510 Brief History of Kalat [No. 138. 



On leaving Mehrab Khan, scarcely had his majesty reached his 

 own suite of tents, when Jan Mahommed Khan Kuzzalbash arrived on 

 the part of Sirdar Raham Dil Khan, to demand the person of the king. 



His Majesty, in the greatest alarm, sent Mehrab Khan a golden hookah, 



and five hundred gold mohurs, by Kazee Mulla 

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Hassan reshawuree ; but the Khan, contrary to the 



advice of menials, returned them ; and then, contrary to the advice of 



his courtiers, told Jan Mahommed to tell Raham Dil Khan, " If he 



wanted his friendship, to refrain from his demand ; as he was prepared 



to sacrifice his life, property, country, and tribe, in the service, or at 



the feet of his lawful king." On Jan Mahommed taking his leave, 



and after the king had halted for some time at Kalat, the Khan 



furnished him with respectable men to accompany him to Bagh. On his 



arrival at the latter place, he heard of the death of Samundar Khan at 



Siwee, and therefore proceeded without delay to Shikarpore. 



But to proceed from these events to those of the year 1838. On 



„ ,™„ the 15th January of that year, I arrived at Candahar 

 Events of 1838. . . 



on a mission to the Sirdars, the object of which was 



to detach them from an alliance they were on the point of entering 



into with Persia j and in which I found Mehrab Khan was prepared 



to join them, notwithstanding he had sent an embassy avowedly to 



consult with them on the method of relieving Herat. 



In order to make known the Governor General's declaration, that 



the British Government acknowledged and respected 

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all the different holders of power in Afghanistan, 



I addressed a letter direct to Mehrab Khan with the consent of Raham 

 Dil Khan. Sometime elapsed before I received an answer, and I only 

 heard, that Mehrab Khan was piqued at Raham Dil Khan being 

 made privy to our correspondence. Notwithstanding this, I after- 

 wards discovered, that the delay in receiving an answer to my letter was 

 occasioned by the Khan writing from Kalat to Candahar, to consult 

 the Sirdar, regarding the style of answer he ought to return. This 

 shews, that the supremacy of Candahar was acknowledged by the Khan. 

 On it becoming necessary for Sir Alexander Burnes, in April 1838, 



to break off all intercourse with Ameer Dost Mahom- 

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med, and to proceed direct to reshawur, 1 was order- 

 ed direct to Shikarpore by the Bolan route. 



