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NOTES . ON MEKEAN.
took no partin the Boleidee and Gaitchkee struggles. Ihe predatory
incursions of its rulers into Persian territory resulted in its forcible
annexation to that kingdom. It is now governed by a Persian, named
Ibrahim Khan, whose authority also extends over all “Persian
Mekran.”
Bis ah .—A descendant of the old rulers is still Chief in this province
but governs entirely as a creature of Persia
- Dizak ' A Persian army captured the fort of Dmlr
No 2^ m 1/34, but it was not permanently held
then. In recent times Persia has asserted
its authority over this district. One Chief held out against Persian
forces in the fort of Zerokhshan within the last two years, but was
eventually slain, and the fort captured.
Gaih was for years the scene of Boleidee and Gaitchkee strug-
Gaih< g ] es. The former finally held their own,
but within the last fifteen years or so the
Chiefs of Gaih have also become tributary to Persia. The policy of the
latter Government in these provinces seems to be to have the heredi-
tary Chiefs in power wherever consistent with its own interests. The
present Chief, Meer Abdullah, is not the hereditary Chief, but acquired
a title to Gaih by marriage with the Boleidee heiress, and was con-
firmed by the Persian Government, which thus secured a Naib well
affected to its interests ; as were it not for fear of Persia there would
be many to challenge his title. Meer Abdullah is himself a Gaitchkee
by descent, but his mother was Boleidee.
Baho and Dushtyavee are districts of Gaih; their subordinate Chiefs
are, at present, the Ludgals, Mahomed Ali and Been Mahomed, who
are entirely under Meer Abdullah’s power, but are very dissatisfied
with existing arrangements.
Sirbaz and Kussurkund, after having been alternately possessed by
Boleidee and Gaitchkee, are now united
Sirbaz and Kussurkund. under a Boleidee Governor, Sheik Abdullah,
who pays unwilling tribute to Persia.
Thus by reason mainly of their internal dissensions, and predatory
propensities, the Beloochees of Western Mekran have become subject
to a yoke they hate. It is different with the people of Eastern Mekran
which owns the sway of the Khan of Khelat. He, like themselves,
bears the name of Belooch, and his authority is cheerfully acquiesced