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who hold a few small villages : and the remainder to the south are 



Shamizis. 



The numher of families or houses of the Akozi sept of the Yusufzi 



tribe are thus computed, without generally enumerating the fakirs* 



and others not Afghans, of whom there are considerable numbers. 

 BA'i-zi Division. 



Barrnizis, 6,000 families. 



Soli-zis, 10,000 



Babii-zis, 7,000 



Matum-zis, 4,000 „ 



Khazf-khel, 12,000 



Janak-khel, 6,000 



Khwado-zi Division. 



Khadak-zis, and Aba-zis, 6,000 families. 



Adin-zis, 8,000 „ 



Shamu-zis, 7,000 „ 



Nikbi-khel, 12,000 



Sebjunis,. 4,000 „ 



Shami-zis, 6,000 „ 



Grand Total 88,000 families, 



which at the usual computation of five persons to a family, would 

 give to the Suwat valley the large number of 440,000 inhabitants, 

 not including Hindus, Paranchahs, Suwatis, and others. This I think 

 is not over the mark ; for it must also be remembered that the valley 

 is more densely populated than any district I have ever seen, in 

 proportion to its size, either in India or the Panjab. Indeed some 

 of the districts to the north of Peshawar are populated to an extent 

 the English have little conception of. 



The number of families was^chiefly furnished by Mir iEalam Khan 

 of Tarmah. The Khan Sahib asked him questions, to which the 

 Mir replied. There was this slight difference, however, in the mode 

 of computing ; for example : The chief said the Karrnx-zis were 



* The word fakirs here means tradespeople, such as smiths, shoe-makers, 

 carpenters, barbers, washermen, dyers, mullas or priests, Sayids or descendants 

 of the Prophet, and shop-keepers whether Hindu or Musalman, goldsmiths, 

 weavers, Gujars or graziers, servants employed in household duties, and a very 

 few husbandmen; for the Afghans like the Spartans ot old, monopolize the two 

 occupations of arms and agriculture to themselves. 



