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the tribe. Sir Oliver St. John || agreed in the first pro posal, but doubted the
i| Ancnt to the Governor to Foreign Secretary, expediency of the second, and considered
N0< 2619. dated the l ith June> ,*86. that jf any payment were m^\Q> jt g^jj
be allotted to Wali Mahammad, Gazkandi, and be deducted from the subsidy
received by His Highness the Khan’s Naib at Kej. •* For my own part,” added
Sir Oliver St. John, “ 1 believe that we shall have a sufficient hold over the Rinds
in the bond they have executed for the refund of the loan made to them to pay
for their misdeeds, which is not likely to be repaid unless we present them with
money for the purpose.” The Government was disposed • to accept Sir Oliver
• Foreign Secretary l lo Agent to the Governor St. John’s views, but thought it desirable
General, No. 1499*^.. dated thedih July ids6. to ascertain the wishes of the Khan of
= Kalat before coming to a final conclusion. It was found that the Khan did not
regard either of Colonel Reynold’s proposals with favour. ” His Highness said,”
Sir Oliver St. John reported, f " that to give them money would be like throwing
t Agent to iho Governor General to Foregin Sec* It illtO the Sea, and that their turbulent
rotary, No.C.,datedtho 15th August 18O6. anj independent character is such that
they will never allow any single man the smallest real authority. Had the
arrangement which he initialed for the Government of Kej, vis., sending his eldest
son there as Governor, been approved of, it would have been easy enough to
manage the Rinds, but since we prefened to continue the old regime, loss of
revenue to himself and the continued misconduct of the Rinds must be taken as
a matter of course.” Sir Oliver St. John thought it clear that nothing could be
done through the Khan, and he suggested that the Naib of Kej might be warned
that his subsidy would depend upon his controlling the Rinds of Mand. The
Government of India did not pass orders on the subject for some months. At
the end of the year 1886 a raid occurred at Firozabad in Persian territory, and
certain Rinds were concerned ;n it. Enquiry showed,\ however, that they were
$ Foreign Secretary to Agent to the Governor Rinds of Wakai, not of Mand. In the
General, No. 663.E., dated the 23rd March 18S7. spring of 1887 the Foreign Secretary visit­
ed Baluchistan and discussed the case of the Mand Rind with Colonel Reynolds
and Sir Oliver St. John. Doubts seem$ to have been felt at this time as to whether
t Foreign Secretary to Agent to the Governor the tribe should be dealt with in future as
General, No. 58-C. E., dated the Sth A pril 1887. wholly independent, or through the Naib
ciXof Kei as Primaril>' responsible for their
good conduct. Eventually the Governor
General in Council sanctioned the following arrangements, which were in
accordance with Sir Oliver St. John’s final recommendation :—
“ (a) The Rinds of Mand will be considered to be Kalat subjects.
(£) No subsidy will be paid to them by the Government.
(c) The Khan's Naib of Kej will be held primarily responsible for their
conduct.
(1d) If the Naib fails to keep them in order, or, if for other reasons inter­
ference seems necessary, they will be directly dealt with by the
Political Agent in South-Eastern Baluchistan.
(e) Mir Wali Muhammad, Gazkandi, is recognised by the Government of
India as their tribal Chief.”
95. These orders were communicated by Sir Oliver St. John to the Khan,
and His Highness replied as follows in a letter of the 13th June 1887
“I sent to you Mir Shahadad Khan, my Naib of Kej. He will report the details of the
Kej country. The Rinds are naturally arrogant people and the source of disturbance.
The Gichkis have, moreover, incited them to create disturbances and murder the people,
and will continue to induce them to such actions in the future. No order can he restored
among them by mere verbal or written directions unless the fort in Tump be fortified and a
responsible man posted there.”
96. The Rinds were found, however, repeating former practices of raiding
and robbing. They disregarded openly
External A., August 1889, Nos. 85 92.
the engagement they had entered in 1800.
The attempts to control the tribe through the Naib of Kej and Sardar Babu
Khan Gichkis had failed. In 1889 Mr. J. A. Crawford was deputed to investi­
gate into the affairs, and on his report the Government of India decided
that if any improvement was to be effected in their conduct of the Rinds, it mus
fie through the direct intervention of the British officer of the Agency. *uJ“lcr
reports were called for on this point (Foreign Department letter No. !3io*c..,
dated 10th July 1889, to the Agent to the Governor General in Baluchistan;.