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3d. He required the fort to be repaired when necessary, and the 

 snow to be swept off the houses and works in the winter. 



4th. He required to be relieved from entertaining public guests, 

 such as envoys and couriers from Candahar and elsewhere. 



Like the Israelites of old, when once determined to have a king ? 

 none of the disadvantages urged by the prophet Samuel could deter 

 them — so it seemed with the Dehwars, for they agreed to all these 

 conditions, and continued faithfully to perform these services, with now 

 and then some mitigation ; for instance, as Kalat became peopled with 

 foreigners, they were made to repair part of the works, and during the 

 time of Meer Nasseer Khan, in consideration of the great influx of 

 guests, he allowed the Dehwars 2,000 Kareembhanee rupees a-year ; 

 besides granting them some bunds or dams in Kuchee — these were 

 however escheated by his successor Meer Mahmood Khan. 



Ahmad also made his brothers agree to give him from every flock 

 one sheep, one rope, and one felt rug. This their 

 descendants continued to do until the time of Meer 

 Nasseer Khan, who remitted the tax. 



Meer Meerab Khan is, I believe, the seventh in descent from Meer 



Ahmed, the progenitor of the Ahmedzais, and among 

 Geneology. 



these seven, are Meer Mehrab Khan-i-Kalan, Meer 



Kale Khan and Meer Samander. 



Among the eight brothers, the Ahmedzais, Eitazais, and Kamba- 



ranees amalgated together, and shared each other's 

 Intimacy. . .... , 



joys ana sorrows ; that is, they intermarry and pay 



visits of condolence to each other on the death of a relation, and share 



in the payment of blood-money. 



Of the intermediate Khans between Meer Ahmed and Meer Abdul- 

 lah, Mehrab Khan's great-grandfather, I am in possession of little in- 

 formation more than the following. Meer Sumandur obtained the sur- 

 name sakhee, or the generous, from his great liberality and hospitality. 



It was first under Meer Kale Khan, that the Brahoees rose into im- 

 portance, and formed any thing deserving to be 



Meer Kale Khan. ... . . . rT „ . 



called a separate independent state. He expelled 



the tribe of Soomrees or Nomryas from Tuhrab, Baghlana and Khuz- 



dar, whence they took refuge in Lus, and gave the 



country to the Brahoees. He also made inroads to 



