1844.] 1838 and 1839, by Hajee Abdun Nubee, of Kabul. 703 



24th January. — Leaving Bampoor, travelled in a N. N. W. direc- 

 tion over a level sandy road, through a walk to a pool of water, 

 the inhabitants of the neighbourhood of which had fled from their 

 homes. 



25th January — Travelled a level road with a few ascents and 

 descents in a N. N. W. direction for 8 kos, when I arrived at 

 Bazman. On approaching the fort, I was called to from the walls, 

 and asked who I was ; I replied " a Hajee ;" then said they, " you 

 had better get some other place, as if you come in here, you will be 

 seized with us." I put up for the night outside the fort, and only 

 succeeded in ascertaining that Bazman is bounded on the East by 

 Erindagan ; on the West by a high mountain ; on the North by Rodi- 

 maher; and on the South by Miskotan. The chief is Shahbaz Khan, 

 Chief, by t r ibe a Koord. Mahommed Ally of Bampoor had sent 

 ammunition to the above chief, with which to hold out his fort, which 

 is a small one, against the Persians. In the neighbouring mountain I 

 was informed, that sulphur was to be found. 



26th January. — Left Bazman, having procured a guide as far as 

 Oodeean, and travelled all night over a desert waste for 10 kos, where 

 I stopped, having no one with me but one servant, and the guide, which 

 on arriving, went for water to some distance, the position of which I 

 did not see. 



27tk January. — Travelled all night over the waste through a driz- 

 zling rain, and towards morning encountered a body of 13 men mount- 

 ed on horses and camels, who challenged me, and on my informing 

 them that I was a Hajee, they gave me the lie, and declared I must be 

 a Persian spy as I travelled by night ; my denying the charge with 

 oaths was of no avail. I was ordered to lay down my arms on pain 

 of receiving the contents of all their matchlocks ; my servant threw 

 down his gun, and the guide ran away. 



The men immediately secured and obliged me to accompany the 

 Capture, party till the morning was far advanced, when they halted 

 and bound us ; having searched my person, and secured some gold that 

 I had brought with me from Dezak, they retired to a short distance 

 and divided the spoil, consisting besides the gold, of the asses and their 

 loads. Leaving us bound they then separated ; seven taking the road 

 to Bazman and Giranrey, and six that to the Bampoor waste. After 

 remaining bound for some time, two men mounted on asses, seeming to 



