[83] Full details of the son and successor of Ghazan Khan, Safdar Ali Khan, to the present vassal of the Kashmir (Anglo-Indian) Government, Muhammad Názim Khan, the fugitive Safdar Ali Khan’s half-brother, are given elsewhere.
[84] Abbas Khan(?) now at Srinagur and Bahadur Khan(?).
[85] I believe that Raja Záhid Za’far’s wife was a sister of Rajas Kerîm Khan and Sakandar Khan of Gilgit (also of Nagyr descent). Vide [page 67] and Heading V. on [page 69].
This connexion might account for Za’far helping the Dogras, who had reinstated Kerîm Khan in Gilgit.
[86] Jewahir Singh went by Shigar with 13,000 Baltis (Little Tibetans), 2,000 light infantry came viâ Jagloth under Sirdar Mahmud Khan. The general of all the “Khulle” Regiments was Bakhshi Radha Kishn. Colonel Hoshiára went by the Nomal road to Nagyr, and after destroying 3,000 head of sheep and many villages returned.
Wazir Zoraweru went to Darêl with Colonel Devi Singh and 10,000 men(?). Bija Singh was at Gor(?) and Hussani Ali was in command of the Artillery.
[87] Mir Vali and Pahlwan are brothers by different mothers. Mulk Amán and Nura Guzá (Mîr Ghazi?) are brothers by the same mother—so one of my men says. Pahlwan is Amán-ul-Mulk’s sister’s son ([vide “History of Wars with Kashmir”]).
[88] Extract: “1850. The raids of the Chilásis, is made the occasion for invading the country of Chilás, which not being a dependency of Kashmir, is not included in the Treaty of 1846. The Maharaja gives out that he is acting under orders of the British Government. Great consternation among petty chiefs about Muzaffarabad regarding ulterior plans of the Maharaja. The Sikhs send a large army, which is defeated before the Fort of Chilás. 1851.—Bakhshi Hari Singh and Dewan Hari Chand are sent with 10,000 men against Chilás, and succeed in destroying the fort and scattering the hostile hill tribes which assisted the Chilásis.”
[89] Extract from Drew’s “Northern Barriers of India,” 1877: “Until about 1850 they used to make occasional expeditions for plunder, coming round the flanks of the mountain into this Astor Valley. It was these raids that determined Maharaja Gulâb Singh to send a punitive expedition against Chilás. This he did in 1851 or 1852. The Dogrâs at last took the chief stronghold of the Chilásis, a fort two or three miles from the Indus River, and reduced those people to some degree of obedience: and there has been no raid since.”
[90] “The Astor people used formerly to do the same thing,” and on page 459 of Drew’s “Jummoo and Kashmir Territories,” the author, who was a high official in the Kashmir service, says: “The Sikhs sent an expedition to Chilás under one Sujah Singh, but it was repulsed.... This was about the year 1843.... The good effects (of the expedition in 1850 or 1851) ... have already been spoken of. Since that time the Chilásis ... pay yearly to the Maharaja a tribute of 100 goats and about two ounces of gold-dust; otherwise they are free.” Since then Major Ommaney in 1868 reports that ever since the advent of British neighbourhood they have never committed any offences: “The people are inoffensive.” Mr. Scott calls them “a quiet, peace-loving people,” and all the Panjab Administration Reports give them the same reputation.