1862.] An account of Upper and Lower Suwdt. 257 



Passing this place, we came to Banba Khel-i-Pa'in, or the lower ; 

 and from thence went on to Saubat and Kharerra'i, the people of 

 which were at feud, and were fighting amongst each other. On 

 reaching Shakar-darah in the evening, we were told that they had, 

 that day, lost some twenty, in killed and wounded, on both sides. 

 After staying for the night at Shakar-darah, on the morning of the 

 31st August we set out from thence, and proceeding through the 

 pass of Nun-gali over the spur, (consisting of earth mixed with rocks 

 and stones, containing something of a yellow colour,) which juts out 

 abruptly for about three quarters of a mile, to one of the branches of 

 the river, from the mountains on our right hand, we again descended 

 to the village of Nun-galf, which lies under the southern side of this 

 spur near the river, and just opposite to Chhar-bagh on the other 

 side, which can be distinctly seen. Passing on from this village, 

 we came to Banddi-i-B&la, and Banddi-i-Pa'in the former of which 

 after Tarraah and Munglawar, is the largest place in Suwat. 

 Leaving these we passed on to Kanjti-an, where the shrine of Akhiind 

 Karun Dad, son of Akhtind Darwezah, is situated, and to which I 

 went to pray. Continuing our journey we came to Damghar, and 

 Diw-li ; and then went on to Akhund Kalaey,* where is the tomb of 

 Akhiind Kasim, author of the Fawa'id-ush-Sharriaeat.f His descend- 

 ants still dwell here. Damghar is the place mentioned by Khushhal 

 Khan, in his " Ode to Spring," which is contained in your transla- 

 tions of Afghan poetry. J We now proceeded onwards through the 

 Sue-gali Pass, towards the mountain of Sue-gali, another spur from 

 the same mountains, which juts out towards one of the branches of 

 the river, and then, for a short distance, turns abruptly to the south. 

 The length of the hotal or pass is about twelve miles, the first three 

 of which was a pretty good road ; the next three miles are very 

 difficult ; and the remaining six, as we had to descend, were not so 

 very difficult, but would have been so to ascend. The air was so 

 cool and pleasant, that we accomplished this difficult journey between 

 ten in the morning and three in the afternoon, the hottest part of 

 the day, without experiencing any inconvenience from the .sun, 



* Kalaey is the Pushto foi' village. 



t The title of a celebrated Tuohto work, part of which will be found in my 

 Gulshan-i-Eoh. 



X " Selections from the Poetry of the Afghans, translated from the ori- 

 ginal Pushto ;" London; Williams and Norgate, 1S62. 



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