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TO



W1IITINO,

llfcAUrORT

U



CONTENT

ut

THE SECOND VO



IV

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER

V

Khojch

Amraun,

Speen

Taizhe,

and

Tob

Shorawuck and

Shorarood

Inhabitant

Shadeezye, Hyderzye,

and

Kerbolah

Sy

Personal

narrative

during

a

sojourn

at

P





g

INTERIOR

OF

THE

whom

are

Sheahs

;

and

there

m

Hindoos

settled

there,

and

fo

The

outside

wall

is

thickly

buil

formed

by

the

earth

of a

wet

di

springs

within

itself,

goes

enti



THE

SUBURB

pass

through

to

get

at

the

bazaa

a

dead

horse,

surrounded

by

bl

soning

the

neighbourhood

wi

effluvia.

More could

be

said

a

the

citizens,

but

as

it

is

not a



4

ENVIRONS.

water

than

that

of

the

Heriroo

tears/'

and,

the natives

say,

waters

of

Cashmere,

which m

them

beautiful.

The

Shah,

or

the



CLDIATE.

height,

covered

with

a

fine

dom

another

apartment

of

the

same

proportions.

This

is

one

part

to

describe

the

rest,

for

it

wa

pleted

: there

are

the

remains



6

TEOOL

LAND

to visit

all climes.

The

small

sionally

makes

sad

havoc

amon

country

;

they

hardly

know

the

tion,

and

are

so

dirty

that

an

must

spread

rapidly

among

th



PRODUCE

OF THE

and

ten times the

quantity

of

produce.

The

eight

belooks

are

name

Oodvan-o-Teezan,

Khiabaun,

vaun-o-Pushtaun,

Goozara,

an



8 CASH

RECEIP

off

in

the duties

which

were

passing

trade. When

we

wer

vernment

of

Ghourian was

hel

dar

Yar

Mohummud

Khan,

p

was

said,

he

generally gave

a



POLICE

EXTORT

customs

(2^- per

cent,

upon

money

or

goods,)

and

from

th

good

profit.)

Part

was

realize

duties

imposed

upon

nearly ev

the

city,

few

articles

being

al



10

EXACTIONS

ON

the

house

with

a

party

of

myr

stranger

prisoner,

for

acting

i

an

uproar

j

nor

was the man

r

paid

a

very

heavy

fine.

In

th

bazaar

there

were

o



TRADE

OF

HER

Furrah,

we

learned,

is

almost

e

I

before

observed,

the

capabilit

disposed

of

are

not

easily

a

though

many

items

were

want

the

total

annual

money

inco



12

THE REBEL

BROTHERS

RULI

texture

and

beauty,

to

bear

a

I

fear

that

the

expense

of

th

prevent

our

receiving

many

of

in

barter

for

the

goods

which

take

from

us.



DOST MOHUMMUD

KHAN

Ghilgies,

for

they

will

not

ent

who

are

let

loose

upon

the

assured

that,

in

spring,

to

l

their

military

establishment,

some

part

of their

county

an



14

AMEER

MOHUMMUD

KHA

of

his

countrymen

;

upon

wh

women

of

bad

character

to

marr

and

forbad the

introduction

of

into the

city.

Though

the

po

mud

Khan

has

evidently

been



CHARACTER

OF

SHAII

Saadut-ool

Moolk;

the

seven

grown

up.

Of Shah

Kamraim's characte

be

said in

praise.

Even

his

en

for

courage

and

natural

talent,



16

CHARACTER

OP

SHAH

%

to

the

Hindoo

banker,

and

re

forced

him

to

refund

the

cas

doubt

they duly

paid

to

their

Bukhteeauree

petitioned

the

S

take

pity

upon

him,

ordered

t



HIS

1XDECISJ

making

himself

drunk;

not

for

he

could

get

no

liquor

except

vi

wine

made

by

the

Jews,

but

sol

which would sometimes

be

excit

No

one,

it

was

said,'Jbut

the

Atta



18

HIS PROSPEC

time

for action

came,

suddenly

His

subjects,

after

two

or

thre

that

the Shah's

object

in

thus

might

have

pretence

for

imposi

upon

them

;

but

though

this

is



PERSONAL

NARR



20

THE

SHAH'S

PROFESSIO

would

pray

for

his

majesty,

an

ney

as

soon

as

opportunity

mitted.

This

answer

was

not taken

quently,

some

indirect

communi



INSTANCE

OF

ROYAL

CO

communication

that

I

receiv

whether

I

possessed,

or

cou

which

would make his

Majesty

Abbas

Khan was

said

to

enjo

favour,

and

I

believe

he

did,



2

THE SHAH'S

ST

coursing

with

him

about

one

th

of

mihir

baunee*

which

was

one,

and

for

which

the

Khan

w

ful,

though

it

sent

him

to

bed.

Shemshoodeen

Khan,

the



HOW

FURNIS

riding

in

the course

of

the

d

miles.

There

was one

horse

though

old,

was

still

watched

had

been

bred

by

the

chief

of

a

was

so

famous,

that

when

Kam



24s

EXCURSION

TO

GAU

On

the

12th

we

made

a

p

brother

and

the

Aukhoondzade

of

Khojeh

Abdoollah

Ansarrcc

philanthropist

of

great

celebrit

a

garden

on

the

hills

which ar



EXCURSION

TO GAU

the

place,

I

was

enabled

to

without

constraint.

About

the

left

there

by

votaries

who

had

b

were

childless,

e.,

and

severa

I

could not

learn

why,

are

brou



26

EXCURSION

TO

GA

hills,

and

what

they

do

not

cats

and

beggars,

Timour-lung's

descendants

palaces

on this

hill,

made

othe

of water

;

but

these

rema



PRESSED

FOR

M

we

had

obtained

at

Meshed,

on

debts

there;

Gholara

Rcza,

would

not

advance

a sous

more

of ten

of Kainraun's

horse,

of

goodnature,

had

forced

a

lo



28

JUOOLLA

ISMA

If

at

Meshed

money

was

wi

at

Heraut it was

a

still

scar

chants were

alarmed

at

a

dem

and

shook

their

heads

at

the

Persia

or

Hindoostzm.

TTe

ha



THE

.TE\VS

AT

II

knowledge

of

certain

goods whi

to

his care.

The

contrast

betw

and

his

mendacity

was

striking

as

to

suffer

torture

rather

than

at

the

same

time,

he

did

not



SO

CHARACTER

OF

MOO

laughter,

or

a

volley

of

curses

man

felt

their

taunts,

but

dar

so

he

comforted

himself

with

a

he

spoke

it was

full

of

pathos

a

time,

and

Ullah

has

willed

it



USURER'S

MOR

from

their

enemies

upon

conscience.

In

order to

procure

us

a



32

USURER'S

MORA

sending

for

two

or

three

of

h

the

transaction,

he

ordered

brought,and

first

pretending

t

merchant,

he

said

to

me

A'Mo'mud

Banker

six

hund



RELIGIOUS

CONTR

different

passages,

as

showed

th

himself in the

perusal

of

it.

comments

he

here

and

there

and

I,

essaying

to

answer

t

myself

engaged

in

a

religious



34

RELIGIOUS

CO&TB

and an

infidel

will

in

vain

talk

principii

and

prejudiced

opinio

point

d'appui,

and

they

will

s

it

when

hacked

by

an

assemb

There

is

but

one

remedy

for

t



RELIGIOUS

CONTR

Hadjec

Moolla

Ramazaun

labour

of

those who

had

mad

him,

though

he

said

that,

of

idiom

and

cadence,

it

was

fa

ought

to

be

;

but

I

must

not

or





CONT

Sahifa

Sajjadea,

the

book

o

by

which

Ali

Awsut

was

d

Kamila,

the

full

or

perfect

much in

the

style

of

the

Psalm

of

lamentations

for

sin,

ado



38

RELIGIOUS

CONTRO

tians,

devoutly

believing,

as

the

late

conception,

divine

characte

and

ascension,

of

Huzrut

Jesus

I

It

is

plainly,

therefore,

desirab



RELIGIOUS

COXTR

ply

all

their

wants,

and

firbt,

fr

rical

fact

and

inductive

learnin

works

calculated

to

prepare

t

discussion.

At

present

there

for

debate

between

us.*



40

RELIGIOUS

CONT

those

of

their

exquisitely-pe

glazed

and

gilded

manuscripts

very

indignation

with

the

com

we

bind

sheets

containing

matt

hold

sacred,

when,

with

a

little



KAMRAUN'S

PROJECTED

MARCH



42

KAMRAUN'S

PROJECTED

MAR

Noorshewan

in

comparison

wit

Candahar,

and

therefore

ther

people

would

rise to

assist

him

of

order,

merchants

saw

a

pros

ing again

open

to

trade,

an



DIRECT

ROAD

PKOM

HERA

the

steeps.

