rule in Sindh
(2); as such, he has devoted nearly half of
the book (159-303) to the British Period. The
author has mentioned chronologically the
important events from the British consequent
of Sind in 1843 A.D. to 1900 A.D. He was
himself a witness to most of the events from
1853 A.D., when he first entered the
Government service, to 1899 when he finally
retired. Thus, Lubb-e-Tarikh becomes a
contemporary source of information for nearly
50 years of British rule in Sind. Being one of
the key persons employed in the Political
Department of the Commissioner’s Office which
was the nerve ce4ntre of the British rule in
Sind, he has recorded an eye witness account
of many events of political importance.
References to the secret missions led by the
British Officers from Sind to the neighboring
countries (e.g. Jesalmer & Marwar, Las Bela &
Kalat, and Persian Gulf & Iraq), in which the
author himself had also participated, should
be useful for the study of the expansion of
British political power in those times further
north-west in the sub-continent. Besides,
many other important events have been
mentioned by the author, which indicate the
development of the revenue and administrative
policies as well as the system of irrigation
and communication in the Province.
So far as
the history of Sind prior to the British
conquest is concerned, the author has used,
though often indifferently, the well-known
Provincial histories, such as Chach-Nameah,
Tarikh-e-Sind by Mir Masum,
Tarikh-e-Tahiri by Mir Tahir Muhammad
Nisyani, Arghun-Namah (or Turkhan-Namah),
Beglar-Namah and Tuhfat-al-Kiram. The author’s
owns contribution consists in his use of the
inscriptions on (i) the mausoleum of
Qalandar Shahbaz and the Shah Jehan’s mosque
at Sehwan (9-11), (ii) Miraza Isa,
Mirza Baqi and Mirza Jani Beg’s tombs at Makli
(82-86, 89), (iii) Shah Jehan’s mosque
at thatta (99-100), (iv) the Bakhar
Fort (125), and mausoleum of Shah Muhammad
Makki at Hyderabad (133). On the basis of the
inscription on Mirsza Jani Beg’s bomb, he
suggests a correction in the year of his death
erroneously recorded in Tuhfat-al-Kiram
(89). His mention of the inscription is in all
probability lost to us.
The
information recorded by the author about the
persons known to him and the places visited by
him is original and, therefore, valuable one.
He had seen the descendants of the last Mughal
Governor of Bakhar (126), and also mentions
the names of the Sardar (chief) of the
Channas (22), the Sardar of the
Likhis (120), and the Sardars of
other important communities who once wielded
power in the northern Sind (110-116). In his
official capacity, he met many important
personages, such as Amir Sher Ali Khan ruler
of Af;ghanistan (184), his son Sardar Muhammad
Ayyub Khan (217), Sayyid Shah Mardan Shah ‘Pir
Pagaro’, the Talpur nobles and other
dignitaries of Sind. He was in direct contact
with the Commissioners in Sind and even some
of the Gov ernors of Bombay knew him
personally. His personal remarks about these
contemporary figures are original and
interesting once.
But for the
information about the contemporary persons and
events, the present work should merit little
attention by any serious student of sind
history. Being a loyal servant, the author’s
presentation of the contemporary events is
almost that of an official historian of the
British Government in Sind. As such, the
author’s viewpoints are identical with
official viewpoints, and hence, lack
objectivity. The chronology of th events given
by the author is often confused due to his
attempt at giving both the Hijra and the
Christian years for each item and event. It is
perhaps safer to rely on the years of the
Christian era which was being officially used
in those times. His expression and style are
also very defective. Having been schooled
after the British occupation of Sind when the
quality of Persian instruction in the
indigenous schools had deteriorated, his
knowledge and use of Persian idiom remained
weak and defective.
Lubb-e-Tarikh was completed by the author
on Friday 7, Rabni I, 1318/July 5, 1900
(305). The news items dated Safar 25, 1318
A.H. June 24, 1900 A.D. are the last events
mentioned in it (302). The book was printed in
litho at the Riyaz-e-Hind Press,
Amratsar in 1318 A.H./1900 A.D.
The Present
Edition.
For
preparing the present edition, the
lithographed copy of the work was the only
available source which was used till nearly
two thirds of the book were printed. At that
stage, a manuscript copy of the book,
transcribed on June 11, 1905 A.D. was received
from the Secretary, Sindhi adabi Board. This
copy was identical with the lithographed copy
except that it was helpful in correcting the
printing mistakes of the litho edition. The
scribe’s completion note (309-311) and the
appendix (312-317) in the present edition are
taken from the manuscript copy, and are not to
be found in the lithographed copy.
So far as
the first part of the book dealing with the
Pre-British period of Sind history is
concerned, the reader will be well advised to
consult the original sources which have been
used by the author rather indifferently. A few
important corrections have been provided in
inaccuracies, that a correction note at each
point would have swelled the bulk of this
volumel. The author has used the Persian
language so indifferently that his expressions
are not only confusing but frequent annoying.
Without detracting from the author’s ideas or
style, the sentence structure has been
modified to make the present edition readable
as far as possible.
The summary
that follows this introduction is taken from
the lithographed edition to which it is
appended. It has been corrected as far as
possible, and to facilitate reference to the
original text the pages of the present edition
have been indicated against each chapter.
University
of Sind,
N. A. BALOCH.
Hyderabad
Sindh,
8th
June 1959.
AN EDITED
SUMMARY OF THE CONTENTS
IN ENGLISH
APPENDED AT THE END OF THE
ORIGINAL
(PRINTED) COPY
[CHAPTER-I: INTRODUCTORY, (pp. p-22)]
1. Praise
of the almighty God and the changes in the
administration &c. of the Province by His
decree &c. &c.
2. Praise
of the Prophet Muhammad and his four friends,
who with his advice and by order of the
All-powerful Providence preached religious
doctrine and laid down rules &c. for the
conduct of wordly affairs &c.
3. Praise
of the British government, their equity and
justice, the security of person and property
and liberty enjoyed by the subjects &c. &c.
4. Brief
account of the Author regarding his
acquaintance with the general-history of each
town of Sind &c.
5. The book
is entitled “Lubb-e-Tarikh-e-Sind”. It
comprises the pieces selected from the
following histories of Sind: Chach Nama,
Masumi, Tahiri, Beglar Nama, Tuhfatul Kiram
&c., including some general notes kept by
author from time to time since 50 years &c.
6. The
ancient and modern boundaries of Sind, its
administration by the rulers, with their names
and castes and the places from which they came
&c. their capitals inSind and the character of
each ruler. The present condition of their
descendants, the tribes they are now mixed
with and how far they are in existence any
longer &c. The state of their capitals
(whether ruined or flourishing) &c.
7.
Compilation of the book at the desire of the
Honourable Mr. H.E.M. James, C.S.I., I.C.S.,
Commissioner-in-Sind, who himself knowing much
of histories, takes the greatest interest in
historic facts &c.
