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2 U8UEPATION OF SUKWUR KHAUN.
3 In the mean time* Gool Khaim had bflgim to be he^^
4 his magistracy. The tribe had tiitned into a turbulent demdcia^,
5 over vhich he eKordaed a feeble and precaribm, jet mvidkNia audio-
6 riQr; a sedition had biokeSn out about the property left bj'Knttau],
7 which Gobi Ehaun wished to appropriate to himselC Tfaue Dowlnt-
8 khail began to nnirmur at his govemment'i and csie.of them hauA
9 drawn his swoid oa him, and asked^ if .he thought they had killed
10 Kuttaitltb msike him thdr master? He was, therdbrey eqmillj terri-
11 fied at the prospect of Surwur*s success* and at the continuance of the.
12 democracy; and listened with pleasure to an overture which Surwur
13 made to him, and which seemed to present the ottty sale retreat from
14 his perilous situation. Accordingly, when Surwur approached, Gool
15 Khaun's management, supported k>y the terror of the royal arms, .dii»-
16 posed the Dowlutkhaai to submit, and, Surwur taking a solemn, oath
17 to forget past iiyuries, thej oameoted to receive him as their 'diie£
18 This appearance of forgiv^ess was kept up till all the leading men
19 had been got together, when eighteen of them were seized and put
20 to death. Gool Khaun was sjiaied, but on . a subsequent quarrel,
21 SurwuT put him also to death.
22 His government was now established, all those that could ojipose
23 him, h;\(\ been m&dc away with, and noliody in the tribe had the
24 courage to rebel. He continued to stren^'^tliLn liiniseli, and to put
25 the murderers of his fatlior to death as they ieli into his hands, till
26 twelve years ago. when ail his enemies were extirpated, and his
27 power was at its lu i^ht. Since then he has governed with great
28 justice and moderation ; his sleaJy and impartial administration is
29 popular among the Ryots, but odious to the JJowlutkhail, whose in-
30 dependence it restrains.
31 Surwur now maintains about five hundred soldiers in his own pav,
32 all the customs and the revenue derived from the Ryots are Ins, but
33 he takes nothing from the Dowlutkhail.
34 Like Haussim Khaiim of Deer, he cannot rest without reducing
35 ^ firee tribes amund vBoda his dominion. His chief designs have
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