496 Brief History of Kalat [No. 138. 



The two brothers Mustafa and Mahmood were continually quarrel- 

 ing ; but always made it up after a short time, until 

 the following occurrence took place : — 

 Maee Sahab, Ahmed Yar Khan, Meer Eltaz and their party, deter- 

 mining to have a struggle for sole power, proposed to connect themselves 

 by marriage with the Talpoor family of Sindh, at the head of which 

 there were the four brothers, Ghulam Alee, Karam Alee, Murad Alee 

 and Futteh Alee. 



Maee Sahab and Meer Ahmed Yar Khan set out for Sindh, and 



. . gave to Meer Karam Alee in marriage Bibee Fatimah, 



Intrigue. ° ° 



the sister of Ahmed Yar Khan. The Meer in return, 



gave as a settlement the district of Shahdadpoor and two thousand 

 rupees, and gave Maee Sahab great hopes of sup- 

 port to her cause. 

 This ill-judged match disgusted Meer Mahmood, Mustafa Khan, and 



^ the whole of the Brahoees, and even the friends of 



Disgust. 



Maee Sahab equally ; the Talpoors being considered 



a very low tribe ; as the following Baloch verse will shew ;— 



Verse. Translation. 



Kedds, Gabal Godhai Pachalo, Kedds, Gabols, Gadhais, Pacha- 

 Talpoor Bewakai Maree. los, Talpoors and lawless Murees. 



Durust Ghulam-i-Chakare. All were slaves of Chakar, (Rind,) 



Banadi Bashkathaga. with Banadi (his daughter) as a 



Datk-Nazurth Hadaiya. dowry he gave, Hadaiya (his son- 



in-law) would not have them. 



Mustafa Khan, Akhund Tutteh Mahommed, and naib Abdu Rahman, 



_ were deputed to Candahar to interest the king in 



Deputation. _ 



revenging this insult. They had already a friend at 



court in the wuzeer, Sher Mahommed Khan. They offered to con- 

 duct the king through the Bolan Pass, (an offer never before made) 

 and to assist him in collecting the arrears of tribute. They also 

 Betrothal. gave Meer Mahmood's daughter, Bibee Emnah, to 

 the king's eldest son, the present prince, Timoor. 



On Shah Shuja's arrival at Shikarpore, he devastated the country 



