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Journal of a Tour through parts 



[No. 139. 



Thalia. 



Thaman. 



by tribe Awans. To the East is Kahar, to the West Thalia, to the 

 North Pind Malik Amanat, and to the South the hills. Revenue 1,200 

 rupees. 



1st Ramzan. — Travelled seven kos to Thalia, the jagire of Thanah 

 Singh Malwee. The Thanedar is Danya Singh. The gar- 

 rison is composed of forty Sepoys. It contains three thou- 

 sand houses, one hundred and twenty shops, and thirty wells for 

 cultivation : thirty-two villages are dependent on this place. The head 

 men are Haiyat Khan and Mehr Khan, by tribe Awans. To the West 

 is Thaman, to the North Awankaree, and to the South the hills. The 

 revenue is 60,000 rupees. 



2nd Ramzan. — Proceeded to Thaman, the jagire of Ram Singh 

 of Bhakapoor, who is by tribe a Brahmin. There 

 are one thousand houses, fifteen shops, and twenty 

 wells for cultivation : two kos on the road is the village of Akowar. 

 The head men are Mahammed Khan and Budha Khan. Three kos fur- 

 ther on, is the village of Kufree. Thence three kos is the village of 

 Sankowalee Thence two kos is Thaman. On arriving, I was taken 

 violently ill. To the West is the river Sawan, to the North the districts 

 of Gheb and Dhannee, and to the South the road to Baghan [Kara- 

 bagh]. The revenue is 24,000 rupees. 



3rd Ramzan. — Travelled six kos to Tarapa, on which eight other 

 villages are dependent. There are four hundred 

 houses, on an eminence, on the bank of the river 

 Sawan. On the road are the villages of Koulee, Battan and Shah 

 Mahammad Walee under Allaiyar Khan, by tribe a Sapkal. Revenue 

 14,000 rupees. 

 4th Ramzan. — Proceeded to Makhad, four kos, over a hilly road and 

 through ravines, and two kos through a sandy defile, 

 which is sometimes flooded, and thus impassable 

 for a time. The road is infested by Khatak robbers, who come from 

 the other side of the river. There are seven Mouzas, dependent 

 on Makhad, the revenue of which is 10,000 rupees ; and that of the 

 village, custom-house, &c. the same sums. Of this Abdulla Khan re- 

 ceives eight hundred as pay. The houses are on an eminence over- 

 looking the river Indus, and amount to three thousand. There are 

 two hundred Hindoo's shops, and three gates to the village. 



Makhad. 



