Rebellion of Mohammad Yaqub Khan [‎214r] (117/174)

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CRIMINAL JUSTICE.
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587. Diary ending 12th May—
A tew ofliceis were deputed towards Jellalabad to entertain a new infantiv ' 4 -
they have captured all persons whom they have considered able to serve - those wli a
it, have obtained release by bribing the above officers, but the poor have' been entertaffied °
“On receipt of this information, His Highness has appointed new officers to o- 0 to Tell 1
abad directing them to send the former officers to Cabul, and to submit a detailedlist attested
by the lumberdar of each village showing the amount received by them at each place in order
that they may be held answerable for the same.” 1
The officers were eventually proved to have received Rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. 3,000 as bribes
This the Ameer took from them, but inffict-
edmo further punishment.
Diary ending 20th June.
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Diary ending 24th November-
a Although the parents of Surwur Khan and Nadir Khan, Purwanees of Kohistan, are at
sanguinary terms with each other, the day before yesterday the sons of Surwur Khan, Purwa-
nee, summoned Mahomed Ali Khan, the eldest son of Nadir Khan, to their house, on the faith
of the f Koran* to dine with them. When Mahomed Ali Khan left for his home, the son of
Surwur Khan, Purwanee, killed him with a gunshot at the Madur-i-Wuzeer Gate of the Serai
near the city of Cabul, at 10 p. m. Burkundazes of the Kotwalee went in pursuit of the crh
minals and captured one, the other absconded.”
Diary ending let December. Afterwards it was ascertained—
ff that, before the occurrence therein referred to, the criminal had agreed to pay a fine of
Rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. 4,000 to the authorities for the said murder, and he has, consequently, been now
released. According to the local custom ol Cabul, a criminal who agrees to pay a certain
amount of fine for the murder of his enemy before the occurrence of the same, is not held
answerable for it if he pays the said fine !! ”
The consequence of this was that the relatives of the murdered man among
the Purwanees endeavoured to revenge his death. Fighting therefore arose among
the tribe in Kohistan, and about 20 or 30 persons were killed. The Ameer, on
hearing of this, said that the Purwanees might settle the matter between them-
n . T , Q71 selves, “ considering that, as the above tribe
is very turbulent, it would be better if they
killed one another.”
Eventually
Diary ending 20th February 1871.
f the Purwanees were ordered to live in the Jellalabad and
Ghuznee Provinces with their families and
children, and to give up their ancestral im
moveable property/’
589. Diary ending 9th March 1871—
a A woman killed her husband with a pistol shot, and by order of the Cabul authorities
she was made over to the heirs of the deceased,
Diary ending 9th March 1871. who, after taking her to the place of execution,
killed her.”
590. Diary ending 13th March 1871—
“ Sohbut Khan, eldest son of Ah Khan, Chief of the Teetumdurree tribe, has been killed
in his house at night by his younger brother, Mahomed Ali Khan, The Cabul authorities have
as yet overlooked the murder, and it appears that they have done so considering that it would
be beneficial to the Government if the members of this family were destroyed by killing each
other.”
591. The crime of forgery was proved against certain officials of Khan-
i-Moolla Khan, the Kazee of Cabul. They wanted to ruin the Kazee s Deputy,
Moolla Shah Mahomed, and fabricated a traitorous letter from him to iacoob.
They, and the person through whom the letter was presented, were fined 37,000
Rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. , to be realized by the sale of their property.—[Diaries of 20th March, 23rd
March, and 13th April.]