8. Historic
events commence from Hijri year 92=711 A.D. up
to H. 1318=1900 A.D. (i.e. up to the
administration of the present Commissioner-in-Sind,
the Honourable Mr. H.E.M. James, C.S.I., I.C.S.
&c.).
9. a) How
the Sind Province was denominated &c.
b)
Boundaries &c. of Sind in ancient times.
c) A
brief account of Alexander the Great, 3218
B.C. &c.
d)
Old capitals and divisions, chief seats of
Governors.
e)
Brief account &c. &c. of the Arabs and their
attacks over some portions of Sind before 92
H. year==711 A.D.
[CHAPTER—II: PRE-BRITISH PERIOD (pp.13-158)]
I. The
Brahman Dynasty after the reign of the Rai
Dynasty in H. year 7==628 A.D. &c. (pp.
13-16).
II.
Conquest of Sind by Arabs of the Bani Umayyid
family H. 92==711 A.D. 93==712 A.D. &c. (pp.
16-30).
The advent
of the Bani Abbas family rulers H. 132=750
A.D. (pp. 31-33).
The
conquest of Sind by Mahmud of Ghazna H.
416=1025 A.D. &c. (pp. 33-35).
V. (a) The
Ghur Dynasty rule H. 591=1194 A.D. &c.
(b)
Account of the seven Ranas, the rulers of
Sindh, who paid tribute to Nasiruddin Kubacha.
610 H. == 1213 A.D. &c. (pp. 35-45).
VI. The
Soomra Dynasty H. 801-1398 (pp.45-50).
VII. The
Jams of Sammas H. 875-1470 A.D.
(pp.
50-62)
VIII. The
Arghun Dynasty H. 927-1521 A.D. &c.
(pp.
62-72)
IX. The
Mughul Tarkhan dynasty. (pp. 72-110).
(a)
Account of Kokal Tash Dynasty H. 962-1554 A.D.
(b) The Nawabs of akbar the Great, who came
after Kokal Tash to Bakhar with their names
and periods of their rule. (c) The Mughul
Tarkhanis who reigned from Laki (i.e. close to
Sehwan) downwards in lower
Sind up to the
sea shore, with capital at Thatta. (d) The
Nawabs, rulers &c. who ruled over Thatta under
the sovereignty of akbar, the Great (H.
1090=1679 A.D.) with their periods &c.
X. The Rulers in Sindh, Jagirdars, Pirs, Chiefs and their tribes,
ruling over different parts for about a
century &c. &c. (pp. 110-116).
XI. The Abbasi or Kalhoro Dynasty, H. 1131==1718 A.D., (pp.
116-140).
XII. The Talpur Dynasty, H. 1199-1784 A.D., (pp. 140-158).
[CHAPTER—III: SIND UNDER BRITISH
RULE, (pp. 159—303]
Names of Governors and Commissioners and their time of governing.
Chief events and reforms or any other
occurrences during their administration. H.
1259 or 1260==1843 A.D. up to the present
times H. 1318=1900 A.D. (the date of the
Honourable Mr. H.E.M. James, C.S.I., I.C.S.,
Commissioner-in-Sind).
Sir Charles
Napier (pp. 159-161)
1843—1847
A.D.
Conquest of Sind by Sir
Charles Napier and his appointment Governor of
the province by Lord Ellenborough, the then
Viceroy of India. Karachi made the capital of
Sind. All the Talpur ruling Mirs of Sind
except the late Sir Mir Ali Murad Khan Talpur
deprived of their territories and sent to
Bombay as State prisoners &c. Mir Ali Murad
Khan left in undisturbed enjoyment of his
dominions in consideration of the help he had
rendered to Sir Charles Napier in the war &c.
&c.
1. Land assessment ordered to be paid to the British Officers
instead of to the Talpur Officers &c. &c.
2. Enforcement of law to punish the offenders against Government
with execution and confiscation of property
&c. &c.
3. Presentation of Salami Parwanas to Jagirdars, grantees &c.
on the Queen’s Birthday &c. &c.
4. Capture of the Late Mir Muhammad Khan Talpur &c. &c.
5. Appointment of Major Henry Preedy as Collector and Magistrate of
Karachi, Captain rothburn of Hyderabad and
Major Galdeni of Upper Sind (Shikarpur) &c.
&c.
6. Appointment of European Deputy Collectors, and Native Sazawalkars
and Kardars under the three District Officersw
&c. &c.
7. Organization of the Police, Capitain now General Marston
appointed Commanding Officer of the whole
province over three Captain &c. &c.
8. Death of Sardar Muhammad Akbar Khan, the eldest son and Prime
Minister of Late H.H. Amir Dost Muhammad Khan
of Afghanistan (H. 1233 == 1847 A.D. &c.).
9. Retirement of Sir Charles Napier in the same year when there was
peace all over the Province &c.
IST COMMISSIONER
Mr. Pringle (pp. 161—162)
H. 1263==1847 A.D.
Sind reduced to
Commissionership, was joined with the Bombay
Presidency under Sir George Clarke, Governor
of Bombay. Many were the ordinary works done
in his days, but some of the chief of the them
were as under:
(1) Enquiry was instituted and Accessory possessions of late Mir
Sir Ali Murad Khan reported to Government.
(2) Lord Dalhousic passed through
Sind by the
Indus in Hijri 1266==1849 A.D.
(3) Organization of 1st and 2nd Sind Baloch
Regiments in the aforementioned year.
(4) Annexation of the fortress of
Multan and the
Punjab to the English dominions
(same year).
In 1267==1850 A.D. Mr. Pringle retired.
2ND
COMMISSIONER
Mr
(afterwards Sir) Bartle Frere (pp. 162-165)
Arrived from Bombay and took
charge of Commissionership in H. 1268==1851
A.D. His Assistants were Messers Ellis and
Bellasis.
H. 1269==1852 A.D.
(1) Certain accessory possessions of Mir Sir Ali Murad Khan of
Khairpur about which report was made by Mr.
Pringle, were decided upon to be restored to
the English. A proclamation was received to
the effect from Lord Dalhousic and the
possessions restored to the English and Mir
Sir Ali Murad Khan was reduced from Rais-ship
&c.
(2) By the exertions of Mr. Ellis under orders from the
Commissioner, the system of Persian character
and language was replaced by Arabic Sindhi in
Government offices and Sindhi Schools were
started &c.
(3) Appointments of Tapadars, Kardars, Mukhtyarkars and Daftardars
for the convenience of ryats &c.
(4) Death of Nawab Bahawal Khan of
Bahawalpur.
(5) Establishment of civil courts &c.
(6) Establishment of municipalities in accordance with Act 26 of
1852 &c.
Excavation of the Eastern
Nara &c.
H, 1270==1853 A.D.
