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2 CHAP. IL
3 OP THB XniAUKS AND VABAUBIRS,
4 THE Eimauks fin<\ Hazaurelt.s have been stated to iniiabit the
5 Paropauiii^uii inuuatains between Caubul and Heraut, having
6 the Uzbeks on their north, and the Dooraunees and GhiljieiJ on their
7 south. Their countries have been stated to be rugged and rnouu-
8 tainoiu. Bodi muted exlteaaiA. more dum tJnree Imndfed miles in
9 l^gdi, and about two huiuired miles in breadth.
10 One is surprised to find within the limits of Afghaunistaun, and
11 In that very part of it which is said to be the original seat of the
12 A^hauns, a pec^le differing enturely from that nation in appearance
13 language, and manners. The wonder seems at first removed, when
14 we find that they bear a resemblance to thdrToorkee neighbours,
15 but points of difference occur even there, which leave us in more
16 perplexity than before. The people themselves afibrd us no akl in
17 removing this obscuri^, for iJiey have no account of their own
18 origin ; nor does their language, which is a dialect of Persian, afibrd
19 any due by which we might discover the race firom which they are
20 sprung. Their features, however, refer them at once to the Tartar
21 stock, and a tradition declares tbem to be the ofFsprino; of the Mo-
22 guls. They are, indeed, It etjucntly called by the name of iSIoguls
23 to this day, and they are oiten contomuK d with the Moguls and
24 Chagatyes, who still reside in the neiglilx iirhood of" Heraut. They
25 themselves acknowledge their affinity to those tribes, as w( 11 as to
26 the Calniuk.s, now settled in Caubul ; and they intermarry with both
27 of tliObe nations. They do not, however, understand the language of
28 . Ihe Mogiils of Heraut
29 Aboolfiud alleges that they are the remaina of the army of the
30 Mogul prince Mwfai Khaun* the grmdaoa of Chiiq^ieef; and Biii>
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