Early

in

winter

and

it

remains

so till

near

the

e

who

have

seen

tho

places

over

of Persia

and

Aftghaunistaun

r

this

road

to

be

an

easy

one,



44

HINDOO

-MERCHANTS

tract

are

as

fanatical

as

wild

Affghauns,

and are

very suspi

travel

through

their

country

a

of

Ali

;

besides

which,

they

l

strangers,

in

order

to

confiscat



THEIR

PENIRIOUS C

houses,

and

some

of

them

dw

caravansera

which

they

possess

A

few

keep shops

in

the

ba

engaged

in

agency

and

general

which

is

known

only

to

themsel



46

AN

OFFER

OF ASS

particular

request

of

his

profege

threshold

with

his

most

fortun

away confidently.

We

awai

much

hope,

for our

servant

had

a

cossid

arrive

from

Tehraun

w



THE

DAIIBASHEE'S

OFFE

such

a

one

as

I

could not

acce

of

the

Shah's

guard

walked

u

when

he

had

sipped

his

tea,

an

received

any money,

assured

m

for

me,

that

he had

been

af







SYUD

3VIUHEEN

purchase

of

thirty

horses for

t

Inshallah

his

word

was

good

would

be

our

security.

Syud

Muheen

Shah,

for

it

mention

his

name,

is

a

Peer

Kh



50

LEAVE-TAKIN

who

might

have

risen to

distu

Heraut

and

Canhahar,

on

the

r

hostilities.

We

felt bound

to

law,

and therefore

sent

to

b

which

was

graciously

given

us.



DEPARTURE

FROM

doostan,

so,

at

leave-taking, I

b

me

to send

a

brace,

as a

sign

o

India

:

his

farewell

speech

was

ing

conduct,

and

our

parting

wo

that

he

would

not

forget

us,

bu



52

A

FALSE

ALA

coming

in

pursuit

of

us.

Oh

exclaimed

Syud

Muheen

Shah,

but

you

have

spoken

the

tru

ruined

;

and

looking

up

the

distance,

three

horsem



NIGHT

ROBBE

more,

till

it

was

lost in the

a

full

stream

of

the

clearest

twenty

fursukhs

through

hills

f

fall into the

Furrah-rood,

nea

body

of

lay

on

th



54

PLAIN

OF

JAMBU

voices

afar

off,

the

owners

of

whi

by

fair

promises,

caine

to

par

Ho

I

called

out

our

friend,

I am

Syud

Muheen

Shah,

an

Pisheen

j

restore

the things



TOWN

OF SUBZ

tance,

bearing

about

sixteen

west.

Subzaur

is

a

town

of

one t

governor

resides

there

in a

go

over a

district

in

which

t



56 DOWLUTABAD

the

wise

men

of

the

city

of

gardens.

Quitting

Jamburan

on

the

aft

rode

till

midnight,

about

twenty

twelve

miles

we

entered

hills

again



FURRAH-ROOD

R

25th

This

morning

we

ha

near

khails obtained

provisio

cattle,

in

barter

for

kerchiefs

patterned

chintz,

tinsel

ornam

our

guide

w



58

AFFGHAUN

CKED

tion

goes

a

great

way

in

such

people

are

often

cured

by

ha

lieved.

I

was

amused

to obse

ner

towards

me,

when he

first

blessings,

for



PURRAH-KOOD

VA

they

still hold

to

it :

in

a

com

Affghaun

gentlemen

at

Herau

latter

nation was

very

curious

abo

tem

of

warfare,

and,

being

told

t

to

have

an

efficient

artillery,

he



60

LARGEBUJl

KAHR

yards

across,

flowing

through

bed

of

soft

pebbles.

In

spri

deep

river,

and

there

is

always

for

much

cultivation.



TOOT-E-GUSSERMAU

shaikh

Taullah,

was

added,

in

ligion,

they

will

make a clea

this

time.

On

a former

occasion,

when



62

PLEASANT

TRAVE

reached

Gunneemurgh,

a

small

low

hills,

where

was

the

spring

Though

it

was so

late

in

inarches

were

pleasant

:

being

air



FAST011AL

ANECD

The

shepherds

of

Toba,

he

blithe

season

pitch

their

camps

tain

each

other,

for

joy

of

th

new

year brought

them,

feast

all

varieties



64

ANECDOTE

OF

TO

carriage,

and

stood

there

def

foes

till

a ball

struck

him

morta

with his

face

towards

those wh

it

might

not

be

said

that

Tor



PREDATOR?

BELO

mare,

which he

had received

as

raun,

and

it

need

hardly

be

adde

royalist.

He

told

Syud

Muhe

men

ready

to

put

foot

in

stirrup

that,



66

PREDATORY

BELO

strong

idea

of

their

ferocity,

call

eaters

of

men,

and

describe

the

ing

fellows,

who

appearing

of

ambush,

trot

up

en

masse

with

short

distance

of

their

w



BAADEES,

OR

RUXXI

murdered

friends,

Your

ble

with

us,

Inshallah I

Scarcely

credible

journeys

running

camels of

this

country



68

ATCHICKZYE BO

Kullah

SuiFeid,

a

small

fort

inh

told

us,

by

a set

of

Atchickzyes

Belooches,

and

in his

endeavour

this

Scylla

and

Charybdis,

he



ANECDOTES

OF

THE

eomium

upon

his

own

particul

we slackened our

pace,

and

l

again.

I

am not

quite

sure

that

our

make as

much

as

of

th



70

ARRIVAL

AT

AVA

came,

and he

fled

away,

leavi

hands.

Thinking,

doubtless,

treat

as

they

or their

brethren

robbers

paid

their

hearty

resp

those

who

have

seen

the

fon



ANXIETY

FOR

KAMRAU

ertion lifted

up

a

large

stone,

w

the

dogs

as

a

token

of her

di

politely

told

me in Pushtoo that

tents

were of

wretched

constru

seemed

Both

men and



72

LUR KULLAH

DOO

26th

Thirty-four

miles

an

the

third

and fifth

miles

on

th

where there

was much

excelle

cotton-fields.

After

eight

mil

of

and



GIIUSIIK.

formation

called

Greywacke

sl

tain

mineral

springs,

the

water

described

to

be

cold

in the

da

night.

Twelve

miles from

Her



7*

THE

RIVER

IIE

wretched

huts,

inhabited

by

us

with

food

and

corn.

The

banks of

the

river

Hclm

sand

yards apart

:

the

right

ba

left

:

t





76

CHAPTER



A

TROUBLESOME

ACQU

me,

said

my

friend,

but,

k

meddling

fellow,

I

told

him I w

for

four

days

;

now,

if

he sees

suspect something,

and

if

the

S

is

all

with

us

;

there

is

no



78

STRATAGEM

TO

EVADE

to

the

view

of

the

officers,

and

dent

not

to

let

our

arrival be

bribed

the

Hindoo

and

his

coll

unsearched

and

unregistered.

a

little

and



CROSS

THE

IIEL

A

man who was

going

to

water,

offered

to

show

us

the

under

his

guidance

we

cross

three

miles and

a

half

below

th

of

the a



80

RIPE

TO

KHOOSH-N

up

the

bank,

with

one

hand

ho

head,

and

with

the

.other

gras

drowned

little

pony,

which

pu

paid

the

guide

his

hush-mone



N

1

SHAH'S

RE

sun and

the

cold

night-air,

ha

suffered

a

very

common

mise

while

ten

others

were

snoring

a

At

sunrise the

next

morning

our

after



82

AN

AFFGIIAUN

W

At

a

little

distance

from

t

was

met

by

his

4>rothcr-in-l

relations,

a

brace

of

household

male

domestics

of

the

family,

much

ceremony,

and

led

the



AFFGHAUN

ETIQ

done

was

amusing

to

a

strange

of

national

manners,

it

spoke

and

it called

to

mind

the

hi

good

old

times

in

our

own

c

treated

their

servants

more



84

CHARACTER

OF

SYUD

This

relation,

Syud

Syfoodde

religion,)

called

for

short

great

dinner for

us,

and

we

sa



REMEDIES

FOR

the

company

look

very

much

head,

in the

hope

that

they

w

possibility

of

such a

thing

;

without

my

host,

for

Syud

S

bay,

and

hastened

to

insist

u



80

KOITES

FROM

HER

ACT

change

for

the

better,

it

woul

So

many

recipes

were

offered,

them

I

might

have

died

of

ano

them

I

remember

was

a

breas



COUNTRY

BETWEEN

HEftAUT

habitants

of

the

country,

and

w

an

imperfect

notion

of

the

exte

the

daytime

we

scarcely

saw

an

lights

would

shine

out all

ro

khails

or

sheopfblds.

