1845,] Account of the Cabool and Peshawar Territories, %c. 667 



names of their Maliks are Buland, Rustum Khan, and Rahmut 

 Khan, Moorchuh khel Momands under Saadat Khan. Although on 

 the river side, their lands depend on the rain, being elevated. The 

 inhabitants' occupations are guards and grain merchants, carriers, and 

 mat-making. On the other side of the river are the Buzazai Khaled 

 Affghans dependent on Peshawar. 



The river is crossed on rafts, the charge for a load being 2/3 rupees, 

 for a foot passenger 1/12 rupee, for a bullock or ass 1/6 rupee. The 

 Badrakahs from Peshawar toward Cabool charge as follows: 



A horseman, 2 1/3 rupees. 



A yaboo or mule load, ... .. .. ... 2 2/3 „ 



A bullock or ass, .. .. .. .. ... 12/3 ,, 



Foot traveller, .. ... .. .. .. 1/3 ,, 



The Badrakahs pay for crossing the rivers. 



The fourth, or Karapah road, is as follows: 



From Dacca the Cabool river is crossed by boat to Lalpoor, a large 

 village, containing 3000 houses and 120 shops. Saadat Khan resides 

 here. The distance by this road to Peshawar from Lalpoor is twenty- 

 eight kos. 



From Lalpoor to the north, at three kos, there is a Kotal called 

 Khurpash, which is a winding ascent for four kos. It may be practi- 

 cable for armies and guns. The next seven kos, to the stage, is level, 

 which is called Murdar Dand ; no habitations. 



The next stage is eight kos, to Gandawah, also called Gandaw. 



The road then goes eastward eight kos to Shabkadar, a village of the 

 Duabah of Peshawur. 



Between Murdar Dand and Gandawah, there are two small Kotals, 

 and from the latter place to the mouth of the defile, there are two 

 Kotals, one large and one small, and others besides. In the large 

 Kotal there are capacious caves, in whch merchants and travellers 

 spend the night. The road of Karapah is held by the Alamzai Mo- 

 mands, under Turbaz Khan, the son of Mazulla Khan, a relation of 

 Saadat Khan's, and chief of 24,000 men. 



Of these four roads, I (Alle Mulla) travelled by the Abkhanah, to 

 Peshawar. 