Certain Mirs of Hyderabad and Mirpur Khas who were political
prisioners at
Calcutta,
Hazaribagh, Poona,
Lahore &c. were allowed to
return to
Sind and granted pensions &c.
H. 1271==1854 A.D.
(8) Institution of inquiry into the Jagir system &c.
H. 1273==1856 A.D.
(9) Departure of Sir Bartle Frere to
England on
leave for eighteen months for change.
3RD
COMMISSIONER
Colonel
(afterwards General) Jacob (pp. 166—171)
H. 1273 == 1856 A.D.
His assistants were Mr. (afterwards Honourable) Gibbs and Mr. Shaw
Stuart.
Some of the chief events:
H. 1273 == 1856
(1) Abolition of forced labour and arbitrarily fixing of Bazar
rates &c.
(2) Late Mir Sir Ali Murad Khan left for
England to
obtain redress of grievances, but was not
successful &c.
(3) Captain Mac Donald came from the
Punjab with
establishment to Sind to carry on survey work
in Sind &c.
In the beginning of 1274 H. == 1857 A.D.
(4) Colonel Jacob with Sir Lews Palley started for the
Persian Gulf to
suppress insurrection near Bushire and left
Mr. Ellis who arrived from Deccan in charge of
the province &c.
Return of Sir Bartle Frere from leave
H. 1274 == 1857 A.D.
(10) Indian Multiny 1274 H. == 1857 A.D. &c.
It took place also at Karachi,
Hyderabad, Shikarpur and
Jacobabad, but it was soon put down and those
who helped in putting it down were rewarded,
&c.
Mr. Bartle Frere was honoured with the title of “Sir” &c.
(11) Sir Bartle Frere laid the foundation stone of Sind Railway.
The construction of First Railway in
Sind started
between Karachi and Kotri &c.
H. 1274 == 1857 A.D.
Death of Sayed Sweni, Imam of
Muscat &c.
(13) 1276 H. == 1858 A.D. Major (Now Sir) Frederic Goldsmid left
with the author on a secret mission, for
Jessalmir and Pokran via Umerkot &c.
(14) End of year 1276 H. == 1859 A.D. Sir Bartle Frere appointed
member of the Supreme Council. He wrote 150
letters to Chiefs in
Sind, copies of
the said letters are incorporated in the book
as is also an account of examples of his
popularity i.e. his visit to a Brahman, a
fisherman and a tailor &c.
Address gien to Sir Bartle Frere and a grant Hall named after him,
built by the people of
Sind &c.
(15) 1276 H. == 1859 A.D. Death of General Jacob &c.
4TH
COMMISIONER
Mr.
Inverarity (pp. 171—178)
His Assistant were Messers Shaw Stuart and Honourable Mr. Gibbs,
Some of the chief events of his times.
(1) 1277 H. == 1860 A.D. Railway communication between
Karachi and
Dabheji started by Sir George Clarke, governor
of Bombay. Some account of the latter’s
knowledge of Persian &c.
(2) 1278 H. == 1861 A.D. Starting of Sir Hernry Green and Colonel
William Green with the author on a special
mission, for Gwadur and Ormara &c.
(3) 1279 H. == 1862 A.D. Establishment of telegraph line through
the territory of the Jam of Las Bela and the
Khan of Kalat &c. &c.
(4) Beginning of 1279 H. == 1862 A.D. Insurrection by Ranas and
Sodas of Nagarparkar and its suburbs &c.
(5) 1279 H. == 1862 A.D. Begari Canal widened and extended and
Mithrao
Canal excavated and breakwater onstructed at
Manora (Karachi) &c. &c.
1279 H. == 1862 A.D. Arrival of 3 European Photographers in
Sind and
their photographs of various Sindhis &c. &c.
Appointment of Mr. Inverarity as a member of the Governor’s Council.
(7) 1279 H. == 1862 A.D. Compilation and publication of
Makran-namah by the author &c. &c.
5TH
COMMISSIONER
Mr.
Mansfield (pp. 178—1840
He arrived in the end of the year 1279 H. == 1862 .A.D from
Bombay. His
assistants were Max Melvile and Mr. Erskine
and after the departure of the latter Mr. John
Moore.
Some of the chief events of his time.
(1) Examination of taluka records through Rao Bahadur Waman Rao,
who is famous for his “girdi”
(high-handedness).
(2) 1280 H. == 1863 A.D. started for
Persian Gulf
and Baghdad with the author in connection with
the Indo-European Telegraph &c. &c.
(3) Same year. Death of Amir Dost Mohammad Khan of
Kabul &c.
(4) 1281 H. == 1864 A.D. Touring excursion of Messers Mansfield,
Max Mclvile and John Moore with the author in
the hills of Dahrara and visit to Kuteji
Kabar (Dog’s Tomb) west of
Sind &c.
(5) 1282 H. == 1865 A.D. Abolition of Judicial Assistant
Commissionership and opening of
Sadar Court
under a Judicial Commissioner &c.
The author’s pay was raised to Rs. 80/- per month and he took over
charge of the head munshi’s post in Revenue
and Registration Department &c.
(6) Same year. Excavation of Umarwah Tharwah and Mithrau in Thar to
meet the long flet want of the people &c.
(7) Same year. Sir5 Bartle Frere, Governor of
Bombay visited
Sind &c.
(8) Same year. Passing of the Local Fund Act 1865 &c.
(9) Same year. Grant of a salute of 15 guns for the
Khairpur State
&c.
End of 1283 H. == beginning of 1867 A.D. Late Sardar Sher Ali
Khan, ex-Walee of Kandhar arrived at Rahamki
Bazar in the Thar-Parkar District with a
letter from Late Amir Sher Ali Khan of
Afghanistan for
the Commissioner.
Same year. Departure of Mr. Mansfield on leave for 6 months.
6th COMMISSIONER
Mr. A.D. Roberison (pp. 185—188)
Assistant Mr. John Moore. There being now only one assistant.
(1) 1283 H. == 1867 A.D. Holding of a grant Darbar in the Frere
Hall on the occasion of conferring the title
of C.I.E. on late Seth Naoomal and speech of
the Commissioner in praise of the former and
translated by the author.
(2) Same year arrival of Haji Malbari, Governor of Kokan, in
Turkey in Asia,
en route to Constantinople and was
author’s guest &c.
Return of Mr. Mansfield from leave.
Same year. Holding of aDarbar at Umerkote to confer the title of
Star of India on late Mir Sher Muhammad Khan
of Mirpur Khas &c.
Same year. Compilation and publication of Khalij Namah, i.e., a
book on
Persian Gulf by the author.
7TH COMMISSIONER (ACTING)
Mr. Havelock (pp. 188—194)
H. 1283 == 1867 A.D.
His Assistant Mr. John Moore. Some of the chief events of his time:
H. 1283 == 1867 A.D.
Old system of Police was changed and new one introduced in its
place by which remuneration of Police officers
was increased and the Persian and Urdu names
of their official designations were changed to
the present English ones &c.
