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ghan, and to the eastward of the valley of Kandah-i-Nil. The 

 people continue to follow their ancient faith. 



Kattar. 



This tribe continues to dwell in the darah or valley of Niirgil, 

 which they held in Baber's time. He thus notices them. •' In 

 the hill country to the north-east (from Kabul) lies Kafiristan such 

 as Kattar and G-ebrek ;" and again — " Nurgil lies to the west, and 

 Kuuir to the east of the river ; and the lower part of this Tuman 

 is called Milteh Kandi, below which the country belongs to darah 

 Nurand Ater." # 



The Kattars follow the religion of their ancestors, and are 

 accounted by the Afghans of these parts, as the mostbigotted of 

 the whole of the Si'ah-posh. Abd-ul-Hamid, the Shekh Saaedi, of 

 the Pus'hto poets, thus refers to them in one of his odes. 



The Kattar Kafirs will as soon become converts to Islam, 



As the guardian (of the beloved) be softened by my tears. 



Kampar. 



The country inhabited by the Kampar tribe is also situated in 



the valley of the Kashkar or Chitral river, and to the north of the 



district of Nurgil, in which the Kattar tribe dwells. The Kampars 



retain their ancient faith. 



Kamiiz. 

 This tribe inhabits the valleys lying to the north of the Kampar 

 district of Nurgil, and between the Kashkar river and the highest 

 range towards Badakhshau, bounding the territory of Lower Kash- 

 kar to the south. They pay a small tribute to Tajammul Shah in 

 acknowledgement of his supremacy ; but none of them have become 

 converts to Muhammadanism. 



The tract of country occupied by the three preceding tribes of 

 Kamiiz, Kampar, and Kattar, through which the Kashkar or upper 

 portion of the Kamah river flows, is the most easterly portion of 

 Kafiristan, and forms the boundary between them and the above 

 named state, as also of Paujkorah and Bajawer. The tract here 

 mentioned as inhabited by these three tribes of Kamiiz, Kampar, 

 and Kattar, is the same, in all probability, as that alluded to by 

 * Memoies : Page 140. 



