1843] of the Vanjab and Afghanistan. 617 



Kirman is situated partly in, and partly out of a valley, and con- 

 Kirman. sists of twelve or more forts, under Futulla and Meer, who 



muster from 900 to 1000 followers. 



Zeeran contains seven or eight forts, each fort having thirty or forty 

 Zeeran. houses around it, under Mahommed Meerza and Hyder Alee, 

 who musters 607 followers. 



Koh Badshahkhel contains two small forts. The number of fight- 

 ing men amounts to 140. 



Ghundee contains one fort, and three or four other small ones are 

 Ghundee. dependent on it, and two hundred and fifty houses, under 

 Ganjan Khan, who musters 200 followers. 



Ahmedkhel contains one fort, and turns out 120 fighting men. 



Shilozan is a beautiful district, containing twelve small forts and 

 Shilozan. ten streams, that all have their rise in the Sufed-koh, 

 and fertilize the whole of Kuram. Silk is produced here of a very 

 fine quality, and all the inhabitants engage in the produce. The head- 

 man is Meerza Hasan, whose sister is the wife of Dost Mahommed 

 Khan, and mother of Mahommed Afzal Khan. The fighting men 

 amount to 800, who are all Bangashees. 



Paiwar contains six or seven forts, each fort having one hundred 

 houses, under Noorak and Moosa, who muster 140 followers. The men 

 of this place act as guides and guards to the Bangashee and Tooree 

 pilgrims, who, as Sheeahs, could never otherwise pass the country 

 of their inveterate enemies, the Jajees, who are Sunnees. These men 

 take them by unfrequented hill roads to Logur, and receive from 

 each pilgrim in return, 2 or 3 rupees. 



Notice of Bangash~i- Bala, known as Kuram. 



From the entrance of the Chamkanee valley to Bulyameen, is geo- 

 graphically included in Bangash-i-Bala, and the Toorees have the 

 territory. 



The whole of Bangash-i-Bala is divided into twenty-nine miskalees, 

 according to Meerza Hasan, partly as follow : — 



