604 Journal of a Tour through parts [No. 139. 



1st Mohurrum. — Proceeded seven kos to Sultanzye in the district 



of Teera, passing the Barah river and the Koh-i-Boland 

 Sultanzyes. r ° 



pass, which is difficult even for footmen. The sides of 



the hill are covered with jungle, and the cultivation is carried on with 



the water of the Barah river. There are three forts here, two belong 



to Band Alee Khan, Sultanzye Orakzye. The inhabitants are partly 



Sunnee, and partly Sheah Musselmans. The other chief is Alam Khan, 



Orakzye. The forts have all four bastions fitted to bear artillery. 



The fort in which Alam Khan resides is separate, and has a mehman 



khanna above the gateway, a small gun, without shot or ammunition 



of any description, is also near the entrance. There are twenty- two 



Shaheens mounted on the bastions. The fighting men amount to 



Alam khan. s [ x hundred who are independent. Alam Khan being in 



the employ of Sirdar Dost Mahommed Khan, generally spends his 



time in Basoul, Jelalabad, and Cabool. He has eighty horses of his 



own, and receives 24,000 rupees pay. He has a jaghire in Basoul. 



In the times of the former Sadozye kings, the Orakzyes received from 



22,000 to 25,000 rupees a-year. They are friends with the people of 



Jamrood, Barakee, and Alam Guzeer, and enemies of the Abdul 



Azeezkhels and Maneekhels. To the east is the Bangash road, to the 



west Usmankhels and Istareekhels, to the north hills and the road to 



Peshawur, and to the south hills, and beyond them, the Hurbuz and 



Maneekhel. 



2nd Mohurrum. — Proceeded seven kos to Abdul Azeezkhel. The 



Abdul Azeezkhel. cultivation chiefly depends on the rain. There 



are five hundred houses. The headman who is also a holy man, is 



MaddatShah. M eer Maddat Shah, he is a peer, or spiritual chief 



of the Sheahs of this neighbourhood. 



The inhabitants have separate forts, and muster 450 fighting men, a 

 lawless set. They are friends of the Maneekhels, and enemies of 

 Mastee and Shekhan. 



This year, which was one of scarcity, wheat sold at four and half 

 akahs the rupee, and juwar at five or six akahs [one akahs, seven Pesh- 

 awur seers.] 



The inhabitants carry their hatred of the rival sects of Sunnees 



Sheeahs. t an inveterate extent, and during the ten first days 



of the Mohurrum, their penances are very severe. They fast the 



