JOURNAL 



ASIATIC SOCIETY. 



A Geographical Notice of the Valley of Jullalabad. By Lieut. MacGregor, 



Political Department. 



The country which is subject to the controul of the governor of 



Jullalabad is the valley of the Cabul river, but it is 

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generally termed Ningrahar or Nungnmar, the former 



being a corruption of the latter word, which signifies in the Affghan 



language, nine rivers, or rivulets, and has reference to those by which 



the valley is intersected. 



The Khybur mountains cross the valley at its eastern end ; the 



snowy ridge of Soofaid Koh forms its southern 



boundary ; the hills of Kourkutcha, and Seah Koh, 



and the desert of Gumbeer trace its western limits ; and on the north 



it is bounded by the primary and inferior ranges of the Safee and 



Momund hills, which are separated by the Koshkote river. 



The Cabul river flows through the northern part of the valley, and 

 its direction is east by south, and west by north On its left bank 

 from Salpoorah to Kama, a distance of about thirty-five miles, lie the 

 Momund (Be-doulut) hills. In some places they form ridges, which 

 advance and overhang its banks, and then bend back, and form the 

 plains of Goshta and Kama ; at the confluence of the Koshkote and 

 Cabul rivers the valley opens out to the north, and forms the fertile 

 districts of Shiwah, Shegee and Beysoot ; the two latter are divided by 



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