1 31S TAUJUMl
2 ill diit ffelpNMft h dhniniAqd the p^aleiii«iiof tlift-Gofiaiiiiiatt,
3 and'tli^ are nerer exposed to Uie more iiitolefab]e.en]e of pcnonal
4 inuiiilt or oppreflrida* ' t f •
5 " The Taujiks» who' inlAbit the. landeof A^^iaimtzibei^ .either live as
6 Hnmsejraiu to ithoee. tribe*, or in separate. viUageB. of. their owik
7 Their sStuation in theibrmer cue bee been fiiUy eitplftined. .
8 ' In the other liase^ the afii^
9 hooddt eftected the peoplerwith some regpurd. to a hereditary ttnc^
10 and •ul:ijeet,to the Khig^fl appravaL' >
11 ^'i The Cudkfaooda haa no power* bnt what he derives fioin the.Kiiig^
12 and that whidi he-pataenet ia diiefly ooimaeted witlithe eriflecfcioii of
13 the vevenue and the calUiig out of the militia. He haa >wei^ cnoa|^
14 to detenftine trifling disputea} but all of impoftanoe are referred to
15 the 'governor of the province or to theneaieat .Cansy.. Hie Tai^jaki
16 are all peaceable and obedient to the government . Beddea the em»
17 ploymieni of agriOulture, they occupy thoae manu&otores and trades
18 which aie renounced by the A^g^iauns. ' Thi^ are a mild,, sober, iiip'
19 dustrious people. They have assimilated, in most respects, to the
20 A%haun8 ; but they have more of the ^K)d. qualities of that nation
21 than of Its defects. Tlicy are of an unniilitar}' turn, though their cha-
22 racter tif; soldiers has risen of .late> and is still riung» The^ are. all
23 zealom Soonnees.
24 ■ As their situation iucapHc itates them both from flight and resist-
25 ance, they are the first on whom oppression foils; and, consequently,
26 they are ill satisfied with the present state of the kinj^dom, and com-
27 plain much of the distractions in the government ; l)iit, when tlie coun-
28 try is settled, they are \vt 11 proU tted, and, on the whole, they are
29 pari ial to the Doorauiiee monarchy. They are on very good terms
30 with the Atghauns, who, though they regard tliem as inferiors, do not
31 treat them with arrogance or contempt, but intermarry with them,
32 and associate with them on equal terms. - -
33 They pay more revenue than the Afghauns, and they contribute in
34 a respectable proportion both to the army and the nulitii^
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