Near

some



88

THE

XOMADE

AFF

grown

more

for

private

use

i

sale.

The

AfFghauns

are

all

and,

dwelling

under

rude

felt

t

to live

poorly,

so

th.it,

they

ma

are

clothed



THE

NOORZYE

AND

ATCHI

rest

say

Aumeen

God

ble

his

store,

Inshallah

From

Heraut

to

Largebur

K

who

inhabit

the

country

throug

are of

the

Noorzye

tribe

;

betw



90

AFFGHAUI*

LEV

Ho

I

Syud

Moortcaa

Syud

Jandaud

Khan

I

and

getting

they

held

up

their

palms

whil

tered a

prayer,

reverentially

when

he had

finished

it.

An





92

CLIMATE

OF

CAN

dirtiness

he

expressed

much

scribe

the

city,

he

said,

Yo

is

well

then,

imagine

(if

you

c

ple

some

degrees

more

filthy

:

the

beards

of

such

beasts:

I



THE

CANDAHAR

S

centre

of

a

large

circle of

rich

c

is

good,

and

water

abundant,

an

tors

were

oppressed

by

the

rebe

apparent

from

the

cheapness

o

that

much

was

raised.

We



Q4f

THE

SYUD TAKEN

I'OK

we

were on

the

point

of

leavin

stance

of the

opinion

that

tho

tertained

of

each

other,

and

fortune

of

princes.

On

the same fho

w



AIUNSOOK

KH

their

offers of

favour

as

the

p

midst

of

adversity,

preserved

which

the

worst fortune canno

man.

Munsoor

Khan,

if

re



96

MUNSOOR

KH

deep-rooted

attachment

to

old

solutely

opposed

itself

to

thei

stances

of

devoted

fealty

to

th

recorded

of

Doorrauneo

chiefs

the

and



CONTINUATION

OF

J

would

soon

remove,

and

follo

for

their

wickedness;

and

t

dared

not

hurt

him,

but,

affec

fully,

let him

go,

because,

as

old

soldier

Munsoor

Khan,

th



98

DEPARTURE

FROM

GHOOND

will

tell

you

another

time;)

now,

but

when

I

get

to

Pish

play

him

a trick.

Inshallah

a

man's

eyes

as

well as

another.

it

was



DOOREE

RIVER

AND

BROO

called

our host master.

We

horses and some

money

for

carried our

baggage

and

th

Shah

lent

one

of

his

horses

mounted me

upon

a

Chaharg



100

CHARACTER

OP

THE

presuming

on

their

college

educa

as

an idle

tradition,

and

go

so

whether

Mujnoon

was

ever

in

t

try.

There,

however,

as

our

f

remarked,

stands the

rock,

and



AFFGHAUN

CRED

these

men

well

knew

the

name

they

had not

till

then been

ac

son,

and

they sought

to

pacify

attempted

to

keep

up

his

hi

sently

slunk

away

on

seeing

th



102

AFFCHAUN

CBEDU

We

could

not fail

to observe

siderable

portion

of

cunning

mix

superstition,

and

I

was

sorry

t

so

much

obliged

to

the

man,

tha

him

above

the

mean

immoralit



WELL

OF KHAX-E

twenty-four

miles

to

Chokee,

a

water,

at

the

entrance

of

the

After

we

had

travelled

six

mile

us

off

the

road

some

little

dis

extraordinary

excavation,

call



104

KHOJEH

AMRAUN

men,

sounds

which,

whatever

mortal.

Ten miles on

the

road

fr

we

crossed

the

dry

bed

of the

K

water

in

winter

and



CAUTION

OF

3MUHE

the

road

opened

out

between

t

a

blazing

fire

of

sticks,

upon

trunk

of

a

tree,

and

then,

mak

bread

and

water,

betook

oursel

slumber.

The

camels,

which



106 THE

RIVER L

lad of

Heraut,

son

to

Syud

so

very

sick with

the

yellow

com

see

;

and to make

a

long

stor

a

bribe,

and

they

let

us

pass.

Five

miles

to

the

right

of



WELCOME

TO

SYUD

MUH

salutation,

solemn

repetition

healths,

and

hugging

;

which

b

Muheen

walked

to

a

small

en

was

the

grave

of

his

deceased

he

stood

some

time

in

prayer.



108

THE

KHOJEH AMRA



SPEEN

TAIZHE

AXD

T

the

right

of

Kozhuck

cotul,

th

of

Toba,

with which

they

run

sixty

miles,

to

Murgha

in

Bu

They

first,

according

to

my

in

the

country

inhabited

by

th



110

VALLEY

OF

PIS

means

of

the water

which

sp

abundance

;

one

enthusiastic

r

the

country,

in

describing

it

sa

was

not

water

there,

the

ver

crops.



?IIOKAWUCK

AND

S

it

joins

the

Pi&hecn

lorn,

and t

on

past

Shora\\uck

and

Shorar

twenty

miles,

into

an

aub-istaa

as

eight

miles

in

circuit.

Shorawuck

and

Sliorarood

a



INHABITANTS

OF

P

elsewhere,

upon

very

little.

F

Pisheen

held

the

best

part

o

tenure,

but the rebel Sirdars

grants,

in

spite

of

the

remonstr

the

holy

men,

and the latter

n



ORIGIN

OF

THE

SH

man,

who

possessed

one

goat

a

subsisted

chiefly

upon

what he

One

day

that

Haroon

was



114

HTDERZYE

AND KERR

of

holy origin,

by

name

Syud

there

made

good

their

words.

leave

of

the

young

couple,

th

all

the

virtues to

which

their

claim,

and

they

foretold

that

s



GEXEAL06Y

OF

THK

foundling

they

said,

was

a

Syu

Haroon

to

adopt

and

cherish

Kerbolah

;

then,

it

is

said,

the

fortune

to

him

and

the

child,

a

mysterious

manner.



116

SYUD JELAULOO

stances

of

it

to

serve

a

special

and what

one

knave

writes,

tw

Soonnee

who

traced

his

ancest

or

other,

whom

he

wished to

p

Jelaulooddeen,

showed me

a

cl



SYUD

JELAULOO

Hussan

Uskeree

was

at

the d

clared

Imaum,

his

younger

br

the title

with

him

;

upon

whic

they

should

seek

a

Hookum*

a

Ali.

They

went

together

to

t



118

SYUD

JELAULOO

his

youth,

the

Prophet

(upo

blessing

and

the

most

perfect

p

in

a

dream

of

the

night,

and

to

the

King

of

Bokhara,

who

wo

ter

in

marriage.



JELAULOODDEES'S

door,

\\hfMi

lie

beheld

Syurl

posedly

inside,

unseorched,

and

Koran.

Calling

him

forth,

the

and

beseoehed

pardon

for

his

leading

the

holy

man to

the

roy



120

KHAIL

OF

SIIAD

the

matter.

When

\vc

loft

Khan,

I

could

scarcely

sit

u

days

afterwards,

such

was

the

in

this

fine

climate,

I

was

su

weakness

consequent

upon my



EMPLOYMENT

OF

TH

Shah's

little

court

there

was

given

up

to

the family of

a

po

the

other

heads of

the

khail

ga

such

things

as

were

necessary

the sake

of

God,

and

that

he

mi



DRESS

OP

THE

WO

burnt

beauties,

as

I

had

opport

for

though

their

manners

we

modest,

living,

as

they

were,

li

they

were

not

restrained

by

th

men

who

reside

in

cities,

theref



DOMESTIC

GRIEVA

did

not,

he

thought, pay

suff

opinion,

he

had

paired

off

with

he

candidly

confessed,

made

building,

at

joint expense,

the

had

stayed

at

Ghoondee

Munso



PASSION

FOR

IN

desire

of

the

khail.

My

'

House

were

in

their

name,

and

the

Persian

women

may

make

the

In

effect,

at

evening

came

to wait

upon

Muheen

Shah,

as



JMUHEEN

SHAH'S CON

has

his

brain

full

of

plots

and

st

part

of

which

are

as

unkingly

below

him,

from

the

prime

min

affairs

of

the

greatest

moment

sequence

must

be

directed

by



126

MUHEEN

SHAH'S

CO

was,

he

told

me,

at

Caubul

;

thirteen

(my

friend

was

some

eig

whom

he

would

really

show

me

ever I

came

to Caubul.

Onc

the

theme

of

this

love,

and

the



HOW

TO

CORRECT

My

friend's method

of

keep

was

a

striking

one.

He

had

oc

lated,

to

correct

his

wife,

and h

the

purpose.

Unfortunately

t

at

the

end

of

it

swang

round

AN



128

UNREASONABLE

me,

but

refused

to

give

it

to

me

closed

in

her

hand;

so

I

too

threatened

her,

but

still

she

should

not

travel,

but

remain

at

I do

?

