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I shall now notice, in regular rotation from north to south, the 

 different Darrahs, as the valleys with a pass and stream running 

 through them are designated, together with the different tribes 

 who hold and cultivate lands within them, to a greater or less 

 extent. Many of the tribes are wholly in the hills and hold no 

 lands in the Derajat itself, whilst on the other hand again, the 

 whole of those holding lands in the Derajat, with three exceptions, 

 also cultivate patches of land within the valleys. 



The Sturianis or Asturianis. 



The Sturiani or Asturiani Afghans of the Lohani tribe hold the 

 southern portion of the Daman or skirt, as it means in Persian, of 

 the range of Siiliman — the most southern portion of the Dera 

 Ismaseil Khan district, and bounding the Sanghar district to the 

 north — whicli they appear to have not very recently conquered from 

 the Beluchis. It consists partly of the low ridge of reddish gray 

 sand-stone running parallel to the Suliman range. Their chief village 

 is Oormiik, and the other principal villages are Mangul, containing 

 about one hundred families, situated in a plain three miles from the 

 hills ; Samozai, with about an equal number of inhabitants, nine 

 miles from the hills ; Kiiey Baharah, containing six or eight hun- 

 dred families, six miles distant ; aud another village in the moun- 

 tains bearing the same name as the one just mentioned, and 

 peopled by some two hundred families. This portion of the 

 Sturiani tribe, who are considered quiet and inoffensive, consists of 

 about 1,200 adult males including thirty or forty horsemen, under 

 a chief named Abd-ullah Khan. The remainder, numbering about 

 4,000 families, are located further to the west. The division to 

 which I refer sold its flocks and herds some years since and took 

 to farming, on account of a feud with the Kakarrs, through whose 

 country they had to pass with their flocks, in the hot season, iu 

 their migrations to the high-lands to the west to their kishlauks or 

 summer stations. 



Z'murris, Kakarrs, Shiranjs. 



The Z'murris occupy the hills to the west of the Sturianis and 

 arc distant from them some nine miles. They resemble th« 



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