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 [‎26r] (38/68)

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of those who are acting in opposition
to him."
"I have in conclusion to request that
you will strictly adhere to the princi
ples herein set forth, and that you will
forward by the quickest means a copy
of this letter to Captain Harrison for
his guidance."
W. L. M erewether.
On the 4th May, Colonel Phayre re
plied as follows :—
"Advertingto your 4th para. 1 would
snbmit that there has been tio other
interference on my part between the
Khan and his Chiefs than has been
occasionally carried on by my pre
decessors, whenever they deemed it to
be emergently necessary."
" In the present instance^ this inter
ference has merely con-
K otk .—I did • i i • ' n ' ii
this ill several sis ted in giving friendly
letters One is ac | v i ce to the Khan, ex-
given above;
pressiVe of the hope
that he would for his ow T n, and his
country's sake, listen to what his
Chiefs had to represent to him; and to
the latter, my invariable advice has
been that they should submit a res
pectful representation of their griev
ances to His Highness, wait patiently
for redress, and on no account what
ever have recourse to arms."
" This timely intervention allayed
their excitement, and inspired them
with a hope,which, as all acknowledges,
saved Cutchee from being plundered
last December, and also restrained
such of the Jhulawan Chiefs as had
assembled at Bhagwana for hostile
operations against Kelat."
"Thus, up to the present time, such
efforts have fully answered their ob-