98 R. C. TemiAc—Eoufe of the Tal Ghotiali Field Force. [No. 3, 



The AcHAKZAi section o£ the Duranis is tlie tribe inhabiting the 

 mountains Imown as the Khoja Amea'n Range, the Toba Plateau, and the 

 PiSHiN and Kadaistei valleys in part. They are said to have been divided 

 off from the Barakzaisby Ahmad Shah, as that tribe was getting too power- 

 ful, and I have met Pathans about Kandahar, who classed the Achakzai 

 as a Barakzai subdivision. The Achakzais are divided into Baha'dtjezais 

 and Gajanzais. 



BAHADTJRZAIS. 



Ghabezais. 



Ka'kozais. 



Ahmadzais. 



ashezais. 



Bu'ehanzais. 



Shamakzais. 



Ma'lizais. 



Ka'milzais. 



Adazais. 



Adeakzais. 



Shamuzais. 

 Fa'mzais. 



GAJANZAIS. 



Hamzais. 



Malikzais. 



La'lizais. 



Ma'pizais. 



Htj'senzais. 



Stjlima'nzais. 



Abdullazais. 



Ba'zamzais. 



Ba'kaezais. 

 Ishda'nizais. 



Alozais. 



julizais. 



mushkizais. 



Ba'dazais. 



Shakaezais. 



Usma'nzais. 



I, however, came across two subsections of Achakzais not here mention- 

 ed called Habi'bzais* and Abdals in the Pishin. This name Abdal may 

 perhaps only be the title of the malik or chief as the present Sirdar Mi e 

 AsLAM Kha'n of the Achakzais is locally called Mir Aslam Khan Abdal or 

 Abdali, as also is Madat Kha'k, the head of au Achakzai village in the 

 Pishin, called after him. All the inhabitants of the last village, however, 

 are called Abdals. 



The nest clan we have to deal with are the Tarins. These are the 

 second of the Afghan Tribes in point of importance and national estima- 

 tion. Their legendary descent from Kais is clearly made out. SaeabaN, 

 Kais's eldest son, had five sons of whom the second was Tarin. Tariu had 

 three sons. Tor Tarin, Spin Tariu and Abdal, and from the two eldest are 

 descended the modern Tariu Tribe. According to a legend Tarin's dark sou 

 was called Spin Tarin or Fair Tarin, and his fair son Tor Tarin or Dark 

 Tarin. The Tor Tarins inhabit the Pishin valley aud the Spin Tarins the 

 country about Tal and Ghotiali. Lumsdeu subdivides this clan as follows : 



* Lumsdcn, ho-wover, makes out the Habi'bzais to be Tor Tarlas, but as far as 

 I could ascertain, they are Acliakzais. 



