Wali Muhammad Khan. By the time he reached Balkh, revolt was instigated throughout the region. In spring, the Mir Wali had gone to Bukhara and pleaded with Nasrullah Khan to aid his kinsmen across the Amu Darya. This plea was responded by Mir Wali being given control of a sizeable Bukharan army. However, Nasrullah Khan instructed his forces to not cross the Amu Darya due to rumors of a Persian army was advancing through Khwarazm, and even a Russian force to be advancing on Urganj. This, as a result, compelled Nasrullah Khan to not pursue a campaign in the Chahar Wilayat due to fears of an external invasion. Even when the threat of invasion subsided, Nasrullah decided that a section of the assigned force under Mir Wali have a section of his force to assist in the annual attack on Shahr-I Sabz. For around two months, Mir Wali was stuck beyond the Amu Darya unable to advance in the Chahar Wilayats as a result of his situation. As a result, he bided his time by trying to gain support from local Amirs and rulers across the Amu Darya, by the time Nasrullah Khan allowed him to advance beyond the river, the element of surprise in his attack was gone. During this period of time in which the Mir Wali was unable to take any action, the Mir Wali again persuaded the British to withdraw from Balkh. Mir Wali addressed a letter to Major Edwardes at Peshawar, and affirmed his complaints against Dost Mohammad Khan. Mir Wali also claimed that the Mir Ataliq of Qunduz alongside the Mir of Badakhshan had pledged allegiance against Dost Mohammad Khan and sworn an alliance with the Mir Wali to drive the Afghans from Turkestan. The Mir Wali, however, having been cut off from affairs south of the Amu Darya river, was unaware of the grown relations between the Afghans and the British. The Afghans and the British had reconciled following the First Anglo-Afghan War and the British were in active support of Dost Mohammad's campaigns in Turkestan. Edwardes also presented a pro-Afghan view in the conquest of Turkestan, believing that "the more the Afghans take the less there will be for either Russia or Persia". As a result, Mir Wali's plea once again failed to accumulate any support from the British. As Mir Wali was now able to cross the Amu Darya with the