¶ [121c] As news of the approach of Sardar Dust Muhammad Khan spread through the army, the shah, to be on the safe side, moved his troops from Chaman-i Shayr-i Surkh on the edge of Nadirabad first to Qushkhanah and Chashmah-i Saduzaʾi. But then, worried that the force from Kabul would arrive and pin his troops between it and the Qandaharis, he moved to Bagh-i ʿAbbasabad and stationed his army between Sar Puzah-i Dih-i Muʾassas and Chihil Dukhtaran, thereby removing his forces from between the two…
Sardar Dust Muhammad Khan Arrives in Qandahar and Shah Shujaʿ Withdraws (2,940 words)
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“Sardar Dust Muhammad Khan Arrives in Qandahar and Shah Shujaʿ Withdraws”, in: History of Afghanistan, Translated and edited by R.D. McChesney, M.M. Khorrami. Consulted online on 13 December 2019 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004256064_hao_COM_000133>
First published online: 2013
First print edition: 9789004234918, 20121219
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