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Daliki is the property of Nizam-us-Sultaneh, the Khan paying some 8,200
tomans each year to Nizam-us-Sultaneh, and 500 tomans to Mughis-ud-
Douleh, his ' peshkar
Its revenue consists of about 8(ooo tomans from the date gardens, and
many thousand tomans from taxation of caravans, and the monopoly of the sale
of grain to them.
The villages of Daliki district are
Daliki (with about 400 houses),
Sarkeverdun (west of the river),
Qaleh-i-Sefid.

Muhammed Reza Beg, grandfather of the present Khan, was killed in 1856
at the gate of Bushire: he originally was Kedkhuda of Ziaret in Borazjun.
Habibullah Beg, his son, was powerless and the district was taken by the
Khans of Borazjun. He was in the service of the Khan lor some years, and
then transferred to Daliki as Kalantar under the Fars Government.
After his death, Muhammed Reza Beg ruled as Kalantar of Daliki, and
was killed at Kumarij by Haidar Khan some n years age. his wife having been
a cousin of Haidar Khan. Nur Muhammed Beg succeeded him. and the district
was sold by the Shah to the Kizam-us-Sultaneh. Nur Muhammed was later
given the title of Khan. He is on terms of enmity with the Khans of Shaban-
cara, and an ally of Ghazanfer-us-Sultaneh of Bci&zjun.
The genealogy of the ruling family is as follows:—

Mohammed Rcra Beg.

Habibullah Beg.

1*
Muhammed Reaa Beg. Nur Muhammcd Khan Huatria Beg.
(about 40).
I
Mansur Beg Allah Kerim Beg FathufUb Beg
(farmt Jamileb in the (about 15). (about sq).
mountains).
Owing to his close relations, as tenant, with Nizam-us-Sultaneh, Nur
Mohammed Khan has succeeded in getting the control of the villages of Dawa-
guni and Banaki on the Khisht plain given to him, and his brother Hussein Beg
generally resides at Banaki. Thus the Kotal-i Malu pass is wholly under the
control of the Daliki Khans. His nephew Mansur Beg farmed from Mushar-
us-Douleh in 1911 the village of Jamileh, in the mountains up the Daliki river,
and district.
Extortion of large revenue from caravans is the all-important object of the
Khan’s policy. He is considered ill-disposed towards the British.
Tangistan.

Tangistan, as at present composed, includes localities formerly separate
entities such as Samal and Ahram, and the Khawiz valley. The last named is"
the only portion in the mountains, and outside the coast plain: the Tangistani
chiefs, its purchasers, have brought it under Tangistan proper. The present
boundaries of the district are on the—
West: the Mashilleh from near the caravan route to its end, then alone
the sea-coast to Karri. ^