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3 ft gathering of the Hazaurehs describeci . one of thes<^ rlrnnis was
4 beat, and the sound was taken up, and repeated troiii lull hill.
5 The Hazaurehs armed in haste, and rnnhed out, till at last n torce of
6 two or three tliounand men ^^as asseinblcd at the point ul attack.
7 -Each village has a chief called the Hoker, and one or two elders
8 called by the Toorkiah word Aukstdcaid (which, like Speeu Zheereh
9 m Pushtoo, and Heesh Suffeed in Persia, means UteraUy white beard),
10 but all entirely depen^nt on the Sooltatin.
11 The HiranveliB are diTided into trib«» of which the DA Zeogae^
12 Heh Kbondee* Jaughooree, and Folanda, are among the moat oonai-
13 detable, and each has its own Sodtami, wfaoae power it abaolutem
14 his tribe. He adnmusten jnatioe» impotieB SsntB, impri8on% and even
15 puts to death. Some of these fiooJtamis have good cattka, fine
16 clothes, and servants adorned with gold and silver. Dmj have ooiv-
17 itant disputes «wwMig tiiemsehreS} so that there is teacAy a Haaai^
18 reh tribe which is not at war whh its neighbours. Hiey hsve also
19 foreign wars ; and sometimes two or Uuee Sookauns mite to rebel
20 Slgpunstthe King: but they have never any solid Or useful confede-
21 racy. I have been told by a man who had been employed to collect
22 the revenue under Zeinaul Khaun, that he had sometimes b^n
23 called into Ml assembly of six or seven of these chiefs, who would
24 inform him that they were determined not to pay the tribute, and
25 that he might go iifHinL his business. In tlie same uight, one eiiief
26 would come and declare that he had no share m this contumacy ;
27 next momingt one or two more would come, and the whole confe-
28 deracy would dissolve. When it once came to blows, they would
29 often hold well tog^ber } but they were always qndled in the end.
30 'Una Zfaauml Khaon wis a Mognl of the beighboorhood- of Heradt,
31 irba was made gofvemor of Ranmeeaun, in flhaob Zemeun's reign,
32 and who dragged up a gun into die s^ngest parts of the monntainst
33 md rednoed the Hatanieiw to a degpree of order and obedience never
34 eqaaUed.'
35 In geneial, the Haiaweha were divided between the govenunent
36 of Gfaorant and Bauinecaiin ; and at present they are acaiedy nnder
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