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AVitli 80 men of tho Mckran Lovy Corps under a non-commissioned officer
at Daslit. Tlio raiders were attacked and cvontually retired abandoning
some of the looted property and leaving lGdcad including -Amin Khan, brother
of Mir Bahrain Khan of Bampur. They carried off a quantity of booty.
In July news arrived that Mir Bahrain Khan was collecting a consi­
derable force with the object of attacking Charbar or British Mckran. It
was also reported that Khalifah Khair Muhammad and a band of Afghans
would co-operate with Bahrain Khan. The information was confirmed by
subsequent reports which said that preparations upon a large scale were being
made. It was reported, towards the end of August, that Bahrain Khan had
left Bampur with a large following. The advance guard of the hostile force
arrived at Sarbaz in early September. The destination of the raiders was not
known until the main body invaded British Mckran and engaged the Mekran
Levy Corps at Goomazi, on the 23rd September. The surrounding country
was looted. A detachment of the enemy’s' force came to Ankaroo, eight
miles from Gwadur, where they killed some Baluchis and plundered tho place'
unopposed. Preparations for the defence of Gwadur were made by His
Highness the Sultan of Maskat, who went therein his yatch bringing a Maxim
gun and some Arab sepoys. He ordered the construction of a wall to protect
the town against the raiders. The enemy, repulsed by tho Nazira’s forces,
retired to Pi shin and thence returned to Bampur. "When the raid was in
progress Sirdars Saiyid Khan, Islam Khan and Nawab Khan, Bameri, collected
a force of about 2,000 men which, under the command of the two latter, was
despatched to Sarbaz. Authentic details of the action they took against
Bahrain Khan are not forthcoming but it seems that their timely action had
an effect in hastening Bahram Khan’s retirement. In recognition of their
action, Bs. 1,000 each was given to Saiyid and Islam Khan and Rs. 500 to
Nawab Khan. The first two were also supplied with some ammunition to
enable them to check Bahram Khan.
On the 9ih September news was received to the effect that fighting bad
occurred near Charbar between [Mahmud Khan’s and Din Muhammad’s men.
The trouble was due to the murder of the former’s Wazir, Murad, by some of
the men of the latter chief. The result of the fighting has not been reported.
At the end of November Khalifah Saiyid Muhammad, an Afghan who
has for many years lived at Debai, landed at Gunad with 53 cases said to
contain arms and ammunition. He has not yet revealed his intentions. He
is at present at Namurdi in the Biaban district
No progress has been made towards tho settlement of the claims against
the chiefs and people of the Persian
Claim*.
Baluchistan on the part of the British
subjects, the majority of which claims have been pending for some years
No foreign subjects were resident at the pores of the Mekran Coast during
Foreign Subject*. the yc8JT.
The following chiefs were in receipt of
Sntndiied Chief*.
telegraph subsidies during the year:—•

Amount
Name of Chief. Habitat. Sons. paid
parlj.

Rs.
Mir Mustafa Khan of Jask Old Jask Chiragh Khan, Mnrad 480
Khan, -Dad Khuda
Khan, Abdi Khan,
Jalal Khan, Azam
Khan and Beezd&r
Khan.
Mir Hofi of Jask . Do. Mohim and Haji , . S60
Sirdar Saiyid Khan of Gaih Gaih . Husain Khan and Mu­ 1,000
hammad Ali Khan.

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