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Title: A personal narrative of a visit to Ghuzni, Kabul and Afghanistan, and of a residence at the court of Dost Mohamed: with notices of Runjit Sing, Khiva, and the Russian expedition
Year: 1843 (1840s)
Authors: Vigne, Godfrey Thomas, 1801-1863
Subjects: Russians -- Asia, Central Afghanistan -- Description and travel Punjab (India) -- Description and travel
Publisher: London : G. Routledge
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ning out to meetme, and commenced making inquiries aftertheir brother Abdul Ghias Khan, who was 144 nawabs children. educating at Lodiana in Captain Wadesschool. As I was the Nawabs guest, withahnost every European who has visitedKabul, I saw a good deal of his children.The eldest of the four sons, Abdul GhunehKhan, was a sharp, active, gentlemanly boy.I promised him a small telescope if hewould learn the English alphabet. In threedays he said it as well as I could, but wouldlearn no more when my stock of presentswas exhausted. They used to play atmarbles after a fashion. Two of his littlegirls were sent to me, to have their pic-tures taken : one, who was a little tom-boy,would not remain quiet an instant; theother was frightened to death, burst intotears and afterwards sat still for half anhour. Tea and other refreshments werebrought to me at the castle, and a messengerwas immediately sent off to the city, toinform the Nawab of my arrival. He camein the evening, and entered my room 4
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^ JUBAR KHAN. 145 without giving me notice of his approach,and repeated his welcome, Khosh amdehaid, with warmth and sincerity, puttinginto my hands four or five old Mithraiccoins as his offering. The Nawab JubarKhan, who well deserves the name of theFeringis friend, was then about fifty-fiveyears old, to judge from his appearance;standing about five feet nine, with a corpu-lent person, dark aquiline features, andsomewhat of a Jewish look, having a verygood-tempered expression. His mother wasa slave-girl in the Zunana of Poyndur Khan ;his father gave her in marriage to a water-carrier, but still continued his attentionsto her. By the custom of these countries,a servant marrying a slave becomes alsoa slave. When the Nawab was born, thewaterman took the child to Poyndur Khan,and told him that he knew more about thechild than he himself did. For many yearsthe Nawab was running about the Bala- L 146 JUBAR KHAN, Hissar of Kabul, and was called the water-mans son. Mahomed Azim Khan took no-

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