1 with idia'tdeir of dbftaining r imhirtiiwn .wlonyf of bb rttodied «6t>
2 dieiy in-A fiowired part of ooM^^iMiditeicfie^Mtfly'to to
3 die itiength of » T^bdUoos dan or nad^ Tbeae ave the caii«»=of
4 thBMtiodocfipb of cikia^fSixtafmu'mmai^
5 m k^'dislind; from the ratfrofvihe fahaBtrimij h^llie fejihm iif
6 l^iAplI intoitribea.- : The emigrants catmot jj^ijaoiEaadmbsion'iiitD
7 4lis-tribea.of the coentry, and single men aro under |^cieat> disadvan*
8 tages from.iMUit of natural allies ; they tlieorefere rmu^Ek muted lor
9 Uie advantage* of qotttnal-fneDdBh^.i^ i
10 The moat numerous of this dam av&ihe Arabs, \dio have -probably
11 emigrated from J^enian filKRWaawi*- Ifony Arab tribes are still to
12 be feiind in great mmibers and powei" in that country, where the^
13 have probably been settled since the first period of the Mahomroe*
14 dan conquest, or at lea:^ si nc^ .the tune fdiaii<*the Arab, dynasty- of
15 Samaunee ruled in Bokhaura.
16 The nnmber in Af«:liaimi8taun may be about two thousand families,
17 some of whom form part of the garrison of the Balla Hissaur at
18 CaTibiil, and the rest reside at JeUallabad, between Caubul and
19 Peshawer. These last are imder a chief of their own, who is of such
20 consideration, that the daughter ot one of his ancestors was the wife
21 of Ahmed Shauh, and the mother of TvriK lo I . They hare lost their
22 original languai^c, but tiiey still live in one society, and are all settled
23 and engaged in tillage. . •-
24 There are a considerable number of Moguls and Chaghatyes, and
25 M.hw hundred families eadi of like Iblloiring nati<ma»*»*
26 - Leageea, fiom-Momit-Cancaaiia bd^vreen the Bbek'Seaend the
27 Gaapiai'6ea» hfoni^ finm their couatiy by Nandir Aoobf and mam
28 aetded about Foixth.
29 > Modkfem and Redim^ two tribea of Cooida Saom Cooedeatmn
30 idle ancient Cavdudiia)» betweao ihm Cenun ami Tuddah en^rea. f
31 * ^ John Malcolm, while in Curdutaun, obtained «a account of the
32 tMi nnrtiom llw cn^gwliaii «tm pstt ct diem to Gnibd, but I do' not kBoir As
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