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Appendix I. 
Trumpp in various essentials. It is not stated which of the Siah-poah. 
dialects he employs. He thinks his collection of about 150 words, and 
those of Mr. Norris and Sir A. Burnes, tally, generally speaking. 
Raverty’s collection of words and construction of sentences do not agree 
very well with mine. He gives a short list of words in the Pashai 
dialect, spoken in the country south-west of Kafiristan. Nearly all 
these words are contained in Leech’s collection of .1838 : about one-third 
are similar to his (Raverty’s) Siah-posh words. About half his Siah-posh 
words and about half his Pashai words agree with the Waiguli of 
Lumsden. He says the Pashais are the aborigines of the country. 
Raverty, Major H. G.— Kafiristan and the Kafir Tribes. Calcutta 
Revieiv, July 1896.— Contains an excellent outline of the history of 
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Kafiristan, the Hinduan-i-Kator and the Siah-posh tribes. The Kafiris 
of Tibbat are also referred to. 
Robertson, Sir G. S., K.C.S.I.— Kafiristan and its People. London , 
1895, and The Kafirs of the Hindu Kush. London, 1896. —The con¬ 
clusion is arrived at that the dominant races of Kafiristan, the Katirs 
Kam, and Wai, are descended from the old original population of East 
Afghanistan who refused to accept the Mahomedan faith about 950 A.D. 
Traditions are recorded that the Presuns are an aboriginal race; that 
the Kam were originally Salarzais or Koresh; that the Kafirs extended 
as far as Swat, and that the Kalash extended to Gilgit. They have no 
admixture of Tartar blood. 
The following is his list of tribes 
Katirs of Bashgal Valley, 12 villages. 
Kti or Katwar, 2 do. 
1, Katirs \ Kulam, 4 do. 
Ramgalis or Gabaraks, on 
borders of Af gh anistan. 24 do. 
2, Madugal, 3 do, 
3, Kashtan or Kasjhtor, 1 do. 
4, Kam (Bashgal and other valleys), 7 do. 
5, Istrafc, 1 do. 
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