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18G2.] An account of Upper and Lower Suwat. 
who hold a few small villages; and the remainder to the south are 
Shamizis. 
The number of families or houses of the Akozi sept of the Yusufzi 
tribe are thus computed, without generally enumerating the fakirs , # 
and others not Afghans, of whom there are considerable numbers. 
Ba’i-zi Division. 
Barrmzi's, .. 
Soli-zis, . 
Babu-zis, . 
Maturri-zis, 
Khazi-khel, 
Janak-khel, 
6,000 families. 
10,000 „ 
7,000 
4,000 
12,000 
6,000 „ 
Iyhwado-zi Division. 
Khadak-zis, and Aba-zis,. 6,000 families. 
Adfn-zis,. 8,000 
Shamu-zis,....,. 7,000 
Nikbi-khel, . 12,000 
Sebjunis,.. 4,000 
Shami-zfs, .*. 6,000 
Grand Total. 88,000 families, 
which at the usual computation of five persons to a family, would 
give to the Suwat valley the large number of 440,000 inhabitants, 
not including Hindus, Paranchahs, Suwatis, and others. This I think 
is not over the mark; for it must also be remembered that the valley 
is more densely populated than any district I have ever seen, in 
proportion to its size, either in India or the Panjab. Indeed some 
of the districts to the north of Peshawar are populated to an extent 
the English have little conception of. 
The number of families was^chiefly furnished by Mir iEalam Khan 
of Tarmah. The Khan Sahib asked him questions, to which the 
Mir replied. There was this slight difference, however, in the mode 
of computing; for example : The chief said the Bamu-zis were 
* The word fakirs here means tradespeople, such as smiths, shoe-makers, 
carpenters, barbers, washermen, dyers, mullas or priests, Sayids or descendants 
of the Prophet, and shop-keepers whether Hindu or Musalman, goldsmiths, 
weavers, Gujars or graziers, servants employed in household duties, and a very 
few husbandmen; for the Afghans like the Spartans of old, monopolize the two 
occupations of arms and agriculture to themselves, 
