text:  The principal point now remaining to be effected was the rescue of the prisoners whom Akhbar Khan had carried off with him in his flight with the intention (as was rumoured) of transporting them into Turkestan; but from this peril they were fortunately delivered by the venality of the chief to whose care they had been temporarily intrusted; and on the 21st they all reached the camp in safety with the exception of Captain Bygrave who was also liberated a few days later by the voluntary act of Akhbar himself