Rebellion of Mohammad Yaqub Khan [162r] (13/174)
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1868—1869.J DEPORTATION OP AHMED, ZTTMAN, AND OOMUB KHAN. 55
279. In November* 1868 lie deported Ahmed, Oomur, Zuman, Mamen
* Diary of 1st November, and Political Proceed- Ruknmtoollah and Eeroz Khan son of
mgs, July 1869, Nos. 374-76. Ahmed Khan, from Cabul into the in
dependent Wuzeeree country. And they came on of their own accord to
Kohat, receiving Ks. 25 a day and a residence from the Deputy Commissioner
When the Ameer reached Peshawur on the downward journey, Kuhmutoollali
waited on him, sought and obtained His Highness’s forgiveness, and subsequently
returned in his train to Cabul.
280. In an interview with Syud Noor Mahomed Shah, the Ameer’s Minister
about the same time, Colonel Pollock ascertained that the Ameer wished
the other four refugees to be kept at Kohat till his return to Cabul, when, after
a time, he would either re-call them, or allow their families to join them in
British territory.
281. Later, as the weather grew hotter, and the refugees grew tired of the
suspense, they represented the hardship of their position, and Colonel Pollock
addressed the British (Native) Agent at Cabul on their behalf. On the 9th
June Colonel Pollock received a reply to the effect that suitable provision
would be made very shortly for their families, but nothing was said as to the
re-call of the
Sirdars
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
, or of permission being granted for their families to join
them.
282. The refugees, having now lost all hope of speedy reconciliation with
the Ameer, requested permission to proceed, via Kurrachee, to Turkey, represent
ing that they had sufficient means wherewith to undertake the journey from
Kurrachee, if Government would continue their allowance as far as the sea
port, adding that, even should that boon be denied them, they wished to leave
at once.
283. Colonel Pollock told the Cabul Agent that he had asked for the in
structions of Government, expressing his own opinion that Government would
hardly approve of the
Sirdars
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
being indefinitely detained, after they had express
ed a wish to be allowed to leave for Turkey.
281. The British Agent, on the 22nd
+ “i/" Pr0C6e,Jin « s > Marcl1 1871 ' July,! sent in reply the following message
from the Ameer:
“ I am highly obliged to the English authorities, particularly to His Excellency
the Viceroy, who at our recent conference at Umballa said if any member of the Barukzai
family disturbs the affairs of Afghanistan he will be deserving of severity according
to the requirements of the case. I consider no punishment more suitable for my
enemies than to deport them to British territory, and to request the civil authorities
there to keep them in such distant and isolated places as may serve as warning to
others, and to adopt such measures as may secure a good name to both Governments. I have
consequently abstained from the execution of
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.
Mahomed Ismail Khan [for whose
attempted outbreak see below paragraph 337 ], taking no heed of his disaffection, and have
sent him to British territory with a view of his meeting with severity there. I assign an
'allowance of Rs. 7,000, which is more than what I ordinarily grant, for
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.
Ahmed Khan,
his two brothers, and their two families, so long as the former three remain quiet in British
territory, and the latter (their families) at CabuL I cannot possibly, for my honor’s sake,
myself allow the families of these
Sirdars
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
to go to them in British territory, yet if the
Sirdars
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
desire to send for their families I shall feel constrained. They may, therefore, send for their
families, or keep them at Cabul.
285. The Lieutenant-Governor desired Colonel Pollock to inform the
Sirdars
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
of the purport of this message, but,
ini reporting it to the Government of India,
expressed bis own opinion that the
Sirdars
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
could not “ be forcibly detained in
British territory against their will as the Ameer appeared to wish.”
286. In reply, Government (26th August) wrote a letter properly apply
ing to the case of Ismail’s two brothers (see infra § 339), but applicable to the
cases of other Afghans of distinction, who might be deported into British terri-
R p r .. . . w ^ ^ tory. The British Agent was to inform the
§ Political, A., March 1871, No. 315. * ^ c at ; b a* Do
Ameer§ that every precaution would be
taken against their engaging in any intrigues against his Government,
X Political A., March 1871, No. 313.
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Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 17 October 1871, concerning the Rebellion of Mahomed Yacoob Khan [Mohammad Yaqub Khan] in Afghanistan.
The papers cover: telegram from Charles Alison, HBM's Minister at Teheran [Tehran], concerning Persian policy in Afghanistan (folio 157); 'Narrative of Recent Events in Afghanistan, from the Recovery of Candahar to the Conclusion of the Rebellion of Yacoob Khan', by Henry LePoer Wynne, Under-Secretary to the Government of India, 28 August 1871, including references to the policy of the Persian Government on Yaqub Khan's presence in Persian territory (folios 222-225); and translated intelligence reports from the Agent at Meshed, June 1871.
The Enclosures are dated 9 June to 28 August 1871.
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