Do

I

exclaimed

I,

AFFGHAUN

WO



that

the

Affghauns

ill-treat thei

trary,

they

are

both

proud and

who dwell

in

the

country

hav

their

women,

that

if

they

abs

their

homes,

they

leave

their

wi



130

AFFGHAUN COUR

strangers

than

are

most

other

M

romance of

love,

and

they

ind

young

men,

they

woo

their

bri



BOYS

OF

THE

K

victcd

her

of

adultery,

the

ma

pleadings

of

his

sister,

and

p

husband,

who with

one

blow

of

lifeless.

The

boys

of

the

khail

were,



132 HYENA

HUN

Syud

Daoud

was a

dark

y

twenty-five

years

of

age,

who

boys

of

the

khail

as the

Nim

happened

to

look

in

upon

us

hope

of

sharing

in

the

contents



HYENA

HUNT

out

upon

us

unexpectedly,

thro

stood

guard

at

the

entrance

wi

boys,

without

the

least

appeara

and

screamed,

while

they

rai

134



TYING

A

HYE

tain

great presence

of

mind,

as

tioning

the

case

of

a

man

who

had

died

of

a

bite

that

he

got

i

Syud

Daoud

himself

descri

tying

a

hyena

in his

lair,

as

AFFGHAUN

N



from

morning

till

night

he

wolves

or

hyenas,

coursing,

the

idol of

the

lads

of

the

honour

equal

to

that

of

bein

him

on

his

excursions

;

but

t



136

PISHEEN

SUPERST

DEMONS.



and

therefore

many

of

the

ills

a

life

are

attributed

to their

evil

A

Gin,

as

the name

denote

enters

into

folks'

bodies

and

person

who has

been

thus

tak

138

EXORCISMo



so

easily got

rid

of,

and

then

t

to

light

a

fire,

upon

which he

with

some

clarified

butter

in

heated,

the exorcist

throws

in

which

the

gin

is

made

to feel t

EXORCISM.



he

applied

to

the

nose

of the

under

the

seale

whereof

was

a

that

Salomon

had

declared,

whi

of

the

nostrils

of

the

sicke,

as

the

root

:

and

as soone

as

the

140

EXORCISM



A

man

whom he

had

lately

en

fell

from

the

terrace

of

his

ho

gone

to

sleep,

and

when

he

him

the

fall,

went

down

into

the

co

writhing

about

in

delirium,

wit

EXORCISM.



proves

himself

the

best

read

pers

otherwise

will

you

account

for

t

that

which

is

true

;

that

which

Then,

I

suppose,

inquir

patient

be

not

cured,

it

is

owin

GINS

AND

BEE



the

bearer

not

to

break

the

should not

have

been

destroyed

are

subject

to

death

as well

as

A Deeve

is

vulgarly

consid

gin

in

respect

of

his

being

of

so

THE ORDEAL



days'

trial,

he

may

obtain

powe

The

trial

is

a

very arduous

one

of

submitting

himself

to

it

mus

a

moolla

in

the

strict sense

of

t

moreover

be

a

moral

as

well

THE

PERIS



bidding,

and

he

may

send

them

to

the

peak

of

Demawand,

or

sea

;

into

the

heart

of the

ear

of

Zuleimat

at

the north

pole,

of

the

water

of

life.

THE

PERIS



over

his

gay

kajavahs

and

br

thwarted

all

his

plans

wheneve

out

;

so that

Saudaud,

who

ha

her

entreaties

for

his

love,

wa

promise,

and

agreed

to

marry

146

FANCIES

RESPECTING



gimlet

eye

If

a

horse

or

o

chances

to

fall

suddenly

ill,

a

an

evil

eye

has

stricken

the

be

people

would

feel

quite

uneasy

long

upon

his

horse

or

camel.

FANCIES

RESPECTING



of

dust

and

dried

leaves,

which

are

caused

by

a gin

and

his

trai

good

people,

taking

the

air,

or

their

own

business

;

and

they

s

be

sufficiently

well

read

in

148

THE LEILUT-OOL



the

lowest

heaven.

In

the

Kor

declared

to

be

better

than

Therein

do the

angels

descen

Gabriel

also,

by

the

permissio

His

decrees

concerning

every



150

RELIGIOUS

CUST



to

keep

them

from

sin

during

tinuance,

and

to

dispose

their

They

pray

God

to

preserve

th

and

to

cause

its

light

to shine

selves,

their

relations

and

friend

AN EASTERN

ARG



must

strike

our

tent,

and

go

no

account

show

ourselves

out

Inshallah,

and

by

virtue

of

hi

would

arrange

matters

properly

In

the

evening

our

friend

ca

152

APOLOGY

FOR

KARAU



knows

that

I

have

never

sa

take

any

man

at

disadvantage,

such

an

oppressor

as

Abdool

(incumbent).

An

apology

for

my

friend's

AND

MUHEEN

S



a sort

of

Janus

education,

tellin

but

initiating

him

into the

mys

in

order

that

he

may

be

a

matc

neighbours

;

and thus

nearly

mences

life

prepared

to

be

f

154

JEWS

AND HIN



were,

we were

told,

putting

armpits,

and

then

pressing

his

laying

a

man

on his

back,

a

weights

upon

his

belly,

unti

forced

money

or life

out

of him

BAD

CHARACTER

OF

ABUOO



they

would

merely

think

that

themselves

to

no

pui^pose.

Wh

be

too

bad

for

such an

usurious

abominable

idolater?

Hitherto

Syud

Muheon

Sh

156

RAISING

THE



famed

Affghaun

Vuzeer

Futte

in

Cashmere, Abdoollah

Khan,

court,

offered

to

give

him

eig

all

the

wind

that

blew

over Ca

nor,

reasoning

like

Mertoun,

DINNER PARTY

AT



start

immediately.

Several

me

bled in

order

to

travel

under

his

that

his

influence

as

Peerkhaneh

greatly

protect

them,

both on

t

own

disturbed

country,

and

th

158

AFTEIWMNNKR



our

road

onward,

especially

of

dreaded

in

the

clone

detile,

of

savage

Cawkers

had

murdered

and

they

related

anecdote.-

o

clans

of this

tribe,

some

of \\l

PREPARATIONS

FOR



160

MARCH TO TERKH



distance

from

each

other,

and

elders

of

the

khail,

each

hold

scarf,

in

the

centre

of

which

wa

der

this

the

horses

were

led

friends

of

the

owner

of

each

CHARACTER

OF

Mil. J



bad

water

on the

other

side of

road

was

over

a

plain,

which

a

eye,

but

on

which,

notwithst

were

browsing.

In

the

evenin

to

several

of

Syud

Muheen's

162

QUALIFICATIONS

FO



could not

conceive

why

he

h

much about

their

hills and

vall

to

come

and

take them.

I

found

that

as

far

as

pr

now count

many

friends

;

an

BLOOD-FEUD



for

a

distinguished

man of

war,

a

man

strong

enough

to

kill

The

great

hero

lioostura

devo

very

marrow

;

and

to come do

years,

Nadir

Shah,

it is

said,

co

164

BLOOD-FEUD



sanctioned

by

his

religion.

If

of

retaliation

should

not pres

dodge

his foe

for

years,

with

t

uppermost

in

his

thoughts,

usi

treacherous

artifice

to

BLOOD-FEUDS



which

was

close

to

one

that

h

Candahar,

Ihc

females of

whic

his

own.

A

Doorraunee of

Candahar,

had a

blood-feud wit

he

had

long

vainly

watched,

in

166

MARCH

TO

QUE



22nd, From

Terkha

Oba

miles

to

the

town

of

Quetta;

the

miles

across

a

narrow

valley

to a

ning

nearly

parallel

to

Ajrum,

ca

miles

over

and

through

them,

a

THE TOWN OP

Q



taking

horses,

dried

fruits,

an

Heraut

and

Candahar,

such

a

&c,,

and

bringing

back

indigo,

Indian

cloths and

chintzes,

spic

horses

are

nearly

all

marched

d

168

MERCHANTS

OF

Q



for

many

miles

beyond.

A br

the

Khojeh

Amraun

range,

n

across

the

valley,

separating

(as

from

Burshore.

Parallel

to

the

of

equal

altitude

called

Jingeer

AFFGHAUN HORSE-D



with

each

other,

the

Affghaun

more

than

strike

hands

in

the

pr

a

man

buying

a

horse,

or

borro

and

promising

to

pay

so

much

a

his

return,

whenever

it

might

b

170

AFFGHAUN

HORSE



trained

to

step

and

prance,

a

that

a

great

man

seated

on

h

with ease and

dignity,

while

sorry

steeds,

kicked

up

the

cantei*.

