1 SITUATION OF AlVtHAUNISTAtm.
2 appear, that of those u hich may be considered as annexed to hit
3 crown, many o^vr iiiiu l)!it a nominal obedience.
4 This kingdom is bounded on the east by Hindustan, in which it
5 however comprehends Cashmeer, and the countries on the left bank
6 of the Indus. On tfaeaontli it may be oosiMljMid to ba^e the Per*
7 nan gulph ; and on the west, a deaait eitendfl along Ihe whole of the
8 firontiai. Its northern frontier is fi»nied by the mountains of the^
9 eastern Gsucasus, which are, however, inchided within the western
10 part of the boundary there formed by the Qxns.
11 AlOCOrdmg to the nomenclature of our latest m^^Mi*, it compre-
12 hends Afghaunistaun and S^^tan, with part of Khorasan and of Mak-
13 ran ; BaUc, with Tokarestann and Kilan ; Kuttore, Caubul, Candahar,
14 Sindy, and Cashmeeri together witfai a portion of l4diore^ md the
15 grcitsr part of Moultan.
16 The whole population of tlir 1< inborn cannot be under fourteen
17 tnillions. This was flic tiuinln i fixed bv oup of" the gentlemen of
18 the mission, on a ( alcuhition of tiie cxient aiul comparative popula-
19 tion of the different proviiu i s. All extensive desarts wen^ excluded}
20 no greater rate of population than one bundled to tbe Ntjunre mile,
21 was allowed to any large tract except Caslmieer, and sonictimeii (as
22 in the whole country of the Hazaurelis) only eight souls were allowed
23 to the square mile.
24 The diflbrent nations who inhabit the kingdom of Caubul were
25 fqiposed to oontrtbote to tiie population inthe ibUowing proportions:
26 Afghauns, - -- -- -- -- - 4,300,000
27 t Beloches, - -- -- -- -- 1,000,000
28 tlWrtazsofandescriptkms, . - : - IfiOOfiOO
29 Fsrsians (indnding Taujiks), ... - 1,500,000
30 Indians (Cashmeeiees, Juts, &c &c.) . - ^700,000
31 IfisoeUaneous tribes, flOOyOOO
32 Jim principal part of my aoooont of Csubul, wiU be occupied by
33 the A^hauns, but I shall first give a sketch of the whole kingdom $
34 • Airnwi^nillli's Asia, 1801,
35 t i coacave the Belocbai and Tartan to be much tmdar-rated is this taUe.
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