1 MEEAUNKHAtL.
2 . .;The Meeaunkiiailaie about three thmiifiwl Amilieg, of which num-
3 ber a fouith- is oomposed of Bukfateteurees. Of this tribe, which is
4 nid to htBtre oome originally firom llie banks of the-TigriB, and which
5 it very numerous in the south-west of Persia, there are about aevtti
6 or flight hundred families at Dcranbimd, and about ^e hundred at
7 Mingha. Those at Deraubund are completely inoofporated with the
8 Meeaimkhail. Tliey have a share in their councils, giuns, and lometi
9 and are almost identiiied with the tribe. The others are connected
10 with them, atid, though not united with the Meeamilduult therf send
11 succours to that tribe in its wars in Damaun.
12 ■ The Khaun of the Meeaimkhail has httle power, he has an eightli
13 of all customs collected at Deraubund, but no share in the collections
14 from the Ryof s. Public affiiirs arc managed by a number of Mulliks,
15 who take care lo c niMilt the mterest n?id disposition of their Kbaiisi
16 but do not refer to tiiem on every question that arises.
17 The Khaun has lately been endeavouring to imitate Sui-wur, but
18 with little success ; he too entertained some i5< lot lu s. built a fort,
19 and began to encroach on his tribe; but he was oj)iH)seil bj the JNIul-
20 liks, his power was circumscribed, and, by the last accounts, some
21 farther attempt of his, led the tribe to besiege him in his fort j and he
22 may, perhaps, ere now, lia\ i- shared the fate of Kuttaul.
23 ■ One half of tlie Meeaunkhail move every ^ring to Khoriissaun.
24 No entire Khail moves* but half of each ; the Mulliks do not often
25 move, but send a member of their &mily to command the mo\ ing
26 divisioD of the EhaiL Hi^ hme aiUb Qi^waehtees of their own,
27 ivfao have no moAonty aaamg Hui aeltled people, except in time of
28 irv, whm the GhohmMhfeaea of -bodi deicriptioiis hanre a ooncttrrait
29 jmiadictioii.
30 ' ■ Hie monDg Meeaonkbails, when in DamanDf encamp in ^neig^
31 bomhood of 0ei«Bbiniil» and tend the cameia to fted on the ■hrnbby
32 plain of Muckelwaud. They pay a small mub on eadi camel to Ma-
33 Their method of dirtributing the eroofamientB and dnitiett of tlM '
34 Digitized by GoogI<