1840.] General notice of the tribe of Kujjukzyes. 1215 



Khan, Misree Khan,* and (name unknown) to Candahar, but their com- 

 plaints were not attended to for a long time. At length Sadoola Khan was 

 ordered to return to Kuchee and collect the revenue as his forefathers had 

 done. The Kujjuks persuaded him that the Hajee alone had been the 

 cause of his brother's death, and for some years they gave him a small por- 

 tion of the tribute, but having quarrelled with hinfi for demanding the 

 whole amount, they killed him. His nephews fled to Lehree, and sought the 

 protection of the Doomkees, where they remained some years. But reduced 

 to extreme poverty, they were necessitated to throw themselves on the 

 mercy of their enemies for subsistence, and the Kujjuks saw with pride 

 the descendants of the Bazoozyes, once the governors of Kuchee and their 

 masters, now begging at their gates for relief. For a year or two they 

 were permitted to reside in the town, but then sent to Kooruk, where 

 they have since remained. 



To such a degree of power had the Kujjuks risen, and so great was 

 their influence, that in a. h. 1228-9 (a. d. 1813), when Ahmed Yar 

 Khan (the son of Bairam Khan), Surfuraz Khan (son of Moostapha), 

 and Mall Zeinub, Nusseer Khan's daughter, fled from the protection of 

 Mahmood Khan, the reigning prince of Kelat^ they took refuge in the town 

 belonging to that tribe, and Meer Khan, the head chief, agreed to assist 

 them in obtaining a settlement of their claims. Mahmood followed them 

 with an army, and for four days was encamped in front of the place, but 

 doubtful of taking it, he granted two shares of the revenue of Dadur to 

 the Mall, two to Ahmed Yar Khan, agreed to treat Surfuraz Khan as his 

 own son, and then withdrew. In Mehrab Khan's time also, they suc- 

 coured some fugitives, arfd that prince appeared before their walls with 

 a large force, but eventually retreated without coming to blows. 



On the occasion of destroying the village of their neighbours, the 

 Murukzanees, about thirty years ago, Meer Khan was slain by a matchlock 

 ball. The surviving Murukzanees sought refuge in the village of Duhpall, 

 where they now reside. 



The names of the Kujjuk chiefs, the descendants of the sons of Kujjuk, 

 are : — 



1. Ismael Khan, son of Punjoo, Punjoozye. (The head chief Punjoo being 

 the eldest son.) 



2. Eesan Khan son of Alee Khan Baranzye. 



3. Syud Khan „ Door Khan Dowlutzye. 



4. Kurim Khan „ Taj Mahomed Kashee. 



5. Hassun „ Meer Khan Kashee 



* Lately serving in the Bccloche levy. 



