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usually a man of Influence and consideration among the tribes he has to deal
with, a duffadar A Non-Commissioned Officer in the Indian Cavalry. or two, a munshi A term used in the Middle East, Persia and South Asia to refer to a secretary, assistant or amanuensis. Munshis were employed in the British administration in the Gulf. and a certain number of tribal sowars and foot-
* Note—The Masturg Thana even now only men They do an immense amount of
consists of is men ail told, it was less in 1901. work in the stopping of feuds, the sum
moning or arrest of parties, the settlement of cases, the collection of transport and
supplies for troops and travellers, etc., etc., acting in all matters under the orders of
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. or the Political Adviser on behalf of 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. .
They in fact constitute the only machinery at the disposal of 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.
for the administration of the tribes. The Thanadars take the place of the
Tahsildar and Police Thanadar rolled into one of a circle in a British district.
At the same time this mode of dealing with the people is quite understood and
accepted by them ; while to 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. it is a help and a support. All the
system needs to make it entirely satisfactory and efficient is that it should be
somewhat extended as to the number of Thanas, the pay of the Thanadars and
the number of men under their orders. For purposes of comparison I append
two papers (marked B and C) which show respectively the levies at the Political
+ Note.—The statement does rot take into Agent s disposal in the Kalat State and
account the Bolan Levies from which the Political t h ose employed in the British district of
Agent m the absence o: other sources draws a few . . T rr 1 l »
meu for his personal escort, and a Government CJuetta- rlSnlO. In I\.alat there are 152 'r men
Levy Thana of 20 men at Dhandur m Kachi. and in Quetta-Pishin there are 426 men.
When it is remembered that Kalat is nearly 20 times the size of Quetta-Peshin and
that in the latter as in all other British districts in Baluchistan there are numerous
troops all over the country to assist in the maintenance of order, while there is
not a man in Kalat, the extreme inadequacy of the Kalat establishment will
readily be understood.
26. As already mentioned the Thanadar of Mastung (Khan Bahadur Mir
Dauran Khan, a brother of the Kurd Chief) had an impossible charge when I
first arrived in the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. ; and the following steps were taken to meet the
difficulty (z). A new Thana was established at Mungochar, (2) a full Thanadar
was placed at Aloo and the Sarawan country was divided into three circles, viz.,
Mastung, Aloo and Mungochar each with its own Thana andThanadar. At the
same time Levy posts or sub-Thanas have been established at Kirdagap, Doctor
Chah Guru, Kotul and Soro. For the neighbourhood of Kalat itself, which is
neither Sarawan or Jhalawan, the Jemadar of the Quetta-Kalat postal service
was given a small extra allowance and was constituted a Thanj^ar in respect of
the local Brahuis. These measures it need hardly be said have resulted in a great
increase of administrative efficiency.
27. Still more has been done in Jhalawan. After much correspondence a
Native Assistant was sanctioned for the country in September 1903 and located
at Khozdar. A commodious set of quarters within a walled enclosure has been
provided for him and his party, [a body of 18 levies has been formed for him
and regular postal communication has been established between Kalat and
Khozdar. For the first year the Native Assistant’s orders were to do little or
nothing beyond looking about him and making himself acquainted with the
pepole and submitting reports of passing events. In September last, however,
the Jhalawan Chiefs^unanimously asked that the Native Assistant should be
invested with authority to deal with local cases and the request has been acceded
to.. Before I left Quetta on leave a detailed set of rules for the Native Assistant’s
guidance was drawn up and this has since been sanctioned by the Agent to
the Governor-General and issued to the Native Assistant. It was of the first
importance to have an official on the spot in Jhalawan while it will no doubt
greatly tend to the peace of the community and the contentment of the people
if their ordinary cases are promptly disposed of. Thus, if the Native Assistant
does not attempt too much at first, and if he maintains a judicious attitude in
his relations with the Khan’s officials on the one part and the Brahuis on the
other, we shall certainly have made a useful beginning towards the pacification
and development of the Jhalawan country.
28. Apart from Khozdar, to the old Thana at Zehri and Saruna have been
added Thanas at Surab, Mashkai and Mar Lak and sub-Thanas at Samotri and