Falling of shooting stars one morning at
6 o’clock &c.
Reward of an English sward given to the author K.B. Khudadad
Khan by the Commissioner in a durbar, for his
meritorious services &c.
8TH
COMMISSIONER
Sir William
Mereweather (pp. 194—206)
Arrived in 1284 H. == 1868 A.D. after the Victory of
Abyssinia &c.
He was an old officer and had taken part in the wars in
Sind, Punjab,
Balochistan and Abyssinia &c., and was an able Political as well as Military officer. His
Assistant was Mr. John Moore.
Some of the chief events of his time:
H. 1284 == 1868 A.D.
(1) Grant of sanad in connection with the award of a sword
as mentioned in the events of the 7th
Commissioner.
(2) The Sind Official Gazette started &c.
(3) Boats plying between Sukkur and Rohri were reply beaed
steamers.
H. 1285 == 1869 A.D.
(1) Severe famine in Marwar so much so that people sold their
children.
He went to Umerkote and started relief works. Famine allowance was
granted to the Government servants &c.
(5) The author was appointed Mir Munshi on promotion, viz.,
his pay was increasd from Rs. 80 to Rs. 135
per month &c.
(6) Industrial exhibition at Frere Hall for one week &c.
(7) The author was ordered to write an account of the famous ruined
places in the
province of
Sind. The account was written,
translated into English and published and sent
to Sir Bartle Frere in
England, and copies were
distributed among other officers in Sind &c.
H. 1286 == 1870 A.D.
(8) Dispute between the Sardars and merchants of
Baluchistan was satisfactorily settled by the Commissioner. He was ordered by the
Government of India to do so. He had to reside
at Jacobabad for about 4 months for the
purpose &c.
(9) “Jirga” laws were introduced for the Frontier people and they
continue still &c.
(10) Sukkur or Shahdad-wah was excavated and its source changed &c.
H. 1287 == 1871 A.D.
(11) Hav
ing left his establishment at cashmore, the
Commissioner accompanied by Mr. Palley (who
was then assistant Commissioner) and the
author, went to the Chachran (Bahawalpur) and
had an interview with the Lieutenant Governor
of the Punjab at Mithankote and settled the
boundaries of Sind and the Punjab &c.
(12)
Accompanied by Mr. H.E.M. James who was then
his assistant and several Head officers of
different departments and also the author, the
Commissioner went to Mooltan to accost Lord
Northbrooke, viceroy of India, to Sind &c.
The
programme of Viceroy’s journey was altered
owing to dangur fever which then prevailed in
Sind. He came to Sind by river instead of by
land, and visited Kan of Kalat and Mir of
Khairpur at Sukkur whence he went to Bombay,
visiting Hyderabad and Karachi on the way &c.
H. 1288 ==
1872 A.D.
(13) The
news of the assassination of Lord Mayo,
Viceroy of India, reached
Sind &c.
(14) Jam
Mir Khan of Las Bela fled after his defeat
from Shah Ghazi Mula Walli Mahmomed, Vazir of
the Khan of Kalat, and came to Karachi to take
refuge and was made a State-prisoner &c.
H. 1289 ==
1873-74 A.D.
Hitherto
Baluchistan was under the Commissioner in
Sind since its conquest. Lord Lytton, Viceroy
of India, arrived in Sind and separated
Baluchistan from Sind and appointed a special
Agent to the Governor General for it &c.
(16) Sir
Phillip Woodhouse, Governor of Bombay, arrived
in Cashmore from Punjab, and visiting
different noted places in Sind by land went to
Bombay by sea &c.
(17)
Construction of rail-road between Kotri and
Mooltan on the left of the Indus started &c.
H. 1290 ==
1875 A.D.
(18)
Passing of the Encumbered Estates Act. Mr.
H.E.M. James had a hand in this work &c.
(19)
Departure of late Mir Sir Ali Murad Khan
Talpur to Bombay to pay respects to the Prince
of Wales &c.
H. 1291 ==
1876 A.D.
(20) The
author was recommended for the award of a
certificate of merit from the Government of
India as per letter No. 746 dated 26th
September, 1876.
(21) Sir
Richard Temple, Governor of Bombay, arrived in
Sind via Tharparkar en-route to Kandhar
and break-fasted at a place which was since
then named after him as Temple Dero. He opened the water-works
at Karachi on his return &c.
H. 1292 ==
1877 A.D.
(22)
Late Mir Sir Ali Murad Khan went to Delhi at a
gathering of the Nawabs and Rajas on the
occasion of the Queen Victoria becoming
Empress of India &c.
(23)(a)
The Commissioner retired and was appointed a
member of Parliament in token of his
meritorious services. He present valuable
sword to the author and left several good
notes on record as to his service &c.
(b)
Mereweather Tower fund started and the tower
was subsequently built at Karachi.
(c)
The Government Garden was named after him as
Mereweather Garden in which Mirs put up when
they go to Karachi &c.
(d)
Mereweather pier at Keamari (Karachi) was
erected.
His
Assistant was Mr. Lce Warner at the end.
9TH
COMMISSIONER (ACTING)
Mr. Melville
(pp. 206—207)
H. 1292 ==
1877-78 A.D.
His
Assistant was Mr. W Lee Warner. Mr. Melville
was first Judicial Commissioner and Sadar
Court Judge. Chief event of his time was third
war in Khurasan. He interested himself in
supplying animals, fodder and other
necessaries &c.
10TH
COMMISSINER
Mr. H.N.P.
Erskine (pp. 207-216)
H. 1293 == 1879
A.D.
His
Assistant were the following one after
another:- (1) Mr. (now Sir) Charles Olivant,
(2) Dr. Pollen, and (3) Mr. Edgerly.
Mr. Erskine,
having been before Assistant Commissioner and
Collector of Karachi, was well acquainted with
the province. Some of the chief events of his
time.
H. 1293 ==
1879 A.D.
(1) News
of the death of Amir Sher Ali Khan of
Afghanistan reached
Sind.
(2) The
work of old and new Jagirdars was started and
the author was appointed Extra Assistant
Collector in this connection, havin been
recommended by the Commissioner that there was
no one else in Sind so able for the work &c.
H. 1295 ==
1881 A.D.
(3)
Re-arrangement of Assistant Collectors, Deputy
Collectors, and Mukhtiarkars and their pay and
grades &c.
(4) Issue
of circulars on revenue matters &c.
(5) Late
Sardar Sher Ali Khan, ex-Walee of Kandhar,
visited Karachi.
H. 1297 ==
1883-84 A.D.
(6)
Increment of 2 guns in the salute for late Mir
Sir Ali Murad Khan was sanctioned making the
total number 17 &c.
