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of its weight. This process is alone undertaken by blacksmiths. 



The Wazeerees are divided into four classes; viz. Masaoodzyes, Ah- 



madzyes, Aleezyes, Bahlolzyes. The headmen of the Ah- 



madzyes are Bano Khan, Shekh Bayo Khan, Painda Khan, 



Neko Khan, Kazim Khan, and Pasham Khan. The fighting men 



amount to four thousand. To the east they have the Khattaks, to 



the west the Masaoodzyes, to the north Khost and the Torees, and 



to the south Bannoo. The headmen of the Aleezyes are 



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Mahommed Asan Khan, Durvesh Khan, Sarfraz Khan, Ma- 

 hommed Khan, Sayad Shah, Mulla Ghaib Khan, Khudadad Khan, Too- 

 ran Khan, Wilayat Khan, Sarwar Khan, and Hatim Khan. They mus- 

 ter from four thousand to four thousand and five hundred fighting 

 men. To the east they have Thattee, to the west Bannoo, to the 

 north the Ahmadzyes, and to the south the Myanees. 



The headmen of the Bahlolzyes are Nasrat Khan, Sair Khan, 



_ . -r Salamat Khan, Deerut Khan, Bazzul Khan, Alee Ma- 



Bahlolzyes. 



hommed Khan, Mulla Nadir Khan, Meer Allam Khan, 



Dost Khan and Gul Rez Khan. They mustered three thousand and five 



hundred fighting men. To the east they have the Admadzyes, to the 



west Kaneeguram, to the north Dour, and to the south Thattee. 



29th Shawal. — Proceeded nine kos to Manzakee, over a hilly road, 



through a jungle. It is situated between two streams, 



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and consists of forty houses ; beyond the stream to 

 the south, are other thirty houses. There is a water mill in play. The 

 headman is Mushkeen Khan, by tribe a Shahookhel. Number of 

 fighting men one hundred. They are at enmity with the people of 

 Dour. I put up on arriving in a blacksmith's shop. 



1st Zeekadah. — Travelled seven kos to Kamsar over a hilly road, 

 and through a jungle. On descending from one of these hills, I 

 stopped for a short time on the borders of a stream, with the inten- 

 tion of taking some refreshment, when I observed a party of four men 

 advancing towards me ; fearing they might be thieves, I had recourse 

 to my detonating powder, and placing some on a stone at my feet, 

 awaited their approach, when they drew near, in attempting to rise, I 

 rested my walking stick on the powder, exclaiming u Ya Allee mad- 

 dat," (help ! oh Allee.) The usual explosion ensued, and the 

 thieves, for such I still suspect them to have been, ap- 



