Letter No.522 of 1870 from Colonel William Lockyer Merewether, The Commissioner in Sind, Kurrachee [Karāchi] to Colonel Robert Phayre, the Political Superintendent, Upper Sind Frontier

Content

Letter informing the Colonel that he should have rebuked the son of the Boogtee Chief for his attempts to address a petition to the Khan, and that the Colonel had overlooked the fact that the intent of the Boogtee was to get the Colonel to permit and confirm his intention to ignore the Khan as his sovereign and the insult made to him by making such a request.

The letter goes on to remind the Colonel of the actions taken by the Khan in the past to keep control of the tribes who are subject to him, and that he should have taken notice of the conduct of these tribes in acting in a disrespectful manner, but that instead he had fixated on a minor point regarding the application of the term 'Khan of Beloochistan [Baluchistan] which Merewether believes was used correctly by the Vakeel to demonstrate the Khan's responsibility to the whole of Beloochistan and not just to Khelat.

Extent and format

1 folio

It is part of

Printed copies of correspondence relating to relations between the British Government and Khelat [Kalāt] state

312 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/22

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Letter

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

Mss Eur F126/22, f 119

History of this record

Date(s)

23 Aug 1870 (CE, Gregorian)

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Letter No.522 of 1870 from Colonel William Lockyer Merewether, The Commissioner in Sind, Kurrachee [Karāchi] to Colonel Robert Phayre, the Political Superintendent, Upper Sind Frontier, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Mss Eur F126/22, f 119, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024102474.0x000015> [accessed 19 April 2024]

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