(7) The
author was entrusted with the important work
of arranging and compiling the Jagir records
and was given an increment in his pay &c.
(8) Death
of K.B. Murad Khan, jagirdar of Habb at
Karachi.
H. 1298 ==
1884 A.D.
(9)
Arrival in Karachi of Syed Amir Ali, Barrister
at Law, from Calcutta in connection with the
case of Bajarai Sayeds &c.
(10) The
Madrasat-ul-Islam and Dayaram Jethmal Sind
Collect opened.
H. 1300 == 1887
A.D.
(11)
Queen Jubilee festivities in the Province of
Sind &c.
(12) The
author was recommended for the title of ‘Khan
Sahib’ &c.
Lord
Reay, Governor of Bombay, and Mir Sir Ali
Murad Khan and other famous Jagirdards arrived
at Shikarpur during the day of Shikarpur Horse
Show, and there were great festivities in the
town &c. Mr. Erskine retired and went home in
this year; a garden in the town of Karachi and
also a wharf at Keamari (Karachi) were named
after him.
11TH
COMMISSIONER
Sir Charles
Pritchard (pp. 217—231)
H. 1301 ==
1888 A.D.
His
Assistant was Dr. J. Pollen, then Mr. Mules
and then Mr. Edgerly. Some of the chief of his
time.
(1)
Arrival in Karachi of Lord Dufferin, Viceroy
and Governor General of India &c.
(2)
Arrival in Karachi of Sardar Mahomed Ayub
Khan, 2nd son of late Amir Sher Ali
Khan of Afghanistan from Persia. The author
was his host by the orders of the Government
and he went upto
Rawalpindi with him.
H. 1302 ==
1888 A.D.
(3) Darbar
held at the Denso Hall, at
Karachi, to grant sanad
of ‘Khan sahib’ to the author &c.
(4) Mr.
Parumal, late Deputy Collector Upper Sind
Frontier, was tried for bribery and dismissed
from service &c.
(5) Abkari
system was put on proper basis, &c.
(6)
Increment of two guns in the salute for the
late Mir Sir Ali Murad Khan, making the total
number 19 &c.
(7) The
author was appointed ‘4th Grade
Mukhtiarkar’ on a salary of Rs. 150 per month
with permanent traveling allowance and was to
act as ‘Mir Munshi’.
H. 1304 ==
1889 A.D.
(8) Lord
Reay, Governor of Bombay, arrived at Karachi
for the third time and accompanied by the
Commissioner and the author went to Sukkur and
opened he Lansdowne bridge for traffic, thence
to Quetta, Shalabagh and Chaman. On his
return, he held a levee at Karachi where he
was given addresses by all the communities,
and in reply to the address of the Mahmoedan
community he said to Mr. Hasanali; “You Mr.
Hasanali and Mr. Ghulam Dastgir were made
‘Khan Bahadur’ and Mr. Khudadad Khan,
Commissioner’s faithful Assistant, was made
‘Khan Sahbi’” &c.
(9)
Commissioner accompanied by the author went
from Umerkote upwards in connection with the
Shadipali Railway line. On return he was
promoted to be a member of the Governor’s
Council &c.
12TH
COMMISSIONER
Mr. (now
Honourable) Trevor (pp. 231—232).
Arrived end of
H. 1304==middle of 1889 A.D.
His
Assistant were first Mr. Moore and then Mr.
Jenkins. Some of the chief events of his time:
(1) Grant
of sanads of new Jagirdars to the
Baloches of Upper Sind Frontier and Larkana
&c.
13TH
COMMISSIONER
Mr. (now
Honourable) H.E.M. James (pp. 232==254)
Arrived in H.
1307==1891 A.D. from
Bombay. His Assistant were in
turn (1) Mr. Jenkins, (2) Mr. Lucas, and (3)
Mr. J. Sladen.
Having been
previously Assistant Collector and Assistant
Commissioner in Sind, he had thoroughly
mastered the needs of the Province, and during
his commissionership carried out many things,
all for the public goods. Some of the chief
events and occurrences of his time were as
under:-
H. 1308 ==
1891 A.D.
(1) Late
Mir Sir Ali Murad Khan of Khairpur was granted
the title of G.C.I.E. by the Queen Empress and
it was conferred upon him by Lord Harris at
Shikarpur &c.
(2) The
author was promoted to be ‘3rd
Grade Mukhtiarkar’ on Rs.175 with usual
permanent traveling allowance and was to act
as ‘Mir Munshi’ &c.
H. 1309 ==
1892 A.D.
(3) Mr.
James opened the Railway Line between Gidu
Bunder and Shadi Pali and delivered a good
speech on the occasion &c.
(4) Went
to Calcutta as an additional member of the
Supreme Council, giving over charge of
commissionership to Colonel Crawford &c.
(5) The
author went on leave for change to Bombay,
Poona, Kathiawar, Ahmedabad, Ajmer, Jaipur,
Delhi &c. and visited Lord Harris, Mr. (now
Sir) W. Lee Warner Chief Secretary, Sir
Charles Pritchard (Councillor), Mr. Edgerly
Private Secretary and Sir Charles Olivant
Political Agent Kathiawar &c.
(6) Hon.
Mr. James came back to Sind and took charge of
the Commissionership. A grant meeting was held
on the Commissioner’s steamer at Gidu Bunder
to discuss the advisability of excavating
Jamrau Canal. Many officials, Engineers
and Zamindars were present. The engineers and
several of the officials were first against
the scheme but the zamindars were in favour,
and Hon. Mr. James by his able reasoning
succeeded in convincing the officials and
Engineers as to the good that would accrue to
the public and to the state by the excavation
of Jamrau Canal. The Canal was excavated
and opened by Lord Sandhurst in the last year,
viz., H. 1317 == 1899 A.D., and in the
speech he delivered at the opening ceremony he
mentioned exactly the same benefits as were
shown by Mr. James to accrue to the public and
to the Government &c.
H. 1310 ==
1893 A.D.
(7) A
large meeting was held at
Karachi to commemorate the
Jubilee of the English conquest of Sind.
General Marston who had taken part in the Sind
war, presided &c.
(8) Hon.
Mr. James arrived at Rohri with a part of his
establishment in the hot season, and after
having personally traveled and enquired into
the affairs as regards water, good and bad
land &c. in the Rohri Taluka, re-assessed the
land revenue in such a way as was beneficial
to the public as well as to the Government.
This work was below his position but he took
the trouble for the good of the poor zamindars
&c.
(9) He
assisted the people of Sind in their being
represented in the Governor’s Council by the
appointment of an additional member of the
council for Sind.
(10) At
the end of the year during the Horse Show he
held a Darbar at Jacobabad and granted the
sanad of ‘Khan Bahadurship’ to the author
and conferred the title of C.I.E. on K.B.
Kadirabad Khan. Both of these were granted to
the recipients at his recommendations &c.
