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friends with the Doulatzais, and are independent. There are 2,000 

 jarebs of lalmee cultivation on rising grounds, and 1,500 abee on the 

 banks of the stream, (Shelah.) The inhabitants are owners of large 

 herds and flocks. 



There are besides in all directions villages in vallies in the hills. For 

 instance, to the east, near the Abaseen river, are the following : 



Bagra, containing 500 houses under Buland khan. Babda ditto 

 400 ditto. Padba ditto 500 ditto. Chagharzai ditto 700 ditto, Aman 

 khan. Marhad ditto 400 ditto. Kot and Cabal. ditto 700 



ditto, Sahah khan. 



The inhabitants of the above are Sherzais and Eesafzais. Their 

 chiefs are Iman khan, Buland khan and Sahab khan. 



The cultivation is 4,000 jarebs of lalmee, and 1,500 jarebs of abee, 

 and each village contains two or three hujrahs each. 



To the west is Ghazee khanah, containing 700 houses and four huj- 

 rahs, under Sarwar khan, Gudazai, the abee cultivation being from the 

 Burindoo. 



Three kos further is another village called Nadai, under Ralmat 

 khan Gudazai, containing two hujrahs and 200 houses. The above 

 two chiefs are friends, and at enmity with Mohsan khan Shamaszai. 



Three kos further is a village called Baee, under Mohsan khan, con- 

 taining 400 houses and three hujrahs, and the shine of Sultan Wais 

 Baba. 



There is another village called Badshah kilai, containing 400 houses 

 of Gudazai, under Noor khan and Zattullah khan. I have heard, as 

 I said before, from old and intelligent men of Bunher, that two of the 

 three tribes of Eesafzais inhabit Bunher vizult, Maleezais, and Man- 

 deezais. 



The Maleezais are again subdivided into the following five gurohs, 

 Gudazais, Salarzais, Ashezais. The tribe of Top Darrah, and Panch- 

 paees. 



The Mandezais are also again subdivided into the two gurohs of 

 Doulatzais and Noorzais. The whole pergunnah of Salarzais, con- 

 taining twenty-four hujrahs, on each of which matchlocks, horsemen, 

 and lands are distributed. The chiefs are Kachkol khan, Baba khan 

 and Alam khan. 



The whole purgunnah of Gudazais, contains sixteen hujrahs. 



