'Report on the Nushki, Chagai and Western Sinjerani Districts for the year 1897-98 and on the Development of The Quetta-Seistan [Sistan] Trade Route' [‎6v] (12/148)

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18. Mulia Husain, Naib of Nusliki, has the misfortune to he a Khan
zada.* Owing to this fact, he is despised by Brahuis and Baluch alike, and treat*
ed by both in a very cavalier, not to say contemptuous, fashion. J have striven
in the course of my recent visits to Nushki to impress on Naib Mulia Husain
a proper idea of his duties and the responsibilities of his position, and endea
youred to incite him to a show of action, but in vain. He never attempts to
interfere when a quarrel breaks out, nor has he on any single occasion, that I
am aware of, taken his proper part in suppressing frontier raids. I shall nave
cause, when dealing with the development of trade, to refer to the nature of
the help the Naib afford 'd in protecting caravans passing near the Nushki-
Shorawak border.
opportuu
disaffecti
was folio
that it w
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Highness
that a foi
19. While my efforts to bolster up tlie Naib’s authority have failed, owiV
to his supineness, l am glad to he aide to rep irt that the state of Nush’ki lias
altered materially (or the better. During the hilts I made at Nushki, I h ive
been aide to settle a large number of outstanding land and blood claims,f in
many cases dating back from generations. Tins action his exercised a Verv
beneficial effect on the. inhabitants of the district, who noiv refer the most
trivial oases for my decision. Before leaving Nushki, the heads of the more ini-
porcaut plans inhabiting the district handed me written statements to the effect
that their quarrels and blood feuds had been settled to their entire satisfaction
and that no ground for further quarrel existed. While this testifies to the par
tial pacification of Nushki, it must be remembered that the lawless element is
only quiescent, ami has not been eliminated. Nushki is full of inflammable
materials, which only require a spark to burst into a conflagration. Should an
the wo!tn° CCU1 |' ?i" d as 1 hav ' e j" st said tl,e materials are always readv to l.and,
tlie weakness ot the present tliana establishment would immediately be seen iu
its inability to cope successfully with the disturbance. ?
diffi C uhies 0Ur r/ t |! Ure . t0 \ ra ^ s Nusllki is a question that offers many
tw, n leS ' , 0 iia'c tile district alono would involve us in a sea of frontier
a^tlv , es ’- a ii! ls clearly impracticable, while outlie other hand to interfere
ab r nil," 1 tke adpimistration of a portion of the Khan of Kalat’s territorv
although such an interference would assuredly be welcomed by both Rakhs ni
and Menpls ahke, .s opposed to our traditional policy in Baluchistan In
paiagraph 11 of my report dated 15th July 1897, while drawin- atienthm t
that 'cmlv t’ 1 StatBd tUlt ’ altel ' ulose stud . v of the question, I was of opinion
t»jat only two courses Arere open to us, viz .opinion
(") K^ ltller .i t0 a al< “ • 0Ver ’- U ' l<ll;, ’ an ara i C3 We arrangement with the
the Khan e in d ‘ nU ! 1Stratl0n fi 0f F Ushki ’ i )oth judicial and fiscal, vivin-
enjoyed. tlmeS tlie ^ ° £ the ~ hL ’ofiate ytn
duty. T
keep his
belief th;
that his i
which ar
continue
pressure
would be
bis right!
have reas
the Khai
that the
ed in fore
suggestic
have ent
on the oi
and w r an
of them
proposal
la vo u rah
material]
tion to tl
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me to sti
the hill ]
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22.
during i
(b) Or to call on the Khan to administer the country on lines that nro
mise some hope of success. And an essential feature of such on^id!
relative to revenue T ^ive thf. " ^ 1° the Khan m 3,1
of the ordinary type would T fell ap P 0, "‘ ment , to a Kalat official
would rudely shake new l orn ln J volv e inevitable faflure,
last degreed b ° rn conti(1, -' I1< ' e - and be inadvisable to the
Sinjeran
has falle
cent, of
believe t
motives,
the sarm
the roots
to sand;
starving
heavy lo
expressed. Unde/th^preteTt , ) S -fem^ aS N!!lu* tl ’ ength - e V e ^ tho vie ' vs 1 tlien
it prosper. The district is inliahfted hv ^ ‘ kl Can , n "', ,l ' er be pacified nor can
withdrawal of a single lew sowar In the East India Company army and later Indian Army, an ordinary native cavalryman or mounted cavalryman. ininrinn^ ma «^ la ' vless characters that the
The two branches of the llakhshani are at feud a°d t l< i 1>eacc ot tlie cou ntry.
—— aie a -' i0lul > a >‘ d only await a favourable
* Born in domestic slavery.
+ One hundred and twenty.two.
past yea
23.
thus am;
Nushki <
lands to
halted a
ir.g the !
dispute 1
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