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permitted to retain a nominal chiefship in Kej and other places, and
half the revenues is still devoted to them. r Ihe administration of affairs
of the province is said also to have rested with them up to the time of
the present representative of the Khan, Fuqueer Mahomed Bezunjoo.
This Chief has allied himself matrimonially with the Gaitchkee family,
and by tact and determination wields undivided authority throughout
the province. So long as he holds the reins, the Gaitchkees are not
likely to be troublesome, but although their Chiefs have acknowledged
the supreme authority of the Khan of Khelat, theii present status
must be galling to them at times. It would perhaps be better for
themselves, as well as a safer arrangement, were their Chiefs provided
for in a manner different from the method now followed, of admitting
them to a share of the revenues.
The foregoing sketch applies in general to all the three provinces of
Kej, Toomp, and Punjgoor. Of the dependencies of Kej, Ormard has
passed to the Khan, Kolwa is attached to Upper Beloochistan, and
Gwadur is in the possession of the Saltan of Muscat. This seems an
appropriate place to inquire how Gwadur came into the possession of
the Sultan.
The following account is from local sources:—-
111. Gwadur
was formerly a dependency of the Kej province, and during the time
of the Boleidees, was frequently the residence of the Ameer. In the
time of the Gaitchkees and subsequently to their subjugation by Nasir
Khan, Gwadur was acquired by Sultan bin Ahmed, grandfather of the
present Sultan of Muscat, in the following manner. That Prince, being
suspected of treasonable designs, was banished from his father’s Court,
and made a journey to Khelat in hopes of inducing Nasir Khan to
further his ambitious schemes. He was so far successful as to obtain
Gwadur, either in gift or on loan. For it is a disputed point between
Belooch and Arab, whether it was intended as a free and actual present,
or merely as temporary accommodation. Whichever way it was, the
Gaitchkee share of the revenues of Gwadur seems to have been ignored.
Their account of the matter is, that Nasir Khan assigned Gwadur to
Sultan bin Ahmed, as a residence, for so long as he should require it,
making over to him his own half of the Gwadur revenue, a common way
amongst Oriental Princes of providing for a noble guest. This is the