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with a few attendants to Khozdar, and threw himself on the mercy 

 of his wukeel. 



After reconciling the rebels by such degrading proceeding, Mehrab 

 Khan sent for Dad Mahoramed, reinstalled him, after giving him a 

 dress of honor, and going through the mockery of sending him to the 

 Akhund. 



Mehrab Khan according to the treaty with Poordil Khan, appointed 



m „ , the naibs of the latter's nomination ; but soon after 



Treaty annulled. 



deposed them. This and the reinstallation of Dad 



Mahommed rendered the treaty with Candahar null and void. Sayad 



Dajal sold. Mahommed Shareef, naib of Dajal, had already sold 



the district to nawab Bahawal Khan. 



The death of Meerulla Khan is one of the events that mark the reign 



„ _, of Mehrab Khan. It occurred in the following man- 



Meerulla Khan. ° 



ner : He was a Raisanee by tribe, and son of Mulla 

 Mahommed, the mother of Sarfraz Khan ; Bibee Ganj Khatoo was 

 his half sister, and the mother of Abdul Kadir, Bibee Sahto, was his 

 niece. On this account he was an enemy of Dad Mahommed, who 

 caused their deaths ; and Dad Mahommed aware of this, continued to pre- 

 judice the Khan, who had now become completely his dupe, against him. 

 At last Meerulla Khan was sent for to the Meeree, under pretence of 

 his counsel being required, and there, in the presence of the Khan, 



„ , „., „ was murdered. Yoosuf Khan and Meer Zungee 

 Murder of Meerulla. ° 



Raisanees were killed near the mosque outside of the 



citadel, and Sakeer Mahommed was killed in his own house in the 

 town. Mehrab Khan that night pitched his camp towards Mhozdar, 

 preparatory to proceeding to Cutchee. 



These murders spread the greatest consternation through the coun- 

 try, and in the spring, the whole of the Sarawan 

 Defection of Sarawan. 



chiefs again sought refuge and redress in Can- 

 dahar. Mohundil Khan collected a force and marched for Balochis- 



than. He arrived at and ravaged Shawl, Seeree, 

 Invasion. 



and Pilingabad. Mehrab Khan, after great delay, 



collected an ill-organized force, and marched for Kustung. At Shiree- 

 Engagement. nab, the two advanced guards met, and an engage- 

 ment ensued, in which the Brahoee troops suffered themselves to be 

 defeated. 



