1845.] Account of the Cabool and Peshawar Territories, $c. 695 



After visiting Deer I returned by the road I came to Jaghayanj, 

 twelve kos, whence to the village of Chakhai is five kos, and thence 

 two kos to the east Atnar Darah. From this to the village of Tormany 

 is three kos to the west, in a defile. In the road is a river which 

 comes from Deer, and passing through defiles joins the Bajour river, 

 which falls into the Swat river, which again falls into the Kunar and 

 Cabool river, which finally falls into the Abaseen, or Attock. 



Three kos from Tormang to the east, is a valley in which is the vil- 

 lage of Khaeel, having three hujrahs and 600 houses, and close by is 

 a square fort having four towers, containing thirty houses, under Irah 

 khan. There are houses besides without the fort, and 600 jarebs of 

 cultivation on the bank of the river. 



From Bajour as far as Khaeel, there is a gun-road, but not so into 

 Deer. 



From the above place, one kos, there is a village on an eminence, con- 

 taining 160 houses and one hujrah called Manjai, under Shadee khan. 

 One kos further to the west there is a large fort containing 200 houses, 

 and a large village containing 1000 houses, under Muckum khan and 

 Shadee khan, called Kilah-i-Shadee khan. Half a kos further is the 

 large village of Kanateer, containing 2000 houses and 40 shops and 16 

 hujrahs. It is a mart for merchandize, under Naseem khan and Umra 

 khan, each of them have 40 horse and 2000 match lockmen. The bound- 

 aries of Bajour Swat and Deer meet here. The place is under Ghazan 

 khan. 



Three kos to the west is the village of Dedai, having 160 houses, 

 under Faiztalab khan. 



Here two roads separate, One to the south-east, through the defile 

 of Katgallah leads to Swat. 



The other to the north leads over hills to Bajour via the village of 

 Karhadah. Thus from Derai comes the village of Khemna, contain- 

 ing 200 houses, under Abdullakhan, Farkaride, in Bajour, the road 

 is through a narrow defile which is passable for guns. 



Five kos further to the south in Bajour on a plain, is the village of 

 Kadhadah, and on the road there is a square fort built, containing 120 

 houses, under Faizulla khan. 



To the south are hills inhabited by Utman khels, amounting to 

 10,000 matchlockmen, an unruly set, independent of Meer Alam 



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