686 Account 0/ the Cabool and Peshawar Territories, 8fC. [No. 165. 



200 houses; Baghdarah, one kos to the north, under the Malahkand, 

 contains 150 houses. 



Between Swat Proper and this Swat, is a hill over which there is 

 a Pass; the name of the hill is Malah kand. 



From Skha kot to the north-east, five kos, is a road partly through 

 a defile called Jambar, through which there always blows a violent 

 wind ; there are two mounds in the defile, called after Adam and 

 Darkhanai, because these lovers met there. 



There is another unfinished road over the hill to the north, said to 

 have been commenced of old by a monarch, named Kumran Shah, 

 who intended by it to lead an army to subdue Swat, but died before 

 it was finished, and the Swatees destroyed much of his work, and 

 opened the road by the defile: traces of this road over the Malah 

 kand are still visible. 



The merchants of Hashtnagar, the Khatah country, the Duabah, 

 and Samah, bringing Karbas cloth, cotton and salt, on camels and 

 bullocks, pass into Swat via Skhat kot, Dargai and Jambar, by the 

 Malahkand Kotal. 



The following duties and black mail are levied, 



On a load of Salt, 3 shahees, (1/ 1 2th rupee). 



Ditto ditto Cotton, 5 do. 



Ditto ditto Ghee, 5 do. 



Ditto ditto Cloths, 6 do. 



by Anayatulla khan, for which he protects merchants. 



The whole country of the Rarenzais, is under Anayatulla khan. 



After passing the Malahkand, and entering Swat itself, the follow- 

 ing Rarenzai villages, under Anayatulla khan, are met: 



Shahar, of 200 houses; Dahrai, 200 houses; Jolagram, 300 houses 

 Matkaran, 200 houses; Hissar, 200 houses; Tootakan, 200 houses 

 Shaibetai, 400 houses; Batkhelah, 1000 houses; Nonkalai, 300 houses 

 Amankot, 300 houses; Allahdant, 2000 houses; Bandagai, 100 houses. 

 Besides these there are many smaller villages, having twenty and 

 thirty houses each. 



The villages that I visited myself, shall be fully described. 