I

afterwards

heard th

THE

HAKIM

OF

Q



coast

vfd

Cuttak

to

Calcutta

;

there

tolling

a

horse

for

no

cat

the

proceeds.

His

third

after

he

reached

Calcutta,

and

tail

as

a

present,

begging

me

17^

THE

HAKIM

OF



their roksuf

(conge),

said

t

unwilling

to let

them

depart,

b

confirmed a

report

which had

circulation,

that one

Poyindeh

of

Pishcen,

had

put

himself

at

MSI '

TO

THE

QLET



influential

Cawkcr

chief,

to

sa

would

give

him

money

to

esco

dangerous

pass

of

Bolaun.

On the second

morning

aft

with

Syud

Muheen

Shah

to

vi

174

BINE

WITH

THE



his

cannon.

(The

Khan

had

he

kept

in

the

court

of

his

har

him,

he

said,

to

travel

much

:

my

countrymen,

and

had

mad

with

their

customs

;

they

wore

41UUYAL

OK

MOlir,

HOT^



thought

of

breakfast

for flic

m

of

fhr

lafter

into

our

bolster.*

However

we

generally

contrive

of

tea,

which

made amends

for

ner,

and

was ino.st

refreshing

a

176

POEfRV

AM)



fiddle

;

he

was

so

husky

with

barely

speak

above

his

breath,

play

and

sing

every

night.

H

than an

hour

upon

the

same

tu

of

it

for

such

as

he

could

com

'i

in:

Arrrx

D



Lonq;

is

the

load

ho

Fore

us;

Distant the

land of Kaufirs

Much

trouble

must

\vc

und

But

we'll

return

to

Shadeez

Chorus.

But we'll

return

to

Shudocz

178

THE

ATTUN

DAN



flung

their

hands

loose,

clap

tossed

their

arms

about,

now

ma

ments

with

their

hands and

fe

tight,

frowning,

rolling

their

ey

then

twirling

their

bodies

ro

CONFIDENTIAL

DIS



indescribable

;

if

any

thing

co

orgies

of

the

Bacchanalia,

it

mua

I made several

visits

to the

me

with

civility

on

all

occasions

volunteer

information

regarding*

180

CONFIDENTIAL

DIS



treatment

T had

received

at

h

there

was

any

thing

that

he

cou

not

a

wealthy

man

but,

pleas

from

as

good

family

as

any

of

the

right

hand

of

the

Khan

o

WITH

THE COVK



a

shake

(propensity)

they

had

world

to see

people

who

had

them,

for

the

pleasure

of

novelty

position

to

study

men and

manne

as he

had

justly

observed,

a

stran

182

CONFIDENTIAL

DIS



brought

me

that

road,

and

coaxi

he

knew

the

Feringees

to

be far

put

themselves

out

of

the

way

not

we

taken

all

Hindoostan,

an

a

finer

country,

and

was there

n

DEPARTURE FROM



184

A

BIVOUAC.



horses

;

the

wild-looking

Cawk

apart,

a

little

distance

from

eith

And

later,

when

the

moon

w

only

varied

to

appear

more

wrapped

in

their

rugs

and

bl

KUBKLEKKEE

H



They

are

all

high,

and

their

north

and

south

;

but

others

co

ting

out

valleys

from ten to

fi

and

seven

or

eight

miles

in

br

and a

half

before we reached

t

186

DEFILE

OF

BO



body

on

foot.

From

the

val

slept,

we

at

once

entered

the

At

first

there

was

but

breadth

between

the

rocks,

which

ros

side

to

a

great

height.

Aft

DKFTLE

OP

BOJ.



named

Kutlgau,

or

the

place

o

circumstance

of a

large party

been

murdered

there.

At

Ser-c-khujoor

we had

ha

to

water

the

horses,

and

then

188

MOUNTAIN

PA



sandy

spot

near

a

moderately

running

up

north-north-west

Gurm-aub from

the

circumsta

thermal

spring

close

by.

We

marched

from

Kurklek

MOUNTAIN

1

PAS



at

the foot

of

the

mountains,

w

The

second

march

occupies

ca

road

is

over

steep

hills,

and

o

can

take it.

You

halt

at

a

s

The next

march is

to

Koogelee

190

MOUNTAIN

TORR



in

parts

it had

farrowed

up

th

bed,

and

thrown

them

up

like

of

several

feet.

In

answer to

this

water

came

from,

I

was

t

water,

and

it

struck

me

as

prob

TOWN OF

DAUD



Kelaut-e-Nusseer.

The

Haki

been

brought up

as

a

slave

in

th

Two-thirds

of

the

inhabitants a

ches,

and

the

rest

Hindoos.

the

mountains

which

we had

le

192

JOURNEY

TO

B

is



people

is

jawarree,

which

cul

tent

round

Dauder.

Bajra

an

tivated.

We

halted

one

day

Hakim's

men

levied

a

tax

of

h

horse.

TOWN

OF

BAUGH

also

the

sale

of



profit

by

gunpowd

is

manufactured

here,

and

expor

taun

and

to

Sinde.

We

halted

seven

days

at

Baugh

horses

might

recruit

upon

the

n

194

CONTEMPT

OF

AFFGHAUN

and

at

each



night

they

relieved

food

consisting

only

of

half-bak

bread.

Here

many

seemed

in

balance

of

their

fatigue

hours,

among

the

bundles

of

jawarree

AFFGHAUNS

RESEMBLE

had the

for



Not

having

good

cannot

tell

how

far

I

am

just

comparison,

but

judging

from

w

the

people

of

our sister

count

think

that,

as

the Persians

h

196

A

PERSIAN

ANEC



was

an

old

kuzzilbash

nobleman,

Khan,

who

having

signified

hi

authorities,

had

a

day appointe

Affghaun

monarch.

The

Doo

presentation

at

court

is

a

very

s

AN

UNCEREMONIOUS



venders

of fried

peas,

and

of

turnips,

which

the

Affghauns

d

quantities

j

and

morning

and

ev

on

by

all

the

indigent

of

the

were

several

uncombed

and

debau

198

A

CURIOUS

ANE

the

lineal

descendant

of their

a



deavoured

to

overthrow

the

Do

for

the

interesting

account

o

stone's

Caubul.

You'll

be

l

bargain

if

you

remain

there

DEPARTURE

FROM

even

sent

two

horsemen

to

se



country,*

only

requesting

that

pass

his

son

under his

leg

:

thi

did three

times,

and,

Inshallah

no bullet

shoot the

lad,

and

he

200

BIDE

TO MUCHEE



DEMAND

OF

DU

town,

both

surrounded

with m



not

buy

any

milk

here,

and

the

they

were all

in

a

state of

begga

ing

Belooehes

having

driven

head

of

cattle

a

few

months

bef

20S

VILLAGES

OP

SAATKE

16th.

miles



Twenty-one

first

nine

miles

wo

rode

throug

thorn

wood;

the

country

om\a

is a

moderate-sized

village.

demand

duty:

Xawmib

Juwan

SEPARATION

OP

C

minutes

of

we

learn



suspense,

been

needlessly

given

by

two

or

had been

stripped

of

their

clot

continued

our march

without

and

when we

had

ended

it,

the

204

TOWN

OF

GHU

proposed

to

make

a

halt

of

te



before

proceeding

vid the

capit

coast.

Muheen

Shah

selecte

best

horses

to

take

with

him,

a

Bombay,

under

charge

of his

br

RIDE

TO

SHIKAR



submission

to

the

authority

of

derabad.

From

Ghurree

we rode

eigh

karpore

:

half

way

was

the

forti

In

we

206

SHIKARPORE

higher,

man

phoo

I

are

you



you

not

want

to

show his

pace

it,

for

you

Puthans

are

deceit

was

explained

who

Syud

Muhe

Belooche

sobered

his

tone,

de

SHIKARPOR

said

an

Affghaun

resident,



egg,

and

turn

a

white man b

plus

ultra

of

solar

heat.

Shikarpore

is

chiefly

inhabit

and

merchants,

who

have comm

208

SOIL

AND

PROD

of

the

Affghaun

vuzeer

dethro



Shikarpore

fell

to

the

shar

brothers;

but

the

Hyderaba

only

been

obedient

to the

Aff

sionally

and

upon

compulsion,

DISTURBED

COf

between

Candaliar

and

Shikar



as

Mr.

