1844.] 



via Candahar, Cabool and the Punjaub. 



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Names of 

 Stations, &c. 



Ghuznee, . . 

 {continued.) 



0> CO 



5 



NNE. 



TombofSul. 

 tan Maho- 

 med, 



Shushgao, . 

 Sydabad, . 



1* 



23 



N. E. 



N. E. 



Remarks. 



W. 



Sultan Mahmood's city. The walls of mo- 

 dern Ghuznee are lofty, and stand upon a 

 khahreez or fausse braye, of consider- 

 able elevation, but the ditch is narrow, and 

 of no depth, and the whole of the works are 

 commanded by some hills to the N. E. and 

 N. of the place. At the Northern and 

 upper end of the town is a hill, upon which 

 has been constructed a small citadel, form- 

 ing the palace of the governor, (Gholam 

 Hyder Khan,) a son of Ameer Dost Maho- 

 med. I saw one large unmanageable gun 

 and four smaller ones, as I passed from the 

 gate of the town to the citadel. I had no 

 opportunity, however, of examining their 

 state. The approach to Ghuznee from the 

 South is highly picturesque, and the cita- 

 del, from its great height, looks formidable. 

 The river of Ghuznee flows from the North 

 under the Western face of the town ; it 

 supplies the place and the surrounding 

 country with an abundance of water. 

 Ghuznee may contain 900 to 1000 families 

 of Taujiks, Dooranees, and Hindoo shop- 

 keepers and merchants. As Ghuznee 

 commands the high road between Canda- 

 har and Caboo), it would be necessary that 

 a force advancing from the former upon 

 the latter place, should take possession of 

 it; but this could be easily accomplished, 

 as the works are of no strength, and are 

 commanded as above mentioned. 



This celebrated place of pilgrimage is 

 situated in the midst of a large village, 

 surrounded by fine gardens with several 

 running streams. 



Narrow defile, called the Tung-i-Sheer, 

 a very strong position, but I believe it may 

 be turned. 



End of Pass. 



Village, water, and cultivation. 



Village. The country between Shushgao 



