to be supreme over ALL His
army, TOO, be entirely remodcled according
70 approved European fashion. In brief
MS earlier prowess In battle was fully
equa!ed By his aStuteness as a diplomnt
ana MS thoroughness and ability ms an adj
mlnlstrator of the affairs Of a thoroughly
demorahzed country. His death Is one If
world wide Importance
The heir to the throne. If indeed he he
not now the ameer, Habib Ou!lAh khan.
mas history scarcely less dramatic than
that Of the ameer himself The only leslti.
mate living sons of the ameer are The iva
born to him by his third wife, Ha.it 5u.laT
ana Nasruilah. The third wife however.
uaS always been regarded by the peop'e
aud mobiles Of the court with disfiSdr ami
contempt for the reason that she was
formerly nothing but a slave ana was
Drought 10 Cdbul in the retinue Of the
ameerS first wife, who was her owner
Her two sons shared this odlum and ru-
merous attempts have been made 10 murder
mem. Ihese attempts have not been sue
cesSiu!, but some Of the paiSonS admins
tereu 10 l.iah have so affected his
nerves as to make him nm incurable siam
mcrer. lie is nevertheless worthy
prince. He actually occupied the throne
as ameer for fully two years while bis
lather was In other parts of the empire
SURPRISING the rebellion OF Tshak KHAN
and he was httingly. some four years ago
tormanv declared the heir 10 The thr ne
BIS younger brother. NaSrullah. is the shah
Zaua VINO recently visited England and was
entertained there with royal honors