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The heart of a continent : vol.1 |
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Pass, only forty-seven miles from the fort at Chitral, rode
rapidly down the valley with a hundred or so of his adherents,
collected others as he went along, and, on the following night,
reached the fort. Afzul-ul-Mulk, hearing a noise, appeared
upon the walls, and, in exposing himself, was shot dead on
the spot. Had this unfortunate accident not occurred, he would,
in all probability, have been able on the following day to have
expelled Sher Afzul, but, now that he was dead, the people
of Chitral eagerly gathered round Sher Afzul, who proclaimed
himself their Mehtar. It was the news of this event that had
reached Colonel Durand in Gilgit.
Nizam, the eldest son of the old Mehtar, and the rightful
heir to the throne, was in Gilgit at the time the news of his
brother's death reached that place. He at once signified to
Colonel Durand his intention of moving against Sher Afzul,
and started off towards Chitral with all the men he had with
him and with some others of his adherents who had now come
into Gilgit. Colonel Durand, at the same time, despatched two
hundred and fifty rifles, two guns, and the Hunza and Nagar
levies into Yasin, to strengthen his own position in the event
of it becoming necessary to treat with Sher Afzul, and to
preserve order in the western part of the district and in Yasin.
Nizam was entirely successful in his move. He had one small
skirmish with Sher Afzul's troops, and then Sher Afzul fled
back to Afghan territory as rapidly as he had come. Nizam
marched into Chitral and placed himself on the throne, being
its fourth occupant within a space of a little over three months.
Nizam-ul-Mulk's first act, on ascending the throne, was to
request Colonel Durand to send a British officer to him. He
well knew the value of such an outward and visible sign that
he was closely allied with the British Government, and he
believed that the presence of a British officer in the country
would prevent the recurrence of disturbances such as had
already occurred. Accordingly, on January 1, 1893, a mission,
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