1853.] 



Travels in Central Asia. 



293 



Distribution of the Kafir tribes. 



Great Kafirs Koh i GMr, 

 KM, 

 Loo, 



Kafirs of Esh, 



Oohshah, 



KhaL Krooh, 



Gob or Gabr, 



Ghar or Gharri, 



Lah or Lashi, 



Oodoo, 



Phalooth or Phali, 



Shooli or Shoh, , 



Khoorook or Kroo, 



Therba or Thur, 



q q ft gi 



Bhur, 

 Mar, . 



80,000"^ 



50,000 [ Generally 



25,000 f- called the Ka- 



15,000 I firs. 



12,000J 



12,000 



12,000 



12,000 



12,000 



12,000 }* 



12,000 



15,000 



12,200 



12,000J 



9^ OOO Half Mahom- 

 f/J'/w! medan with 

 40,000 > ^ ^ 



' some heathen 



o * S 9 

 rH q o q 



fcJO 



Akaa or Cushyhar, 250,000 , practic6s 



Boo or Boolee, , 



Kahooz or Hoohee,. 

 Phah or Phagi, 

 Aspah, 



Koolees, 



12,000 

 12,000 

 12,000 

 12,000 

 12,000 



J 





Mookioo, 12,000 y | ^m 



Maha 



Kalesh, Lesh, Malesh, 



Beh or Behel, 



Plahi or Plaaghii, 



Bhoti, 



12,000 

 12,000 

 12,000 

 12,000 

 12,000 



o 



rO 



Chinese sub- 

 jects. 



The language has no resemblance to Persian or Arabic, but has 

 some to Sanscrit ? 



The Akaa tribes bear nominal allegiance to Yarkund, the rest seem 

 quite independant — some trace of Geber or fire-worship exists among 

 them. 



[Here another hiatus occurs in the Journal.] 



27th. — Eeached the Oostam pass, whence rises the Jeljow river, 

 which runs W. to Ulook where it joins the Karoo from E. N. E. 

 (from Poofean in the Aktagh), thence W. to Eorlaar where it meets 

 the Koorkor from S. E. (rising in the Karatagh), thence W. (and 

 takes the name of Zarafshan or Samarkand Eiver) to Faalghar, thence 

 by Dhomzul where it is joined by the Lohthoo (which rises at JNW 



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