"مجلد I مذكرات بخصوص بلاد فارس والمنطقة الحدودية الشمالية الغربية. ١٩٠٥." [ظ‎‎١‎٣‎٤] (٣١٠/٢٧٣)

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Kurram .—A firman bearing the seal of
the Amir, and inviting the Zaimusht jirga
to visit His Highness at Kabul, was brought
to Akbar Khan of Chinarak and circulated to
the other Khoedad Maliks in the middle of
September. The invitation was discussed at a
meeting of the jirga, and an answer was sent
to the Amir that the Khoedad Khel section of
the Zaimushts had no connection with the
Afghan Government, and, therefore, declined
the invitation.
During the latter half of September and
beginning of October the Jajis from Afghan
territory were unusually active in raiding into
British territory. On the 15th of September,
two raids were committed at Khattak Dhand
in Balyamin and at the village of Mahura, in
both cases the raiders being driven off without
doing any damage. On the 26th a gang of
them, assisted by a couple of Kurram outlaws,
broken into the house of one Ibrahim of
Bughdi; on the 27th they shot two Turis of
Tangai; and on the 1st October they murdered
a Massuzai outside the village of Bissattu.
On the 22nd September, information was
received that a number of Khostwals and Jajis,
from the Amir’s territory, who had been con
cerned in the raid on cattle at Ghamkote (see
last Journal), had entered and were passing
through Kurram. Thirty-nine of them, who
were unable to produce permits from the Gov*
ernor of Khost, were seized, and their property
captured. A few of the men were retained as
hostages, the remainder being liberated after
being told that, if they wanted their property to
be restored, they should induce the Governor of
Khost to restore all the property recently
raided from British subjects by Jajis and
Khostwals. The men who were released sub
sequently produced permits from the Governor
of Khost allowing them to proceed on the
journey upon the return from which they had
been captured; but as there was abundant proof
that the permits had been given to them after
the baramta, their property was not restored.
On the 3rd October, a survey party work
ing on the hills near Shabak was fired upon by
a gang of Wazirs. The Turi escort with the
party returned the fire and killed one of the
Wazirs, and orders were issued for the Militia
to patrol the border and arrest any Wazir found
within Kurram limits. On the 19th October
the survey party was attacked by a gano* of
about 27 Khostwals, who succeeded in killin°-
oue of the Turi escorts, and carrying off his rifle.
The raiders made off before the Militia guard
could come up. The gang was under the leader
ship of Isan Gul, a notorious Khattak outlaw
and was on its way to raid the cattle of the
Baghzais in revenge for the assistance which
the latter gave the authorities in effecting the