Letter No.596 of 1870 from Colonel Sir William Lockyer Merewether, The Commissioner in Sind, Commissioner's Office, Kurrachee [Karāchi] to His Excellency the Right Honorable Sir William Robert Seymour Vesey Fitzgerald, Governor and President in Council, Bombay [‎129v] (10/34)

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19. The Khan by listening to the advice of
a man known to be bitterly, and almost openly,
hostile to the British Government, was thwart
ing General Jacob's measures for the establish
ment of the Khan's authority. General Jacob's
object was to establish that authority on a
sound basis, and not to take from it. The
Khan fortunately saw this, and dismissed the
Darogah, and his associate.
20. The influence Sir Henry Green had
gained in Beloochistan, supported cordially by
the Political Superintendent on the Frontier,
was quite as stated by General Jacob. Colonel
Phayre neglects to support the present Political
Agent, and terms the wholesome influence
Captain Harrison has gained with the Khan, by
his firm and prudent conduct, " partizanship,"
and even goes the length in more instances
19. Again, on the 29th August 1858, Gen
eral Jacob wrote to Major Green.—
<c Your letters of the 22nd and 23rd reached me
this morning, all that you say therein is right
enouofb and was well known to me. But I can-
not consent to keep "with the Khan of Khelat a
British representative, while the Khan himself
is secretly but perseveringly thwarting all our
measures for the establishment of his authority,
and the good Government of his country, while
he retains in a position of trust and honor, and
listens to the advice of a man, known to be
bitterly, and almost openly hostile to the British
Government, and whom we know to have caused
the murder of the late Khan; while he has al
lowed, if not encouraged, attempts at corrupt
ing our soldiers, and has endeavoured to annoy
yourself and your escort in all manner of petty
ways, such as impeding the supply of provi
sions, &c., and last, not least, while he witholds
from the army serving him in the field the
supplies, and payments necessary for their
maintenance, although bis existence as a Sove
reign Prince may depend on the conduct of this
army, and the Chiefs have been induced to as
semble to exert themselves in his cause by rea
son of the influence of the British representa
tive only.
Either Gool Mahomed and all advisers hostile
to our interest must be at once publicly dis
graced and removed from all employment, and
the Khan must fairly and actually without any
underhand opposition take up the line of policy
which you have indicated to him, and by follow
ing which alone his rule can prosper, or we must
withdraw the British mission from his Court.
On no other terms can you remain a day longer
with hope of ultimate advantage.
(Signed) John Jacob."
20. On the 17th September 1858, General
Jacob again wrote to Major Green at Khelat
as follows " r * * " 1 have more than once indeed
reported that I consider your influence in Be
loochistan to constitute a force as valuable to
us as an army of 10,000 soldiers.
* * * I wish you would now at leisure pre
pare a report, sketching lightly the proceedings