'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME I' [‎236r] (488/820)

No horses are bred, the chief only having a few mares. He is entirely
dependent for remounts on purchase. With an unlimited supply of men
fit to ride, the chief would thus with the utmost efforts be unable to collect
more than 15 000 horse.
The Kushkaneh plateau, which has fine pastures, furnishes about a third
of the Kuehan horse ; and a body of that number is usually stationed there
to defend the weakest po nt of the border, and to be ready to raid without
delay in any direction the chief may direct. At Shirvan there are also
30 to 40 shamkldlchis, (mounted match 1 ockmen).
The adult male peasants of the district must number not less than from
15,000 to 20,000; and a large proporticn are armed. The border villagers
are inured to war, and are fair marksmen. In their own mountains they
would prove form dable adversaries.
The chief, or as he is sometimes styled the llklidni of the Za afaranlu, holds
his country on somewhat the same terms as the
Tenure o c i fb ips The branch of the British Government of India with responsibility for managing political relations between British-ruled India and its surrounding states, and by extension the Gulf, during the period 1937-47. . Illehani of Bujnurd. He is bound to give military
service when required, and to guard his border and the district > in his rear ;
but, in consideration o c the superior productiveness of his country, he is
r quired to pay a large sum yearly in the shape of revenue. This sum
has been gradually increased until it now reaches 40,000 tumdns in cash
and 8,930 kharwd s of grain, (§ wheat and i barley), and 1,345 kharwars of
chopped straw per annur • T n addition to this, a yearly tribute in hors s
and go d co n is exacted. These terms are easy when the wealth of the
distric' is considered ; and the complete exemption of the people from regu
lar mili' a y service is, ; t he price, a cheap boon.
In addition 1o the protection of his own border* on which the security of
the district r in the rear depends, the chief is bound to aid the llkhdni of
Bujnurd ; but such rs istance is seldom required, and the feud between these
two tribes makes any cordial co-operation impossible. The Chief of Darreht
Gaz also has the right to demand assitance, if necessary.
Rira Qulr Khan succeeded Amir Guna Khan as the 3rd chief. He
maintained himse f for some time in rebellion against the authority of FatK
’Ali Shah. R za Qulr Khan was succeeded by Sam Khan, who was the 4th
chief and the firs f of the family to get the title of Shuja’-ud-Dauleh. Sam
Khan died about the year 1805 A.D.
On his death his son Khan Bah a Khan was a minor. He was appoint
ed Governor with his unc 1 e Amir Husain Khan as Deputy Governor. The
latter, however, soon got all the power into his own hands, and eventually
was recognized as the 5th chief and given the title of Shuja’-ud-Dau 1 eh.
Amir Husain Khan was in his time the most influential chief in Khora-
ean. He bore a high character for personal courage. He was, however^
ambitious, proud and extravagant; qualities which secured respect, while
they interfered with his popularity. With his ambition he did not com
bine any of the talents that would have made it dangerous, but was, on the
con'rary, shallow and imprudent. He was popularly believed to be aim
ing at the chief post in the province ; and with his wealth, influence and
a great assumption of piety, which secured him the go r d will of the priest-
hood, the pr'ce was hardly beyond his reach, if his pride had not brought
him in 1881 into collision with the then Governor General, a mishap that
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