Mss Eur F126/22, ff 44v-46

Letter discussing the report submitted by Captain Charles Henry Harrison regarding the Khan of Kelat [Kalāt]'s regular forces; and allegiances to and against him by the Chiefs of Beloochistan [Baluchistan].

The letter notes that the 'Umla' a body of household cavalry belonging to the Khan composed of Patans and Belooch [Baluch] had not been included in Captain Harrison's figures, and that once this brigade was added the totals were similar to those estimates Colonel Phayre had originally received.

The letter also contains reports and accounts of the character of the men commanding these brigades; gives Phayre's opinion that neither he nor Captain Harrison can really offer reliable opinions on which Sirdars and tribes are friendly to the Khan; and states Phayre's opinion that the Khan of Kelat is mismanaging his Khanate and the British Government needs to interfere to ensure peace and administration along the frontier.

Below the letter a memorandum by Sir William Lockyer Merewether is given in which he notes that Colonel Phayre's opinions have been formed following eighteen months experience at Jacobabad, and it should be borne in mind that Captain Robert Sandeman (whose reports Colonel Phayre cites in the letter) does not have much actual contact with the Kelat people and has based his knowledge on what he hears locally.