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Journey from Herat to Simla, 



[No. 149. 



Names of 

 Stations, &c. 



Tull-i-Ku- 



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Khaushrood 

 River, 



Remarks. 



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Baderzyes branch of the Noorzyes. There 

 are two branches of the Noorzyes, the 

 iChulakzyes and the Baderzyes. The head 

 of the former is Mahomed Haleem Khan, 

 (at present in the Persian camp before 

 Herat; he was with Sheer Mahomed Khan 

 when Ghorian was given up to Mahomed 

 Shah,) and Hassan Khan, at present in 

 Herat, is the head of the latter. It is said 

 that the two branches of this tribe muster 

 from 600 to 700 families. There is no 

 such fort as Killa Suffeed, as mentioned 

 by Lieutenant Conolly, and inserted in 

 Arrowsmith's map ; but I was told that 

 the Tull-i-Kuman was built upon the site 

 of what has once been the Killa Suffeed, 

 which like all the other Killa Suffeeds, is 

 assigned to the days of Rustam and the 

 white demon. 



The Tull-i-Kuman is surrounded by 

 encampments, and is used as a keep for 

 the flocks and herds of the chief and his 

 people. In times of danger, these people re- 

 tire to caves and hiding places in the ad- 

 jacent hills. 



The Tull-i-Kuman and its dependent 

 forts are nominally under the authority of 

 the Syfool Moolk, (a son of Shah Kamran,) 

 who resides at Ghore, said to be about 35 

 miles north of Toot-i-Gusserman, but he 

 has not been able for a long time past to 

 extract any thing from them in the shape 

 of revenue or taxes, and they enjoy their 

 fields and their flocks, without paying 

 any regard to the constituted authority, 

 which is too weak to enforce its demands. 



Came again upon the high road ; abun- 

 dance of water on the road between the 

 Tull-i-Kuman and this point; passed se- 

 veral gardens and encampments. 



A fine stream 20 or 30 yards broad run- 

 ning from the north, fordable ; this is the 



