58 Descriptive notice of the District of Jhilum. [Jan. 



Besides the above villages, there are 12 in Jageer valued at 4000. 



The Tehsil of Tulla-ganj comprises the following talukas. Kullar, 

 Kuhar, Nurpur Suhuti, Tulla-ganj, Jabbi Resh, and Pakar Namal. 

 The district of Kuhar lies to the west of Kuhan, the road leading 

 through a fertile plain. It was formerly held in Jageer by the 

 celebrated Sirdar Hari Singh Nalua, who built a fort on a hill, 

 at some distance from Kuhar, in which several state prisoners have 

 been confined. The chief village Kuhar is most beautifully situated, 

 at the edge of a salt lake, three miles in circumference, which is covered 

 with water-fowl. From a cleft in the hills to the rear issues a spring 

 of warm water, which flows through the level sward, wooded by fine 

 trees, in which strut about hundreds of peacocks. On the summit of 

 a neighbouring eminence is the Khangah of the tutelary saint to which, 

 it is said, a leopard resorts every Friday to make his salam. The whole 

 appearance of the place is very picturesque, so much so as to have 

 charmed the emperor Baber, who is said to have resided there for 6 

 months, and the Zemindars point out still a large boulder, in which 

 steps are hewn, which they assert to be the seat from which he used to 

 contemplate the attractive scene before him. From the high hills 

 behind Kuhar is seen the level plain of Dhuni to the north, a road 

 leading from Kuhar to Chakhowal via, Bhon, and another to Tulla- 

 ganj via Bharpur, while a third path through the hills to the S. W. 

 conducts one to Nurpur. At a distance of some miles from Kuhar, 

 is the hill fort of Mullote now in ruins, said to have been built by 

 the Raja Mall who first cultivated Dhuni. It is situated on the 

 southern edge of the salt range, and midway between it and the village 

 of Dundot, are the salt mines of Mukrach formerly mentioned. The 

 mines of Surdi, which is a village in the district of Kuhar, are cele- 

 brated for the goodness of the salt extracted which is conveyed in 

 large quantities to Cashmere. The salt vies with that of Khyura in 

 fineness, and is of a very beautiful transparent colour. The Surdi 

 mines are approached by a large gorge, which seems to be a distinctive 

 feature, the salt being almost invariably worked in the gorges of the 

 hills, where it is apparently best and most easily extracted. The 

 district of Nurpur Suhutti presents nothing worthy of note, save 

 the salt mines of Nilwan, and those of Sur which are at present shut. 

 In a valley formed by the rocks on either side, are the remains of what 



