"تقرير خان بهادور مولا بخش، الملحق بوكيل الحاكم العام للهند والقنصل العام البريطاني في خراسان وسيستان، عن رحلته من مشهد إلى كويته عبر تربت حيدريه، كاين، سيستان، كوه ملك سياه ونوشكي (٧ أبريل إلى ٢٨ يوليو ١٨٩٨)" [ظ‎‎١‎٥] (١٥٦/٣٥)

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REPORT OF KHAN BAHADUR MAULA BAKHSH
Letter (without dale) from Mia Alam KhXn, Hashmat-ul-Mulk, Chief of K«n and Sistan
to Sayid Mir Hashim Khan.
After compliments, —I have understood, in detail, what you wrote. You
must know so much that had I known you not to be a most accomplished man
[a^dllawe^n Sistdn] beSSed ^ f Persian GoTCmmeQ t] to give you such a place’
M ith regard to what you wrote saying that you had changed your mind
on the ground that you preferred to spend your remaining davs in useful pur-
suits to staying in this country and wasting your age in°such low works" I
should say that you must put off going to Meshed, shun these ideas and give
up this intention, because it will be impossible for me to agree to your soine
while I am alive. After [my death] yon can do what yon like. * g S
vith IZlnfarTpir^ ^ [&> SL JohU ’ 3 letter ’ Ia ”‘ h ^
, e fP] ained Me reason* for Ms not sending me Armv rifles I
have written to tell Mm that ! do not require them at present, but that when-
ever 1 may require them I shall write again for them.
sent ZheLlZ^Jrer^ ' W my ^ the groin is ready to be
John}! C ° me y ° U WiU ,0rWard my letter qUi0kl y t t0 Colonel Sir Oliver St.
Nothing more to write about. You wrote to me about Chasma-i-elnlnH
of ^uraffairf. J ° U a “ ° rder ab ° Ut it- Alwa y s kee P “e informed of the state
^ ^ SAIID ' A ““ Haehmat-ul-Mulb,
May I he your Highness’s sacrifice 1
lam just going to mount my horse, and my ba^a'm has all wnno „ir r
am, therefore, ashamed to use this scran of m™,. ^ na ® 311 n 0 ne off. I
proper paper. I hope you will excuse me! P P Wnte t0 y ° U f ° r Wallt of
It is necessary for me to make certain representations to you
Wishes adding what 1 thought advisable myfelf 9 ex P resi ‘ ed your
Regarding new and old grain 1 had • x * , n
Oliver St. John) to say something 'loMu tuTl Z ff {hy , ColmH Sir
you I now beg to communicate it to you In Mil' 9 i ^ 6111 tiHted
little old and a change takes place in its taste it • d , l lDhe f 9 ram becomes a
the godown of grain on fire, or it is g iven to cattlMndlameh^ ^
ticas necessary for me to represent this to you
With regard to the tent you wrote tn o™ /i, / ■!
that you did not like it and would send it tn at ! Ca8 to ^ clo *f [small) and
not brought a suitable tent with me on this iourne ^ t re d u ^fd it. As 1 have
afterwards. me on Journey, a tent wid be sent to you
No more representations to make.
The Chief s answer on the reverse of Mir Hashtm’q 1
’Try • a i 7 , SKIM s lett er written on small naner
With regard to old grain, he \Colnnpt c* m-
he likes. Sis tan grain becomes musty after Tf * mn J do what
they [the British Government \ ZTL ft? a ^ Sho ^
grain available would not exceed a thousand d™*"’. the nK0 ^t of the new
would not give it at the same price. Ihe re L * “T® { ' 5 ’ 8 ' JS to,ls '>’ and 1
6 reas °» why I agreed to accept this