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Letter No.1120 of 1870 from Colonel Robert Phayre, Political Superintendent, Frontier Upper Sind, Jacobabad to William Lockyer Merewether, The Commissioner in Sind, Kurrachee [Karāchi] [99v] (6/6)
The record is made up of 3 folios. It was created in 30 Jul 1870. 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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under us, as now ordered, the Murrees and Boogtees are an element of strength. Under
Khelat,as now advocated by the Khan, they will become an element of weakness and anxiety.
In short, as I have observed elsewhere, it would be as reasonable to attempt the detailed ma
nagement of tho. border tribes from Peshawur to Rajunpoor through the Ameer of Cabool,
their feudal head, as for the Murrees and Boogtees to be either partly or wholly dealt with
through the Khan of Khelat. We may use the Khan's name pro foi'nid, as I already do,
but practically speaking, anything more would lead to failure.
I have, &c.,
R PHAYRE, Colonel,
Political Superintendent, Frontier of Upper Sind,
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Letter regarding what Colonel Phayre perceives to have been a slight offered to him by the Khan of Khelat [Kalāt] (Khudadad Khan) in failing to include him in correspondence sent directly to Merewether as Commissioner, and also letters from Captain Charles Henry Harrison to Merewether, which again Phayre believes were intended to ignore him and all of which, he believes, shows an 'unhealthy tone' in Khelat which should give cause for concern.
The letter goes on to outline why Colonel Phayre believes that the Khan has developed a personal difference towards him, and why he believes that Captain Harrison is to responsible for this situation, before turning to the question of Captain Robert Sandeman's actions in Beloochistan [Baluchistan], which he believes was imprudent and uncessary, but which he believes has raised greater concerns over how the Khan of Khelat addressed the representatives of the British Government.
The letter further discusses what Phayre believes to be an attempt by the Khan of Khelat to gain control of the Deyra Ghazee Khan [Dera Ghāzi Khān] and Sind [Sindh] border territories and govern them from Khelat.
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Letter No.1120 of 1870 from Colonel Robert Phayre, Political Superintendent, Frontier Upper Sind, Jacobabad to William Lockyer Merewether, The Commissioner in Sind, Kurrachee [Karāchi] [99v] (6/6), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Mss Eur F126/22, ff 97-99, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024195159.0x0000c5> [accessed 26 August 2026]
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- Letter No.1120 of 1870 from Colonel Robert Phayre, Political Superintendent, Frontier Upper Sind, Jacobabad to William Lockyer Merewether, The Commissioner in Sind, Kurrachee [Karāchi]
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- 97r:99v
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