22 MEER ALI MOORAD, 



witli Sukker ; protecting the whole of Upper 

 Slndh from the hostile Beloochees ; guarding 

 the left bank of the Indus, and preventing the 

 advance of hostile tribes, who were endeavour- 

 ing to join the Hyderabad Ameers at Meeanee. 

 The highly important services that Meer Ali 

 Moorad rendered throughout the campaigns in 

 Sindh were fully appreciated by Sir Charles 

 Napier, who thus notices them in a despatch to 

 the Governor-general — " Ali Moorad's conduct 

 appears to have been loyal from first to last, 

 both to his family and to the British Govern- 

 ment;" and that high-minded nobleman, the 

 Earl of Ellenborough, G.C.B., who was then 

 Governor-general, in a despatch dated 23rd 

 August, 1843, stated that "Ali Moorad had 

 been a faithful ally, when his sudden and unex- 

 pected enmity might have been fatal to our 

 army." In short, in adversity as in ^jrosperity, 

 Meer Ali Moorad has ever been faithful to the 

 British Government, but, notwithstanding his 

 own example and advice, certain members of 

 his family joined the hostile Ameers, and in 

 consequence of such conduct their lands were 

 confiscated after the battles of Meeanee and 

 Dubba. 