(11)
Arrived at Sukkur with the author to make
special enquiry into the state of Talpur
families of Khairpur as to their expenses of
living, marriage &c., and made a report to the
government with his recommendations, many of
which were sanctioned; some of the Talpurs got
the right of hereditary pension; some got
pension for 2 lives, some for 1 life, and
others got land, Jagirs, and arrangements were
made for the education of their sons at the
Sind Madresa-tul-Islam, Karachi at the
cost of the Government. In the report he
showed the needy circumstances of the
Hyderabad and Mirpur Khas Mirs’ families also.
The Mirs and general public are well pleased
with this arrangement and bless Honourable Mr.
James.
(12) At
the end of his tour, having left the
establishment at Kambar (Larkana Division) he
went with the author, Mr. Lucas then Assistant
Commissioner in Sind, and Mr. Pinton
Superintendent of Police Upper Sind Frontier,
to see Kuteji Kabar (dog’s Tomb) on
Dahrara Hill &c.
(13)
Death of Pir Muhammad Hizbullah Shah the
famous Pir (Pagaro) in Sind. He was succeeded
by his son late Pir Ali Gohar Shah &c.
(14) The
author’s pay was increased from Rs. 175 to 200
by the kidness of the Commissiner. He was made
‘2nd Grade Mukhtiarkar but was to
act as ‘Mir Munshi’ as usual &c.
(15)
Went to Lahore to give evidence before the
Opium Commission. He was selected because he
was the fittest person
H. 1311 ==
1894 A.D.
(16)
Death of Mir Sir Ali Murad Khan Talpur at his
estate, conveyance of his corps to Karachi en
route to
Kerbela. Good and satisfactory
arrangements about the condolence gathering,
salute of guns &c. made by the author under or
ders from the Honourable Mr. James.
Succession
of Mir Sir Faiz Muhammed Khan Talpur, the
second son of the late Mir Sir Ali Murad Khan
to the throne of Khairpur State, and
appointment of K.B. Kadirabad Khan as his
Wazir &c.
(17) The
author was given an address at the
Sind Madresa-tul-Islam
by the Muhammadan community to congratulate
him on the occasion of his being granted the
title of Khan Bahadur and speeches delivered
there &c.
(18) By
the kind order of Honourable Mr. James, the
Shah Jehan’s Masjid at Thatta was repaired, an
account of which is given on pages 99-100 of
this book.
(19)
Arrival of Lord Elgin at Karachi and laying of
the foundation stone of the Lady Dufferin
Hospital and the holding of a levee, receiving
visits from Mirs, Sardars &c.
H. 1312 ==
1895 A.D.
(20)
Hon. Mr. James was appointed member of the
Supreme Council of Calcutta and gave over
charge of Commissionership to Sir Charles
Olivant.
Departure of Hon. Mr. James to England. He
placed the following remakrs on record
regarding the author.
“His
very long experience made him most useful.”
14TH
COMMISSIONER
Sir Charles
Olivant (pp. 254—263
Arrived from
Kathiawar in H. 1312 == end of 1895 A.D.
His Assistant
was Mr. J. Sladen, some of the chief events of
his time:
H. 1312 ==
1895 A.D.
(1)
Convention of Mr. Pinton to Mahomedanism and
his transfer to Deccan in consequence.
(2)
Dacoity of Hurs in some parts of the Hyderabad
and Tharparkar Districts &c.
(3)
Arrival at Karachi of Lord Sandhurst, Governor
of Bombay. He was nephew of late mr. S.
Mansfield. When he saw the certificate granted
to the author by Mr. Mansfield, he greeted the
author well &c.
(4)
Arrival at Karachi of Prince Nasrullah Khan, 2nd
son of H.H. Amir abdul Rahman Khan, from
Engtland. A deputation consisting of Mr.
Lucas, Acting Collector, Mr. J. Sladen,
Assistant Commissioner, Mr. Maclver
Superintendent of Police and KB. Khudadad
Khan, Mir Munshi, went to received him, and
Khan Bahadur Khudadad Khan was his host up to
Quetta. It was a hard task for the host as the
Prince’s men were rough &c.
(5)
Colonel Crawford retired – grand parties held
in his honour at Municipal gardens Karachi &c.
Death
of K.B. Hasanali Effendi, President of
Mahomedan Association in
Sind &c.
(6) Death
of K.B. Hasanali Effendi, President of the
Mahmomedan Association in Sind &c.
(7)
Appointment of Sir Charles Olivant as Chief
Secretary and afterward Councillor to the
Governor of Bombay, and his having given over
charge of Commissionership to Mr. Woodburn,
then Collector of
Hyderabad &c.
The
period of service of Sir woodburn being short,
the principal event of his time was that he
entrusted the author with the work of handing
over a sword and sanad and Kimkhab
to late Pir ali Gohar Shah, who had helped in
the arrest of Hurs of Hyderabad and Tharparkar.
The author did so in a Darbar held at the
Pir’s Village &c.
Honourable
Mr. James Returned to Sind
(pp.
263—265)
H. 1313 ==
1896 A.D.
After
taking charge he made a report to the
Government as regards the dacoity of Hurs.
Bachu Pasha their leader was sentenced to
death. Pir Ali Gohar Shah who had helped in
the arrest of the dacoits was conferred the
title of Shams-ul-Ulma, in a public
darbar; K.B. Mahomed Yacoob was given the
title of Sardar and other who had
helped were given rewards of swords &c.
H. 1314 ==
1896 A.D.
(2)
Passing of the encumbered Estates Act of 1896
by which long period is allowed for the coming
of Jagirs under act and the Zamindars are
pleased.
(3) Pir
Ali Gohar Shah died without issue and was
succeeded by his 3rd brother Pir
Shah Murdan Shah &c.
(4)
Honourable Mr. James was appointed member of
the Supreme Council in connection with Famine
&c.
(5)
Construction of the bridge between Kotri and
Gidu Bunder started.
15TH
COMMISSIONER
Sir A.
Wingate (Acting) (pp. 266—268)
H. 1314 ==
1897 A.D.
Arrived at
Kotri from Bombay. His Assistant was Mr. J.
Sladen and later Mr. Lawrence. Some of the
chief events of his time:
(1) First
plague appeared in Karachi, Thatta, Kotri,
Hyderabad, Sukkur and Shikarpur. He made
proper arrangements and spent a deal of money
to eradicate it &c.
(2) The
plague committee made groundless report
against the author about the filthiness of his
neighbourhood but the decision given by the
Commissioner was not only satisfactory but
exhonorating for the author &c.
(3) Death
of Sardar Sher Ali Khan, ex-Walee of Kandhar,
who used to get Rs. 5000 as pension &c.
(4)
Depature of Sir Wingate, having been appointed
Chief Secretary to the Governor of Bombay &c.
