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21st Zeekadah. — Proceeded twelve kos to Khost, having procured 

 Khost. a guide over a difficult hilly road. The cultivation is carried 

 on by running streams; but on account of the unquiet state of the 

 neighbourhood, half the land is waste. There are three hundred and 

 fifty houses, and thirty- five shops, The headman is Sahibzadah 

 Ahmed Shah, [a holy character,] a descendant of Peer 

 Dastgeer, Shakar Khan, Nooradeen Khan, Ismail Khan 

 and Abdulla Khan. The fighting men amount to five thousand. They 

 are at enmity with the Wazeerees. They are ryots of Dost Mahom- 

 med Khan of Cabool. To the east are the Wazeerees, to the west 

 the hills and the Jadrans, to the north the Toorees and the road to 

 Kuram, and to the south the Thattee hills. The revenue amounts 

 to 30,000 rupees, of this sum 5,000 rupees are distributed to the 

 Maliks, the remainder is given in jaghire to Alladad Khan, the son of 

 Sarwar Khan of Tak, who sought refuge at Cabool, on losing his pos- 

 sessions; and to whose son, Dost Mahommed gave a 

 Dost Mahommed. T 



daughter m marriage. I presented the Sahibzadah 



with a penknife and a pair of scissors, and he in return furnished me 

 with a guide. 



25th Zeekadah. — Return to Usmankhel, and retracing my steps via 

 Hyderkhel, on the 27th Zeekadah arrived at a town on the boundary 

 of Bannoo, the headman of which place is Dilasa Khan, surnamed 

 the Ghazee. 



The district of Bannoo is flat, and fertilized by running streams, 



partly from one which comes from Dour, and partly from the 



Kuram river. The district is highly cultivated. There are 



full four hundred, if not five hundred forts and villages in the district. 



The district is divided into four tappas, or rather five; viz. Eesakee, 



Meeree, Suryanee, Khamsee, and Chandookhel. 



The headman of Eesakee is Dakas Khan, and it is again subdivided 



into four tappas. The fighting men amount to four thousand. 

 Eesakee. 



The revenue amounts to 22,500 rupees. The four tappas 



are Longarkhel, under Dakas Khan ; Nukradeenkhel, ditto ditto ; Sik- 



nadarkhel, ditto ditto ; and Shamseekhel, under Kalandar Khan, who 



resides at Kalandarkhel. Dakas Khan resides at Bazar, which is the 



Bazar, capital of Bannoo. It contains five hundred houses, and 



eighty Hindoo shops, five dyers, and five blacksmiths. This place is 



