1845.] Account of the Cabool and Peshawar Territories, %c. 687 



AnayatulJa khan has married the sister of Zaidulla khan, and thus 

 cemented a friendship. By her he has several sons. He is at enmity 

 with Ghazan khan of Deer, and Meer khan of Bajour. 



There is another tribe in Swat to the East, called Baboozai, who 

 have seventy villages and 18,000 matchlock men, (foot) under Zaidulla 

 khan, the son of Hasan Alee khan, and Mazulla khan, the son of 

 Jamand khan, a Khankhel. This tribe, especially to the south, is 

 very unruly. Their lands are on the skirt of hills, and in valleys and 

 on streams, some lalmee and some abee. 



The river Sandai runs through the whole of Swat, from the boun- 

 dary of the Rarenzais to that of the Banzais, is one and a half kos. The 

 villages are : Bakhta, Tharan, Jalalah, Nawahgai, Natmeda, Dagai, 

 Satmeda, Badeekot, Ashteekot, Amboohah, Garhatai, Panjgram, 

 Karatai, Namee kalai, Bar kalai, Haibat gram, Koth, Kotagai, Min- 

 grawad, Sangootah, Manglawar, Charbagh, Julaibagh, Teekdarai, 

 Khoonah kateelah, Saidoo, three villages, Singuradad, Aleegai Sokat, 

 Malhar, Kamharkalai bagh, Jooleezai, Alamganj, Matwarairi, Khwa- 

 zah khel, Mirgai khel, Barah khel, Panjeegram, Hoodeegram, Jinkai 

 khel, Nipkai khel, and Baloogram. 



There are other smaller villages in the hilly valleys. 



Zaiddullah khan pays in ready money, 200 Suwars and 500 foot. 



The third tribe of Swat are the Khwazozais, under Ghazan khan 

 the son of Kasam khan, the son of Mulla Ilyas, whose authority over 

 his clan of Deer is great. 



They are estimated at 38,000 matchlockmen. In the valley of 

 Swat there are fifty-four villages, and in the valley of Deer sixty- two 

 villages. 



There are two rivers in the Pergannah of Ghazan khan ; the 

 Swat river, flowing from south to north, called Sandai, and the Deer 

 river. The villages are mostly in hilly valleys, and few in plains. 

 There are high hills on all sides. The cultivation consists of 38,000 

 jarebs lalmee. 



They are all under Ghazan khan, who in every village has posted 

 a man of his own as Malik, to hear the complaints of the ryots. He 

 takes 1/5 of the produce, or cultivates ]/5 of the lands. There are 

 four small forts, each having 50 or 80 houses, and villages containing 



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