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2 151. During this year Mahomed Shah Khan, the well-known Ghilzai
3 Chief, made overtures, which were summarily
4 rejected. This man had been one of the most
5 prominent leaders in the Cabul outbreak of 1841. After the conclusion
6 of the second Affghan war and the restoration of Ameer Dost Mahomed
7 to his country, Mahomed Shah Ggilzai had_rebelled. His brother was
8 seized and blown from a gun, and he himself driven to become a wan-
9 derer in the most inaccessible parts of the mountain tracts of that
10 region. - be
11 152. In 1855 also a long standing dispute of much importance,
12 .__ between the Rajah of Aloowalah, and his youngest
13 Arrangement of dis- ae
14 putes among the Aloo- brother, was brought to a determination. The
15 ea ne father shortly before his demise had endeavoured
16 to have his youngest son declared his heir and successor in the Chiefship ;
17 and on this arrangement being objected to by the British Government,
18 he made a Will, dismembering the Territory, and leaving large Jagheers _
19 to his two youngest sons, independent of all control by his successor.
20 After the father’sgdeath, the new Chief vainly endeavoured to have
21 this Will set aside, It had been made with the knowledge of
22 British Officers, and being undoubtedly genuine, as such was upheld by
23 Government, who declared, however, that so long as the three brothers —
24 lived in amity, its provisions need not be enforced. Afterwards, when
25 the youngest brother claimed his share, lands to that extent were made
26 over to him.
27 153. In this year also the claims of the Maha Rajah of Puttiala over
28 .... the feudatories of Buddour were finally decided.
29 Arrangement of juris- ?
30 diction with Buddourand These Sirdars are descended from common ancestors
31 Sathala, with the Chiefs of Puttiala, Jheend and Mulode.
32 Many of their possessions were held in coparcenary with Puttiala,
33 while in default of male issue, the escheat would accrue to the British
34 Government. At one time the Buddour Sirdars would be at feud with
35 Puttiala, and calling for aid from us, at another coalescing with the Maha
36 Rajah. This complicated tenure was of a nature to give future trouble ;
37 and as it was resolved, after the first Sikh war, to put all the landed
38 tenures of the Cis-Sutlej States on a clear and determinedefooting, the
39 turn for those of Buddour had now arrived. By the decision which has
40 now been. declared, Puttiala has obtained undivided control and full
41 jurisdiction over lands yielding a Revenue equal to her own share, while
42 The Ghilzai Chief. *