Chapter XII: Victory and Peace

News of the herds--Towards Dast-Kird--Water!--Mutton for
all--Dast-Kird--A stampede--Back to Khwash--On the track
of the Gamshadzais--Twice a prophet--The Sarhad-dar's
roost--Before Jalk--Rejected terms--More strategy and a
bloodless victory--Remain only terms and sick leave 201

INDEX 221

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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A TYPICAL GORGE IN THE SARHAD _Frontispiece_

IN DIFFICULTIES BETWEEN NASARATABAD AND ROBAT _Facing_ 25

"A GOOD LIAR," LANDON'S ORDERLY AND CHIEF SPY " 49

QUESTIONING A SARHADI PRISONER " 59

JIAND'S MEN COMING IN TO PARLEY " 71

KHWASH FORT " 75

SURRENDERED RAIDERS, (CENTRE) JIAND,
(RIGHT) SHAH SAWAR, (LEFT) HALIL KHAN " 89

CAMEL CORPS SAWARS AT THE TERMINATION OF AN
EXPEDITION " 97

THE DURBAR AT KHWASH " 141

RAIDER CHIEFS AT THE DURBAR AT KHWASH " 141

RAIDED SLAVES ON THE WAY TO THEIR HOMES " 167

A PERSIAN GIRL CAPTURED BY JUMA KHAN " 167

CAPTURED RAIDERS ON THE WAY TO KACHA " 173

ON THE MARCH TOWARDS GUSHT, AND THE MORPEISH HILLS " 185

HAZARAS ON A PICKET POST BELOW WHICH HALIL KHAN
WAS KILLED " 197

WATER! ON THE MARCH TO THE SAR-I-DROKAN " 203

HAZARA PIONEERS WIDENING A PASSAGE FOR LOADED CAMELS " 215

CHAHGIRD FORT IN JALK " 217

MAPS

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SKETCH MAP OF THE PERSIAN-BALUCHI-AFGHAN FRONTIERS _Facing_ 15

SKETCH MAP OF THE FIGHT IN THE MORPEISH HILLS " 181

THE RAIDERS OF THE SARHAD