MEER ALI MOORAD's FAMILY. 243 



and Reis of Upper Sindli, liad by his first wife 

 two sons, the Meers Shah Nowaz Khan and 

 Fyze Mahomed Khan, 25 and 23 years of age 

 respectively, and three marriageable daughters 

 by the same mother, a lady of rank of the 

 Murree tribe of Beloochees. By a second mar- 

 riage Avith a Kunchunnee, or dancing girl, whose 

 sister he also subsequently married, His High- 

 ness has issue, Meer Jehan Mahomed, aged 18 

 years, and Meer Khan Mahomed, aged 16 years. 

 Meer Ali Moorad has also a fourth wife. His 

 mother is still living, and it is said shows the 

 remains of considerable early beauty. The 

 tliree elder sons are all married and have off- 

 spring. The families of Meer Shah Nowaz and 

 Meer Fyze Mahomed reside at Dejee, as also 

 their mother and grandmother ; but the family 

 of Meer Jehan Mahomed reside with his mother 

 in the j^alace called the Deyorie at Khyrpoor. 

 The young princes are rarely with their families, 

 as the Meer insists on their presence in his con- 

 stant hunting excursions. They have con- 

 sequently Cam^') establishments, but for Orientals 

 are by no means dissipated. In looking over 

 the Sindh Blue Book I find some most un- 

 founded statements [vide Forbes' Report, dated 



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