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AFGHAN-TOOEKISTAN. [ 1869-70.
CLEARING UP OP PROSPECT IN
, . , ,, o 1c ,f iLp Ao-ont lieard from an informant at
Tnkhtapool. And, on tlie 31st, that the Ameer of Bokhara
* Diary ending 31st January 18/0. was akoilt to retnrn, VlCl B-aislli, to Ills
capital, having appointed Sudeek Khwajah Suddoor, Governor of Koolab, and
made over to him the following troops.
1,000 Infantry,
500 Jezailchees,
2 Guns of 8 horses each,
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Khodaikool, Governor of Birjwan, with
1,000 Infantry,
500 Jezailchees,
2 Guns of 8 horses each,
and in like manner, Yakoob Anak, Governor of Hissar, with the following
troops :
3,000 Infantry and Khosadars.
10 Guns of 28 horses each.
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491. I turn now to what happened to Prince Abdool Mullik, when
Koolab, his city of refuge, fell again into the hands of his father s troops.
Tip went to Kurraktegin with the intention, it was believed, of
pushing on to Kokund. There, it was re-
* Diary ending 20 tii December. ported, he was joined by the inhabitants,—
a report which had the effect of causing his father to apprehend a revival of
1 his insurrection, and to postpone there-
t Diary ending 27th December. fils intended return to the capital, t
But the Prince was evidently unable
Diary ending January 17th, and the account which 1q effect anything in these parts, and
Ibrahim of Peshawur gave to Colonel Pollock, conse(luently took refuge UOt in Kokund,
but in Kashgar.*
492. This section may be closed with an account of Surrah Beg’s antece
dents, and supplementary incidents of his movements in 1869, drawn from the
account of Shahzada Mahomed Akbar, survivor of Captain Grey’s parties
1 and 2.
He is the son of Katta Khan, brother of Moorad Beg, the conqueror
(1815—1832) of the whole country from Khoolum Eastwards to the head of the
Oxus. Katta Khan got possession of Koolab, Birjwan and the countries
North of the Oxus, hut remained subordinate to Moorad Beg. His eldest son
and successor was Meer Mizrab Beg, during whose rule Surrah Beg was kept
as a detenu at Bokhara. Here (15 years ago) he met Yacoob Goshbegee of
Kokund, who had come on a mission, and had been thrown into prison. The
two swore brotherhood; and when shortly afterwards Muzrab Beg died, and
Surrah Beg was appointed Meer of Koolab by the Ameer of Bokhara, with
the title of Atalik, he procured Yacoob’s release. Surrah Beg was one of those
who joined the rebel Bokhara Prince, hut found himself powerless owing to
the rebellion in Birjwan of his nephew Alum Khan, son of Mizrab Beg.
He abdicated in favour of that nephew, telling him to maintain the struggle
against the Bokhara troops, and crossed over to Boostak, the Meer of which
place, Ismail Khan, was his brother-in-law. After a short stay there he went
into Talikhan, where he left his family and treasure, and proceeded to
Tukhtapool, where he made presents to Alum Khan, and was given leave to
return to Talikhan. Thither Alum soon followed him, and offered him the
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