Ayoub Khan, the son of Shere Ali, and a claimant
for the throne of Afghanistan, has escaped from Teheran, and is supposed to be at large either in Russia or on his way to Herat. Whether be has heard of the difficulties of Abdurrahman, his cousin, with the Ghilzais, and the doubts concerning his power to hold his own, is uncertain. But if he is really in Russia, no doubt he will there find a ready shelter, as it might very well suit Russia on some future occasion to be able to support a pretender to the position of Ameer of Afghanistan. In the meantime, we hardly know whether, as is now said, Abdurrah- man has beaten his enemies, or whether they have inflicted a severe check on him. Every day the accounts of what is happening in that disturbed country appear to vary, and to vary in the most extraordinary manner. The Indian Government is apparently in no degree alarmed.
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