16th
COMMISIONER
Mr. Giles
(Acting) (p. 268)
H. 1315 ==
1898 A.D.
He was
Collector of Karachi when received charge of
the Commissionership from Hon. Mr. James at
Jacobabad. He is an experienced officer having
served in succession as Assistant Collector,
then as Deputy Commissioner Tharkarpar, Deputy
Commissioner Upper Sind Frontier, Collector of
Shikarpur and Collector of Karachi. His
assistant was Mr. Sladen. Some of the chief
events of his time:
(1) Second
visitation of plague at
Karachi. Mr. Giles took proper
measures to put it down &c.
(2) The
Hurs committed dacoities again &c.
Return of Honourable Mr. James (pp. 269—271)
H. 1315 == 1898
A.D.
He was made
C.S.I.
His
Assistant now was Mr. Cadel.
(1) Lord
Sandhurst arrived at Jacobabad and conferred
the title of G.C.I.E. on H.H. Mir Faiz Mahomed
Khan Talpur, Ruler of Khairpur State, in a
Public Darbar &c.
(2) Hon.
Mr. James went back to Calcutta to finish the
Famine work and gave over charge to Mr. r.
Giles, Collector of Karachi &c.
(3) The
plague had not subsided yet. He adopted
measures in the connection &c.
(4) The
author notices some of the good features of
Hon. Mr. James’s career viz., his love
for the performance of his duty well. As an
instance, when he was appointed Acting
Councillor, he had some work in arrears, and
he took leave without pay for 15 days and
completed the work. No other out of the 17
Commissioners under whom the author served,
ever did so.
H. 1316 ==
1898 A.D.
(5) The
author was recommended for full pay pension.
Hon. Mr. James gave strong reasons for the
same &c.
(6)
Appointed Councillor. A Group photo was taken
with his establishment as a token of esteem
they had towards him. Each member of the
Establishment possesses one copy as momento
&c.
(7) He
left the following note on record as regards
the author: “Abdul Khan Bahadur Khudadad Khan,
I have recently written to Government and need
say little more here. After 45 years of
service he is about to retire, the last link
with the administration of Sir Bartle Frere (2nd
Commissoner) and a treasury of knowledge will
go with him.”
(8)
Awarded a golden sword worth Rs. 2000 to the
author with the following inscription on it in
English as well as Persian. “Presented to Khan
Bahadur Khudadad Khan on account of faithful
and good service,-- by the Commissioner inSind.”
(9) He
made the following note on record with a view
to recommend the author for Jagir &c.
“He
quite considers that Khan Bahadur Khudadad
Khan’s faithful and useful service is
deserving of the exceptional rewards, if it
continued to the end as it has been I the
past.” &c.
Departure to Bombay as Councillor. Farewell
party given by him by the Europeans as well as
natives.
Mr. R.
Giles, Acting Commissioner (pp. 272—273)
H. 1316 ==
1898 A.D.
He took
charge of Commissionership. His Assistant
were, one after another, Messers Cadel, Rein
and Vaughan. Some of the chief events:
(1) After
the plague subsided, those who had done good
service were rewarded with Lungis,
watches &c.
(2) He
recommended the author for Jagir of 300 acres
at the strength of Hon. Mr. James’s note &c.
H. 1316 ==
1898 A.D.
(3) He
toured through the whole divisions of Noushero
Feroze and Sukkur with his establishment with
a view of see the state of lands, water &c. in
order to give redress to the people &c.
(4) The
third visition of Plague. He took such
precaution that it did not go beyond Karachi
&c.
Return of
Honourable Mr. James (pp. 273—276)
(1)
Completed the arrangements to put down the
plague &c. During the time the plague was
raging at Karachi, the author did not remove
from his premises to any segregation camp but
believing in God, he passed all the time there
as well as in Sukkur &c.
H. 1316 ==
1899 A.D.
(2)
Honourable Mr. James presided at the ceremony
of unveiling the portrait of Sir Bartle Frere
at the Frere Hall. And in the speech he
delivered there, he said as follows pointing
towards the author:- “There stands also my old
friend Khan Bahadur Khudadad Khan who has been
45 years in the office of the Commissioner in
Sind, Mir Munshi to Sir Bartle Frere. He is
still the Commissioner’s Mir Munishi.”
(3)
Honourable Mr. James was appointed Councillor.
Mr. R. Giles
took charge of Commissionership (pp. 276—289)
H. 1316 ==
1898 A,D.
(1) The
report regarding the author’s pension that
waws submitted to the Government with
recommendation was returned with reply that
according to rules the pension question will
be considered at the time of the officer
retires &c.
(2) The
author applied for permission to retire from
service and submitted the petition in
Muharram.
H. 1317 ==
1899 A.D.
It was
submitted to Government with strong
recommendation by the Commissioner who amongst
other things also stated that if the author
had retired 15 years ago he would have
received such: and such amount by this time.
But as he was detained inservice by government
he deserves being paid full pension &c.
Jamadul
Akhir H. 1317 == October 1899 A.D.
(3) The
author was given Jagir for two generations
under the sanction of the Government of India
received through the Government of Bombay. The
Government stated that no more recommendations
should be made for Jagir. As the author has
served for 45 years in Sind and foreign
service, he is granted the Jagir for his long,
faithful and valuable services &c.
Return of
Honourable Mr. James (pp. 289—303)
(1) When
Honourable Mr. James returned he was received
with enthusiasm by people at Keamari &c.
(2) H.E.
Lord Cuizon arrived as Governor of India.
Rajjab H. 1317
== 1899 A.D.
(3)
Arrival in Sind of Lord Sandhurst who unveiled
the portrait of Sir Charles Pritchard at Frere
Hall, and conferred the title of C.I.E. on R.B.
Tahelram Khemehand and that of Rao Bahadur on
Seth Vishindas Nihalchand and gave
certificates of merit to several gentlemen of
Karachi and Thatta &c.
(4) Lord
Sandhurst accompanied by Honourable Mr. James
proceeded to Hyderabad where he convened a
Darbar and thence went to Jamrau and performed
the opening ceremony of the canal of that
name, thence came to diji Fort where he
visited the Mir of Khairpur, and thence to
Sukkur where he was received by the elite of
the District and he shook hands with the
gentlemen present, the author being the first
with whom he did so. News was received of the
decision in the case of Pir Shah Mardan of
Kingri in his favour &c.
Sha’ban H.
1317 == 1899 A.D.
(5) Mr.
Mules, Collector of Shikarpur, convened a
large meeting in connection with famine relief
and large amount of donations were promised on
the spot; author helped the Collector much in
the collections and was given the following
certificate:-- “The Collector of Shikarpur
begs to express his particular thanks to K.B.
Khudadad Khan for the very valuable assistance
given by him in collecting the funds.”
(6) Same
month, the news of the victory of the British
over the Boers in the Boer War was received
and people observed holiday in its connection
&c.
