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of Sultain Mahommed Khan Barikzye. There are only four salt mines 

 Saltmines. j n the whole Khattak country: two in the district of La- 

 chee, called Malgeen and Cheena, and two in that of Teeree ; the 

 salt from the latter is black and mixed with small pebbles. That of 

 the Lachee mines is of a superior quality. The district of Lachee is 

 farmed by Saidan Shah, for 22,000 rupees. In the district are in- 

 cluded the mines, Ismailkhel, Meer Ahmadkhel, and Malgeen. The 

 pay of Saidan Shah is five thousand rupees, and his jaghire is in Cohaut 

 in the district of Sher Khan. He has in his employ twenty horse- 

 men. 



The mines of Chotara are known by the name of Maheekhel and 

 Karz Kurooz, and are farmed by Shahbaz Khan, Akarkhel of Teeree, 

 the capital of the Khattak country. 



The price of salt in Teeree and Chotara is twelve ass loads, or eight 



„ , bullock loads for one rupee of the Sultan Mahommed Khan's 

 Salt. ... 



coinage; ten pice is levied on every bullock load, and eight pice 



on an ass load ; one pice the load is levied by the miner. 



One-fourth of the government duties on Lachee salt is given in pay 

 to Maliks Nadir and Bahadur, who superintend the whole districts of 

 Khurm and Thattee. In the winter, Afghan merchants export thou- 

 sands of camel loads of this salt to Cabool, Jelalabad, Peshawur, and 

 Bajour. 



The salt of Chotara is exported only to Bunoo, Khost, Murwat, and 

 Exportation. the Derajat. 



The fighting men of Lachee amount to three thousand. Two kos 

 Naptha. f rom Lachee are three hillocks of yellow earth, in which 

 are flat flakes of stone, which burn. There are also two springs of 

 naptha. 



Teeree, which is the capital of the Khattak country, has a fort with 

 four bastions, which is situated on an eminence. It was repaired by 

 Sirdar Attar Singh Aloowalya, who conquered Cohaut. The whole 

 of the district of Teeree is managed by Shahbaz Khan, son of Sadullah 

 Khan, Akorkhel, who has farmed it from Sultan Mahommed Khan, 

 for 30,000 rupees. His own pay being 3,000. He furnishes one 

 hundred and ten horsemen. There are three tappas dependent on Tee- 

 ree ; viz. Darra Barak, Chotara, and Shakar Darra. The fighting men 



of Teeree amount to three thousand. 



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