JOURNAL 
OF THE 
ASIATIC SOCIETY. 
Part I.—HISTORY, LITERATURE, Ac. 
No. I.—1871. 
The District of Dera Ismail Khan , Trans-Indus .— By T. W. H. 
Tolbort, Esq., 0. S. 
(With a Map.) 
In accordance with the plan indicated in a previous contribution 
to the Journal, I propose to describe the district of Dera Ismail Khan, 
or rather that portion of it which lies Trans-Indus. This descrip¬ 
tion will give what information appears most important as to 
natural features, history and ethnology, but will avoid purely offi¬ 
cial and political matters as unsuited to this Journal. 
Natural Features. 
On the west, the Sulaiman range forms the boundary of our sub¬ 
ject as of British India itself. One of the chief mountains of the 
range, the prominent TaTcht i Sulaiman fronts the centre of the dis¬ 
trict. Its height is 11,293 ft., and its summit, during the winter 
months, is covered with snow. The ascent was attempted by two 
Englishmen of Elphinstone’s party in 1809, but the task was found 
more difficult than it at first appeared, and the adventurers who 
were pressed for time, could not accomplish it. 
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