(7) Pir
Shah Mardan Shah of Kingri was conferred the
title of ‘Shamsul-Ulama’ in consideration of
the help he gave in connection with the
capture of Hurs. K.B. Sardar Mahomed Yacoob
was given the title C.I.E. for his good
services in connection with the plague. This
was all owing to the kindness of Hon. Mr.
James.
Shawwal H. 1317
== end of February 1900 A.D.
(8)
Makhdoom Mahomed Zaman of Hala was tried for
murder and was sentenced with capital
punishment &c.
(9) Same
month, arrival of H.R. Lord Northcote as
Governor of Bombay and departure of H.E. Lord
Sandhurst. Honourable Mr. James proceeded to
Bombay to greet the former and bid farewell to
the latter &c.
(10) On
the 27th Shawwal 1317 H. == 28th
February 1900 Honourable Mr. James accompanied
by Mr. Vaughan and Establishment—English as
well as Vernacular—arrived at Sukkur and
pitched their tents on the camping ground.
On the 9th
Ziqa’d H. 1317==12th March 1900
A.D., a Darbar was held near the Collector’s
Bungalow where about 1000 persons including
Mirs, Jagirdars, Zamindars &c. were present.
Mr. Mules enumerated in a short and well
worded speech all the good deeds done by Hon.
Mr. James who then returned an appropriate
reply. Then the Commissioner began the
ceremony of giving presents &c. to the
deserving gentry. He commenced with kimkhab.
Then the author was given a sanad
in connection with the Jagir. The sanad
was on golden paper written in English and
Persian and covered with kimkhab, &
also khila’t of kimkhab. Mention
was made as regards the author’s services to
the following effect: Mr. Khudadad Khan
entered the service of Government in 1853, and
in 1855 he was employed in the Jagir and
Political Department under Major (now Sir) G.
Goldsmid. He accompanied Major Goldsmid during
the Mutiny on a secret mission to Jesalmir and
Pokran through the Great Desert, and was again selected
in 1861 to accompany Sir Henry Green on a
mission in Gwadur and Ormara. In 1862 he
assisted in establishing the telegraph line
through the territory of
Jam of Las Bela and the Khan of
Kalat. He went with mr. Mansfield the next
year up the Persian Gulf and the
Tigris to Baghdad in connection
with the Indo-European telegraph. Sir W.
Mereweather entrusted him with several
delicate missions. He knowledge of Jagir and
political matters especially qualified him for
the important work of arranging and compiling
the Jagir record with which work he was
entrusted in 1873 and 1882. His vivid memory
of events of remote date and of the notions
therein, and his tact and of manner, combined
to make the Khan Bahadur a valuable officer of
the Government. He retired in May last, after
an arduous and faitful service of 45 years, to
his home in Sukkur to enjoy a well-earned rest
&c.
In addition
to the above the following were also the
author’s special duties which have been
included in the book:
(i)
With Sir George Clarke, Governor of Bombay,
from Karachi to Thatta, thence to Sehwan and
thence to Hyderabad.
(ii)
With Sir Frederic Goldsmid to
Bombay.
(iii)
With Mr. Mansfield to Dahrara Hill where there
is kuteji kabar (dog’s tomb).
(iv)
With Sir Mereweather to Jacobabad in
connection with the disputes between the
Sowdagars and Sardars and to Mithankote in the
Punjab to settle the boundaries of sindh and
the Punjab, and to Mooltan where sir
Mereweather went to meet Lord Nrothbrooke,
Viceroy of India.
(v)
As extra Assistant Collector in connection
with the Jagirat work, which was cleared.
(vi)
With Sardar Mahomed Ayub Khan, second son of
late Amir Abudl Rahman Khan who arrived from
England to Karachi, and went from Karachi to
Quetta.
(11)
Muharram and Safar H. 1318==May & June 1900. a
telegram announcing the capture of Maifking
inTranswal reached Sindh.
(12) In
the same months, Bridge between Kotri and Gidu
Bunder was completed and opened for traffic.
Ist Safar H.
1318==May 1900 A.D.
The
author was elected as member of the V.J.
Technical Institute to represent Mir of
Khairpur.
25th
Safar H. 1318 == 24th June 1900
A.D. The decision of capital punishment in the
case of Makhdum of Hala was reverted &c.
Just
as the book was nearing completion,
fortunately 3 occasions acrose for the author
to hold tea parties at his bungalow viz.,
(i) in honour of R.B. Diwan Dewanmal
Khemchand. (2) R.B. Diwan Hashmat Rai
transferred to Karachi and (3) R.B. Diwan
Naraindas Motiram arrived from Karachi and
Sayid Panah Ali Shah having been promoted to
be the Inspector of Police &c.
OLD SUKKUR
Jamada I,
1318/
KHAN BAHADUR KHUDADAD KHAN,
September
1900
Jagirdar.
Statement of
Temporary Commissioners whose administration
lasted for less than six months. The other
Permanent &
Temporary
commissioners who were in office over six
months have already been mentioned in the
Book.
|
S.
No. |
Name of
the Officer. |
The Rank
from which he
Rose &c. |
Period
of
Administration |
In What
Year. |
Particulars &c. |
|
1. |
Mr. Belasis |
Assistant
Commissioner
in Sind. |
3 months |
H.1268=1852
A.D. |
During the
absence of Sir Bartle Frere. |
|
2. |
Mr. Ellis |
Inam
Commissioner
Deccan |
40 days |
H.1274=1857
A.D. |
During the
absence of John Jacob to Bushire in
Persia. |
|
3. |
Major Henry
Green |
Political
Agent Baluchistan |
3 months |
H.
1287=1862 A.D. |
During the
absence of Mr. Inverarity. |
|
4. |
Sir Charles
Peile |
---do--- |
----do---- |
H.
1294=1880 A.D. |
During the
absence of Mr. Ershine. |
|
5. |
Colonel
Lamberk |
Collector,
Karachi. |
----do--- |
H.
1295=1883 A.D. |
----do---- |
|
6. |
Colonel
Boulton |
---do--- |
----do--- |
H.
1300=1885 A.D. |
----do---- |
|
7. |
Colonel
Trevor |
Collector,
Hyderabad. |
4 months |
H.
1301=1890 A.D. |
During the
absence of Mr. Trevor. |
|
8. |
Colonel
Crawford. |
Collector
Karachi. |
5 months
By
interval. |
H.
1308-9=1891; 1893; 1894; 1895 and 1896
A.D. |
During the
absence of Sir Charles Olivant and Hon.
Mr. H.E.M. James. |
|
9. |
Mr.
Woodburn |
Collector,
Hyderabad. |
50 days. |
H.
1305=1895;
1897 A.D. |
During the
absence of Sir Charles Olivant and Hon.
Mr. H.E.M. James. |
