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the quarrel, Abdulla Khan made several successful forays in the ter- 

 ritory of the Kaloras ; to resent one of which, Meer Johrab collected a 

 force, and moved out against the Brahoee chief. The parties met and 

 had a severe engagement, in which the Erahoees were defeated, Abdulla 

 Khan was killed, and his corpse was never discovered. With him, fell 



^ , on the Brahoee side, besides three hundred men 



Death. 



of no note, Meer Zirk Zahree, the chief of Jhalawan, 



and the father of Mulla Mahommed Raisanee. Abdulla Khan, before 



his death, inflicted a severe wound on the forehead of Meer Johrab ; 



and ever after, when the subject of a quarrel with 



the Bhahoees was started in durbar, Meer Johrab 



would exclaim, " Ah ! Baloches, the blood from the wound Abdulla 



Khan inflicted, still trickles down the forehead of Johrab." 



It is also said, that Meer Abdulla Khan made several forays in the 



district of Kech ; but failed to take the fort of 

 Kech. 



that name. 



Meer Abdulla Khan left three sons : Meer Muhabbut Khan, Meer 



Mahommed Nasseer Khan, and Meer Eltaz Khan. 

 Sons. 



The elder of these succeeded his father. 



Meer Muhabbut Khan's first thought was to revenge the death of his 



father on the Scindians, and this thirst would never 

 Meer Muhabbut. 



perhaps have been allayed, had not fortune, about 



this time, brought the Persian conqueror, Nadir Shah, to Candahar. 



„ ,; „' , Meer Muhabbut Khan, after a consultation with his 



Nadir Shah. 



nobles, determined to repair to the royal camp, 



which he joined at Lahore, in its progress to Hindusthan, and stated 



that the object of his ambition and visit, was to get revenge for the 



death of his father. Nadir Shah's answer was, " The blood of Abdulla 



Khan stains the forehead of Nadir, and please God I will seek it at the 



hands of those fish-eating Scindians." 



Meer Muhabbat Khan accompanied the conqueror on his invasion 

 of Hindusthan. When Nadir, on his return, arrived at the Indus, 

 the Khan reminded him of his promise ; Nadir immediately ordered the 

 route to be changed in the direction of Scinde, on his arrival on 

 the boundary of which, Mijan Noor Mahommed, the chief, fled to 



Mijan Noor Ma- Umarkote, and the inhabitants in dread left their 

 hommed. villages and fled to the hill. On Nadir's arrival 



