¶ [332c] At the beginning of this year, Amir Shayr ʿAli Khan sent Ishik-aqasi Shayrdil Khan to Herat because of his displeasure over Sardar Muhammad Yaʿqub Khan’s refusal to celebrate ʿAbd Allah Jan’s heir-apparency. His instructions were to bring the sardar back to Kabul for a reprimand. The sardar did not trust the ishik-aqasi and told him,

“I don’t feel safe going with you to Kabul for you would not intercede with my father o…