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was killed by a Turkoman Aka Muhammad Khan who succeeded his father
occupied the valley of Daragez. He and his family have since remained here
ditary Governors of Daragez. The presenc Governor two years ago, succeeded,
his elder brother, Muhammad Ali Khan, Mansur-ul-Mulk, who had in his turn
ousted the eldest brother, Allah Yar Khan, about twenty years ago. Allah Yar
Khan and Mansur-ul-Mulk are at present living at Meshed.
Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. -i-Mufakhkham, Yar Muhammad Khan, Shadillu—Is
the hereditary and ninth Chief of the Shadillu tribe of Kurds, who occupy the
Bujnurd district. They first came to Khorasan during the reign of Shah Abbas
Safavi, about the year 1600 A. D , and at present number about 15,000 families
(Sani-ud-Dowleh’s “ Matla-ush-Shams ”).
Yar Muhammad Khan is also Governor of the Bujnurd and Jajarm districts.
A few years ago the district of Gurgan was also under him but owing to disturbances
raised by the Goklan Turkomans it was separated from Bujnurd and placed under
the Government of Astarabad. In 1897 he killed his son Suhman Khan, who was
Deputy-Governor of Gurgan and married to the daughter of Mirz'a, Muhammad
Kuli Khan Muntakhab-ul-Mulk, at present Karguzar of Meshed, for intriguing
against him (his father) and causing a disturbance in Bujnurd.
He has the following sons :—Nusratullah Khan, Mir Panj, Deputy Governor
of Jajarm. Age about 32. Aziz-ullah Khan, Saham-ud-Dowleh, heir apparent
of the Chief, age 24. Is Amir Tuman. Habib-ullah Khan, Sartip of the Sha
dillu Cossacks, age 21. There are also three or four other younger sons.
ShA ji-UL-Muuk, Ali Naki Khan —Is a leading headman of the Karai
tribe of Turbat-i-Haideri, and Sartip of the Karai battalion which is at present
on duty in Seistan.
According to the Sani-ud-Dowleh, quoted by Colonel Yate in his “ Khora
san and Seistan, ” and Gazetteer of Persia, the Karai is a Turk tribe of Khorasan
inhabiting the district of Turbat-i-Haideri. A large number of their families
were removed from Turkistan to Syria by one of the Mongol Kings, whence
they were brougnt to Pars by Amir Timur and afterwards from Pars to Khorasan
by Shah Ismail Safavi. The Chiefs of this trice were semi-independent in the
early part of the last century and Ishak Khan Karai, who was then Chief of
this tribe, acquired great power and broke out into rebellion during the reign of
Path Ali Shah. In 1815 he and his son Hasan Ali Khan were killed at
Meshed by Muhammad Vali, Mirza. The second son, Muhammed Khan Karai,
then rebelled, but was subdued by Hasan Ali, Mirza, Shuja-us-Sultaneh in 1819.
In 1829 he again rebelled and took possession of Meshed. He was however
defeated and ejected from Meshed by the troops of Ahmad Ali, Mirza, son of
Path Ali Shah, who was then Governor-General of Khorasan. After his death
the Chiefs of the Karai tribe lost their independence, and gradually the hereditary
Chiefship was abolished and the tribe was put under the Governor of Turbat-i-
Haideri. Abdur Raza Khan, another leading headman of the Karais, is the
Sartip of the Karai sowars. Shaji-ul-Mulk and Abdur Reza Khan are descen
dants of Ishak Khan Karai.
Shaukat-ud-Dowleh, Mir Asadulla Khan— Is the head of about
three thousand families of Timuris who emigrated from Herat to Khorasan in
1S57 under his father, Mir Ataullah Khan, Ilkhani The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran. , grandson of Naoruz Khan,
brother of Mir Kilich Khan. He has been Governor of the Jam, Bakharz, Khaf
and Zorabad districts at different times and is at present Governor of the
Sar-i-Jam district, with a force of three hundred Timuri sowars under his orders.
Has four sons, the eldest of whom, Abu Turab Khan, is aged about 18 years.
The Shaukat-ud-Dowleh is about 45 years of age and holds the rank of
Amir Tuman.
Shuja-ul-Mulk, Sartip Muhammad Reza Khan —He is at present
Chief of the Hazara tribe of Khorasan.
In 1857 (see Colonel Yate’s “ Khorasan and Seistan ”) the Hisam-us-Sal-
taneh, Governor-General of Khorasan, who commanded the Persian troops during
the last siege of Herat, removed about 5,000 families of this tribe from Kala
Nao, in the Herat district, to Khorasan. They were settled in the Jam and
Bakharz districts and their Chief, Yusuf Khan, was given the pay and rank. of
Sartip with a service of Hazara sowars who were chiefly employed in checking
the Turkoman raids. After a short time about 2,000 of these families returned