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An account of Upper and Lower Suwat. 
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village of Prrang I purchased three quires of English paper, as re¬ 
quested by him, which I made over to Shahbaz Khan to have the 
manuscripts of the poem of Khusrau aud Shinn copied thereon by 
the time I returned. The next stage brought us to Jamal Garraey ? 
the residence of Muhammad Afzal Khan, Khattak. On the 17th 
August, we proceeded by way of the mountain of Clifcharr, and the 
village of Kattlang, which I visited with you when the 3rd Bombay 
N. I. was here with Colonel Bradshaw’s force, in December, 1849. 
We halted at the village of Kuhai, a short distance in advance, 
for the night; and the Khan Sahib sent for the Malik, or head 
man of the village, to ask his advice as to our entering Suwat, which, 
as } r ou are well aware, is difficult at all times, but more particularly so 
for one, like myself, who am a Mughal, not an Afghan. Malik 
Muhammad 2Ealf said, that the matter would not be a very difficult 
one, if Amir-ullah Khan, chief of Pala’i, should consent to allow us 
to proceed by that route, otherwise it would be difficult indeed. 
At length it was determined, that in the first place, Muhammad iEali 
should go to Amir-ullah Khan, and speak to him on the subject; 
and in case he should agree to receive us, to bring us his reply 
accordingly. He set out; and in due course brought us a reply 
from the chief of Pala’i to the elfect, that at the present time, there 
was continual skirmishing going on between himself and Khurasan 
Khan of Shir-khana’i and Zor-mandda’i, two villages higher up the 
valley. You will doubtless recollect also, that these were the self¬ 
same villages which were burnt by the force under Colonel Brad¬ 
shaw before referred to; and it was on the hills, to the north of these 
villages, that the large force of Afghans were assembled on that 
memorable night when you commanded the outlying Picket of the 
3rd llegiment, when you heard the Afghans in front—to get a sight 
of whom you had gone in advance of your centries, with a simple 
sepoy—exclaiming in Pushto, that “ all the Farangi dogs were asleep,” 
and that it was a favorable time to come on, not knowing that a 
hot reception was awaiting them. To return, however, to the 
message from the Pala’i chief, he said, that in consequence of the 
disagreement between himself and Khurasan Khan, there were 
also disturbances at Tarmah, the chief town of this part of Suwat, 
to the Khans, or chiefs of which they were both related, and who 
were, themselves, at enmity with each other; and on this account 
