1862.] An account of Upper and Loioer Suwat. 247' 



The person referred to by Captain Conolly under the name of 

 Mtirid Sahib Zadah, was quite a different person to the Akhund, and 

 was an inhabitant of the town of Ouch. The word " Ouchand," in 

 the article you refer to* is an error ; but is probably intended for 

 the plural of Ouch — Ouchanah, as there are two villages adjoining 

 each other, of this name, which are well known. This person, whom" 

 he referred to, has been dead some time. His descendants still live 

 at Ouch, but none of them are any wise remarkable for piety or 

 •worth. 



To return again after this long digression to the journey before 

 us, after we had paid our respects to the Akhund, I wished to proceed 

 on my journey ; and as the time of the Khan Sahib had expired, 

 he made me over to the Saiyid I mentioned on a former occasion, 

 and he also left with me one of his trusty and confidential followers. 

 He himself returned to Peshawar. 



A little higher up the valley of Saiydugan from this, towards the 

 east, lies the village of Islam-pur which was the residence of Mi-an 

 Nur, the grandson of Akhund Darwezah, upon whom Khushhal 

 Khan, the renowned Khattak chief and poet, launched his bitter 

 irony in his kasidah or poem on Suwat ; and here also, the tomb of 

 the Mi-an may still be seen. 



On the 26th August we set out from Saiydugan, by ascending the 

 Jcotal or Pass of Shameli, which lies to the north-eastward of the 

 village of Mingawarah, and nearer to the river. This village con- 

 tains a great number of Hindu inhabitants ; so I went there to see 

 whether I could secure any ancient coins. I saw several, but they 

 were not such as I required. 



After proceeding a further distance of about three miles, we 

 reached the village of Manglawar, which is situated at the entrance 



have no chiefs of any importance, the only individuals possessing influence 

 being a family of Syuds, the descendants of Peer Baba, a celebrated saint, who 

 lived in the time of the Emperor Humaioon. 



" Of this family, there are three principal branches amongst the Eusofs. The 

 representatives of the elder and most influential branch are, Syud Azim and 

 Syud Meeah of Tukhtabund, the capital of Booneer, who may be compared to 

 the Abbot Boniface and Sub-friar Eustace of the novel ; Syud Azim, the elder, 

 a good-natured, indolent character, having willingly resigned his authority to his 

 more active and talented brother. The second branch is Syud Akbae, Meeah, 

 of Sitanah on the Indus; and the third, Syud Russool of Chumla." — Bengal 

 Asiatic Journal, for 1840, page 929. 



* Bengal Asiatic Journal, for 1839, page 929. 



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