text:  Mahomed Sudeeq then went on to say that after having subdued the rest of the khans the English should be permitted to remain in the country eight months longer so as to save their _purdah_ (veil or credit ) but that they were then to evacuate Affghanistan as if of their own accord; that Shah Shoojah was to continue king of the country and that Mahomed Akber was to be his wuzeer