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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 [‎132v] (16/34)

The record is made up of 17 folios. It was created in 15 Sep 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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( 14 )
Mahomed froely, and frankly, and there were
no conditions attached to it that rendered it
difficult of acceptance. lie was allowed to
proceed to his own home in safety, his heredita
ry lands were restored, but the Enam lands
granted to him in 1864 for good service then
done, and which were escheated on his misbeha-
biour in 1805, being* a reward for ^ood conduct,
would be withheld, until the 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. proved that
he was deserving of their beinor re-srranted to
O O O
him. Nothing could be fairer or more liberal
than this, but Moolla Mahomed listening to the
Jam and Azaad Khan, and evidently thinking
(vide his letter to Captain Harrison) that he
would receive some further support from Colo
nel P hay re, rejected the terms and hastily de
parted for Cutchee, and, he gave out, Jacobabad.
He was very properly not permitted to visit the
latter. Instead of going quietly to their homes
in obedience to orders, Moolla Mahomed went
to the Affghan district of Seebee, while the
Jam. and Nooroodeen, retired to their homes
it is true, but only to mature plans for an exten
sive rebellion, which they had already discussed
in April when near Khelat, and which was to
take place in the autumn. The Jam did carry
out his plan in the end of September, but he
was only backed by his relative Nooroodeen
Mingul; the other Brahooee Chiefs he tried to
incite to join, but they steadily held aloof.
29. The failure in obtaining any good result
from our interposition was undoubtedly caused
by the impracticability and ungrateful conduct
of Moolla Mahomed. Colonel Phayre s attempted
comparison of affairs is neither happy, nor just,
while the acts and intentions he imputes to the
Khan are nowhere proved. The tone and
conduct alluded to in this para, is purely
imaginary. When it is necessary to address
severe remonstrance to the Khan, it will always
be done in the same straightforward manner as
before, but to attack His Highness on mere sur
mise and hasty conclusions, would be most in
equitable.
29. Thus ended the last ciTort at carrying
out General Jacob s real policy, as exemplified
in 1858, under his own working—vide paras. 23
and 24, above, and preceding letters. It is im
possible to have better practical examples before
us than the above, and that which is said to re
present the same policy in 1869 afford. In the
one case, the Khan yields to proper firmness on
the part of the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , though the
latter's life was in danger, and intimidation was
not wanting. In the other, the same diabolical
machinery is put in motion, but this time towards
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. , and it succeeded too well. The
Khan got his own way, and he has kept it ever
since, until it has culminated in a tone and
conduct which will produce yet worse results,
unless checked by some of General Jacob's
wholesome advice and thorough determination
to call things by their right names.

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Letter enclosing a letter from Colonel Robert Phayre which Merewether feels is exceedingly improper and disrespectful in its tone and that he has felt it necessary to add remarks to the letter to demonstrate the Colonel's continued misunderstanding of the situation and the different documents he has quoted from.

Enclosed with the letter is No.1260 of 1870 from Colonel Phayre, to Colonel Merewether, 3 September 1870, in which the Colonel defends his position and his attitudes towards Khelat [Kalāt] and Captain Charles Henry Harrison (The Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Khelat) including giving his understanding of the history of Khelat and how that applied to the present situation. Alongside each paragraph is a counter-explanation from Colonel Merewether, most of which either give fuller explanations of the correspondence cited or highlight areas where the Colonel has made assumptions and suppositions without having any evidence to support them.

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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 [‎132v] (16/34), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Mss Eur F126/22, ff 125-141, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024195160.0x00003f> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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