1843.] of the Panjah and Afghanistan. 585 



revenue in the time of Sarwar Khan, was 23,000 rupees. The pro- 

 duce no doubt amounted to 200,000. It now costs 



Value to the Sikhs. , _.. , . . . . 



the Sikhs more than it is worth. 



The fort of Fattehgur is dependent on Tak, and is a very strong 

 place, situated on an eminence. It belonged to Alladad 

 Khan, who entrusted the command to Anayatulla Khan, 

 one of his most trustworthy men. On the Sikhs gaining possession 

 of Tak, this man surrendered his trust to them, and was again install- 

 ed in the command. The fort is situated to the west of Tak, at the 

 entrance of a valley. The inhabitants of the neighbourhood are Mya- 

 nees. The fort is surrounded by a fausse braye and a ditch, nine guz 

 wide ; two of the bastions are fitted for bearing guns. There are two 

 wells inside. The inhabitants do not amount to more than two hun- 

 dred. To the east is Tak, to the west the Myanees, to the north 

 the Gandapoors, and to the south the fort of Thattee. 



5th Shawal. — Travelled six kos to Mameer, a place containing 



twenty-five houses, situated at the base of a hill. 

 Mameer. 



The inhabitants are all robbers. It is a dependency 



of Tak. These people act as guides to the Myanee and Wazeeree 



robbers, who make excursions into the Tak territory, and receive a 



share of the plunder. As the main road to Shinkee was impassable, 



being infested by thieves, I determined on going in company with 



my new Persian writer, a man of Alladad Khan's, and a guide procured 



from Mameer, by a hill bye-road to Bandah-i-Saiyadan, where I arrived 



on the 6th Shawal. — There is a shrine here of Shekh 

 Bandah-i-Saiyadan 



Kalamkar, and the Wazeerees bring offerings of wheat, 



and heap it on the ground, and no thief is bold enough to steal any of 



it. The Sayad alone, in times of scarcity, when they cannot procure it 



elsewhere, make indents on the store. The road is 



Sacred Granary. 



hilly, and for some distance through a defile. There 



are fifty houses of Sayads. On arriving, I put up in the mosque, where 



one of the Sayads brought a son of his to be cured of a cataract in the 



eye. This I promised to do, if he would allow his son to accompany 



me to Shingee, which he did. The length of the stage was seven kos. 



7th Shawal — Proceeded six kos to Chandoulah, over hills through 



, , , defiles, and crossing a stream that flows from Kanee- 



Chandoulah. 



guram to Tak, at least twenty times. The place is 



