1 ATCHIXZTS&
2 hm made the Suddozyet be oomiderod as a tegntte daiu ^tkonffk m
3 branch of the Populzyes.
4 Their principal residence is in the neighbourhood of Sliehcr Sufik,.
5 in the lower part of the valley of the Turnuk. Some also reside at .
6 Candahar, and a considerable colony has found its way to the distant
7 city of Mouitan, to which they have probably been, driveii by some
8 pohtical events in their tribe.
9 The rest of the Populzyes chiefly reside in the hilly country north
10 of Candahar. Tliey are a numerous clan, ^^enerally reckoned by the
11 most moderate natives at twelve tliousarul lauulios *. Though some
12 of them are shepherds, by much the greater number are cn^ged in
13 agriculture. They are reckoned the most civilized of the Dooraunee
14 dans. The grand vizier ought always to be a member of the Bau-
15 mizye division of them, and it ia fipom among the Populzyes that
16 most of die great offioot of state were chpsen by Ahmed Shah.
17 The nest dan to the Popuhy^ ivfaidi it fiur eauseeda m nwnben^ is
18 lihe Banrikiyes. This great dan inhabits the oomtij south of Can- -
19 dahar, the yalley (tf Urghessann* the hanks of the Hdmiind» and thct
20 dry plains whidi that river divides. Those neat . CandahaTf. and many
21 of those in Uq^iessaun, and on the Hdmund, are led by the fertility
22 of iStakt soil to agricalture> and the indnstiy of otfaen haa even pn>-
23 duoed cdneeses and oiltiTMion in the midst of the deflnrt; hut the
24 greater part of the tribe is oompoaed of shepherds. . They are a
25 spirited and warlike dan, and^ as I^itteh 'Ehann is now their chieC
26 they make a miidi more oonspieqoos figwe than any! other tribe,
27 among the A%hauns. At present* the grand viaier, nd dmost dL
28 the great officers of the state* are Bauriksyes, and th^ owe their,
29 elevation to the courage and attachment of their clan.
30 Their numbers ate not less thati thirty thousand families.
31 The Atchikzyes were a branch of the Baurikayes* but were sept^
32 rated by Ahmed Shah to reduce the formidable numbers of that dan^
33 * T p^irr the nT^mhrri; of the clnns to Amm Am» vtMtAa^ lH|ITFrtMlBf^. UMI jBOtdfclMB
34 confidence. iu their iiulividnAl aocunuy*
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