1SG2.] An account of Upper and Lower Suwdt. 257 
Passing this place, we came to Banba Khel-i-Pa’fn, or the lower; 
and from thence went on to Saubat and Kharerra’f, the people of 
which were at feud, and were fighting amongst each other. On 
reaching Shakar-darah in the evening, we were told that they had, 
that day, lost some twenty, in killed and wounded, on both sides. 
After staying for the night at Shakar-darah, on the morning of the 
31st August we set out from thence, and proceeding through the 
pass of Nun-gali over the spur, (consisting of earth mixed with rocks 
and stones, containing something of a yellow colour,) which juts out 
abruptly for about three quarters of a mile, to one of the branches of 
the river, from the mountains on our right hand, we again descended 
to the village of Nun-gall, which lies under the southern side of this 
spur near the river, and just opposite to Chhar-bagh on the other 
side, which can be distinctly seen. Passing on from this village, 
we came to Banddi-i-Bala, and Banddi-i-Pa’in the former of which 
after Tiirmah and Munglawar, is the largest place in Suwat. 
Leaving these we passed on to Kanju-an, where the shrine of Akliund 
Karun Dad, son of Akliund Darwezah, is situated, and to which I 
went to pray. Continuing our journey we came to Damghar, and 
Diw-li; and then went on to Akhiind Kalaey, # where is the tomb of 
Akhiind Kasim, author of the Fawa’icl-ush-Shamaeat.f His descend¬ 
ants still dwell here. Damghar is the place mentioned by Khushlial 
Khan, in his “ Ode to Spring,” which is contained in your transla¬ 
tions of Afghan poetry.J We now proceeded onwards through the 
Sue-gali Pass, towards the mountain of Sue-gali, another spur from 
the same mountains, which juts out towards one of the branches of 
the river, and then, for a short distance, turns abruptly to the south. 
The length of the kotal or pass is about twelve miles, the first three 
of which was a pretty good road ; the next three miles are very 
difficult; and the remaining six, as we had to descend, were not so 
very difficult, but would have been so to ascend. The air was so 
cool and pleasant, that we accomplished this difficult journey between 
ten in the morning and three in the afternoon, the hottest part of 
the day, without experiencing any inconvenience from the sun, 
* Kalaey is the Pushto for village. 
f The title of a celebrated Pushto work, part of which will be found in my 
Gulshan-i-Roh. 
X “ Selections from the Poetry oe the Afghans, translated from the ori¬ 
ginal Pushto London; Williams and Norgate, 1 S 62 . 
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