'Travels in Beloochistan and Sinde; accompanied by a geographical and historical account of those countries, with a map.' [‎281] (323/476)

HISTORY OF BELOOCHISTAN. 281
Shah, who was then encamped near Kandahar. The Shah was gra
tified b) the intelligence, and dispatched a Furman*; by return of
the messenger, nominating Nusseer Khan Beglerbeg of all the terri
tories comprising the first five divisions of this memoir.
Nusseer Khan commenced his reign by such acts as were likely to
secure the fidelity and esteem of his subjects. He revoked the
greatest part of the taxes imposed on merchandize by his brother,
fixing them at the present moderate standard; and the tolls on horses
and cattle of all descriptions he entirely abolished; he publicly ex
pressed his disapprobation of religious controversies, whether between
the two sects of Moosulmans, or either of them, and the Hindoos,
whom he invited by every encouragement from Shikarpoor and other
trading towns, being well aware that they would prove an incal
culable benefit to his dominions. As an inducement for them to
settle at Kelat, he not only allowed them the free exercise of their
i eligion, but le-established a grant, supposed to have been made by
the immediate successor of Kumbur, empowering the Hindoos to
levy for the maintenance of Brahmins, and a pagoda, one quarter
of a rupee on every camel load of goods that entered the Bazar.
His next step was to call upon all the chiefs, who held by military
tLiiuie to furnish their quotas of troops, and having, by that mea
sure collected a very large force, he marched from Kelat, passing
through Khozdar and Punjgoor, and proceeded to Kedge, the capital
of the province of Mukran, where he remained some time; thence
he moved westerly as far as the town of Kussurkund, on the frontier
of his territories ; and taking a circuit to the northward, came back
to his capital by the route of Dizuck and Kharan. In the course of
this progress, he inquired into and arranged the internal government
of all the provinces and districts in his dominions, and on reaching
Kelat, applied himself to the improvement of that city, building the
present fortifications, and forming, at his own expence, many gar
dens in the valley, which, having stocked with fruit trees brought
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* A royal letter or order.
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