1843.] Brief History of Kalat 489 



and pointing them out to the king, asked, " What can your Majesty 

 want of men whose clothing and food are such as you see ?" 



Ahmed Shah took Bibee Jan, the sister of Bahram Khan, for a wife 

 Bibee Jan. for his son Timoor Shah, and her brother accom- 



panied her, with the king, back to Cabool. 



A treaty was concluded between Ahmed Shah and Meer Nasseer 

 Treaty. Khan, on the part of themselves and successors, to 



the following effect. : — 



1st. The Brahoee chiefs are not to interfere in the internal 

 feud of the Sadozyes, and are to be subservient to the reigning 

 king. 



2nd. Should an Ahmedzye Brahoee take refuge in the Dooranee 

 country, the Saddozyes are not to support him against the Ahmedzye 

 chief of Kalat ; they are either to give him up to the latter, or employ 

 him about their persons. 



3rd. The Saddozyes are not to pursue any of their tribe who take 

 refuge in the Brahoee territory. 



The chiefs of the Dooranees and Brahoees exchanged a similar 

 agreement ; with the exception of Barkhurdar Khan, Achakzye, who 

 bore the Brahoees an ill feeling, having, in the Persian campaign, been 

 accidentally wounded by one of them. 



This 3rd article was insisted on being rigidly observed, as in the 



case of Shahzadah Humayoon who took refuge from 

 Obs6rv<iHC6. 



Shah Zaman in 1793 ; and in the case of Shah Shuja, 



who fled before the Sirdars after his last attempt to regain his throne, 



and took refuge with Mehrab Khan in 1834. 



Nasseer Khan continued to furnish his quota of troops in the 



Saddozye campaigns ; and it was latterly employed in garrisoning 



Cashmere. There are at the present day Baloch 

 Service. 



works in Cashmere, Peshawar, and Cabool. He re- 

 ceived 500 dresses of honor from the royal toshakhana, headed the van of 



the army ; and was entitled to beat drums three 

 Distinction . , , ..,-,111 



times a day, and wear two jigans, or jewelled plumes, 



a privilege never granted to the Sindhians. 



Meer Nasseer Khan distinguished himself in one of the king's Persian 



campaigns. The chief opposed to the Dooranees had a private 



understanding with the wuzeer Shah Wulee Khan, and the latter, on 



