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It was this man that first divided the Brahoees and their country 



_. . . into the two divisions of Sarawan and Jhalawan. 



Divisions. 



Sarawan means " upper country," and is derived 

 from the words sar and abadnee ; thus Sarabadanee, Sarabanee, Sara- 

 ban (as Beaban,) Sarawan and Jhalawan signifies " low country," from 

 the words jhala and abadanee. 



Sarawan is applied to the country north of Kalat, and Jhalawan to 

 that to the south, while Lus means, the " flat country." 



At present, in time of war, the Brahoees assemble under three 

 standards; viz. under the first, the Khan of Kalat and his own retainers ; 

 under the second, the troops of Sarawan under their immediate leaders ; 

 and under the third, the troops of Jhalawan. 



Nothing of importance is really preserved as having taken place 



., , „ between the time of Meer Kale Khan, and Meer 

 Meer Abdulla. 



Abdulla Khan, who was a bold, proud and enter- 

 prising man, and was constantly employed making forays ; sometimes 

 in the territories of Shah Mahmood Ghiljee of Candahar, as is shewn 

 by the tomb of Sardar Khan's father being at Lylee Majnoon ; sometimes 

 in Sindh ; and sometimes towards Derajat. The reason of his invading 

 the latter country arose from the following accident. A Brahooee 

 shepherd, grazing his flocks in the country dependent on Dera, one day 



^ allowed his sheep to stray into some cultivation, 



Dera. r J 



for which tresspass the former killed one of the 



sheep, and severely beat the shepherd. He came to Kalat to com- 

 plain to Meer Abdulla, who sometime afterwards expressed to his nobles 

 his determination of invading Dera. In vain did they try to dissuade 

 him, urging the insignificance of the cause of the quarrel, and the 

 expense of the trip ; nothing could dissuade him, and he declared thus 

 in reply : " That one Brahoee sheep nightly leaps in the bowels of 

 Abdulla Khan and allows him no rest." 



The foray was made and proved successful, several of the Dera 

 villages were burnt to ashes, and Abdulla Khan's troops returned to 

 Kalat, laden with plunder, and encumbered with captives. 



Some time after this, a quarrel broke out between Abdulla Khan 



and the Kalora chiefs of Scinde, on the subject of the district of 



Cutchee, to which the Brahoee herdsmen yearly 

 Kaloras. . _ . 



emigrated with their flocks for the winter. During 



