[Footnote 6:] [He] is said to have killed in one month, or burnt alive, more than 3,000 people. He pillaged and burnt the churches at Gondur, and had many priests and young girls cast alive into the flames.]
FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER [XXXVIII]
[Footnote 1:] I should have mentioned that Sir John Lawrence was not the only instance of a Bengal civilian rising to the position of Governor-General, as a predecessor of his, Sir John Shore, afterwards Lord Teignmouth, was appointed Governor-General in 1792, and held that office until 1798.]
[Footnote 2:] [Dost] Mahomed had several sons. Mahomed Akbar and Ghulam Haidar, the two heirs-designate in succession, died before their father. Sixteen other sons were alive in 1863, of whom the following were the eldest:
| 1. Mahomed Afzal Khan | aged | 52 years | By a wife not of Royal blood. |
| 2. Mahomed Azim Khan | " | 45 " | " " " " " " " |
| 3. Sher Ali Khan | " | 40 " | By a favourite Popalzai wife. |
| 4. Mahomed Amir Khan | " | 34 " | " " " " " |
| 5. 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.]