'Military Report on Persian Seistan' [‎86v] (177/188)

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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. Khan Jan Khan (eon of 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. Ibrahim Khan Sinjarani) lives
at Milak, which belongs to him.
The eldest son of 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. Khan, Jan Khan, by name Mahammad Hussain
Khan, and his nephew Shams-ud-din Khan tell me that they came from Af
ghanistan about ten years ago, and lived here for some six yeai s. A'ter this
Khan Jan Khan went to the Rukn-ud-Dowleh at Meshed with the view of
trying to get a pension from the Persian Government, but failed owing, they
state,^to the ill-feeling against the family, on the part of the Rukn-ud- Dow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. -
leh for the action they took against Muhammad Jafar Khan, the Governor
appointed by the Persian Government in 1874.
After that Khan Jan Khan went to Quetta with a hundred sowars, and
his son says that he received an allowance of a hundred rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. a day for the
two months he was there, but was eventually advised by Sir Robert Sande-
man to return to Seistan, as the British Government could do nothing for
him then, but that, if the opportunity arose, his services would be called into
On his return to Seistan, the late Hashmat-ul-Mulk settled him in these
jungles, which he was permitted to cultivate.
The terms were that the produce of all lands brought under cultivation by
him waste be divided into three shares —one for himself, one for the culti
vator, and one for the Government, out of which latter share one-fourth is remit
ted to him by the Government for his trouble. Under these terms the land is
now rapidly being cleared, and much has been done during the last four years.
The district under his charge is called Chilingak, and Muhammad Hussain
Khan says that they derive a total revenue from it of some fifteen hundred
kkarwan of grain per annum, but this may be an exaggeration.
Khan Jan Khan is doubtless in very poor circumstances, but I see no
reason why the British Government should be expected to support the family
of the murderer of De Forbes.
I have heard that the Amir invited Khan Jan Khan to return to Afghan
istan a short time ago and that the latter sent a special messenger to a
Hindu trader (Lurinda Mall) in Quetta who is said to be in the pay of the
Russian Agent in Seistan, and to whom he owes a thousand rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. , to ask for
his advice.” The tiader replied, advising him to remain where he was as he
said the British Government intended to annex Afghanistan shortly, and he
would then get back bis ancestral property at ( hakhansur, etc. Accordingly
he remained, but by the Persian he is not treated as anything more than the
Kadkhuda of the village, which he practically is.—(C. E. Yate.)
List of Turlci tribes vnder the auspices of the Sinjarani tribe.
Approxi-
Name
Name
Remabks.
•SI
Name of tribe.
Besidence.
mate
of
. of
<u 3
on 0
a
number.
Kadkkuda.
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. .
1
Badzal
Chakhansur .
800
None
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. Khan
Jan Kban.
Afghan
territory.
2
Allabbadzai
Seistan
600
None
Ditto.
3
Shirzai •
Do.
800
Zangi Kban .
Ditto.
4
Nasuzai
Do.
600
Shah Sawar
Khan
Ditto.
6
Manduzai
Do.
600
Para Din
Ditto.
Total
3,100