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Meer Mahmood had now nothing to fear: but this independence 



Death of Mah- came too late, for disease was making great inroads 



mood * on his constitution. He at last fell a victim to 



zabitus, a disease brought on by venereal excesses, while yet a young 



man, having reigned 24 years. He left three wives, one concubine, 



three sons, and one daughter. Meer Mahommed 



Mehrab Khan, Meer Mahommed Azam Khan and 



Bibee Emnah of one mother ; Bibee Sakhee, a Shaeezye Mogul. The 



third son, Maddat Khan, of the concubine, died at an early age. 



Maee Sahab died in the reign of Mehrab Khan, of a stroke of a hot 

 Death of Maee Sahab. wind, in the Moola Pass. 



When Meer Mahommed Mehrab Khan succeeded his father, he had 

 Mehrab Khan, arrived at years of discretion. 

 At the time of Mahmood's death, Shahzadah Kamran was at Canda- 

 har, and Munsoor Khan was governor of Shikarpoor. Akhund Futteh 

 Mahommed lost no time in repairing to the latter place, and in per- 

 suading the Khan to accompany him back to Kalat, where 

 assisted by the Brahoee chiefs, he installed Mehrab Khan 

 on the part of the king, chief of Kalat ; notwithstanding the opposi- 

 tion of Maee Sahab, the Eltazyes, and Meer Ahmed Yar Khan, who 

 wished to declare the latter. 



When Mehrab Khan, after his installation left Cutchee, and was re- 



- . „. turning to Kalat, Maee Sahab took Ahmed Yar Khan, and 



Rebellion. ° 



retired with him to Shawl, the place of Ahmed Khan Maga- 

 see, and collected a force of Chandyas and other Brahoees. Mehrab 

 Khan on the other hand, collected a force at Gunjaba, and encamped 

 at Panjak. No engagement however took place, and matters 

 were peaceably arranged by Akhund Futteh Mahommed and 

 naib Abder Rehman. Maee Sahab and Ahmed Yar Khan accompany- 

 ing the new Khan to Kalat, Abder Rahman was left behind as governor 

 of Cutchee ; and wukeel Futteh Mahammed had otherwise the sole direc- 

 tion and management of affairs. After some time, however, Mehrab 

 Khan entrusted the management of affairs to his mother, Bibee Sahtee, 

 and her manager again was Meer Abdul Kadir, son of naib Abder Rah- 



. , .'ji ,. man, who soon supplanted his father, and led Meh- 

 Abdul Kadir. rr 



rab Khan into every kind of debauchery. Some of the 



Khan's slaves, such as Meero and Mubarak, made a point of praising 



