1880.] E, C. Temi^le—Eoide of the Tal Gliotiali Field Force. 103 



"While discussing the Pathan Tribes something should be remarked 

 about the Satads found in every part of Afghanistan* and in some 

 numbers in the Pishin where they own several villages. Wherever they 

 may happen to be, they are a sect apart from the surrounding in- 

 habitants, are always respected and seem to be more intelligent than 

 the Pathans in general. They are not considered Pathans and claim 

 to be of Arab descent as their name implies. This claim, however, 

 is I think of a slender description among the Sayads in the Pishin with 

 whom we have now to do. Their sympathies are all Afghan, they are 

 subdivided in a suspiciously similar manner, and the story of their descent 

 confirms the suspicions as to their separate origin from the Pathans about 

 them. The story is that Ha'ru'n, fifth in descent from Kais, had a daughter 

 who married an Arab Sayad who visited him, and from her are said to be 

 descended all the Pishin Sayads, notably the Sha'dizais and HAiDAEZAis.f 

 The present subdivision of the Pishin Sayads appear to be — 



Gangalzais. Sha'dIzais. Ya'singzais. 



BaGAEZAIS. BuAHAMZAIS. UEirMZAIS. 



Ajabzais. Haidarzais.| 



The following table shows the subdivisions of the tribes above dis- 

 cussed as far as known. 



No. Tribe. No. Division. No Section. Subdivision. No. Subsection. 



I. Dtjea'nt or 1 ZiRAK. 1 Popalzai. 1 Sadozai. 



Abda'li. 2 Ba'me'zai. 



3 Maesingzai. 



4 Kha'nzai. 



5 Aitu'ezai. , 



6 Madozai. 



7 NOAZAI. 



2 Alako'zai. 1 Jalijzai. 



2 Melazai. 



3 Saeka'ni. 



4 Sandaezai. 



5 Ka'eezai. 



6 Nausazai. 



this is due to tlie passage of tlio Mongols through their country on towards Hindustan 

 or to their Central Asian origin does not appear. Yule's Marco Pole, I, 94, 281 and II, 

 169, 171. — Hughes's Bcluohistan. 



* I saw one village of them in Ba'hkho'm among the Independent Belo'ch Tribes. 



t According to one legend, the Kakd'elas are descended from a waif picked up 

 by this Ha'ru'n. See above. 



X Among the Pishin Sayads faces of a Si'di' type are not uncommon, and I saw 

 one woman with purely Afiican features near A'li'zai. This may result, however, 

 fiom their wandering habits and be no indication of descent. 



