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been extracted, were burnt with horse litter. The Brahoee loss amount- 

 ed to seven hundred. Nasseer Khan held the Meeree by means of his 

 own dependants, but gave the town and district to the Lichkees. 



During the time of Nasseer Khan, the Immam of Maskat took refuge 



at Kalat, on account of some convulsion in his own state; 

 Imam of Maskat. , . . . 1/? 



and received in grant for his support, halt the revenue 



of the ports of Gwadar and Chobar. 



So strict in his allegiance to Ahmed Shah was Nasseer Khan, that 

 he never failed in sending the usual yearly presents, con- 

 sisting of horses, camels and slaves, not only to the king, 

 but to his courtiers. He has moreover been heard to say, that should 

 none be left of the Sadozye dynasty but a girl, and that girl a blind 

 one, the Ahmedzyes ought to acknowledge her. 



Nasseer Khan had a great taste for learning, and invited learned 



m men from all parts to his court. He conferred on them sala- 



Taste. r 



ries and grants of land, and distributed them throughout his 



dominions to instruct his ignorant subjects ; and never were subjects 



more in need of religious instruction : it may fairly be said, that 



they were only made thorough Musulmans of, in Nasseer Khan's time. 



An anecdote is related of a Brahoee, who when asked of 



Anecdote. . »•■•«« . „ 



what persuasion he was, replied, " The persuasion of 



the Great Khan." On the Khan's return from his Hindusthan cam- 

 paigns, he made up his mind to introduce shaving of the head among 

 his countrymen, that they might in no way resemble the Sikhs. It 

 was with the greatest difficulty that he got even the people immediate- 

 ly about his court to allow of the innovation, although he set the ex- 

 ample by shaving the heads of his own sons. The Brahoees, however, 

 of the present day shew they have in some way profited by their Khan's 

 admonitions, seeing they differ from the Baloches, and never indulge in 

 intoxicating drugs. 



Meer Nasseer Khan distributed large sums in charity, besides 2,000 

 or 3,000 Rupees every Friday in alms. He yearly sent to 

 Mecca, presents to the amount of 30,000 Rupees; and fed 

 pilgrims gratis, from one end of his dominions to the other. 



In such veneration was Nasseer Khan held, and so proud was the 



Brahoee nation of him, that an anecdote is told ; and the 

 Kespect 



truth of it credited universally. That a Brahoee, on his return 



