1844.] 1838 and 1839, by Hajee Abdun Nubee, of Kabul. 695 



Zameen and Koh-i- Diptan ; and on the South, by the Damin Erindagan 

 and Koh-i-Beer. 



The names of the villages of the district are, Zamin, Zamindan, Wafa- 

 bud, Zyadatee, Khoon-i-kaka, and Nagul, and on the other side of 

 Koh-i- Diptan, is a village called Sadoz, which is on the road to Hafsa- 

 drah ; the districts are well cultivated and watered. 



The chief of Sarbad is Maddat Khan, Koord, originally from Per- 

 sia, and his dependents consist of Persians, Damanees and Bambarees. 

 He collects -th of the produce of the district, which may amount to 

 2,500 Company's maunds a-year, of wheat and barley, of which they 

 reap two crops, besides presents of sheep and ghee. 



There are no forts in the district, of any importance, the one of 

 Gwash being 200 paces in circumference, and 6 guz high. 



I was informed that on one of the sides of the mountain of Diptan, 



at a great height, was an artificial recess, containing two large 

 Diptan. 



vases, which they had on several occasions tried to reach, but 



without success, by fastening date stems one on the other. There is 



also, they informed me, at the bottom of the same mountain a stone, on 



which is an inscription which has never yet been decypher- 



Inscription. . . . . 



ed by the natives of the district, or by strangers. I hey 

 moreover assert, that silver is to be found there, and that a Loree 

 goldsmith was in the habit of paying yearly visits to the place, mak- 

 ing a present of several ducats to the chief of Sarbad for permission to 

 visit the mountain; but on account of Maddut Khan's father once rob- 

 bing him, he had never returned. I wanted very much to see these 

 wonders, but was prevented by the snow. 



Maddut Khan encourages forays, and exacts ~th of the plunder. 

 They are not much at the Hefladrah, and sell their booty, which 

 is sometimes valuable, consisting of Persian silks and Cash- 

 mere pashmeena, for a mere trifle in Sarbad and Dezak, on their 

 return. 



From Sarbad to Regan, the following are the stages: Kalag, Asaroo, 

 Rodi Mahn, and Desert Regan, over a very difficult road. 



The following are the animals of Sarbad, in the order of their mul- 

 tiplicity : goats, sheep, camels, asses, horses, cattle, wild 

 asses, wild goats said to furnish musk, wolves, jackals, 

 foxes, tigers. Leopards are also found in the hills. 



