1 MANNERS IN FORMER DAYS.
2 didr residenoe^ but m fireth bodies arrived, they ftnmd tfaeb laadt
3 io6 c«iifiiw)d, andt as thdr atrong^ ineraoaed, they umwtd on the
4 DQamik part of Bajoar» and ang^^ged m a war with that tribes m
5 winch ihey deprived them of aU their poaaeaaiona north of the Gnbol
6 fiver* Ihey.alao expcJled Suteaim Oveiaa fiom hia {wrmer poawaaioBa,
7 and finrced him to retire to the Caufir tonntiy, whov beibinided a
8 new monaichjt which waa enjoyed far aome genemriona by hia
9 acendants.
10 During these wars, Ulugh Beg hacl died, and the kingdom of Cau-
11 bul had fallen into the hands of the famoua Emperor Bauber, adio
12 waa then rising into notice. He several times attacked the Euaofi^ieii
13 bat made no great impression on them, as they always found a seeoore
14 retreat among their hills. At last, Bauber made peace with them,
15 and acMnired them in his interests, by marrying a daughter of their
16 Khaun. Bauber himself describes these campaigns in his Commeo-
17 taries, and confirms the story of his marriage.
18 Tlip operations of which I have given a summary, nccup\ the
19 greater pavt of a pretty large volume in the Afghaun history ; l)ut the
20 details would not repay the room they would occupy, and T can ex-
21 hibit in a few words the little light they throw on the maimers and
22 character of the Eusofiiyes.
23 The whole tribe was under one Khaun during thesr conquests, and
24 his power seems to have been much greater than what the nuHlem
25 Khauns enjov. The people, however, seem still to have been turbu-
26 lent ami unruly ; their first quarrel with the ( iiirr^c eaunees origmated
27 in an el*>jicment with the aifianced bride ui a dnciOf that tribe, and
28 was pursued by the Guggeeaunees with the same implacable spirit
29 which such an outra<re would excite at this day. The customs of
30 Naunawautee, and of respect to guests, seem to have existed then ss
31 at present, and to have been sometimes infringed, as they are ^dSL
32 One anecdote may be mentioned, wfaidi Aoim the mannen of the
33 times in a strong light.
34 After a great hattJe between the Eoaofiiyes and Pjlaaanksj MnUik
35 Ahmedf the chief of Hie £aao&jes, was deputed to Hie Dlbanka ta
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