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3 The Eimauks have always been dependent on Heraut^ though they
4 . were immediately Under the subordinate government of Seeah-bund.
5 The greater part of them are still in obedience to the prince at
6 Heraut, to whom they furnish troops when required, aud at.whiMe
7 (sourt they either attend in person or keep a near relation.
8 Two Eimaiiks, the Teimooree and Hazaureli, however, are now
9 subject to Persia. Thii» w as owing to their position, whicli is west of
10 Heraul, jind within the iijuiis ovennn by the Persians. Their lands
11 arc excluded from the Paropamisau mouulaiuis, and consist of sandy
12 tncb iatmBperieA with bnteh hills. The Teimoorees under KiUidi
13 Khaim hm long posmied their preaenl oountty* Tlifc HflMiit«ht,
14 an Ui0. oontnoy,'- w&b- only lately moTed^ to their praieiit teatB by
15 Shauh Mfthmeodion aooouBt ef b, qoanal bdiivceii theniMid the Tei-
16 mouBMi 'The iunilj of Mahommed Khaim, dieh* ehief* held the
17 title of B^eribcgco fidm Ihe Kmgfl of .C^abii]> andhe letahift it under
18 tfaeBmuiK. Hie tiflie difien fcom.the other FimenliB m hevng
19 decidedly the features, dress, and manners of the Uebcks; They see
20 pioud of this rgaemblance, and tlieir chief carefbUyheqw up eoon-
21 neetinii wkh the court of Bokhavira. :
22 / ^ I hayeimentienfd that this Eimauk i»iiot-to be oonfoanded with
23 the Hazaurehs who inhabit the easton part of the Paropamisui
24 mountains ; but, although they are now separated, the JElimauks and
25 Hazaurehs are certainly of one descent, and probably the Jattesdniva
26 their name from the same source with thi« tribe. *
27 The best accoimts 1 possess of the nnniH i s oi the Eimaulcs, ex-
28 cluding those last mentioned, lead me to guess tliem at four hundred
29 or four hundred and fifty thousand souls. It is needles^ to say that
30 those accounts are neither tldl nor exact.
31 The country of the Hazaurehs is still more nigged than that of the
32 fjmauks. The sterility of the soil and the severity of the oUnate are
33 * The ISutar anny used to be divided into a certain number of Hazaurdhs or r^-
34 ment«, and it possible that some of thos<^- brHlir-s nrigrniilly left to ocCI^ port of •
35 «oiM]aered country, may have given nbe to the uatiuu ui'tlie iiuzaurc'lib.
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