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a means of getting rich. A pair of second class Pigeons has a 

 value of 3r. ; third class, 2^r. ; fourth class, 2r. ; fifth class, l^r. ; 

 sixth class, lr. ; seventh class, f r. ; eighth class, g-r. ; ninth and 

 tenth classes, f r. 



When inspections are held, the stock of Mohanah first pass 

 in review; then the young ones of Ashki. Though the latter 

 belong to the former they are now separately counted. Then 

 come the four zirild Pigeons : they are the stock of a Pigeon 

 which belonged to Haji 'Ali, of Samarqand, which coupled with 

 an 'Udi hen, of which I do not know the owner; their stock 

 has become famous. The precedence of all other Pigeons is 

 determined by their age or the time they were bought. 



The Colours of Khac>h Pigeons. 



Magasi, fly-bitten ; zlrihi, steel-hlue ; amiri (?) ; zamiri, a 

 colour between zlrihi and amiri (His Majesty invented this name) ; 

 chini, porcelain-blue ; nafti, gre}% like naphtha; shafaqi, violet ; 

 'udi, aloe-wood coloured ; surmai, dark grey, like powder of 

 antimony; kishmishi, dark brown, like currants; halwai, light 

 brown, like hahoa sweetmeat ; gandali, light brown, like sandal- 

 wood ; jigari, hrown ; nabati, greyish white ; dughi, bluish white, 

 like sour milk; wushki, of the same colour as the gum called 

 wushk ; jdani (chilani ?) ; kurai, brown, like a new earthen pot (?) ; 

 nilufari, bluish white ; azraq, a colour between yellow and brown 

 (His Majesty applies this name in this sense); atashi, black- 

 brown; shaftalu, peach-coloured; <7!tZ-i-</a.?-coloured (?) yellow ; 

 kaghizi, yellowish, like native paper ; zagh, grey, like a crow ; 

 agri, a colour between white and brown ; muharraqi, a dirty black ; 

 khizri, a colour between greenish and 'udi ; obi, water-coloured ; 

 surmag, a name invented by His Majesty to express a colour 

 between surmai and magasi. 



Pigeons of these colours have often different names, as gulsar, 

 whose head resembles a flower; dumghazah, stumptail; yakrang, 

 of one colour; halqumsajid, white throat ; parsafid, white wing; 

 kallah, big head; ghazghazh, wild chick; magh, name of an aquatic 

 bird ; babari (?) ; alpar, red wing (?) ; kaltah par, short wing ; 

 mahdum, moontail ; tauqdar, ring-bearer; marivaridsar, pearl- 

 head ; mash 'alahdum, torch-tail ; &c. 



Some trainers of the present age give Pigeons such names as 

 indicate their colours. His Majesty rather calls them according 



