[Forty-one years in India by Frederick Sleigh Roberts]@TWC D-Link bookForty-one years in India CHAPTER XXXVIII 9/9
Mahomed Sharif Khan " 30 " } " " " " " 6.
Wali Mahomed Khan " 33 " } By a third wife. 7.
Faiz Mahomed Khan " 25 " } " " " " Afzal Khan had a son Abdur Rahman Khan, the present Amir of Afghanistan, and Sher Ali had five sons--Ali Khan, Yakub Khan, Ibrahim Khan, Ayub Khan, and Abdulla Jan.] [Footnote 3: The headmen of villages in Afghanistan are styled _maliks_.] [Footnote 4: Azim Khan behaved well towards the Lumsden Mission, and it was reported that he encouraged his father, Dost Mahomed Khan, not to disturb the Peshawar frontier during the Mutiny.] [Footnote 5: Dated 4th January, 1869.] [Footnote 6: Besides the remainder of the aggregate sum of twelve lakhs, 6,500 more rifles were forwarded to the frontier for transmission to the Amir, and in addition four 18-pounder smooth-bore guns, two 8-inch howitzers, and a Mountain battery of six 3-pounders complete, with due proportion of ammunition and stores, together with draught bullocks and nine elephants.] * * * * *.
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