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to the four sons of Meer Kamal Khan Eltazye ; the eldest, by name 

 Maee Zainab, commonly known as Maee Sahib, married Meer Sayad 

 Khan. He gave his other daughters in marriage to the Gichkees and 

 Meerwanees. 



When Meer Nasseer Khan was almost beginning to despair of male 



issue, Bibee Khudejah presented him with two sons : 



Mahmood Khan and Meer Mustafa Khan ; and by 



another wife, Bibee Jattee, daughter of Kamal Khan, he had a third 



son, Mahommad Raheem Khan. 



Meer Nasseer Khan's death took place at Ganjabah, about six months 

 Death. after Timoor Shah's, which happened on the 20th 



May 1793, and his young, but eldest son Mahmood, succeeded him at 

 the early age of eight years. 



Mahmood Khan is twice mentioned in the Duranee history ; once to- 

 gether with his brother Mustafa Khan as having in 

 Duranee History. , _ . 



1804 paid his respects to Shah Shuja at Bagh, when 



that monarch was on his way from Candahar to Sindh, and a second 



time as having in 1814, paid his respects to Shah Mahmood at the 



same place. 



Pottinger says, that in the early part of Mahmood's reign, Bahram 



Khan again made his appearance in Balochisthan, 

 Bahram Khan. . . 



and the ministers of Mahmood Khan were obliged 



to cede to him the district of Cutchee, on condition of his not molest- 

 ing the remaining territory ; with this condition Bahram did not comply, 

 but raised a large force and assumed a threatening attitude : the mi- 

 nisters of Mahmood in alarm, applied to Shah Zaman, who sent a 

 chief to arrange matters, which becoming impossible, war was declared. 

 After several minor engagements, the rivals had a general one ? in 

 which Bahram Khan was defeated, owing to the defection, during the 

 engagement, of several chiefs and their contingents. He fled to Hy- 

 derabad, where the Ameers refused him refuge, for fear of the displea- 

 sure of Shah Zaman. He then set out for Bhawalpore, and died of 

 fatigue on the road, at Tanda-i-Kalandar Shah. 



Mahmood's nurse, Daee Beebo, became a person of great note from 



her method of bringing up the young Khan. When 



Mahmood and Mustafa grew up, dissensions were 



sown between them. Maee Sahab, Ahmed Yar Khan, and the Elta- 



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