"مجلد I مذكرات بخصوص بلاد فارس والمنطقة الحدودية الشمالية الغربية. ١٩٠٥." [ظ‎‎١‎٠‎٩] (٣١٠/٢٢٣)

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turned Abdul Karim Khan out of the Governor
ship of the Dir-Kohistan, nnd the folly of thus
alienating his Chiefs before he has thoroughly
established himself in his Khanate has been
pointed out to him. As it is, there is a wide
spread desire for the abolition of the entire
family, and the introduction of Government
control direct through tribal Chiefs ; and any
thing Badshah Khan himself does to accentuate
this feeling will be suicidal, since Upper and
Lower Swat (right bank) are constantly trying
to raise the question. This is perfectly natural,
as on the one bank they have self-govern
ment and no taxes, on the other ill-
administered taxes and bad government; and
the people cannot understand wTiy the mere
existence of a river between the two should
make all this difference. This aspect of the
case has been frankly explained to Badshah
Khan, in the hope that he w r ill see the folly of
the course which he is pursuing.
On the 25th July, near Malakand, a
recruit of the 4th Rajputs shot a Pathan milk-
seller dead with his rifle, and then shot himself.
Mohmands.—Some of the Mohmand Maliks
have submitted a petition to the Amir through
the Khan of Girdab for the grant of allowances.
In their petition tliey explain that they have
refused to receive allowances from the British
Government. The Hakim of Laipura has also
induced some Mohmand Maliks to sign a peti
tion to the Amir, expressing their willingness
to come under his jurisdiction.
Khyber .—The Sarhang of Hakka has
sent a message to the Zakka Khel that, in
reply to a report submitted by him to the
Amir, he had been authorised to inform them
that they could always depend upon His
Highness in case of pressure being brought to
bear upon them by the British Government,
and that every pie of their moicajib (tribal
allowances) cut by the Khyber authorities on
account of their going to Kabul, would be made
good to them from the Kabul Treasury. The
Zakka Khel replied that they were thankful
to him for his kind recommendations, but that
nothing short of a written assurance would
satisfy them.
In response to invitations, about six hun
dred Afridis of the Aka Khel, Zakka Khel,
Kambar Khel, Kaka Khel, Kuki Khel, and
Malikdin sections, including some Mullas and
eiders, visited Kabul in June and July. They
were entertained by the Itimad-ud-Daula,
Abdul Kuddus Khan, but it is not known
whether they were actually presented to the
Amir. The main object of the visit is to obtain
compensation, as promised in the invitations,
for the allowances which have been withheld
from them by the British officials for having-
visited Kabul last year; but they also admit