1845.] Account of the Cabool and Peshawar Territories, 8fC. 671 



I also gained the following particulars of Hashtnagar. It contains 

 twenty villages, and 40,000 jarebs. The revenue is 95,000 rupees. 

 The ruler is Sayud Mahammad Khan, brother of Sultan Mahammad 

 Khan. He has a body of 700 cavalry, and 400 foot. The villages are 

 as follow: — 



Noushera, .. 6000 Rs. under Mulla Ghulam Kadir, 3000 Jarebs. 



Dheree, .. .. 1000 ... •• 80 „ 



Kheskhee, .. 6000 300 „ 



Nisata, .. .. 1000 70 „ 



Padang, .. 6000 200 „ 



Bhabda, .. 6000 •• .. 2000 „ 



Charsada, .. 9000 2000 „ 



Gudee Bayaz Nu- i 



jan, .. .. 2000) .••* 400 „ 



Gudee Hamud i 



Gul, .. .. 700 1 100 „ 



Gudee Kaka khel, 800 150 „ 



Jum Darasha l 



Nujan, .. 800 J 150 „ 



Razad, .. .. 2000 300 „ 



Oosmanzai, .. 6000 2000 „ 



Omarzai, .. 4000 2000 „ 



Sherzai, .. 6000 . .. .. 3000 „ 



Gudee Bunda i 



Nujankhel, 1000 J 200 „ 



Tangee, .. 12,000 6000 



under Malahs Dost Mahammad and Afzal Khan. 



The fort of Hashtnagar has two gates and two guns. 



From Peshawar eastward, I proceeded twenty-four kos to Deree on 

 the other side of the Sandye river, included in the pergannah of 

 Hashtnagar, inhabited by Mahammadzais. The former chiefs were 

 Meer Baz Khan and Shahnawaz Khan ; the present are Meer Ah- 

 mad Khan, the son of Zardad Khan Bamezye, on the part of Sayad 

 Mahammad Khan. The revenue is 1000 rupees, there are 700 jarebs 

 dependent on the rain, and 200 jarebs watered by six wells. The 

 river water is not available for cultivation. There are 200 houses 



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