Mss Eur F126/22, f 124

Letter enclosing correspondence from Captain Charles Henry Harrison (No.66 of 1870) and Colonel Robert Phayre (No.1219 of 1870) and making the observation that had Colonel Phayre taken the time to be better acquainted with the previous history of Khelat [Kalāt] he would have had no trouble in reconciling the information General John Jacob had provided on the position of the Jam of Beyla [Bela] with the statement made in Captain Harrison's letter and that he considered there to be nothing wrong in the statement.

Enclosures to the letter:

• Letter No.66 of 1870 from Captain Charles Henry Harrison, Political Agent, Khelat to Colonel Robert Phayre, Political Superintendent, Frontier Upper Sind, 20 August 1870 reporting on the arrival of Sirdar Meetah Khan, Shaook of Beyla [Bela] and a visit paid by him to Captain Harrison in which he and stated that they had always looked upon the Khan as their sovereign and the Jam of Beyla as his representative, and that since His Highness had taken control of the Government of Beyla their situation had improved and he wished to acknowledge his satisfaction with the new Government imposed by the Khan.
• Letter No. 1219 of 1870 from Colonel Robert Phayre, Political Superintendent, Frontier Upper Sind, Jacobabad to Colonel William Lockyer Merether, Commissioner in Sind, 30 August 1870 stating that he is not sufficiently acquainted with the local history of Beyla but that he had noted a letter from General John Jacob, June 1858, on the position of the Jam of Beyla which seemed to be at odds with the statement given by Sirdar Meetah Khan.