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Journal of a Tour through parts 



[No. 139. 



The Darra-i-Chamkanee is situated in the Sufed-koh range. The 

 fighting men amount to upwards of 3,000. The headmen are Baoo 

 Khan and Arsalla. It is reckoned, 



Deda, 



Kirman, 



Bulyameen, Maghzye, and Bagzye, 



Jajees, known as Zarakhel, 



Ghundeekhel, . . 



Aleezye, 



Ibrahimzye, 



Ahmedzye, 



Balkh, Kamshal, and Nahda, 



3 



Miskalees 



'i 



ditto. 



2 



ditto. 



4 



ditto. 



'i 



ditto. 



1* 



ditto. 



H 



ditto. 



1 



2 



ditto. 



2 



ditto. 



I ditto. 



Contingent. 



The other details I did not succeed in procuring. The district is 

 under Sirdar Dost Mahommed Khan. Its revenue amounts to about 

 52,000 rupees, of this the Dastar tax amount to 12,000 rupees. In 

 former times, the Toorees, who have seized on Bangash, alone used 

 to furnish 3000 foot and 500 horse, independent of Bangash-i-Bala ; 

 at present, including the latter, they might collect 5,000 

 foot and 800 horse. They are enemies of the Jajees. They 

 have much property, and most of them trade. 



The coarse rice of Kuram is famous, and the inhabitants chiefly 

 live on it. 



The inhabitants all dress in dark blue, and the only ornaments 

 worn by the women are rows of small coins called Abbasee Kareem 

 Khanee, sewn on their vests in rows. The trousers of the men are 

 made tight below the knee. Their arms consist of selawas and long 

 matchlocks. 



The price of wheat, in plentiful seasons, varies from fifteen to 

 twenty ihattees (one thattee three Peshawur seers) the rupee, and in 

 seasons of scarcity seven or eight ihattees. The Hindoos of Tooree 

 are only to be distinguished by their language, from the Mahomme- 

 dans. The people of Bangash-i-Bala burn wood instead of oil. 



On arriving at Paiwar, I put up as usual in the mosque, where a 

 man presented himself, and requested me, as a fakeer, to 

 tell him, whether the object he had in view would be 

 accomplished or not. I drew some unmeaning lines on the ground, 



Prediction. 



