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Letter No.1725 of 1869 from Colonel Robert Phayre, the Political Superintendent, Frontier Upper Sind, Jacobabad, to Sir William Lockyer Merewether, the Commissioner in Sind [23r] (32/68)
The record is made up of 36 folios. It was created in 6 Dec 1869. It was written in English. The original is part of the 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. .
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There should be very clear evi
dence before this should be accepted
and used in argument.
W. L. M.
stating that this cruel and cowardly
act had been done by order of your
Highness."
'• As a report of this kind may bo
very injurious to your Highness, I
would suggest that every effort be
made to find out at whose instkration
the crime was committed."
" This unfortunate event has quite
It* effect upon ""settled the minds of
the
Sirdars
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
. the
Sirdars
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
who were
coming to pay their respects to you,
and I trust that by a kindly interest
in their present misfortune, you will
disabuse their minds of the statement
made by the assassin Mairab."
C. H. Harrison.
In reporting this event to the
No. 703, Of 27th Commissioner in Sind,
April 1869. the p 0 ii t i ca i Superin
tendent observed as follows—
" 3. Under these circumstances I
would solicit a review of the events
connected with the causes of dispute
between the Khan and his Chiefs,
dating from my letter No. 1222 of
14th October last, from which it will
appear that the deliberate outrage
now reported, has so intentionally
widened the breach between the two
parties, as to render it very difficult
for us to mediate successfully as we
had reasonably hoped to do ; for, on
the one hand, the Khan will of course
repudiate all knowledge of the act,
whilst the
Sirdars
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
on the other will as
strenuously uphold their view, quot
ing it as an additional evidence of
their oft-repeated charge, viz. that
Khodadad Khan is step by step, and
year by year, destroying the constitu
ted form of Government of the Khan
ate, for the purpose of establishing
despotic power in his own person and
family."
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Letter regarding an examination undertaken by Phayre of the records of the office of political superintendent in order to give an historical outline of the principal events that have occured from the start of the current Khan of Kelat [Kalāt] (Khodadad Khan) 's reign in 1844 until now.
Enclosed with the letter is an 'abridged narrative of events' in regards to arrangements with the Murrees and other tribes on the frontier and the state of British relations with the Khan of Kelat and his chief's and people. The narrative is based upon treaties, reports and correspondence from a number of individuals including Brigadier General John Jacob, Sir William Lockyer Merewether, Sir Henry Green and Captain Charles Henry Harrison and provides an almost monthly account of events from May 1854 until November 1869.
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