1 MANNEiiS IN FOKMER DATS. ^
2 sneforpcMfe On hii ttrival among tlut . tribe, they resolyedt»8ac^
3 tfice him to their resentment for the loss of their rehutions, who had
4 fidlen IB the battfe; hot Jdullik Afamed'a aEtbation, and perhaps the
5 beauty of his person, excited the compMaon of the wife of the
6 Dilazauk chi^, who informed him of his danger, and concealed hin
7 tin the indigiMitiQii of her clansmeii had subsided ; they then re-
8 pented of a resoliition so much at variance with the respect which the
9 J^haun customs exact towards a guest and suppliant ; and when
10 MuUik Ahmed discovered himself, they received him with distinc-
11 tion, and prepared an entertainment in honour of him. Tlie bard
12 who sung to them while thev were seated at tlie feast, appears to
13 have been less generous than the vest, for, as he simg the wars and
14 victories of the tribe, he introdutecl tlie suhject of the late battle, and
15 in some extemporary verses, urged the chiefs to put to death their
16 enemy, who was in their power. This advice was now thought
17 so base, that thov rose in indignation, and stoned the hard out ol the
18 assenibly. Mullik Aliiiied was allowed fo return to his lube, where
19 beiiiL': asked his opinion of the Dilaeauks, lie declared the bard was
20 the only wise man among them. '
21 In tiieir behaviour to other tribes or nations, they appear to have
22 united the ferocity and craft of sa; ages, with the moderation of a
23 more advanced stage of civiiization. iliey i^re stated to have given
24 quarter to Alghauns taicen in battle, through respect to their origin j
25 from whence it may be inferred, tliat they gave none to Swatttee'pri*
26 aoners} jret they tieated the inhabitarita <i>f the cooqntned coontriea
27 wbih nuUfaieH^ andtiiij aaem to hm finnly adhtted tar.l3i*riiitaun
28 of mirer engaging in mose tlun one WW at' e tima
29 WhoBT lihe^. bed compieted their conqiieati, they prooeeded^ to
30 divide the oountrieft they had acqpared. They assigned Huahtouggnr
31 to the MahommedxycBy who had amved from Khoraaaann about that
32 period ; and in their ' poaaeiaion it atill lenlaiiiB. ' llie Giigigeeaiineea
33 alao had been cKpeDed from the nei^^ilioiizhood of Gauhul by the
34 Emperor Bnber, end had been leoondkd to the Enaofisyevt who
35 aUotted to them the VtrnMb^ which they atiU bdd, end pert of
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