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2 BiBBt to obtein $ioy thu^ fioni tliBiHi* Thejf hcvo^ Immvww* been
3 ktoly sUBdned. J^' old eDmtyU> Sbnih Maldiiood led-lluni-to
4 oAr a nioifrdelcniiiiiedoppocttMn tol^ tlie^^tei'siip-
5 ported his brother Frinoe AHmwi and aftenranb oontiniwd the-ooo-
6 teit under'a ^isepmphet, who'started up to head them. 'The irav
7 WW \otagt al»tinate, an d o ft > 1 1 u n fa voiinUe to the King's troops, but
8 the eaagy of the Vizier Fatteb Khaun pieraiied in the endU and
9 diejr are now submissive. * '
10 ITie next class of Taujiks are the Bumikees, who inhabit Logur
11 and part of fioot-Khauk. Xhou(^ mixed with the Ghiljees, they
12 differ from the other Taiijiks, in as much as they form a tribe under
13 chiefs- of their own, and have a high reputation as soldiers. Tliev
14 have separate lands and castles of their own, fttrnish a good many
15 troops to government, closely resemble tlic Afghauns in their man-
16 ners, and are more respected than anv other Taiyiks. Their numbers
17 are now about eight thousand families.
18 All traditions agree that they were introduced into their present
19 seats by Sooliaun Malauuod about the beginning of the eleventh
20 century, and that their lands were once extensive ; but their origin
21 is uncertain ; they pretend to be sprung from the Arabs, but oth^
22 say they are descended firom 'the Kuids or CoardB,
23 Tlie Foonnoolee6» or Femlooleei) are a diViBum of Taiyiks, about
24 equal in numbers to the Bumikees. The bulk of them inhabit Ooiv
25 l^oon in dke midst of the Khatotee countiyy and carry on a bittef
26 and onoeaabig war widi that tribe: the rest Uve to die ira4t*of
27 CanbuL Ihey are diiefly onployed in trade and huriiandry, but
28 furnish some soldiers to the Kin^ to whom they also pay revenue, f
29 • I have heard of a people calleil Piishyc, or Pnshaucc, xniong the Cohistaunec<5,
30 And I n^reC Uwt 1 did not investigate their hijttory, &a I have since foiuid them
31 waldantd hf Bnibsr, as q)eaking a peeoliar language.
32 1 1 am greatly |XT]ilesed with thtnr oHgin, dioagli the Mynrcc to which tin- refer it,
33 in not one that iiiiL'lit l>e wrpwtcd to hr obscure. Tliey are said to be de;>(eiuie<l from
34 the JUuiUv|}ea, who ore well known to have given a dynasty of kings to iadisj but
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