1 504 LEIA.
2 bfltdeof Braiup«t>«iidinttieoovered on that vict^ TheSUnhtd
3 it ibt two jem at a later period : they have since made several attacks
4 on it, and at present are only induced to spare it by the sobniiMioiis
5 of the Haukim, and by pecuniary paym^ts on his part.
6 Leia and Dera Ismaei Khaiin are both under Mahommed Khaun
7 Suddozye,
8 Leia formerly belonged to the Heioches* I do not know when it
9 was conquereii by the Doorauuees.
10 The banks of the Induii are rich, but the Und at a distance from
11 that river is a sandy desart.
12 Leia is the capital town, but the residence of the Nabob is at
13 Bukhur, a small but flourishing town near the Jndas ; or at Mswir
14 kaiia* a strcmg (oftt in the most desart part of the pocovinoe*
15 Bodi provinces only yiekl five hundred thousand rupees, of which
16 three hundred thousand go to llie King. Mahommed Khaun has
17 two battalions of matchlock-men, five thousand good horse, thirty
18 guns, and two howitsen. He ia on friendly terms with the Sik%
19 probably because his oountxy towards th«r frontier is pardcularlj
20 uninviting.
21 Daoira Deen Punnah is a little district enclosed within the lands of
22 Leia. It yields a revenue of a hundred and fifty thousand lupeei^
23 and is granted rent free to a Dooraunee lord.
24 Leia is bounded on the nrMth In the salt range, iMnond which is
25 a rugged and inountainous country inhabited by smnil nnd fierce
26 tribes, ol w hom the most conspicuous are the Kautirs, an Indian tribe
27 independent both on the King and the Siks.
28 To the north of those mountains are the fertile plains of Chuch and
29 Haaanrdk, inhabited by Indians oonverted to the Jbhommedan rep
30 figien, and called Goqjeis. Among them ai» many tuifaulent A£-
31 ghanns of various tribes, and these last aie the masteta of the
32 Qountiy.
33 To.the nortli of these plains-is Drumtour (the.ooiAitEy of tfap Ja>
34 doons), already de^icribed as belonging to a branch of Eust^yes,
35 North of it is Tomaul* a woody and molmkainous oomitry, which
36 It
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