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Create new listAn Indian Title Badge pair to Khan Bahadur Rasul Baksh Khan Mengal, Sardar of the Shahezai Mengal Tribe, Baluchistan
Indian Title Badge, 2nd Class, G.V.R., 2nd issue (bust facing left) Khan Bahadur, silver-gilt (Khan Sabib Sardar Rasul Bakhsh, Mengal, 1st Jany. 1934); Indian Title Badge, 1st Class, G.VI.R., Sardar Bahadur, silver-gilt and enamel (Khan Bahadur Rasul Bakhsh Khan, Mengal, 1st Jany. 1942), with substitute ribbons, nearly very fine and rare (2) £300-350
Title of Khan Bahadur Gazette of India Extraordinary 1 January 1934. ‘Khan Sahib Sardar Rasul Baksh Mengal, Sardar of the Shahezai Mengal tribe, Baluchistan’.
Title of Sardar Bahadur Gazette of India Extraordinary 1 January 1942. ‘Khan Bahadur Rasul Baksh Khan Mengal, Sardar of the Mengal Tribe, Baluchistan’.
There were three distinct tribes of Mengals in Baluchistan, linked only by mutual hatred; those of Jhalawan, Bolan and Nushki. The Sardar or Chief of the Jhalawan Mengals had as his chief residence the fort in the small settlement of Wad. Baluchistan was administered by the British through the authority of the Khan of Kalat, both of which subsidized the chiefs of Baluchistan to maintain the peace. Difficulties in maintaining order in this wild and desolate country were rife and in 1916 it was necessary to mount an expedition against the troublesome Mengals for general banditry and for being in contact with a Persian pro-German faction. In 1918 there was a further uprising led by Mir Haji of the Mengals which again required a military expedition to put down. Post-war, the Chief of the Jhalawan was for many years Sardar Rasul Baksh Khan, who was viewed as important, both for the extent of the territory under his jurisdiction and owing to the fact that a large number of his tribe were enrolled into the Levies and Military Camel Corps. These considerations, together with that of successfully maintaining the peace, doubtless prompted the award of the above decorations.
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