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almost independent. They formerly paid to Sultan Mahommed Khan 



240 rupees a-year. When a force is sent (which seldom is) 2,000 



rupees is collected at once. 



20th Mohurrum. — Proceeded six kos, passing the Kuram river 



, ■ to Bulandkhel, which contains a mud fort, with two 

 Bulankhel, 



bastions and two gates. The inhabitants are Badahkhel 



Bangashees. The cultivation depends on the Kuram river. The houses 

 amount to three hundred and twenty-five ; and the Hindoo shops 

 to sixty. There are seven dealers in mules, horses, and sheep. 

 The amount of fighting men is 300. They are friends of the Wu- 

 zeerees and enemies of the Khattaks, and people of Tal and Khost. 

 To the east is the road to Khost and Murwat, to the west the road 

 to the Wazeerees and Kuram, and to the north the hills. They 

 do not pay revenue unless it is enforced by troops. In the neigh- 

 bouring hills, are villages of the Wazeerees. 



22nd Mohurrum. — Proceeded nine kos to Zeemukht, which is the 



name of a tribe of Tortareens, that emigrated from 

 Zeemukht. & 



Herat, and colonized here. The fighting men for- 

 merly amounted to 3,000 ; they have increased. The cultivation de- 

 pends partly on the rain, and partly on springs. There are 20 or 30 

 forts in the valley, belonging to the Zeemukhts, who extend to the border 

 of Teera. They are friends of the Toorees, and enemies of the men of 

 Mules. Tal and Bulandkhel. Mules are plentifully produced in this 

 country. To the east is the road to Naryab, to the west the road to 

 Kuram, to the north Teera, and to the south the town of Bulyameen. 

 The road abounds with jungle. At four kos I passed a stream of water. 

 23rd Mohurrum. — Proceeded to Bulyameen, which is the boundary 

 Bulyameen. of Bangash-i-Bala and Bangash-i-Paieen. The latter ex- 

 tending from Cohaut to Tal. The villages of Makhzye and Bagzye 

 are included in Bulyameen. There are in all nineteen forts. The culti- 

 vation depends on a stream from the Sufed-koh. There are one 

 thousand and nine hundred houses, and a bazar containing twenty 

 weavers of dark lungees and karbas. There are many mule dealers. 

 The headman is a fakeer, who in the times of the kings, enjoyed a salary 

 of 12,000 rupees a-year. The fighting men amount to 1,500. They 

 are friends of the Toorees, and enemies of the men of Khost. To the 

 east is Bulandkhel, to the west the road to Cabool, to the north Kuram, 



