1 Ghore, which bdkng to tfaa Paropamisan groupe, hot lattve'iltuiMM
2 tain whether that tract was their original seat, and by what 6mmt§
3 tkmaugadon was occasioned*. The tribe is divided into t#o
4 yolt branches, Zeeruk and Funjpaw ; but those di^iiqns a]^ now: of
5 BO Qte whatever, except to distinguish the descent of the difianot
6 dans : that of Zeoruk is reckoned by fiu* the most honoiiible. From
7 these branches spring nine dans, of whidi £Nir beiopg to Zeenik» and
8 fire to fmssptm.
9 Zeeruk* Punjpano .'.■>'
10 Populz^e, Noorzye, • lu
11 Allekkozye, Alizye. ^.
12 Baurikzye, Iskhauki^ye,
13 Atchikzye* Klioupraunee^ \«>
14 jMaukoo. : .
15 The Popuizye is the most eminent of these clans as it ^vee a king
16 to all the Afghanns. The royal iauuly is .sprung from the little divi-
17 sion ol Suddozye, which had long been the Kliaimkliail, dr. head
18 family^ ' of the Populzy es, and indeed of all the Dooraunees. It is
19 probable that the Suddozyes were the eldest branch of the Dooraunee-
20 tdbe, and inr odnsequence possessed their si^riority fiom the &nt
21 faimetiion of the ■oiaety i Hot the enliegt 'teit&wiijr of iJieir ei^oying
22 it, M ft patent fiom ane- of tbe &it of tfaftSnffinree kings ai^Hha^
23 ippointfaig the chkf of tbe Suddoejaa t» the eomnuiui of the. Abdet
24 tees. Hie fmkgfit tliey c^fOTed wofegreater then tl^ paljBi|t.ef «
25 king cqqU ever hme bb^anied fiomnidi«»trib& Ttuat petwns^wm
26 aecrad, no letaliatioii, ndr pnindiitMnt oondd .be inffidjed on eny of
27 then)* esMpii'lij a mcniber of tkdr own finuly; mot oould even Hie
28 bead of tha AiMly»ntyt KimMi^ jmb wijifluf i tif deadi'iqKttk a Sod-
29 doeye. Hiia cinramitaiioe, and tbe kingi being the hnad of itlMin»
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