Pottinger

wrote

a full

chistaun,

I

confine

myself

to

th

as

came

immediately

under

our

Our

calculations

make the

di

210

BELOOCHISTAUN

P

appear

to

depend

upon

that



When,

on

the

death

of

Nadir

Suddozye

founded

the

Doorra

loochistaun,

under

Nusseer

Kh

subject

to

the

reigning

power

BELOOCHES

AND

However,

Mehraub

Khan,

the



laut,

not

being

cordially

suppor

finds

it

expedient

to

be

friend

Sirdars

;

as

well

to

prevent

their

as

to

have

in

them

an

ally

ag

CULTIVATORS

OF

T

The

terms

on

which

the

lan



Persons

wishing

to

cultivate

la

Naree,

for

instance,)

throw

a

and

run

up

a

few

houses

near

th

of

the

land

upon

which

water

FOOD

OF

THE

IN

ally

hot

place,

where

much

ri



ward

of

the

Naree we

heard

streams

(which

I

imagine

m

and

many

small

rivulets are

s

at

the

foot of

the

mountains.

all

the

in

this

is

214

FOOD

OF THE

INHA

flourished

his

knife,

with

the



priest

of

Jupiter,

then

utter

lah

Ullah

Ho

Acber he

st

victim's

head

towards

the

kebla,

drew

the

sharp

blade

across

HALT

AT

SHIKAR



216

RIVER

INDT'S

many places

was

inclosed

and



cane,

to

preserve

wild

hogs

Ameers.

Just

as

the

sun

w

ourselves

at

the end

of

the

woo

bank

of

the

Indus,

which was

TOWN

OF

KHIRE

a

low

open

wood

not far from

t



a

dry

bed

which

we

saw

again

is

dammed

up

in

it

for

cultivati

water-courses.

Seven

miles

on

village

named Hohrara

or

Oleer



MU1EEN

SHAH'S

CA

he

was

offered

five

hundred



horse,

and

excusing

himself

fro

plea

that

they

had

been

bough

some

Ilajah

in

British

India,

h

a

very

heavy

duty

upon

each

an

220

LETTERS

FROM

ENGLI

The

letters

contained bills on

H



we

had

required,

and

our

frie

had

sent

them

after us

to

Pishe

had

been forwarded

by

the

Sy

also

got

remembrances

from

h

TOWX

OF

ROII

the

right

of

this,

built

upon

a



town

of

Rohrce,

a ruined

co

late-looking

houses,

with

brok

and wooden

balconies,

and

on

clump

of

trees,

partly

shuttin

222

ISLAND

FORTRESS O

fortification.

The

flint

of

whi



rocks

are

composed

is

of

so

travellers

on

the

river

common

tity

in

their

boats.

We

did

not

visit

the

ancient

AMEERS

OF

SIN

beings

who

spend

their

days

up



fish,

which

they

salt

and

pres

which

these

fishers

exercise

thei

they

lay

their

stomachs

upon

l

holding

a

line

or

net

in

hand,

STATE

OF

THE

P

sive

system, yet

attempt

not



dition,

and

in

that

happy

spi

which

Indians

are

distinguishe

to

the

life

that

their

fathers

end

The

staple

food

of

the

peo

ROIIREE WELL SITUATED

F

to the

Indian

ocean,

contributi



or

civilization

of the countrie

banks

;

the

short-sighted

chiefs

which

it

bounds,

have

been

dist

and

mutually

jealous

of

the

powe

ROIIREE

WELL

SITUATED

taun

and

Sinde,

to

the

ports

of



davie,

where

they

embark

for

derabad

Ameers

endeavour

to

k

roads,

and the

Ameers

of

Khire

exacting

large

and

irregular

du

BRITISH

TRADE

BEYON

the

other

advantages

which

s



upon

the

opening

of the

river,

may

have

made

me

seem

too

sa

Our

trade

beyond

the

Indus

upon

the

state of

the

Affghaun

c

298

BRITISH

TRADE BEYOND

Damaun, MooMn,

Buhawulpo



Dehlee

;

vid

Quetta,

Dauder,

B

to

Sinde,

and

on

by

the usual

Madras,

Apples,

quinces,

an

in

cotton,

and

as

they

are

easi

inilTISH

TRADE

BEYON

Heraut

:

the

quality

of

the

c

but

I

am

not



very

fine,

suf

about

our

trade in

this

articl

would

suit us

to

revive

the

m

so

as

to

obtain

carpets

thence

230

RUSSIAN TRADE WITH

C

try

which,

were

it

settled,

and



which

surround

it,

would

soo

wealth.

The

climate

of

the

Indus

is

such,

that

our

wooll

&c.,

will

always

be

in

request

RUSSIA?*

TRADE

\VJTH

good

year

to

near

eight

mill



or

333,3307.

As

the

goods

w

import

into

Russia,

are

more

va

than those

which

they

export

t

jectured

that

they

receive

in

b

232

ENGLISH

AND RUSSI

our

goods

at

Candahar

and

Ca



per

cent,

upon prime

cost.

O

larity

of the

trade,

our

commod

cheaper

at Caubul

than at

Cand

My

friend

Muhcen

Shah,

i

IX

CENTRAL

A

of

one

hundred

and

fifty per

ce



cost

at

Bombay,

and

at

the rate

than

Russian

manufactures

of

t

told

me

also

that,

two

years

chintzes

brought

to

Caubul co

THE

OXUS

Baron

Meyendorff,

where

he



Russia

with Bokhara

would

req

the

communication

between

th

made

safe

by

the

subjection

o

If

the

Russians

do

by

any

me

THE

INDUS

which

much

Indian

produce

wo



Russian

exports.

This

would

tion

in

the

trade

of

Central

Asi

sians

advantages,

the

effects

of

counteracted

by

those

which w

236

MARCH

FROM

U



TOWARDS

BUHAWUL

Raatee

was

a

large

village,

whe

ourselves and

horses

at

a

Hindoo



28th.

Twenty-eight

miles

to

kote.

Fifteen

miles

on

the

roa

Zecra-ka-kote,

which

marks

the

388

A

PLEASANT

TRAV

tall,

very

handsome,

and

goodh

with



a

beard

worthy

of

one

who

a

late

royal

family.

He

ha

Toorkcstaun,

part

of

AfFghauni

jaub,

and

was

full of

very

ente

DESCRIPTION

OF

THE

gave

their

hand to

the

master

o

so I

I

as



away

;

thought

might

I

have

learned

that

forme

small

ti'ibe

of

merchants,

serv

this

country,

but

now,

maledict

240

BOUNDARY

OF

THE IN

there

asleep

?

Muheen Sha



Muheen

Shah,

(aside,)

if

you

be

upon you

if

you

are

asleep

We

parted

the

next

morn

was

as

sorrowful

as

if

he was

a

TOWN

OF

AHMUD

lay

on

the

edge

of

the

desert

:

the

cultivated as



good

soil,

far

and

separated

from

the

desert

January

1st,

1S31.

Twenty

city

of

Ahmudpore.

Five

mile



CITY

OF

BUHAWU

territory,

we

were

struck

with

of



ance

the

land:

the

grou

cultivated

with

the

better

sort

also

seemed

more

orderly

and

all

spoke

of

the

Khan

in terms



HINDOO

SUPERST

consideration,

Rajah

Kurrun

s

that

one

when



member,

day

bourhood was

entertaining

Brah

man

came

to me

and

asked,

*

I

Brahmins

are

this

day

entertai

246

FEASTI



serves

them

with

rich

di

deavours

to

make

them

The

more

the

Brah

the

the

host

cons

VILLAGE

OF

PARW

the exactions of

the

Khirepo

borrowed

sufficient

money

fro



pore,

and

we

were

only

just

a

ses

to

Buhawulpore.

This

ga

of

judging

how well our

patron'



PHOOLERA

TO ANOP

crossed

the

road,

leading

to

we

parts

of

the desert

for

the

use

of



10th

Twelve

miles

to

Pho

with

a

fort;

and

twelve

miles

Kote. There

was

very

little

l

250

KUMMAUI

myself

to

be

an

English

offic

that we

deserved

to

have

our

e



for

pretending

that

we

were g

then

stealing

away

to

evade

pa

duties;

a

crime

which

had

no

HULWANA

FUTTE

12th.

Twenty-two

miles

to

found

a

mud

fort,

many

house



excellent

water.

Three

miles

was

Beloocha,

and twelve

mi

hoth

villages

where the

water

w



THE

BHUTTEE

crops

of

bajra,

and

m&t,*

are

ra



rains.

The

preceding

route

also

several

towns

upon

the

road.

been

much

of

late

y

END

OF

THE

JO

petition

that

the

British

powe

Hindoostan,

and

the

good

old



We

continued

our

march

t

and

on

the

evening

of

the

se

station

of

Hissar,

where

in

t

END

OF

THE

JO

In

the

assurance that

he is

in

e

the

result

of

his

generous

con



distress.

