He quickly raised a body of troops, then marched northwards and within weeks had managed to recapture his old base of Peshawar. His triumph was, however, short-lived. Shuja’s haughty manner and insistence on the old forms of court etiquette alienated the tribal leaders of the area, so that before long “the premature exhibition of his exalted notions of regal dignity led to a battle between him and his inviters.”
