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Afghán Afghánistán Ahmed Shah Alí Amír amongst appearance Azem Khán Baber Bágh Bahawalpur Bajor Balkh Baloch Bannú bazár brother called camel castle chief Chitral cosses crossed cultivated Déra Ghází Khán Dil Khán distance district Dost Mahomed Khán Dúrání east encreased Feringhí fortress Fúr Dil gardens Gebers Ghazní Ghiljí Hájí halted Hángú Házáras Herat hills Hindú Hindústán horse Indus inhabitants jangal Jelálabád Kábal káfila Káfrs Kalát Kámrán Kandahar Khan Khonar Khorasan Kohát Lahore lakhs lakhs of rupees Máhárájá Máhomed Mahomedan malek Marwat masjid matchlocks miles Mír Morád Múlla Múltán Mússúlmán Nawab neighbours night Nimcha Panjab party Pashai Pashto passed Patán Peshawer Pír plain prince province Ranjit Sing residence revenue river route rupees Sadú Safed Koh Sáfís Saiyad seated Shikárpúr Síáposh Sikhs Sirdars Sújah Taimúr Ták tion told town trees tribes tribute troops valley Vazír village Zemán
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Page 157 - It was a malek of this tribe who conducted Nadir Shah, and a force of cavalry, by the route of Chura and Tirah, to Peshawer, when the principal road through the hills was defended against him.
Page 13 - ' Proceeding up the water-course we at length reached a spot where the water supplying the rivulet gushes in a large volume from the rocks to the left. I slaked my thirst in the living spring, and drank to repletion of the delightfully cool and transparent waters. This locality is called Ali MusjU.
Page 144 - ... unsurpassed, in the mass, by any other Afghan tribe for commanding stature and strength. They are brave and warlike, but the generality of them have a sternness of disposition amounting to ferocity, and their brutal manners are not discountenanced by their chiefs. Some of the inferior Ghilzae are so violent in their intercourse with strangers that they can scarcely be considered in the light of human beings.
Page 126 - Sikhs, says it was no unusual arrangement for the many brothers of a family to have a wife in common ; and he had known the soldiers of M. Allard request permission to visit their homes, alleging that their brothers had gone on a journey, and their wives were alone. The plea was considered a good one.
Page 69 - The natives here affirm that all below the pass is Hind, and that all above it is Khorasan. This distinction is in great measure warranted, not only because the pass separates very different races from each other, speaking various dialects, but that it marks the line of a complete change of climate and natural productions.
Page 43 - ... together. They are then presented to the couple, who preserve them with much care, so long as they find it agreeable or convenient to live together. If desirous to separate, the twigs are broken and the marriage dissolved. The Siah Posh build their houses of wood, of several storeys in height, and much embellished with carving. These accounts are trustworthy, as we witness that the Safi of Kaziabad, in the hills west of Lughman, and who have been converted, actually reside in such dwellings....
Page 111 - Pan jab and of the territories of Ranjit Singh, is a city of undoubted antiquity, and has been long celebrated for its extent and magnificence. The extravagant praises bestowed upon it by the historians of Hindustan, must, however, be understood as applicable to a former city, of which now only the ruins are seen. To it must also be referred the current proverb which asserts that 'Isphihun and Shir,,z united would not equal the half of Lahore'.
Page 78 - Atfghanistan, and much of the prosperity of its bankers was due to the vicious operation of that dynasty. As a city, Shikarpur is indifferently constructed. The bazaar is extensive, with the principal parts rudely covered, so as to exclude or moderate the heat, which is extremely powerful. As usual in Indian cities, there is the inconvenience of narrow and confined streets.
Page 144 - They are a remarkably tall, fine race of men, with marked features, the Ohtak and Thoki peasantry being probably unsurpassed, in the mass, by any other Afghan tribe for commanding stature and strength. They are brave and warlike, but the generality of them have a sternness of disposition amounting to ferocity, and their brutal manners are not discountenanced by their chiefs.
Page 64 - I believe the apple and pear. Mulberries and apricots are plentiful, as are also melons in their season. The valley of Shall may be about twelve miles in length, with an average breadth of three or four miles. It is well supplied with water, and besides good wheat and barley, yields much lucerne, with, I believe, some madder.