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3 This love of pcnonial iod^Mtadflnce is, hamrnvrfTtPf i«mola fiNm
4 * MlfiihTiniiii The nature of tbeir aocicij^ wbere power oDosista in this
5 mimber of a mui's rebrtioott prodnoes « Tery rtubii^ attachment be-
6 tween moOBben of the same fianiil^* and thore* » no A%hBim who
7 would not shew his deration to his clan, if he saw it en^iged in any
8 contest. I must except from what I say <^ fiunily attachment, the
9 rivalry which the electioBB of chidb occasion in the head families, the
10 force of blood is never much felt among kings ; and the dbie&bip of a
11 little tribe is as elevated a station in the eyes' of those who' contend
12 for it as a crown amoiifr ^n?at princes. This docs not indeed happen
13 among brothers, ljut it is so remarkable in more distant relations, thaf
14 Turi>oor, which literally means a cousin, is now the common word m
15 Pushtoo for a rival. I have nlreadv shewn how their clannish spirit
16 diminishes their genc i al patriotism, but they all take a lively interest
17 in the Nung du FoosJitauneh, or honour of the Afghaun name ; and
18 they are extremely attaclied <o the country that n;ave them birth, and
19 to the scenes of their early pleasures. A native of the wild valle y of
20 Spei*::^ norlli-cast of Ghuzriee, who was obliged to fly liis country
21 for some offence, was vurc giving me an acccnnit (if his travels, he
22 concluded by enumerating the countries he had \ islttd, and by com-
23 paring them with his own : " I have seen all rt ibia, and India, Geor-
24 ** gia, Tartary, and Belochestauu, but i have seen no such place as
25 ** Speiga in all my travels."
26 They are all very proud of their descent j a great part of their
27 histories is taken up by genealogies : they will liaidly acknowlc^^ •
28 nmi ibr an Afghaun, who cannot mako lua'pfbofii by going back «x
29 or' seven generaticMis ; «id even in dieir' ordiniry oaiivenMiion» Iht^
30 often atop to enmunte the fonftthon of any penon who bappm
31 to be fflOBfticaed. *
32 * I Nnenbtr'il ilrilBiig iattsnce of this in a Doolutkhnil, whom I wUmiI lb aMem^
33 gate about Tiik in Damaun, the chief town of his trilx'; he began bis ?inswcr, ** Tnk is
34 " the dty of Surwur, the ton of Kuttaul Khaun, the son of fcJcJeem Khaun, the sou of
35 «MBcr8oalcnDiKIwni, ^ Ma ef fihaah Anhnn Khiflii; Hi* mi of MAoRWid 2ii
36 •'maim Khaon, Hmmii of ZufFer Khaim, the son of Khaun ZcaMn^ vlut JiMid in d|«
37 ** of Mumgm^ the <iApriog of Timour the Limt."
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