Rebellion of Mohammad Yaqub Khan [‎187v] (64/174)

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One result of this caution was
Diary from 22nd to 25tli October 186th
shewn instantaneously. On the 2Srd Octoher
a letter came from Alum saying that the
Meer of Shuhr-i-Subz had sent a letter to
him by the hands of an agent soliciting assistance (against the Ameer of
Bokhara, or the Russians, or both ?). Ameer Shore Ah told Alum to send the
agent hack at once, and not in future to receive such a one from beyond the
border without special permission.
458. When released from immediate apprehension as far as this his
rebellious son was concerned, the Ameer of Bokhara renewed his interrupted
expedition <•> for the recovery of his revolted provinces and approached Koolab.
” 1 ' The Meer Surrah Beg then wrote* to
* Diary ending 27th September, Abdool Mullik, Urging him, in CO-Opera-.
tion with the Ameer of Cabul, to attack Bokhara from the direction of Kirkee
and Charjoee’. The Prince laid the letter before Shere Ali, who, after perusing it—
« advisedt him to abandon these useless designs, asserting further that, as he could not under
take hostilities, he should remain quiet m Cabul.
* Diary ending 27th September. j n s } lor t ; the Ameer, declaring such an under
taking to be calculated to disgrace him, has expressed his inability to comply with the request/"
On the 4th October the Prince begged for leave to take up his residence
in Toorkistan. The Ameer replied—
“ *that, as he had been on bad terms with his father, and the Russians were said to have made
an alliance with the King, his (the Prince's) re-
Diary ending 4th October 1869. sidence in proximity to Bokhara would tend to-
disturb the peace of Bokhara, and thereby compromise the Cabul Government also. The
Ameer therefore advised the Prince to remain in Cabul quietly.
“ *On the 9th October Meer Abdool Mullik (the rebellious son of the Ameer of Bokhara)
requested the Ameer to permit him to proceed to-
* Diary ending llth October 1869. and Shuhr-i-Subz ; but the Ameer resolutely
refused to accede to this, and has written to Naib Mahomed Alum Khan to inform the Meer of
Kirkee that, although the Prince had desired to leave Cabul, yet he had been retained there
merely with regard to the peace of Bokhara; also, that though the King had harboured the
rebels and the enemies of Cabul Government, and had thereby caused injuries to it, yet he
(Ameer) did not like to permit the Prince to proceed towards Bokhara, fearing that he might
raise disturbances.
To-day (llth October) the Prince attended the durbar A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family). , and the Ameer advised him to
abandon his intentions of going to Bokhara and to live quietly in Cabul, stating further that
he (Prince) was quite unable to wage war against the Russians; that even he (Ameer), not
withstanding his having greater means at his disposal for war, could not oppose them (Russians)
without the aid of the English Government. If the British would also afford their co-opera
tion, then, perhaps, he (Ameer) would think it right to engage with them (Russians).
“*On the 12th instant a person represented to the Ameer that Meer Abdool Mullick (the
• Diary endmg 14th October 1869. rebellious son of the Ameer of Bokhara), being
hopeless oi obtaining permission to leave Cabul,
had determined on flight. The Ameer therefore sent Mirza Mahomed Hussun Khan and
M irza Tahir Khan to the Prince to inform him that if he consented to remain in Cabul, he
would continue to be treated with the usual honor and hospitality during his stay, or, in the
event of his being desirous to leave, he would be taken as far as the Oxus honorably, hut
would not be permitted again to seek shelter in Afghanistan. The Prince having expressed his
desire to leave Cabul, has to-day obtained the permission of the Ameer, and will probably
start to-morrow* (15th October 1869). A Cabul official has been deputed with him for supply
of provisions, &c.; on the way he will accompany the Prince as far as the Oxus and return to
Cabul when the Prince crosses it."
He left for Toorkistan on the 17th October, arrived in ICoondooz on the
28th, crossed the Oxus on the 1st November, and betook himself to Koolab.
(a) F. B. in his letter of 17th November 1869 written from Karshi, said that the Ameer was in this expedition
accompanied by four Russians charged with the task of ascertaining the precise boundaries of Bokhara and Afghanistan—
a result probably of the discussion between Lord Clarendon and Prince Gortschacoff about the neutral zone in the begin
ning of the year. p <