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khan, of Bajour, and of Ghazan khan of Deer, and of every one else. 

 They are noted for bravery, and live in houses and caves on the hill 

 sides. These hills are partly in Bajour and partly in Swat, and are full 

 of remains of Cafer buildings, from which the Utman khels extract 

 copper coins and utensils, and often gold, and sell them in Bajour. 

 The road over these hills is very difficult for horsemen ; merchants 

 cross with guards with fear. Meer Alam khan tries to conciliate them, 

 as he fears them. 



He has more than once taken a force against them, which they 

 have as often defeated. The chiefs of the Utman khel are Khad, 

 Umra, Narai, Bandil, Dilban, and Mardan. They bring honey, oxen, 

 sheep and ghee to Bajour for sale, and purchase cloth and salt to take 

 home. 



They sometimes propose to take service, and get jagires and lands 

 allotted for their support, but as soon as they reap their harvest they 

 take to plundering their neighbours, and then to their hills, and defy 

 Meer Alum khan. Every one is chief of his own land, and is under 

 no control. Wheat is much cultivated in th^se hills by means of 

 springs. The hills are well wooded, and game of every kind is abun- 

 dant. 



From the above village of Kadhadah one road leads to the east to 

 Swat, thus, 



Two kos from Kadhadah in the plain, is the village of Gulderee, 

 having 400 houses, under Mulla Daraz Akhunzadah. Thence the 

 Shekah road leads to the east. 



Two kos further is the village of Chinah, having seventy houses, 

 beneath which flows the river of Bajour. The land has capabilities, 

 but the tyranny of Meer Alam khan has laid it waste. Guldad khan, 

 a man of Meer Alam khan's, is their immediate ruler. 



One kos further, on an eminence to the east of the road, is the vil- 

 lage of Yakburj, having eighty houses, under Mahammed Ameer 

 khan, over a bad narrow stony road, very difficult, for camels. 



To the south-west of the road is the junction of the Deer and 

 Bajour rivers, whence they run in one stream to Swat ; the road is in 

 a narrow defile called Shikah. 



Six kos further is the village of Shamsee khan, on the skirt of a 

 hill to the south of the road, having 850 houses and ten shops. The 





