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trees. The inhabitants are called Bar Mahoramedkhels. There are 



two forts on the plain, and three on the hill. The cultivation depends 



partly on springs, and partly on the rain. The people live in caves. 



The headman is Meer Ahmed Khan. The number of fight- 

 Caves. & 



ing men amount to 400. To the east is Bangash, to the west 

 the Maneekhel Pass, to the north the hills, and to the south hills, 

 and beyond them the Bengash country. The inhabitants are partly 

 Sunnees and partly Sheahs. The latter are disciples of Meer Ahmed 



Shah, who resides among the Abdulla Azeezkhels, 

 Spiritual Chief. T 



and Myan Noor Shah, who resides at Maree, a de- 

 pendency of Cohaut. 



On arriving at Kuzeer I put up in the mosque, when an old man 

 presented himself, and entreated me to pay a visit to his son, who was ill 

 at home with dysentery. I assented, and found the young man much 

 reduced, and a young interesting wife mourning over him. I admi- 

 nistered some warm tea, with a little ginger to him, which seemed for 

 a time, much to the delight of his friends, to revive him. His father 

 accompanied me a stage as a guide. 



Buroonee is situated at the foot of a hill ; the inhabitants are part- 

 ly Afreedees, partly Orakzyes. The Afreedees border 



Buroonee. J r j j 



on the Khyber. The cultivation depends on the rains. 

 There is no headman. They are friends of the Ferozkhels. To the 

 east are the Kukeekhels and Rabiakhel Afreedees, to the west the 

 Afreedees, to the south the Ustareekhels, and Caree-i-Alam Khan 

 Orakzyes. They are independent. 



13th Mohurrum. — Proceeded to Hangoo, known as the tappa of 

 Meeranzye. The cultivation depends partly on wells, 



partly on running water. There are one hundred and forty 

 houses, fifteen Hindoo shops, seven dyers and blacksmiths, and twenty- 

 eight lungee weavers. Azeezulla Khan is hereditary chief of the 

 Meeranzye tappa, and the authority of his ancestors extended to 

 Naryab Tal and Bulandkhel; but he is now a fugitive from the 

 tyranny of Sultan Mahommed Khan. 



At present the chief men are Sadulla and Samad Bangashees. 

 Hangoo is farmed by Naib Darbarza Bangashee, a resident of Togh, for 

 30,000 rupees. Out of this he draws his own pay, which amounts 

 to 5,000 rupeees. He has 60 horse and 730 foot ; and he sometimes 



