1 ^ ..USUBPATiON OF KITTTAUL KHAUK
2 amoiig "die £iiio%tet.-' Th^ind iio Clkelwiulifesdi, iodaU hgn&f
3 tny ratfaencHy bomjplflldy 'dHragndfid. lliejr .were^ hmievcr,
4 obliged to nominate' somfa pcnon to maai^ thdr .attin inA the '
5 King's Siidtstf and, altiioiigli this person bad little powier, he had
6 move than any other iffdividiial» and was called the Khann. ' He irm
7 cfaoMn'OOt <if all - tiie-fiuniliea of the tribe- indisorinunately, font the
8 chokse' aometfanei fell on the deaoendants of the andent IDiainifc
9 Una was the caae/abom the bcginntng of the last genemtioa, when
10 Kuttaid Khann held the ofBce^and to much Ingratiated hhnadf vidi
11 Mnddiid Khann, then'Siidar of Damsun, that he fiinned the'dea^jB
12 of nieking himaelf master of the tribe^ by means of that chief 'a aaait^
13 tanee. He at 6rst assldnbualy ooiirted popularity, and penueded tfa^
14 Dowluikhail to engage in the lediictibn 'of aome little tribes in their
15 ncnghboiufaood.
16 He W98 entrnated with the command, and thus olHalncxl a pretext
17 for raising troops, which the contributions of the Dowhitkhail, and
18 his eaactions from the conquered tribes, gave him the means of main^^
19 tainm^. By these means he collected about three hundred Beloches
20 and Sindees, and proceeded to build a after which he thought
21 himself secure, assumed the right to levy a r^penoe fibm the pvdilic
22 Ryots, and began to tjTannize over his own tribe.
23 The tribe was at first struck with dismay, and submitted to his op-
24 pression, till at length he oponlv assum^f! tlic character of a sove-
25 rcitrn, and ordered the people to pay their duty at his ctmrt every
26 morniTi£f. Two of the Mulliks, to whom he first proposed thib ho- .
27 mage, refusing to comply, Kuttaul told them, that if they did not
28 attend in the conrse of two mornings, their heads should be hung up
29 over their own dcxjrs by the third.
30 TTie Miilliks withdrew, and ha-^tily assembling the tribe and the
31 Ryots, pointed out Kuttaul's designs, and engaged them in a conspi-
32 racy against him, which was confirmed by solemn oaths. Next
33 morning the whole assembled in arms, and besieged Kuttaul in Ins
34 fort. After a siege of three day:., m which many people were killed,
35 the water in the fort wud exiiausted, and the garrison wa» obliged to
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