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2 CHAP. IIL
3 OF THB raniibv or thz xzngoom into raovxKCBs.
4 TTffE whole kingdom is divided into twenty-seven provinces or
5 district ; exclusive of Belochistaun, the chief of whicii country
6 is, except in names rather a party in an unequal aDianoe than a
7 subject.
8 ^Hie dg^iteen mo8t important aie each govanied by a
9 eoUecta the icnrenue and commanda the nilitia $ and a Sudar, who
10 oommanda the regular troopa, and whoae dufef it ia to preierve the
11 fmblic tranqniUitj, and to enfbrae the authority of the Haokim and
12 Cauzy: when the Hawlrim U » Dooiaimeei he uamJly hoMatheodloe
13 of SirdM* alao.
14 The administration of civil justice ia conducted by the Caoay.
15 Under the Haukim and Sirdar, the revenue and police are admi-
16 nistered by the heads of tribes } and under them> by the heads of the
17 subdivisions of their tribes.
18 The imjjortancc of the heads of tribes is greater or less in pro-
19 portion to the degree of subjection in which the country ia held :
20 where the tribes are powerful, every thing is done through the
21 heads ; where they arc weak, as at Peshawer, the Haukim and Sir-
22 dar send their orders direct to the heads of subdivisions ; and in
23 Caduneer, among the Tai^)iks, and in the provinces on the Indu8>
24 ndiere dure are many Hindnkeei^ the WanHnM or Siidara aend disr
25 effioeia to indhridnala, or employ the heeda of TiUagai at theb in
26 The eighteen provinces where Haukims reside are, Heraut, IVir-
27 3 X
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