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2 BAHAWALPOOR.
3 Dera Ghauzee Khaun lies between the Indus and Belochestaiui) to
4 the north of the Mozaurees. It was conquered by Ahmed Shauh.
5 Tlie country, I imagine, resembles the adjoining tract of Muckelwaud*
6 already described, but is much better cultivated.
7 The revenue is less than five lacks of rupees. The jirovince is in
8 complete subjection to the King. Tlie town is ncai l> a..s large as
9 Mooltaun, but much ot it is in ruins. The country suiTers much from
10 the frequent change of the governors.
11 . The piovinoe of Dem Ismael Kbatm iaoompoBedof iJbetrMCtcaiUed
12 MiMifciihrnwii The ooaatay and its {noduoe have already been de-
13 scribed : its zeveniies, && wiU be menfeioiied under Lata* to whkii it
14 it at proaont anncaicd.
15 . I 'hsve mantioiied in anothac pfam^ that the nottk-weitem ooiw
16 nav of (the Indian deaait is cut off by the atreanu of tbe Panjaub ;
17 and that the tract thus formed is fertile within reach 4>f the inunda-
18 tion of the riTen> while the rest is sandy and waste. Thia - explaii^
19 the character of the provinces of Bahawulpoor, Moultaun, and 1 ria,
20 which are situated on the east of the Indii8« and to the south of the
21 Salt range.
22 The territory of Bahawulpoor exteiK?^ two huntlrod and eighty
23 miles from north-east to south-west, and a imndred and twenty miles
24 from noith-west to south-east, at the broadest points. It !nchi(lo<<,
25 for a certain distance, both banks of the InduS} of the Hydaspes, and
26 of the Aoesines. The banks of the riven are eveij iriMVie vfeh. To
27 (he west of the Acesinest the oountiy at a distance from'them ispoor»
28 bat to the <eaat it is abaohitely desart 1!1ie principal towna are
29 Bahawulpoor, Afamedpoor, Jul|a]lpoor» Seatpoor, and Oosh.' Hie
30 strongest pbce Is Bennnily a fint thai owes its strength to the desart
31 with which it is suiraonded. It was the oidinaiy xesidanoe of
32 Baliavi'ul Khaun.
33 The inhabitants of Bahawnlpoor are Jnts* Beloches* and Hindoos^
34 This is thepopidation of the neighbouring provinces slso^biitHindooa
35 are most numerous in Bahawulpoor.
36 Bahawul Khaun was rather a tributary prince than a govan<Nr oo
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