192 Account of the Zoiver Derajat. [No. 3. 



Hudiani Lagharis on the west in the hills, the Khosahs to the 

 south, and Suyeds, Jatts, and Hindus towards the Indus on the 

 east. 



Khosahs. 



South of the Lunds in the Derajat are the Khosahs, who are 

 acknowledged to be the bravest of the whole of the Beluchis. 

 They have the name of being great thieves, but thej are really 

 no worse than their neighbours. I believe a deal of rascality carried 

 on by the Lagharis, has from time to time been unjustly laid at 

 the door of the Khosahs. They are a powerful tribe, when their 

 bravery is taken into account, being able to muster 1600 or 1800 

 men ; but they are split into three divisions, of whom Kourah 

 Khan, Azim Khan, and Khan Muhammad respectively are the 

 chiefs. The former, the real and rightful head of the Khosah tribe, 

 is a fine old fellow, who rendered good service to the British 

 during the rebellion of the incorrigible Multanis, at the outset of 

 which, (and not when it was found that the enemy was the losing 

 side,) he joined the force of Lieutenant H. B. Edwards and the Seikh 

 Colonel Cortlandt, bringing with him about a thousand of his 

 clan. He enjoys, in comparison with some of the Multani Patans, 

 (who only deserted Mulraj at the last hour,) but a small pension for 

 his faithful services. His son, however, holds the rank of Ressal- 

 dar in the Derajat Mounted Police. 



The Khosahs are with few exceptions, wholly in the plains. They 

 are at enmity with the Lagharis and Bozdar clans but are on 

 friendly terms with the Khetrans, whose chief Mir Hadji is 

 connected with the Khosah chief by marriage, having espoused, 

 I believe, a daughter of Kourah Khan's. "When the late Diwan 

 Mulraj defeated the Khetrans in their ow T n fastnesses, this chief 

 made influence for himself with the Diwan through Kourah Khan. 



The next valley or cluster of valleys, to the south of that of Suri 

 held by the Lunds just described, is know r n by the names of Matti 

 Kaleri, Sur, and Reh-karrn, from four small streams flowing through 

 them from north to south, and close to the skirt of the hills. 

 About one hundred and twenty of the Khosah tribe dwell in this 

 valley or valleys, which contain springs of salt and brackish water. 

 The Bozdars of the Mahoey, or Mohey-wala clan dwell in the 



