Letter No.52 of 1870 from Colonel Sir William Lockyer Merewether, K.C.S.I. & C.B., Commissioner's Office, Camp the Tanda to His Excellency The Right Honourable Sir William Robert Seymour Vesey Fitzgerald, G.C.S.I., Governor and President in Council, Bombay [‎61v] (16/28)

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In January 18G3, it was recorded " much of the ill-feeling towards the Khan
" is doubtless caused by his capricious unstable character, but his Chiefs by
" the unreasonableness of their demands render any permanent settlement of
tc their differences most difficult." Such it was from the first, and such, owing
to the infusibility of the materials, it has continued to the last. In one respect
His Highness the Khan has never changed, and that it is his sincere desire
to act to the best of his ability and power in accordance with the wishes of the
British Government, and with the treaty made with his brother and continued
with him. This has been proved in many ways and reported on many occasions*
and being the main point with which we are concerned, he has received the
support of the British Officers politically connected with him.
28. Of Moolla Mahomed Baisanee, the Chief, who Colonel Phayre still
seems to think has been oppressively and unjustly treated, I can only say that
like Sir Henry Green (and Colonel Phayre now) I had originally formed a
hio-h opinion of him, and considered him quite as likely to prove the most
stable pillar of the State. My first acquaintance with him was in the begin
ning of 1854, when he accompanied the late Khan, Meer Nusseer Khan, to
Jacobabad. He was then quite a young man, just passed 20, handsome, frank,
and of most gentlemanly demeanour. The last time was in 1860, on his own
estate in Cutchee, at Mittree near Dadur. The impression left then was still
most favorable, but judging from recent events, it would appear that increase
in years and the bad example of others have led to a great change for the
worse in him, and to the entertainment of ambitious ideas and greed for power
which was incompatible with his position as a noble and with his loyalty as a
subject of the ruler of the Khelat State. Captain Harrison's demi-official and
official reports on what occurred at Khelat in May last, show clearly how
fully he was convinced by the facts adduced by the Khan and 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. ' own
demeanour of the wrong course the latter was pressing, and of the mistaken
view that had been entertained of his present character and designs.
29. I would here quote a portion of Captain Harrison's letter No. 9, of
the 9th June last, which is not given in Colonel Phayre's statement, but which
is of great importance when the character and action of Sirdar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Moolla Maho
med are being considered. Captain Harrison's local experience of 11 years'
work on the Frontier of Upper Sind gives his opinion much weight.
"With reference to the 6th para, of letter No. 266 from the Com-
" missioner, it will be only necessary to allude to two or three statements
" 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. put forward by Sirdar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Moolla Mahomed, and by comparing
" them with what actually occurred, a fair idea of their truthfulness or other-
" wise may be arrived at."
" The chief statement is that they, 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. , had not done any-
" thing to warrant the treatment they had received at the Khan's hands.
" That he was jealous of their power and influence, and that he was persuaded