1 SHOPKEEPERS AND ARTISANS. tS^
2 olber. diSMjiijilioiii of iimd* Ukuey live oowfyitAlyi but nent o<|eiH
3 tatiouflf. ModDa JiAr SeeBteanee^ ' whoie -finroiir with fibanh
4 Shocgan put him on a level wHh the miniaten'of ttate>' always; dfOBiod
5 like an otdinaiy merdiant; was w/vet attended by more than, one
6 servant ; and a man* who curried his ciil]eeaun» and never would
7 allow himself to be addiessed with any of the titles which are giveii
8 to people of oonaei|aenoe. It is a proof how much the Afghanns are
9 esempt from the pigadices of India in lespect to tmde^ that no man
10 of any rank would scruple to sell a horse» a sword, or any similar
11 . article, which he hiqppened not to lequtte; although regular trade
12 would, of ooume^ be reckoned a very unbecommg employment for the
13 great.
14 Tlio remaining in!ia1>itants are shopkeepers and artificers. They
15 are divided into liiirty-two trad^*, each of which has its own Ctulkhoda
16 or chief, who manages all transactions belween the trade and the
17 government. There are no r^ilar taxes on this class of townsmen,
18 though tliey are oi course affected by the duties collected on all
19 articles iiaported into the towns. They are, however, liable to exac-
20 . tioiih more distressing than regular taxation. Tlie principal of these
21 is the obligation to furnish shops for the Oordoo fiazaur or camp
22 market. Whenever the King marches from any ciLj in liis dominions,
23 an order is issued to the Cudkhodas to furnish a aho]^ of each txade,
24 • The number is confined to tlvirty-two by including several trades in one clnss. As it
25 will wrve to give some idea of the state of ciTilization, I «hall maitioti aome of the trades
26 «Uch seaodiy exist, taken floin s Ifatcf wweaty^tt trader wMch «t»wiwdHai of OmImI
27 (Grom wimn I had the list) could remember. Jewellers, gold and silver smiths booksellers*
28 bookbinders, stationers, makers of kullumdauns, (a sort of ink-stand and pen-case^ of
29 wiilch, every man who can write has one], seal-engravers, sellers of armour, sellers of
30 shields, (these t^hioids are of bufTnlciea or rttooewsi't Udn)* gumBUba, gwofckcatlen*
31 poliN^if rs of stfvl, 8eilci"s of bows and nrrow, sclltT^ of jrla-w ornnmcnts for women, three
32 descriptions of shoe-makers, boot-makers, button-makers, silk-thread sellers, gold-wire and
33 IPiUnIJimmI fcller^ idUlMi^ fiuiier^ to6k», wtmp^aMent uAmeoaiAtth
34 dru^istji, porfunjers, skllors of sherbet and of fiijlodcli, conffctiontrsi, embroiderers, and
35 people^ whose busine^ it is to sew ornaments on clothes of all de»cri{^Ds, firom jewels to
36 tftn^n, I omit all people who adl tlw naofiMrifls of lift^ ai butctoi^ bakeii^ BMrMffi^
37 I. I.
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