a sword into Hukumat Khan, wounding him. Hukumat Khan managed to escape to the roof, only to discover his escape route was blocked by those plotting to topple him. In a desperate attempt to escape, Hukumat Khan jumped off the bastion of the citadel, which according to some accounts, was a drop of sixty to one hundred foot drop. Hukumat Khan did not die from the fall, and landed through the mud roof of a building, however, breaking both his legs and obtaining severe injuries. He dragged himself next to a rose garden in an attempt to hide himself, but was found by the plotters the next day. Hukumat's injuries were extremely severe, and was taken to the house of Ishan Aiyub, the head of the Naqshbandi Teke in Maimana, dying of his injuries six days later. Following the coup, Husain Khan was proclaimed as the new ruler of Maimana and began consolidating his rule. Conquest of Herat and Death (1862-1863) Sultan Ahmad Khan sent 7,000 infantry and cavalry and 5 cannons under the command of Shahnavaz Khan to capture Farah. On March 11, 1862, Herati forces conquered the city of Farah in a battle where around 100 men on both sides were killed. Shahnavaz Khan was reckless and became intoxicated. His forces committed atrocities in the area to the point where they assaulted some of Dost Mohammad Khan's female relations. In early 1862, Dost Mohammad Khan set out to conquer Herat and place it under Afghan rule. Dost Mohammad wrote to the British justifying this invasion by pushing his intentions being under the guise of unifying Afghanistan. He also reminded the British that Sultan Ahmad Khan was present at the murder of Macnaghten, and had done nothing to prevent his death. It was instead forgotten that Akbar Khan had unloaded the shots himself into Macnaghten. And in the late summer of 1862, Dost Mohammad Khan's forces re-occupied Farah. Once Husain Khan seized the throne of Maimana for himself, he or his uncle, sent a letter to Afzal Khan notifying him of what happened and declared Hukumat Khan a tyrant, and declared Maimana itself under the same agreed treaty formulated by Hukumat Khan, with Maimana still accepting Afghan overlordship. At the same time however, Husain Khan also sent similar pledges of loyalty to Ahmad Khan of Herat. Afzal Khan was instructed by Dost Mohammad to pursue improved relations with Husain