File 1323/1916 Pt 1 ‘Baluchistan:- Disturbed conditions on the Anglo-Persian border. Future administration of Mekran, Sarhad & the Kalat States’ [‎319v] (636/896)

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11 The basis of these arrangements was the loan to the JHian of a Hindu
14 lilt-oasis official as Nazim. This was not a success,
First Nazim and rising of 1898. an ,l in 1898 the country rose. The
Nazim was seized and a Survey party which happened to be in the country was
attacked 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. landed at Pasni with > small regular force and
the rebels were easily defeated. ..., ,,i .
The chief instigator of the rising was Mehrab Khan the half brother of 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. Sheh Umr.' He fled the country, hut returned as soon as the troops had
been withdrawn with about 2,000 men chiefly trans-border badmashes. He sas
bought off by the acting Naib.
' 15. The Government of India held that the rising had been caused by Hie
mischievous activity of the Isaib and said
Governnent institutes so-called Bialiui that they WOllld welcome an efficient
s y st0OQ - administration based on the system of
Brahui Sardarships. “ By this they do not mean a system of Government by
the Khan’s Naib, which is not ther system of the country, nor can they con
template favourably a return to the former plan of Government by local
Sardars with the Khan’s Naibs supposed to watcu His Highness s interes.s-
neither side being guided or controlled, for that would inevitaoly mean a
return to the old state of disorder and abuses, intensified m all probability
The Governor-General in Council,thinks therefore that some endeavour should
still be made to adopt the Brahui system of administratron by Sardars and-
Naibs combined with a representative of the Khan to superintend me latter and
advise the whole. The Nazim should have no direct hand in the aammistration
and, collection of revenue. He should be responsible to the Khan that the
levies are paid, and that the Naibs do their duty and account for the revenue
collected, and he should keep His Highness informed of what goes on in the
districts under his supervision.” , . p
This policy was nok only inherently impossible but showed an entire
misunderstanding of what the. Brahui system of bardarship really was. In
the Brahui Confederacy each 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. was independent of the Khan in his tribal
area and their system admitted of no Khan’s Naibs or Nazims. The bichkis
were a Baloch family ruling over a mixed population consisting chiefly ot
f servile dependents.
16. The Government of India were informed that the Khan s choice of
Nazim had fallen on Mir Mehrullah Khan who hacl just taken part i 11 ai J
abortive rising against us They agreed to the Khan’s nomination and desired that
a Brahui system of administration should be tentatively introduced in Makran.
There was np, warrant in treaty or custom for forcing a Brahui admiiistra-
tion on this Baloch tract and anything more unlike a Brahui administration
than the resultant cannot be imagined.
17. The new Nazim commenced with the concurrence of Government to
'. , , place all the power in the hands or
Aa/im 8 ainocraoj. Mehrab Khan, Hhe treacherous author of
the rising, and to supplant the rightful 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. , Sheh XJmr, who had been
faithful to us.
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Till his retirement in 1917, i.e., for 19 years, the Nazim conducted an
autocracy resembling none of the customary systems of Kalat and based on
an admitted injustice. This system was imposed by the Government of India
inspite of the opinion of every Agent to the Governor-General and every
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. who had ever been in the country. It resulted in a period o
peace and order due entirely to the strong character of the Nazim, but it also
resulted in the further demoralization of the Qiehkis, complications aoross t e
border and a continual drain on the resources of the Khan, who instead o
receiving,an income of from Bs. 1^,000 to Rs. 17,000 from the country, as
had to find from his own revenues a gradually increasing deficit now amounting
to about a lakh One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees per annum.
18. An Assistant 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. ip command of a Levy Corps was
Appointment of Assistant Political Agont ' oil fr, infprfpre with the
and Matran Levy Corps. never allowed to . inter
Nazim’s administration.