1 The Ghiljies in the four Tuppehs of Caubul. are a quiet, orderly,
2 uidustrioijs set of people, entirely obedient to tiie Kinff. and subject
3 to the authority of their own KhauDS. lu dress, aud in aome re^^dcts
4 in nuuiners, they resemble tlie citizens of Caubul. • ' , '
5 The King derives a uiodeiate revenue from the whole of the
6 Ghiljies ; buC it has idmost all been allotted to difiereut persons, so
7 that httle now oofmesiiirto the xojvltieasu^^ Bat.ii gnmted to the
8 KhAUDft of the Glul)ies ihemielfes; ptft (a the Doocaunee GSnUr
9 who conunwids their contiiigent of troops ; aad m comiderehle poirtkrt
10 w«t anigiiedto AbdoorcfaeenLKhiiiii; Mid has not ben resumed flinoe
11 hk Tebellion.
12 In their cheracter the Ghsljiea m confrMedly <he aeoond tribe in
13 Ae Canbiil dondnioiM. ' Thejr are more tnrbnientand lem dviliaed
14 than the DoaffanneeB» but thej are a brave and reapedaUe people
15 In their perwnB they are pgpbebly the hurgMtyhanifaorociit, and &^
16 of the A%hauns.
17 Hie dissimilarity of their country to that of ihe tribe they belong
18 to, gives the Klinrotees the same claim to leparate mention which
19 has been allowed to the Atchikzyes among the Dootamiees. Thdr
20 manners indeed do not differ so much from those of their brethren*
21 but their interests are more distinct, and they really form a oommu*
22 hit)' onlv connected with the Ghiljies in immo.
23 The Kharotees inhabit the country situated to the east of Km I
24 waua, among the branches of the range of Solimaun. Tliey liavc
25 the principal ridge of that chain on the east ; and a branch which it
26 sends out separates thera from Gmdaiz on the north; the Gomul is
27 their bouiul;irv on the west, as it would be on the south, but for the
28 interposition ot liic: little territory of Wauueh. The Kharotee country
29 encloses the little district of Oor^oon, belonging to the Poormoollees
30 or Foormoolles, an ind^endent Izibe of Taigiks.
31 . l%e KharoCeeaposMfs a ftnr'nanow plains and valleys, divided by
32 Jii|^ and iwftWMrible mountains^
33 Tb^. count finv towns» or iatber viUi^as^ sinee Sirufiaw the Uugest
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