File 1323/1916 Pt 1 ‘Baluchistan:- Disturbed conditions on the Anglo-Persian border. Future administration of Mekran, Sarhad & the Kalat States’ [‎310r] (617/896)

Confidential.
No. i-Q. dated c mp QaeiUt the 7th Jamary ]m (
P rom Bt.-Lieutenant-Colonel T. Keyes P M p n t n r.
To—The Honourable Hr. P. W. Johnsto'.v C st’r r" tl ’ Ca ' Kalat >
Gene mi in iialaehistan. » ’ » • •> • • Ag’ent to the Governor
admits WUh y ° Ur “^-ctions, to report oa the
place without the kCw^gf of“Go^ernme^ranT oha “S e ? havB ‘at«n
between the component parts of the State haw-hopn^- J '. Ust ^ a ^ anC0
to describe at some length the historv anH f isturbed, it is necessary
and should govern its administration. US ° m V, ^ 1C ^ bs formation
ing matters in attacheTmemoranda”— ° f t! ‘ IS rt ' POrt 1 ha '' e placed tlle fol !ow-
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(S) Development of the duties ofrVazir-i-Azam.
(c) Khan’s and Jirga Funds.
(d) Thana system.
(e) Makran (Historical sketch).
7 if) Makran external affairs.
(g) Proposition Statement of Makran Levy Corps.
2. The genesis of Kalat State is gaven in mpmnrcmrin \ \
coated it consists of six parts to a^reTt
1. The revenue paying areas or Niabats, where the Khan is himself Chief
Divisions of Ealat Stafe. and the Sardars hold land from him as
vassals.
2. The Tribal or Confederacy area, where the Khan is nrimu ( inter
among the Sardars who are independent each in his own tribal area buf are
Ks o^territol^'' ^ armS r6tUrn f ° r flefs - the
3. Lasbela, where is the Jam’s suzerain.
PPrKtf' is ® enerall y known as the price of blood, it having been
ir ii ^ th + e , s ailcesfcor as compensation for the death of Mir Abdulla
Kachhi was taken from the Khan by the Afghans but was restored throng 0 ^
intervention by the treaty of 1841. u cmougn oui
Here the Sardars and their tribesmen are subject to the Khan excent in
those areas where their jagirs are fiefs known as “ qomi inam ”. ^
5 Khar an, the Chief of which sometimes owned allegiance to the Khan
sometmes to Kabul and sometimes to Persia. This trial area was included
though thf rT- C f m t d ^ bj US ‘ ItS P. 0sltl0 ^ m the Sta te has never been defined,
though the Chief asked on one occasion to be considered as a Sara wan 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.
and formed one of the jay a recommending the deposition of Khan Khudadad.’
6. Makran, which was ceded to an ancestor of the Khan by the Gichki«
who contracted to pay him half the revenue in return for his protection.
Kalat is thus a federal State with some feudal elements in its constitution
but some even of the Sardars and many of the tribesmen have a dual status’
of the Ccmfedera(^ reVenUe Subjects ° f the Khan and in another freemen
3. The Harris and Bugtis were until 1876 nominally included in Kalat,
Separation of Marris and Bugtis from Kalat. and ^0 M am tumandar field a jagir from
thp cjin/i « •+ i j i tbe •^■ban. Tfie Khan at the instance of
,r lDd , aiithorit ies had made several attempts to coerce the Marrs, but the
Bugtis had managed to free themselves entirely from any form of control
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