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clad, the same name as applied to the second tribe enumerated 

 above ; and by this appellation they are now principally known. 



Some of the Afghans distinguish them as 3^ and Spin Kafirs — white 

 and black — from a slight difference existing in the dress of some of 

 the tribes, as mentioned in a subsequent page. 



The different parts of the country they at present occupy, are as 

 follows. 



Kati-hi. 



The people of the Kati-hi tribe have to a great extent become 

 Muhammadans, but in name only ; for they seem to be excessively 

 ignorant of the simplest tenets of the faith. The chief or head-man 

 of these is Muhammad Ntir. The tribe was formerly settled in 

 the darah or valley of Parchaghan, on the Panjsher river, where a 

 few families, amounting to about 2,500, still dwell, along with a 

 number of Hazarahs under Kadkhuda, Sayyid Mirza, and also 

 several Tajik families under Kadkhuda, Kazi. The main body of the 

 Kati-his is now located in the country lying two days journey, (fifty 

 miles,) north-east of the valley called Kandah-i-Nil, which is of consi- 

 derable size, and takes its name from the source of the river rising in 

 the northern part of Kafiristan, and known to the people as the 

 true source of the JSman or Oxus. It lies to the north-east of the 

 valley of Parchaghan, east of the Shunah river, and north-west of 

 the Lamghan district. 



SC dh-posh. 



This tribe originally dwelt in the darah or valley of Kasi-gar. 

 The country the Si'ah-posh now occupy, together with a small num- 

 ber of the Pashagar tribe, lies to the west of the valley held by the 

 Kati-his. 



Pasha-gar. 



The Pasha-gar tribe formerly held the darah or valley of Sae-kal,* 

 a portion of which, containing the four large towns of Dumiah, 

 Kandlah, Paranddol, and Tarhu, it continues to retain to the 

 present time. The people of these places have become Muham- 

 madans. Of the remainder of the tribe, who follow their ancient 



* " Leaving the dale of Nangnahar therefore, and pushing speedily forwards, 

 we passed Sae-gal (or Sae-kal) and advanced up the valley of Birain." Babek's 

 Memoies. 



