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VMjfvflW W^1®* duriua.th. d.Uy th« whole uuur nar„
wunueu between Hojciia art Perale^.
(jwedW, eiU-MjaiOBea ^betlX omie to the ^gonoy Ibjj a round about
vey to ovoid.the Sight. li ohomed dheriX askod Xar ili« assiat-
auoo of the ^vtt©apy Guard to nuell the disturbance. This re-

d^est i,.xeXt( Unable to ocmply with, as 1 thought the uso of the
A8©noy.dQtoobacnt at a moment when the xight was actually ia

progress, -ight well Xoroo a situation, tht result ox vhioh
oould not ho Xoroaoon. 1 ondonv cured to porsuado Mahomed
dhoriX,oad ^oatlbl to ocaae with no to the Baeanr to uao their
inXluoaoo with their roapootivo parties. ^osaibi however was
uncontrollably exoited , and hitter against the Persians whoa he
aooused ot having oolloetod heavily armed . He admitted that
the Xlrst sigiuj oX the aotual diaturhaaoe he had seen were the
two wounded Persian*. Meanwhile XuauX Kanoo arrived by Mr.
Ueikle OX 'JUtapera' . He stated that the atXray had grown 4«r-
i( ujaad suggested the uao oX the Agency troops in the Bazaar.
1 dooilnod.on.the grounds above stated. Having however ascer­
tained that there was no crowd between the .agency and Messrs •
’beepers' oXXloe, whloh is well away lrora the Bazaar, and
therefore no liklihood oX a oolllalon, 1 lext orders Xor the
Ouard to naroh.there but to take no aoticu oX any aor^. X
caused YusoX Kaaoo to despatch aevoral people to the J$azaar to
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spread the news that the troops were oomlng. 1 then proceeded

to the Bazaar myaelX, by oar, i^osaibl declined to aoooapany
mo , ana xearlng that lit would give a Xalao impression IX 1
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look with me only the leader oX the Persians, 1 went aoocopanie|
by xuaux hanoo and a ^atar aerohant. On arrival 1 Xound the
actual fighting had ceased, doubtless as a result oX the news
tliat troops had leXt the Agency • The Bazaar was Xull 0X
doited Hajdia, armed with lathis and some with awards, dag-
««r* and xiremis. At first no Persians were to be seen, but
iater a Xew who lived on the spot oaae out oX their buildings*
1 proceeded to(ooX^tot sticks eto. Xroa the or<mJ and to dis-

W»rse them as Xar aa possible. When it waa clear that the
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