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.....both daud and  afsar lost their father in their early childhood,  he had  left huge  chunk of wealth  , mother was young but chose to not remarry,  she raised her sons herself,  time  has the nature of flying  past  , both boys were grown up and strong, bonding  of love and complete trust was developed between the brothers  after mehmud sab died, daud being the younger  respected afsar his elder brother  like  an obedient son does his  adorable father,     their  mental and emotional  tuning and understanding was remarkable , both were very frank and  informal with each other like good friends