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 DANJA KHAN, AHMED KHAN, JAFFUR KHAN. (288)

HE Nizamanee tribe is one of the minor divisions of the Belochees of Sind proper, who have followed settled pursuits, and arc more civilized than the wild frontier tribes of the country. They are of no great account as to rank or standing, nor do their chiefs possess large estates like those settled upon the Talpoors and others, though some arc held by members of the clan. The centre figure, Danja Khan, is a Sirdar, or chief of his tribe, though not the head. At an early period after the conquest of Sind he entered the local civil service, and has been employed with great advantage as an officer of the British Government, and bears a high character for honesty and hard work. The person sitting on the ground to his proper left is Ahmed Khan Nizamanee, whose estate near Hyderabad was confirmed to him by the British Government. On the proper right of Danja Khan, the seated figure is that of JafFur Khan, a member of the same tribe, Avho is also in the local civil service of the British Government. He rendered very useful and essential service in the disturbances in the Nuggur Parkur districts in 1860, and was rewarded for them by a considerable grant of rent-free land. The Nizamanee tribe are Soonnee Mussulmans, following peaceful and industrious pursuits, and do not differ in any material respect from the Belochees settled in Sind.