1845.] Account of the Cabool and Peshawar Territories, &c. 673 



To the north of Noushera there is a hill called Tarkai, on which are 

 the remains of Cafer buildings, and to the east there is a rising 

 ground. Shahr-i-Safa, known as Shahr-i-Sabbak, on which are also 

 Cafer remains, but no towers or minarets. 



Below the skirt of the hill to the N. E. of the river are some 

 houses of Afghans. There is another rising ground to the east, called 

 Zadah Nujanah, and also the hill of A'dam and Durkhanee; the 

 shrine of these lovers being below the hill on the south side, where 

 there are also seventy houses of Afghans, and these two hillocks are 

 near each other on the river between Noushera and Acora. 



Across the river to the west there is another village also called 

 Noushera, on the road newly built by Runjeet Singh, as is the fort. 

 It was ruined by former rulers and by robbers. There are 200 houses 

 a bazar, and a mandee. 



I learnt that one Abdu Rahman, son of Imamudeen Parachah, a 

 resident of Noushahrah, found a vessel of old gold coins on the neigh- 

 bouring hill, and that on its becoming known, he suddenly decamped 

 at night with his family to Kuram, in the vicinity of Bungash. 



Leaving Noushahrah to the south, and passing the above hill, I 

 entered the plain of the Eesafzais; the road leads through a defile in the 

 hill called Tarkai, with difficulty passable to guns. 



Two kos from Tarkai in the plain is a tank called Ateeh, and be- 

 yond it one kos, on the river bank, there is a road over an eminence on 

 which are remains of Cafer buildings ; and three kos further is another 

 eminence called Dakhla, also having ruins on it. Two kos further is 

 an eminence called Taree, also crowned with ruins, as well as with 

 scattered houses of Affghans. 



Two kos further on, there is a lofty eminence called Baba Deree, 

 on which there is a square fort, built by Malik Daleel khan. 



There are 700 houses of Eesafzais, and four wells and several 

 young mulberry trees. The inhabitants are chiefly herdsmen : they are 

 on good terms with Daleel khan, son of Jalal khan of Taroo, and at 

 enmity with Ahmad khan, son of Lashkaree khan, of Hootee. 



Half kos further on is the village of Toroo, and before reaching it is 

 Kacho Daree, on which there are also Cafer remains. 



There is a stream called Kalpanee, running from north to south 

 through the village of Toroo, on which there are water wheels. Most 