Syud

Keraumut

Ali,

my

tuto

some months

after

our

arrival

AFFGHAUN





AFFGHAUN

HI



THOSE

-whom

the

following

sk

have read

Elphinstone's

Histo

We in

vain

sought

for informa

260

AFFGIIAUN

HISTO



The

last

of

the

Sofis

resigne

mood

Ghilgie,

at

Isphahaun,

years

after,

Nadir Shah

rose

to

drove

the

AFFGHAUN

HIS

Dooraun

(the

pearl

of the

ag

name

of

the

Abdaullecs

to

Doo



Ahmud

Shah

reigned

twenty

the whole

of that

period

scarce

ing

continually

east

and

west

AFFGHAUN

HIST

first

act

was

to

'send

his

Vuz

Suddozye,

with

an

army,

to

ta



naayoon

had

there

proclaimed

being

ill-supported,

he

was

he

fled

from

Candaha

AFFGHAUN

HIS

promised

him

assistance,

and

vailed

against

Zemaun

Shah,



severity

to

six

conspirators,

a

headed

by

the

same

Serafrauz

instrumental

in

securing

him

t

264 AFFGHAUN

HIS

tained

entrance into

the

city

at

the

royal

governor

fled

hastily



was

theirs

without

bloodshed.

Zemaun Shah

was

near

the

invade

Hindoostan,

and

it

was

n

AFFGHAUN

HIS

by

the man

whose

hospitality

was

blinded

and

confined

at



Khan

took

the

life

of

the

ex-

for

his

father's

blood.

Shahzadch

Kyser,

a

son of

Ze

266

AFFGHAUN

HIS

their*

dynasty.

At last

Ak

Futteh

Khan

being

away

with



provinces,

Moukhtar

Oudoulah

Khan)t

who

considered

Futt

of his

hereditary

right

as

Vu

AFFGHAUN

HIS

repaired

to

Furrah,

and

the

e

services

to

the

new

King.

The



and

he

retired to

his

castle at

Kyser

was

made ruler

at

Ca

Ferooz

was

allowed

to retain

C

268

AFFGHAUN

HIS

and

the

latter,

hoping

to

mak

gerous

an

enemy,

accepted

the



During Mahmood's

unsettle

had

taken

Meshed,

and

establi

of

Persian

Khorassaun,

and

th

AFFGHAUN

HIS

swords,

and

those

of

the

coun

the

Sooffee's

standard. In all



thousand

men

(Affghauns

and

two

thousand

were

soldiers,

a

Ferooz

marched

to

encounter





AFFUHAUN

HIS

army

as

the

haste

would

admi

try

a

battle

at

Peshower,

wher



to

whom he

had

shown

so

muc

round

him.

In

ease of

a

rever

towards

Rawil

Pindee,

and

Ze

AFFQHA.UN

IIIS

some

reason

to

impute

his

defea

jah

was

inclined

rather

to

ret



than

to

trust

his

countrymen

in

the

thrones

but

the

earnest

pers

remained

faithful

to

him,

induc

74

AFFGHAUX

HIS

monarch,

for

on

the tenth

even

Peshower,

when

he

and

his fo



re&t,

one

Noor

Mohummud

K

had

a

blood-feud

with

his

Nussu

upon

that

nobleman

by

stealth

AFFGHAUN

HIS

treachery

so

unlocked

for,

that

fusion

among

Shoojah's

troops



seizing

the

moment

to

charge,

b

upon

them

at

the

head

of

his

them

to

the rout. The

unfor

276

AFFGHAUN

HIS

as

that

chief

had

given

him

ma

Shoojah

did

not

hesitate

to

go

;



the

valley,

the

treacherous

gov

fined

him

;

for

no

apparent

caus

he

bore

in mind

the

tragical,

AFFGHAUN

HIS

Punjaub.

Many

skirmishes

t

Aifghauns

and

the

Sikhs,

but



1812,

Futteh

Khan made

a

tr

jah,

and

engaged

to

give

him

he would

assist in

expelling

th

#78

AFFGHAUN

HIS

the

value

of

this

fortress

to

hesi

he

made

great

promises

to

Ja



mediately

sent

a strong

force

When

Futteh

Khan

was

info

ment,

he

refused

to

pay

the

s

AFFGHAL-N

HISI

after

sent

secretly

in a

letter,

as

to the

British Government

:



Since

we

worship

the

same

Go

extirpate

the

infidels

who

a

garden

'of the

Punjaub.

As

and

280

AFFGHAUN

HIST

had received

at his

brother's

h

from

Caubul,

desired the

Vuz



served,

to

seize

and

confine

Ha

fight

or make

terms

with

the

Cu

expedient.

282

AFFGHAUN

HIS

this

time,

Futteh

Khan

contri

most

in

Ferooz's

interests

to t



of

war.

He

arranged

that

ma

be

in

town,

and

proceeding

w

Mohummud,

and

a

large

retin

AFPGHVLN

Il

Ferooz's

money,

doubled

his

to Ghoorian

to meet

the

Persi

Hussan All Mcerza

marc



receiving

Futteh

Khan's

answ

amounting

to

fourteen

thousa

AFFGIIAUN

HIST

for

having

forgotten

old

friends

with

the

prince

against

him

j



Vuzeer

loudly,

If

such

is

to

b

and

tried

service

to

Shah

Mabm

there

are

others

who

will

p

284

AFFGHAUN

HIS



The

rival

forces

mutually

sight

of

each other

at

Kahree



ms

to

put

spurs

to

his

horse

and

r

the

bravado

fire

was returne



side,

and

the

battle

began.

A

general

discharge

of

arti

some

time,

without

doing

1

mm;|

AFFGIIAUX

HIS

his

own

life

;

it

was

gallantly

the

two-headed

spear,

whose

ho

an



his

own

had

been

wounded,

field

with

a

small

party

about

h

Zulfacar

Khan had

firmly

*t

288

APFGHAUN

HIS

an

incredibly

short

space

of

t

est-galore.

The

Vuzecr

was

but

Me



consternation

prevailed,

the

high

priest,

reminding

th

person

of

any

sect

called

Mo

AFFOHAIN

HISTO

.

He

was

frequently

warn

the

dishonour

he

had

put

up



olating

Hadjee

Ferooz's

har

,s

of

Mahmood

and

Kamrau

290

AFFGHAUN

HIS

he

could

not

be

held

answera

added

proudly,

that

with

regar

cast

his

Shahz



upon

courage,

hardly

need

to

bo

reminded

Futtch

Khan

had

done

both

f

AFFGHAUN

HISTO

shed

camp,

it

broke

into

sm

;ed.

Shecrdil

and

Cohundil



it

to

Girishk.

'ive months

after,

Kamraun

AFFGHAUN

HIS

Mahmood

soon

found

himself

He

was

pressed

to

return

to

C

his

march

thither

till the

cold



impracticable.

Dost

Mohumm

by

the

inaction

of

the

royalists

AFFGHAUN

HISTO

3,

leaving

Dost

Mohummud

s

masters

of

Caubal.



They

had

now

to

dispose

o

m,

who

was

not

less

occupied

294*

AFFGHAUN

HI

siring

him

to surrender

the

ca

mud

Khan,

with

the

tact

of

a

to

give

the

city

to

them in cas



defeated,

and

satisfied

with

th

drew

to await the

event*



296

AFFGHAUN

HIS

to

Heraut. With

them

came

Alizye,

and

then

the

King,

c

he

had

acted,

was

with



difficult

ting

Shahpussund

Khan to

de

is

described

as an

intriguer

g

AFFGHAUN

HIS

Mohummud

Azeem Khan

u

how

to

rid

himself

of Sooltau

and

at

the

same

time

save

his



found

an

instrument

in

anoth

princes,

who

was

induced

by

298

AFFGHAUN

HIS

the

maintenance of select

troop

the

governments

which

they

ha

Shah

Shoojah,

to

whom

som



Hindoostan

: he

was,

indeed,

i

to

his

country

in the

winter

of

18

AFFGHAUN

HIST

he

used

many

unworthy

means

which

yet

remained

to the

r

seeing

the

terms

upon

which



guests

at

Lahore,

they

resolv

the

British

provinces.

300

AFFGHAUN

HIS

immediately gave

orders

to

sec

they

were

taken

before

they

city.

But

notwithstanding

thi



diately

after

contrived

to

elud

palace-guards,

and,

through

AFFGHAUN

HIST

with the

AiFghauns,

he

appears

with

vague

apprehensions

tha

with,

or

assist,

the

ex-king

to

h



All

his

precautions,

however

guest

a

captive,

proved

ineffect

302 AFFGHAUN

HIS

Heraut

to

check

the

Persians,

has

been

related.

His

depart

nees

east

of the

Indus

to

the



Runjeet Sing,

ever

prompt

t

only

waited

till

the

Affghaun

a

AFFGHAUN

HIS

in

the

storm,

and more

than

a

are

said

to

have

died

with

h

completely

sacked,

and when



gree

restored,

the

inhabitants w

breaches

j

a

strong

Sikh

garris

304

AFFGHAUN

HIS

when

his

superior

force

might

c

which

they

had

paid

to the

Kin

into his

own coffers.

