1845.] Account of the Cabool and Peshawar Territories, fyc. 665 



north, and hills to the south. It contains 230 houses of Momands of 

 the clan of Alamzai and Marchah khel, under Saadat Khan, and three 

 Hindoo shops. From this village guards are procured, their chief is 

 Daeem. 



The rates for guards are, 



A camel load or pair of Kajawahs, . . 3| rupees. 



A yaboo load or horseman, 2| „ 



A bullock or ass load, If „ 



A foot passenger, 



2. 



3 it 



The guards are of the clans of Shanwarees and Afreedes, who with 

 Momands and Balagoorees hold the road. 



The chief of the Shanwarees is Rahmat Khan ; those of the Bala- 

 goorees are Ahmad Khan, Rahat Khan, Afzal Khan and Shahnawaz 

 Khan, Shamsodeen Khan, and Shahabudeen Khan. The Sham, 

 sarees amount to 8,000, the Balagoorees to 8,000, and the Momands 

 to 4,000. They live in difficult parts of the mountains. They are 

 by occupation guards and muleteers, many mules being produced in 

 their country. Haifa kos after leaving Kongah there is an ascent of 

 one and a half kos, and after it a second ; when both are surmounted, 

 a plain is entered of four kos extent, on which off the road are twelve 

 forts of Momands. There is a well on the road not bricked, is finished 

 with masonry for the use of travellers. 



From this well there are two roads ; one to the south-west is the 

 Rahtarah, and the one direct in front to the south, is the Abkhanah 

 one. 



On the Rahtarah road, three kos from the well, are two forts, which 

 is the first stage from Dacca. 



From these forts the road for ten kos is in a defile having a running 

 stream, and plenty of trees, but no habitation. The stage is at the 

 foot of a hill. 



On leaving this a hill is ascended called the Koh-i-Khuda (hill of 

 God) for seven kos. After which is a second hill called Koh-i-Rusool, 

 (hill of the Prophet) having an ascent of six kos, and descent. It is 

 also called the Tahtarah hill. There are other five lesser hills to sur- 

 mount, having ascents and descents of three and four kos. There are 

 no habitations on the road, but after descending each hill a small 



