Of the abilities of this chieftain as a ruler, no doubt has ever been expressed, and his whole career tends to the supposition that had he not compromised himself with his late powerful opponents, his authority would ere long have extended over the whole of Afghanistan. Although one of the younger of the twenty-two sons alive at his father’s death, his energy and talent, even while untutored and illiterate, enabled him to seize opportunities of advancing his fortunes, and by a firm reliance on his own resources, to secure after many struggles, the paramount power of Kabul. Twice did Shah Shoojau experience defeat at his hands at a time when the envy and ill-concealed attempts of his brothers to supplant him, required his utmost care. By the lower classes under his rule, he was held in much estimation, but his relatives and dependant chiefs considered his pretended moderation and love of justice as mere cloaks to his ambitious policy. Abandoned by his followers when he advanced to Urghundee to oppose Lord Keane’s army, and forced to seek refuge in Toorkistan, he baffled the designs of the King of Kokhara to secure his family, and escaping in disguise from that city, proclaimed a holy war, and induced many of the Uzbek chieftains to espouse his cause. But defeated at Bameean by Colonel Dennie, and doubting the fidelity of his allies after the skirmish at Purwan Durreh, he surrendered himself to the British Envoy, and was sent a prisoner to India, where he has been treated with that consideration due to his fallen fortunes. It is reported that he admits having committed two errors in his career: one that he dismissed Sir Alexander Burnes, and the other that he did not slay Jajee Khan Kauker. The recent successful operations of the British army in Afghanistan has induced the Governor General of India to permit him to return to his country, where his name and influence will doubtless soon place him once more at the head of affairs. In the plate the Umeer is represented seated on a carpet; an attendant is holding an umbrella over him. In his dress he was distinguished by his plain white attire, in remarkable contrast to the dashing gold embroidered cloaks and vestments usually worn by the Chiefs about his Court. On his right hand stands the notorious Persian intriguer Abdool Samad, whose double dealing being discovered after Dost Mahomed’s unsuccessful campaign against the Sikhs in 1837, was dismissed his service, and retired to Bohara, where his baneful influence with the Bokhara ruler is supposed to have operated to the prejudice of that lamented officer Colonel Stoddart. The next figure is Umeer Khan, a Chiefof the Lohanees, a pastoral and migratory tribe, numbers of whom proceed annually to India, to purchase merchandize for sale in Afghanistan. Reclining on the carpet with a Meerza, or secretary on his right hand, is Jabbbar Khan half brother to the Umeer usually styled the Nuwab; although hospitable and considerate to Europeans, he is, like the rest of his family, rapacious and intriguing. During the time he was in charge of Cahmeer, the valley was attacked by the Sikhs, and the Nuwab after being badly wounded in a vain attempt to arrest their progress, was forced to evacuate it. In consequence of Dost Mahomed depriving him of the government of the Giljee country, he intrigued with Shah Shoojau on his advance to Candahar in 1832, but the defeat of the King put an end to his hopes of being restored to it. After the capture of Guznee he was sent on a mission to the British camp, but not succeeding in making terms for his brother, he accompanied him on his flight to Khooloom, and was left there in charge of their families when Dost Mahomed and his son Ukbar Khan, sought the aid of the King of Bokhara. At this time the British authorities having entered into negotiations with him, he brought the families to Urghundee, whence they were sent to Guznee, while he and his followers were allowed to take up their residence near Kabul. In the late insurrection, he took no very active part. His liberality in supplying the unfortunate Hindoostanees begging their bread in the capital, with took, is mentioned in the late accounts from that quarter, in high terms of praise. To the left of the Umeer, are Abdool Ghuneh Khan and Abdool Ghufoor Khan, two of his infant sons, who were with their father when a captive in India.