1862.] An account of Upper and Lower Suwat. 24^ 
The person referred to by Captain Conolly under the name of 
Murid Sahib Zadah, was quite a different person to the Akhund, and 
was an inhabitant of the town of Ouch. The word “ Ouchand,” in 
the article you refer to # is an error ; but is probably intended for 
the plural of Ouch—Ouch an ah, as there are two villages adjoining 
each other, of this name, which are well known. This person, whom 
he referred to, has been dead some time. His descendants still live 
at Ouch, but none of them are any wise remarkable for piety or 
worth. 
To return again after this long digression to the journey before 
us, after we had paid our respects to the Akhund, I wished to proceed 
on my journey ; and as the time of the Iviian Sahib had expired, 
he made me over to the Saiyid I mentioned on a former occasion, 
and he also left with me one of his trusty and confidential followers. 
He himself returned to Peshawar. 
A little higher up the valley of Saiydugan from this, towards the 
east, lies the village of Islam-pur which was the residence of Mi-an 
Nur, the grandson of Akhund Darwezah, upon whom Khushhal 
Khan, the renowned Khattak chief and poet, launched his bitter 
irony in his kasidah or poem on Suwat; and here also, the tomb of 
the Mi-an may still be seen. 
On the 26th August we set out from Saiydugan, by ascending the 
Jcotal or Pass of Shameli, which lies to the north-eastward of the 
village of Mmgawarah, and nearer to the river. This village con¬ 
tains a great number of Hindu inhabitants ; so I went there to see 
whether I could secure any ancient coins. I saw several, but they 
were not such as I required. 
After proceeding a further distance of about three miles, we 
reached the village of Manglawar, which is situated at the entrance 
have no chiefs of any importance, the only individuals possessing influence 
being a family of Syuds, the descendants of Peer Baba, a celebrated saiut, who 
lived in the time of the Emperor Humaioon. 
“ Of this family, there are three principal branches amongst the Eusofs. The 
representatives of the elder and most influential branch are, Syud Azim and 
Syud Meeali of Tukhtabund, the capital of Booneer, who may be compared to 
the Abbot Boniface and Sub-friar Eustace of the novel; Syud Azim, the elder, 
a good-natured, indolent character, having willingly resigned his authority to his 
more active and talented brother. The second branch is Syud Akbar, Meeah, 
of Sitanah on the Indus; and the third, Syud Russool of Chumla .”—Bengal 
Asiatic Journal, for 1840, page 929. 
* Bengal Asiatic Journal, for 1839, page 929. 
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