The sun., 1901-10-08

! Afghanisian, has rsDprted ~ the Rritlsh
! Agent az Cahul that the Amecr died last
/ Thursday after a brief illness.
The Aineer was bnrn In 1870 and had
| been on the throne twen'y-on. years.
| lie dominated Afghanistnn as no ruler
| had done for many wears ard will b.
most Conspicuous hgur" IN her history
Hi- Ifa was stormy one. For twelve
| years ~ his early manhood he was an exile,
I kept out e Afghanistau hy N" ,ealo's
! fears Of his unClc. Sh"rc All. against whom
| he had sdcd " hen Ali and the other two
! sons ~ the famous Dost Mahom"d were
/ fighting for the throne II was ~ l>aH
| that h" fed the country and for ten of the
years h"fure. IN isS1 he rcsnt"r,sd Afghan
| istan 20 ascend th" throne. he WAS NJ"
| guest 81 tho Czar. living on Russia : bounty
! In the city of Samarcand. The Russians
havo acc,p-ed him ~ the grns-'->t ingrat-
| iud. in these later yea ~ when he has treated
! Russia almost ~ an enemy.
/ The opportunity Of Abdur RAhman
| Khan. the exile cam" In 1870 and he was
equal to n Sh"r" Ali had been driven
| from the throne AZ Cabul A fugitive
| from the British vengeance hat was pur-
SUNG the great men Of the AfghRns who
connivcd al the murder Of British subjects,
| he died IN the northern part Of las country
| His ron, lakoub Khan. had hardly bern
| proclaimed Amser when the British IN
| sion under Sir Louis Cavagnarl vas inaH-a-
| cred IN Iahul and Nakuub Was dethfoEcd
! and led "a pi.-It't tp ludlH Meanwhile
| Atsiur Hlhugu had crossed 'he bururr,
| assured pi tho -tIt,tllrf Df -ome 81 the leHd-
! ug men, ANA pru, ItiIL"d himself Aulesf
! HIS coming wa welcomed by the British
| and his rui" hsgau IA l~sH
! Airlur Elthu.an Nas He'u'e enough to
49,. ''ai li- rai it'crr.'- wrr" roarrr TO
! India than tu Eu--in liz country wa "a
! buffer stat" trtwr,'u the too dumiuions
n" d.-ir-i Ia H. an independent ruler,
| and England could help him II he was
| strong enough o. la "a stumbling block IA
the way of Russias advance. toward India
| - be- lost no time ~ declaring that ing
! lands friends Wer. his friends and her
enemies werr hi enemies. and after taking
som. time to think It over England CAV"
him a pension of Eleo ooo wear and this
he'll ed TO cement the pleasant relations
beiween the countries
The fact Is that when the new Afneer
appeartd ON the -,"ne England had W.
solved 70 -Ciittle GUY 81 the country, cost
wha, II might F.oling however, reason
ably Assur,i Of Abiur Rahmans continued
faithfulness England adopted a new policy
She r,sNogulzsd the Ame"r as an ind"-
pendent prince. 10 be ucatet a. an ally
and defended against foreign aggression.
posed In HIM He showed that he was
| strong enough - answer for the tranquility
| Of Cabul and the ad AGENT DISTRICTS lie
did far more than this In" London Tunes
summed up his achievements IN 1891 when
! II said that hy his energy and ability he
had rc-tursi Afghanirtan an from ieing merely
geographical expression into strong
and united kingdom
Afghanistan'- 4,uo.G1 people are made
VI of many divers and even antagoui-tic
| -. Th.. ftf
| long been svuonomous with weakness and
| disuniun What Ahdur RAhman did was
| to compel the warning elements among
! the trihes and the enemies of the central
/ power az Cabul To- bow TO hls authority
His relations. Avuub Kahn and l-hak Kahn,
| were claimants for the throne. hut h"
| humbleI their pretenSions m the dust
I lie nut down with heavy hand the up
| ri-ing of the thilEai~, who numb"rtd about
| one fourth uf his people
| lie cnmr..lled the widest trbesmen
among the mountains To paw taxes and
| the taxcs he levied were no hagai"lle.
II. has never pretended 20 govern hts
| country ON ru-aMater principles He
has governed with a heavy hand and WITH
sword uushcathcd. Nobody as~ert- that
| h. won the love of his p~ope but he go
| tahlished his supremacy, became the ruler
| of q united Afghanistan and received gem
| eral recognition a. the strongest Anleer
| Siuc., IA" DAYS ~ tho old Durani-
The most important DAYS of the week
| iu Cabul haN. l.sn tho two on which the
! Am.er di-pcu-rd Justioa He h"came
| the terror ~ high way rohlers, who's crimes,
/ until hi day, wen" the most common m
| AIghanistnn With his hand on tho hilt
of his sword h. would hear the charge
| against thc-a Culpnts Then b" would
| pav -BekouShid and the eSccutionerr
| would cut their throat~ or -Gargara h"unid,
! and thcv would head them away To To
/ hanged He raised AZ army 81 about
/ 81 On men. disciplined II after European
| methods and made u a very effective bul-
wark Of hi~ throne
some wears ago he sent 20 England for
/ ski,l,-i men 10 help him carry out som"
I remarkable pro i,-r,s. Under tisir gu'd-
/ ancr ~. first 81 abli-hed a min, AMI soon
! pu' into circulation neatly coin'Si ripr
| and other coins Then he started car
| trdg. factory and for a long time his
| Afghan vorkmcu have been turning uut
I Ia rp cartridges dav Then came
2 ,-'c factory and under IN" df"sfion oi !
: pyn.. very cNNrllcnt small arm began
4, H., urtur,-l ait 'aiul Th"ii forg" ard
a hnni and sho' factory w"r" -et up ami
. A., Ep,hsh tailoring establishment a. Iut
~ vorAtng order Th" AghaHs DO all
IN. work under English sup"nut"ndcuc~
arf ih,-" innovations roSvsv'~t great
,,rr.'tf- FROM ~" Am~"r's houndlc-s en-
iiul.insrr VI rvnc. Nhn VA dc~crit,'~t ~
7 -Tngip,..r. ',-Jiiof 80 the Am~er, has
: wrI'fnn uf HiUI
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