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2 any party who harboured one of them in British territory. The result,
3 after more than a year’s steady persistance in this policy, was the
4 unconditional surrender of the Bussee Khailees, A debit and credit
5 account was then drawn up and the tribe made good the deficit standing
6 against them. During the period the embargo lasted, their losses in the
7 interruption of their trade with Peshawur were estimated to have
8 exceeded Rupees 50,000 or £ 5,000, an enormous sum for such a people.
9 143. In March also the Boree Affreedees, whose chastisement was
10 Peace made with Bo. described in the Second Punjab Report, were
11 ree Affreedees. admitted to terms. This tribe, from being among
12 the most successful marauders in the valley, and one which, after having
13 ’ once kept up a body of mounted robbers, have now turned their attention
14 to peaceful pursuits, have sold their horses, parched bullocks, and
15 engaged.in the salt trade.
16 144, In April 1854, Nazir Khairoollah,.a great Bokhara and Cabul
17 Sa . _ merchant, took refuge in Peshawur. He had been
18 oervices of Nazir Khairy despoiled of his wealth by the Chiefs of those
19 ec dars Conolly countries mainly on account of his services to two
20 ‘ ; English Officers whom he had found in captivity.
21 . He laid claim to considerable sums, which he. affirmed he had advanced
22 to Colonel Stoddart and Captain Conolly, or by their orders, when prisoners
23 in the dungeon of Bokhara. After full enquiry the British Government
24 ‘made good all the money for which the Nazir could show a shadow of
25 evidence, together with the interest. The sum the old merchant thus
26 recovered amounted to £3,374, and in addition a pension of £600 per
27 annum was granted him for life. A handsome dress of honor was
28 likewise presented to him through the Commissioner of Peshawur in full
29 durbar. These rewards, however handsome, were
30 no more than Nazir Khairoollah had well deserved. °
31 He had nobly held out the hand of smypathy and succour to our cap-
32 tive countrymen, far removed from the assistance of their friends, in a
33 place where such acts were certain to bring down on him the vengeance
34 of a bigoted and ruthless tyrant. The Nazir has also, through the in-
35 tervention of the Chief Commissioner, recovered a large sum from a mer-
36 cantile house in Cashmeer, which was otherwise lost beyond redemption,
37 and he'has now settled down for life at Peshawur, where he promises
38 to become a useful and influential subject.
39 His reward,