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of communication, and consequently brought us in connection with its 

 inhabitants. The following list of the various tribes, with their sub- 

 divisions may be considered interesting. A map accompanies this me- 

 morandum, which explains the portion of country occupied by each 

 tribe, whether Sindee or Beloochee. In the memorandum, the towns, 

 villages, cultivated or waste lands, &c, are not given, as the subject 

 may form one for a more statistical and detailed report hereafter. 



No. 1. 



A numerous tribe of cultivating Beloochees, inhabiting the whole of 



the intervening country between Sukkur and the 

 Khosahs. 



Smdh canal, towards Shikarpoor, and from thence, 



to the westward of Rajhan, along the edge of the desert. The Khosahs 

 are not a predatory tribe, but employ themselves generally as culti- 

 vators. The portion of their country between Sukkur and Shikar- 

 poor, is rich and productive, owing to its facilities for irrigation. 

 The Khosahs during the Kalarah dynasty, had considerable posses- 

 sions to the eastward of the river Indus, beyond Khyrpore. This tribe 

 has four sub-divisions, — 



1. Kulloolanee, (the chief is of this tribe.) 



2. Bukiume. 



3. Toneeanee. 



4. Sooreeanee, (near Rojahan.) 



Tributary to the Khyrpore government, and the chief holds jag- 

 geers under a sort of feudal tenure. 



No. 2. 

 The Juthooee are a small tribe, inhabiting the tract of country 

 Juthooee Beloo- immediately to the east of Shikarpore, extending 

 chees. t0 t jj e Indus in that direction, to the confines of 



Boordekur and the Sindh canal, on the north and south. The Ju- 

 thooees were predatory, but the Khyrpore government, to whom 

 they are tributary, has considerably restrained them, and they now 

 bear a good character as quiet cultivators. The encroachments which 

 the neighbouring tribe of Beloochees are constantly making on the 

 Juthooee lands, has occasioned a feud between the two tribes, shew- 

 ing itself in repeated acts of violence, which are stopped by the chiefs, 



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