1841.] Memorandum on Shikarpore, in Upper Sindh. 



The Mahomedans divided according to trades, &c. — 

 Mahomedans. Weavers of coarse cloths, 

 Dyers and washermen, 

 Oil pressers, ... 

 Weavers of mats, 

 Tailors, 

 Barbers, 



Shoemakers and workers in leather, 

 Ironmongers, ... 

 Embroiderers, 

 Lapidaries, 

 Potters, 



Cotton cleaners, 

 Butchers, 

 Carpenters, 



Preparers of woollen mamids, 

 Labourers, 



Musicians and singers, 

 Cossids, 



Syuds and Moolahs, ... 

 Cultivators, ... 

 Gardeners, 



19 



1554 



1248 



50 



30 

 300 

 244 

 305 

 290 



95 

 164 

 103 

 121 



89 

 246 



33 

 467 

 267 



83 



433 



2389 



47 



Total, ... 8,647 



Independent of the above, there are altogether 1001 Affghans and 



Affghans to Pattans in the city of Shikarpore, employed as 



Pattans. cultivators, or for Police duties by the Government ; 



they are of the following tribes. — Populzyge — 2. Pishengee (Syuds) ; 3. 



Bamkzye ; 4. Moorzye ; 5. Easakzye ; 6. Mogal ; 7. Lukoozye ; 8. Doora- 



nee; 9. Baber ; 10. Oosteranee ; 11. Monim ; 12. Kakut; 13. Ghilzee; 



14. Bureeh; 15. Burdarame ; 16. ; 17. Babee ; 18. Dureanee ; 



19. Owan : 20. Prumee. 



It will be seen from the above that the population of Shikarpore 



Population of Ma- m2i ^ ^ e ca ^ cu ^ ate( ^ at 29,700, say 30,000 souls, of 



homedans and whom 9,647, say 10,000, or one-third, are Mahome- 



Hmdoos. dans. In the above are also included many Hindoos, 



who are employed in distant countries as agents from the Soucars. 



