490 Brief History of Kalat. [No. 138, 



Nasseer Khan joining the royal camp, warned him not to volunteer 

 for any attack on the enemy. Ahmed Shah, in public 

 durbar, on several occasions, called for volunteers : 

 no one came forward ; at last Nasseer Khan, unable longer to counter- 

 feit the craven, volunteered with 1000 Jhalawan foot, and 1000 Sara- 

 wan horse for the attack ; during the time it lasted, a false report was 

 brought to Ahmed Shah, of the Khan's defeat ! The former sent the 

 news to his mother, Bibee Miriam, who was in the royal camp. This 

 heroic woman made the following reply : " If you say he is dead, I will 

 believe it. Meer Abdulla never approached me without ablution ; and I 

 have never given suck to Nasseer Khan without the same ; and have never 

 slept with my back to him, how then can he be defeated and alive." A 

 second courier soon arrived, and contradicted the false report ; the 

 attack had been successful. Ahmed Shah pleased with the high 

 feeling displayed by Bibee Miriam, conferred on her and her son, 



the district of Shawl ; making a pun on the word. 

 Shawl. 



Nasseer Khan out of this district gave the water of 



Hanna to his patron Shah Walee Khan Bamezye, and it is held to 



the present day by his descendants. 



Nasseer Khan again distinguished himself in Hindusthan, at Muttra, 



where he was wounded. On his return, Ahmed Shah conferred on 



him the districts of Harrand and Daial, (properly 



Harrand, Dajal. J ' KV V J 



Daoojal.) After this, Nasseer Khan did not campaign 



in person ; he never paid his respects at the court of Timoor Shah : 



but sent Sultan Mahommed Murad, the hereditary Sultan, to represent 



him there. 



Nasseer Khan made several fruitless attempts to take Kech. He at 

 length made a grand effort, and ordered the whole of his force to 

 assemble in the spring at Khozdar. 



When assembled, it is said by Meerza Deen Mahommed to have 



_ amounted to thirty thousand horse and foot. The 



Expedition to Kech. 



siege of Kech was commenced on its arrival there, 



but it was beginning to be rather a prolonged one, when Nasseer Khan 

 annoyed at the delay, ordered ladders to be prepared, and the place to 

 be assaulted by escalade at all risks. The attack proved successful. 

 The Zikarees, who defended the place, were either killed or taken pri- 

 soners, and the grave of their patron saints defiled. The bones having 



