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An Account of Tipper K&sh-kdr. 



[No. 2, 



IfoWr upon his land, on a marriage among them, and on account of 

 crimes, both of minor and more serious consequence. The amount of 

 these fines are fixed by custom, and any attempt to extort more would 

 be considered gross oppression. They are not forbidden to carry arms, 

 but rarely do so. 



Most of these people work as husbandmen, but some feed herds of 

 cattle on the mountains, and some amass money by the profits of their 

 labours as artizans ; for an Afghan considers any handicraft trade a 

 disgrace. 



Talash. 



Before bringing this paper to a close, I must give some account of 

 the small district of Talash, which is also held by the Yusufzis, and is 

 considered as a part of Panj-korah, of which it forms the southern 

 portion. It consists of the oblong strip of land through which the 

 river of Panj-korah flows, after its junction with the river of Baj-awrr, 

 as far as its junction with the Suwat. It is consequently bounded on 

 the west by Baj-awrr, and to the south by the hills held by the 

 Utman Khel, an independent tribe of Afghans. Talash is well 

 watered, and is, therefore, exceedingly fruitful, well cultivated, and 

 very populous for its extent. It exports a good deal of grain to 

 Pes'hawar, the main road between which, and Panj-korah, Badakh- 

 shan, and the two Kash-kars, lies through it. 



The chief towns, or large villages of Talash, with the names of the 

 clans to which their inhabitants belong, and their head-men, are as 

 follow. 



Clan. 

 Shahi Khel, 



Village or Town 

 Bagh, 

 Shamsi Khan, 

 Kambatta'i, 

 Amluk Darah, 

 Mucho, 



B-ajorii, 



Chief or Head-man, 

 Ghulam Shah. 

 Afzal Khan. 



Baseyats or Fakirs, 

 NtSrah Khel, Ghazan Khan, 



f Shahi Khel and Sher Shah, and 

 I Nurah Khel, Afzal Khan. 



The village of Kaman-gar, the people of which are bow-makers by 

 trade — hence the name of their village — is, sometimes, considered as 

 belonging to the Talash district, but it is, properly speaking, in the 

 U'-sheri Barah of Panj-korah. It has been, therefore, mentioned among 

 the villages of the Bar (upper) U'-sheri Darah, already noticed. 



