930 Notes on the Euso/zye tribes of Afghanistan. [No. 105. 



but the latter has lately been turned out and reduced to insignificance by 

 his elder brother ; the other chief is Khyroollah Khan of Alia Dund. He 

 has only lately succeeded his cousin Euayutoollah Khan, who submitted to 

 the Sikhs, and went to Lahore to pay his respects. The indignant tribe, 

 deposed him in favour of his son, but the son has also been turned out by 

 Khyroollah.® 



Of all the Eusofzyes, the most powerful is Ghazan Khan of Deer', but he 

 is perfectly aware of the delicate tenor on which he holds his authority, 

 and in consequence is anxious to form connections with any power which 

 may strengthen him in his rule. He intrigues with this view with the 

 Douranees and with the Sikhs, and he is fast friends with the Bajore chief, 

 and with the rulers of Cashgar and Chitrane. But the two first he would 

 willingly betray, and the last he plunders whenever he gets an opportunity. 



There is one chief who, though not an Eusofzye, yet from his position 

 in the midst of, and intimate connection with, the Eusofzyes, and his sin- 

 gular history and character, must not be omitted in a description of the 

 Eusofzye country. 



Paieendah Khan, of Tanawul, is a Mogul of the Birlas tribe, the same 

 from which the Ameer Timoor was descended. All record of the first 

 settlement in Tanawul of his family is lost, and it has long ago broken off 

 all connection with the other branches of the Birlas, which are stUl to be 

 found in Turkestan. 



The Tanawulees, who from their dialect, a corrupt Hindoostani, seem 

 to be of eastern origin, are divided into two " tuppahs," the principal of 

 which is Pulal, the other Hindowal, and these two divisions are, or were, 

 respectively governed by two branches of the Birlas family. 



Paieendah Khan is descended from the junior branch, the Khans of the 

 Hindowal, who had little power till the time of Nawab Khan, (father of 

 Paieendah) whose father having been killed by the chief of the Pulals, set 

 himself up against them. Nawab Khan had the advantage of possessing the 

 Douranee road, and enriched himself by a toll on all who travelled his way. 

 The Douranees were constantly passing and repassing to and from Cashmeer, 

 and their pride, as may well be conceived, could ill brook paying tribute to 

 a petty tribe like the Tanawulees ; much quarrelling and-heart burning was 

 the consequence. The celebrated Noorjehan, more commonly known by the 

 name of Ade, or the mother, the Baumizye mother of Futteh Khan vuzeer, 

 was en route to Cashmeer, on a visit to Mahomed Azeem Khan, the governor. 

 Toll was as usual demanded, not of her however or her party, who out of 

 respect were to pass free, but of some people who followed her camp for 

 protection. At this even the haughty lady took umbrage, and other causes 

 of offence not being wanting, an army was sent under Jubar Khan to punish 

 Nawab Khan. That chief had no option but to give himself up. He was re- 



