Burnes, Alexander: Travels into Bokhara: containing the narrative of a voyage on the Indus from the sea to Lahore, ... and an account of a journey from India to Cabool, Tartary and Persia ; performed by order of the supreme government of India, in the years 1831, 32, and 33 (Band 3) (London, 1835)

drawn them upon themselves. It is evident,
therefore, that the restoration of either Shooja ool
Moolk, or Kamran, is an event of the most impro-
bable nature. The dynasty of the Sudozyes has
passed away, unless it be propped up by foreign
aid ; and it would be impossible to reclaim the lost
provinces of the empire, without a continuation of
the same assistance. It is more difficult to revive
than to raise a dynasty ; and in the common chain
of events, if the country is to be ruled by another
king, we must look for another family to establish
its power in Cabool; and this, in all probability,
will be the Barukzyes.

At present, there is no connection of a political
nature between the states in Cabool and any foreign
power. The Persians have long talked vain glo-
riously of invading the country ; but if there were
no treachery on the part of the Kuzzilbash guards,
at Cabool, they could not certainly make an im-
pression on the kingdom. In a general war, the
enmity between the different houses would pro-
bably be forgotten,, and the united force of the
Barukzyes alone amounts to about 30,000 horse.
While we were in Cabool, the chief received a
notice from his brother at Candahar, who had been
threatened by an ambassador from the Persian
camp. The reply of Dost Mahommed Khan was
characteristic: — " When the Persians come, let
" me know, and as I am now your enemy, will I
" then be your friend." The natural strength of
Cabool is its best barrier against successful in-
vasion by an Asiatic power; and if we look to the