1 466 BULKH.
2 as tiidr TORMCDlar Jitigtiage : it ii to be ibuiid in ggrttewd ivwdi
3 thioiiglioiit Rumay' and in wlidle daMes ni tenna in die kaguafoamf
4 Qnibiil and Htndoostan. It ia tlioiiglit to be ipokcn in moit pnrily
5 in Ferghauna. Ibe ipeedi of IVirkey ia nqtorioody coi'iuptoil by
6 the intannizCofe of foreign teims ; tiiat of Fenria haa alio' ioflbrad
7 from the great lue of the original language of the coontij amcog iti
8 Toorkee conquerors ; and even the Uxbekairf' Rolrhamn aie wafptmeA
9 to have refined and enridied their tongne'at the expenoe of in
10 purity.
11 Nothing can exhibit a more striking contrast to the govemmoit of
12 the Afghauns than that of the Uzbeks. In Bokhaura and Ferghauna
13 at least, every thing is in the hands of the sovereign ; there is no
14 vestige of popular government, and scarcely any trace of aristocracy.
15 The Uzbeks of those kingdoms are every where divided into C)o-
16 rooghs or tribes, liut that division has no relation to thf i^Mu ernraent:
17 no separate Jurisdictions exist even in the wandering hordes. There
18 are no assemblies of tlie tribe, or its elders, as among the Afghauns,
19 either for the conduct of its afikirH, or for the settlement of disputes
20 The country is ^vided into distrietay iiiid»- officers appointed by
21 tiieiov«gre%n. These aie subdiTided into amaUerdiitiicts, in iriiidi
22 the'tevenue is' collected and jnstice administered by inferior cAesn.
23 ^bordinate to these are village govemment^ such as are found sD
24 overthe east $ and here at length some ^rmptomsef popular huflnewee
25 and of attention to birth a|»pear in tiie appointment of the Anhtolranl
26 Of head of the TiU^ge. That officer is named by the sovenign, at the
27 lecomnMndatioB ef the richest people of the village, and thoi^^ their
28 adeetion is influenced by the wealth and abilities of the candidates,
29 yet they often continue the offioe for a long time in one family. The
30 power of the Auksekaid is, however, inconsiderable; lie ii^ indeedi
31 rather an agent empiioyed by the TiUagers then an officer, on the part
32 of the King.
33 Besides this chain of ci\nl officers, and those wlio have commands
34 in the armv, the only people of consequence among the laity are
35 those called Baueea, whose authority and iufiuence is entirely derived
36 II
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