1848.] Fragments of the history of Mooltan. 559 



Fragments of the history of Mooltan, the Derajdt, and Buhawulpoor, 

 from Persian MSS.* By Lieut. R. Maclagan. 



1 . Account of the arrival at Mooltan of Mulik Sohrab, Doddee 

 BeUch, with Ismael Khan and Futteh Khan, his sons, and of Hdjee 

 Khan and Ghdzee Khan, from the country of Kech Mekran : and the 

 foundation of the Derajdt. 



It is related in the history called Huft Goolshun, that in the year 

 874 H. (A. D. 1469,) Sooltan Hoossein, son of Sooltan Kootub-ood-deen, 

 upon the death of the latter, obtained the government of Mooltan. 

 He held the forts of Shor and Chuneewut, Kot Kuror, and Deen Kdt. 

 Sheikh Yoosoof, who had been removed from the government of Mool- 

 tan on the appointment of Kootub-ood-deen, came to Sooltan Beldl 

 Lodee, governor of Delhi, and earnestly entreated his assistance. The 

 Sooltan sent his eldest son, Bareek Shah, with a well appointed force. 

 As soon as the Delhi troops appeared before Mooltan, Sooltan Hoossein 

 issued to oppose them, and a battle ensued. Bareek Shah was dis- 

 comfited and returned to Delhi. 



It was at this time that Mulik Sohrab, of the tribe Doddee, along 

 with Ishmael Khan and Futteh Khan, his sons, and others of their 

 tribe, arrived from Kech Mekran, f and entered the service of Sooltan 

 Hoossein. As the hill robbers were then becoming very troublesome 

 in (the province of) Mooltan, Sultan Hoossein rejoiced in the opportune 

 arrival of Mulik Sohrab, and assigned to him the tenure of the country 

 from the fort of Kuror to Deen Kot. On this becoming known, many 

 Beloches came from Kech Mekran to the service of the Sooltan. The 

 lands, cultivated and waste, along the banks of the Indus were assigned 

 to the Beloches, and the royal revenue began to increase. The old 

 inhabitants of Dera Ghazee Khan and Mooltan relate that after Mulik 



* These MSS. were obtained at Buhawulpoor in January, 1846. I have only one 

 of them in the original now with me. The other I translated at the time, and have 

 no means now of revising. 



t Sir J. Malcolm mentions (Centr. Ind. II. 175), that mercenaries used to come 

 annually from Mekran to Central India for service. Are there Beloches there now ? 