Runje



against

the

highlands

of

Cashme

foiled

by

the

firmness

of

the

A

AFFGHAUN

HIS

enemy

who

occupied

its

weste

them before

him to the

city

of

P

submission

of

the

inhabitants



which he returned

to

Lahore.

Humiliated

as the

306 AFFGHAUN

HIST

stream

:

he

lost

some

men

in a

this

water,

and

was

compelled

witness of

an

engagement

bet



men

and

the

Sikhs,

in

which

and

the

discipline

of

the

latt



308

AFFGHAUN

HIS

gave

it

to

his

son

Abiboollah

k

wipe

off

the stain

from

his

memo

and

fighting

the Sikhs.



On

Mohummud

Azeem

Khan

lah

Khan

Mas

anxious

to

com

AFFGHAUN

HIS

him

to

be

imprisoned,

aft

assumed

the

government

at

Cau

Dost

Mohummud

Khan

did



with

his

elder

brother,

but

as

share

in

the

plot,

he

demande

310 AFFGHAUN

HIST

to

punish

the

intriguer,

and

in

selves,

by

taking

his

wealth.

objection,

and

Shahpussund

wa



a

captive

to

Kullah

Laush,

a

border

of

Seestaun,

which

to



312 AFFGHAUN

HIS

and

confining

him

in

the

cit

Ferooz,

whom

they

proclaimed

This farce

lasted

eighteen



Khan,

on

condition

of

being

m

promised

Mahmood

to

restore

h

AFFGHAUN

H

to

near

the

city,

when

Mohu

the

relief

of

the

besieged,

wh

from

the

ramparts,

turned



within

the

walls.

Upon

this

siege

and returned to

Candah

314

AFFGHAUN

HISTOR

came

from Furrah

with

a

force,

gotten,

and

they

made

one cause

Meer

Sadik

Khan,

Berdoorraunee

would

the



Heraut

that

he

open

proach.

Kamraun

pressing

on,

AFFGHAUN

HIS

spondence

with a

man

of

this

c

Baumizye,

and

having

informa

he

came

circuitously

upon

the



morning,

when,

by

help

of

Su

cherous

flight,

he routed







VERLAND

INVASIO





OVERLAND

INVASI

afforde



MY

journey

having

tunities

of

judging

parts

of

OVERLAND

or no

the

French

could have

threats into

execution,

for

the

have

entirely

altered our

pol



France

and

Persia,

and

reduced

this

question

within

a

much

mo

OK

troops

of

former

Asiatic

armies,

in

the

present

day,

and

argue

Lung,

Malimood

of

Ghuzni,



and

Nadir

Shah,

all

rode

to

H

sians

can

make a dash

through

OVERLAND

INV

going

up

the

Oxus

to

Bulkh,

Baumecaun

mountains,

vid

C

to

the

Indus

;

or,

taking

the



base,

they

will

follow

the

central

Affghaunistaun.*

OF

INDIA.

their

authority

in

Kharazm,

if

It

is

plain,

I

think,

that

the

invade

us

through

the

countri



between

the

Oural

and

the

In

establish

their

influence

so

firm

OVRLAM3

INV

journey,

and

provisions

must

b

From

Caubul,

the road

goes

ous,

but

very

passable,

and

well



Jellallabad

and

Peshowcr,

to

vadors

\\oukl

cross into

the

<)

INDIA.

Overawing

the

Persians

fr

ern

border,

the

Russians

ca

through

their

neighbours*

empi



extend

to,

either

for

advance

or

frontier,

I

assume,

would

be

th

328

OVERLAND

INVA

strength

:

nothing

can

well ex

excellence

of

the

supplies

fro

army

might

be

garrisoned

there



necessary

immediately

within

i

The

country

between

Her

01-

INDIA.

has

generally

a

barren

aspect

ply

ofwood

and

water.

Suppl

be

looked

for

in

great quantit



people

who

border

the

road,

and

a

town

of

any

consequence.

330

OYEHLAND

JN\A

campaigns,

say

the

first

woul

to

Candahar,*

and,

with

e

Russians

would

incur

incalculab



enterprise. The

undertaking

far

as

regards

tho

natural

obsta

OF

INDIA.

people

of these

countries

store

a

cattle.

Fuel

is

a

very

scarce and



out Central

Persia

and

Affgha

times

an

absolute

want of it is

33'2

OVERLAND

IX \

change

shots

with

us.

I

do

n

upon

their

exposure

to bad

climate

of

Khorassaun

is

regula



could

afford

time

to

come,

th

seasons;

but

what

serious

o

OF

INDIA.

whom

the

Russians

must

in

assisted,

whether

Oosbeg

or

moreover cherish

a

strong

fanat



the

latter

people.

The

Affgha

to

fear

us,

and

they

derive

ben



OF

1MJIA.

be

a

greater

extension of

the

f

the

resources

of

the

country

w

rally

brought

into

action

;

the

it



influence

to

restore

to

order

but

be

making

pimi&ion

for

.336

OVKRLAND

INV

because

pastoral,

country,

it is

it

would

be

wise

in

us

to

leave

The

rulers

of

petty

Aflfghau



the

motives

to

oppose

forei

that

would

be

felt

by

a

monar

or

INDIA.

depend

on their

HICCCSS

;

but

they

could

hold

out.

expectation

to

seduce

a

monarch

in

instance,



tain

empire,

to

the

unworthy

ch

that he

should

prove

venal,

w

338

OXFJII.AM)

IN

V

royalists:

with

this aid

they

match

for

us

and

the

other

pa

since

we

should

be

in

posse



portion

of

a strong

country,

route

must

lie.

But

this

assu



.J4Q

OVERLAND

IN

coliu,

concluded

a

treaty

with

the

leading

article

of which

st

should

attack

the

Affghauns

on

to



they

ad\anced

east

invade

Lis

majesty

should make

no

pe

OF

INDIA.

gapatam,

Tippoo

had

devot

creased

passion

to

intrigues

power,

foreign

or

domestic,

wh

to

Brit



hope

excite

against

the

cially

endeavoured

to

form

a

c

342

QVEBLAND

INV

professions

was

a true

index

clearly

understanding

his

positi

nations

of

Europe,

who address

the East,



parts

of

and

ignorant

power

to

serve

or

injure

him,

F

OF

INDIA.

come

to

the

capital

as

before,

with

the

viceroy

of

Shiraz.

would

not

submit,

but

memor

purpose,

in



no

he

returned

ang

the Governor-General

gave

ord

344 OVERLAMD

INV

wise

to

discard the

English

un

that the French would

better

Russians

;

and

as his

ministers

in



were

mutually

employed

end

circumvent

each

other,

it

is

not

OF INDIA.

English

Government

should

sub

as

long

as

they

were

at

war

wi

condition

of

their

aiding

to

r

the

or

in

other

words



French;

colm

justly

observes,

for

the

34(>

OVERLAND

INV

between

states is

a

mere na

Shah's conduct

must

be

born

question

for

us

to

consider

is,

w

interest

to

do

henceforward.



Since

we

destroyed

French

OF

INDIA.

with

good

troops

that

she

c

Arraxcs

at a

day's

warning.

I

humbly

conceive that in

th

of

Russia

and

Persia,

can

f



we

the

latter

people

that

will

conta

348

OVERLAND

IM'

nearest

point

to

it

is

Bomba

possible

to

say

what

the Russi

fore

English

help

could

reach

ever

forces

could

send

from



we

Russians

could

out-number

fro

or

IMJIV.

thoir

late

fbas. The

Russian

Pcrsians,on

a reasonable

scale,

systems

which

we

have

for som

ing

in parcels, to

little

purpose



can lend

the

Shah

a sufficient

n

350

OVERLAND

INV

they

will do

this

for

the

sake o

cannot

be

denied

that

Persia

than

to let

her

interests

be so

a

of

herself

unable

to

forward

the



The

Persians,

doubtless,

w

OF

INDIA.

than

with

England,

and

tha

tendency,

however

distantly,

to

possessions,

we

should

make

ou

ent

of

the

Shah

as

possible,

an



can,

thwart

his

ambitious

vi

O

\JUltLAM)

INV

of

course

do

their

best

to

p

present

posture

of

affairs,

th

should

be

deemed

injudicious,

the

British

Government

to

p



attention

to the

politics

o

OF

INDIA.

altogether

ejecting

the

royal f

quence

of

the Persians

taking

zye

chiefs

should

be

left

in

pos

the

country,

we

might

form



them

as

best suited

the

politics

3,54

OVEULANU

INV

the

success

of

their

intrigues,

are

seldom

deterred

by

the

gre

culties

from

attempting

to

hur

is

probable

that

Russia

when



would

be

so

checked

in

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