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on this side the Indus, and compelled the Ameers, after a great deal 



of hesitation and evasion, to pay the sum of twenty-four lakhs of rupees, 



as arrears of tribute : three more lakhs being spent 

 Inbute. ° r 



in fees and presents to the courtiers. The Talpoors 



grateful for no heavier penalty, vowed twelve thousand rupees worth 



of silver to adorn the doors of the shrine of Sal Shahbaz at Dehwar. 



The Talpoors then entered into a treaty with Mahmood Khan, and 



expelled Maee Sahab from their territory. The Khan 



then accompanied the king on his way to Dera and 



Peshawur as far as Dagal, and thence returned to Kalat. . 



Meer Mustafa Khan and Mahommed Raheem Khan were deadly 



enemies. Mustafa Khan resided at Bagh, and Maee Sahab at Kotdo, 



and the former was in the habit of going on weekly visits to the latter, 



with a few horse, for the purpose of hunting in the neighbourhood, 



at Futtehpoor. During one of these hunting excursions, Mahommed 



Raheem Khan happened to be hunting in the same 

 Hunting, . ° 



neighbourhood, at Panjak. On hearing of the proxi- 

 mity of his brother and enemy, he abandoned the hunt, and proceeded 

 with his few followers to attack his brother: an engagement took 



place. Mustafa Khan was killed, and Mahommed 

 Death of Mustafa. r 



Raheem fled to Dajal, where naib Sadar was act- 

 ing for Mustafa Khan ; and after sacking this place he retired to 

 Janpoor near Dera. Maee Sahab took the corpse of Meer 

 Mustafa to Bagh, and built a splendid mausoleum over it. 

 Mustafa Khan left one son, Sarfraz Khan, a daughter Bibee Ganjan, 

 and two widows, Bibee Ganj-Khatoo, sister of Meerulla Khan; Raisa- 

 nee, and Bibee Hazaree, daughter of Meer Hasal Khan Shahwanee. 

 During these transactions, Meer Mahmood was at Kalat. 



Mahommed Raheem, not being able to rest at one place, was 

 brought by his evil genius again to Panjak, and to the neighbourhood 

 of Maee Sahab, who burned to revenge the death, not only of a bro- 

 Death of Mahom- tner ' ^ ut lt ls whispered, of a lover. She stole upon 

 med Raheem. J^im one day while asleep, attended only by a slave, 

 Baloch, who was shampoing him, and her attendants immediately 

 despatched him, after a short resistance. The corpse was brought 

 to Gundava, and afterwards sent to Baghbana. He left no 

 family. 



