1 DESPOTISM OF KAUSSDI KHAUK OF DEER. $^
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4 peao& ....
5 Feir ptfMim an tUkm m tibtne ^im ; thM m tdken, are
6 ittbft dMpiM4 of .'tliii QiipCan» who Iteep- thieiii iv iSmho, wpA
7 mike Hm UMBidt Hhm fidcbr trnt alwi^s nlcM Hum i«:kfel
8 wiliiaiit lantonL
9 The polkioil state of afanost «lie iriwle ef.llii ^ataStym, iv.ilwim
10 bj what t haveeaadef cne Oolooss. SMiie> however, are un^&c m
11 more aristocratic government In those cases, Uie ridiet ori abilities
12 of the Khaun give him a weight which he does not pdssess aoienff
13 the NaikpeekhaiL I am not, however, acquainted with any instance
14 of consideiahle power of the Khaun in any. oi the Snadkym weat of
15 the Indus, except in Punjcora. The Judoons^ a nnmenHis branch of
16 the Euao&yes, who live east of the Indus, alkyw great power to tfaes
17 diieis, and, in consequence, are exempt from die itzife and hloodihed
18 whidi prevails among the othrr Eusofzyes. '
19 Bv far the most powerful Kliuun amonj]^ the Eusofzyes, is Knussim
20 Khaun of Deer in Punjcora, chief of the Mulloezvps. T have not
21 the means of giving the particulars of tlie pdlicy by which he at-
22 tained his power. It is, however, certain that he possessed eonsider-
23 ai)!e tieasiires. and acquired large estates by jjurchase, or usurpatioon
24 on his e)wn relaiioiis. He next set himself to put down private re-
25 venge, and its coacoiiiii;int dis<»iiiers. He drove Boahy oflfenders out
26 of the tribe, and appropriated their lands to liiniself. He connected
27 himseli with sicigUbuuring ciiiets, and encouraged and assisted them
28 in gtrengihemng their fwwer in their Ooloosses. He also reduced
29 many of the nearest Cautir^, and exacted a tvibote for himself $ and,
30 by means of these revenues, and the produce of his estate^ ^ ed^
31 tertained men in his own pay, ted aoquMMiie dMirinre^lnftlenBe liv
32 the tribe. His greatest exploit* mAihit whidlimtnbaled jnioit td
33 raise his reputation imdetMDgte hie InfliMD^
34 which he andertook agOMt iherBtikmk <tfi«Me dl^lliefibiBitKlUe^dHig-
35 doma of SmUbtar. Krapsiiii Mhakm^ aAnr^iwmMnlBis gree»'di0>*