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2 CHAP. VU
3 TMS MlliITARY SBTABLISUMEMT.
4 nppIE established array consists of Dooraunees, GIkiUhiiiu bliauhs,
5 and Karra Nokur ; there is also a sort oi imlitia called
6 Eeljaiiree, which is called out on extraordiuary occasions ; and
7 volunteers are entertained in actual war under the denomination of
8 Dawatullub.
9 The DoorMineedaiis sre obliged to fimiahiiMriy twdve ^noumad
10 men, m the eonditioD on which tfaey hold llieir Teooo1a» oc lent-fiee
11 hmds, granted them by Ahmed Shah «nd Kandir. ' In addition lo
12 lhoee> they leoeive three montht pay in the year when on actual
13 aenrioeb Thia ia a anm equal to £ 10» which, with -tlieir landau ia
14 Tedconed to maike theb whole pay equal to 40 per annum.
15 They are called oat by ^ Enigma older, iaaned tollie chief cfcadi
16 dan, end by him notified to the Khauna nnder him. Tbty aaaomhk
17 the men due by their several subdivirions, and bdng them to the
18 fdeee appointed for the rendez%ous of tbe anny, where they ave
19 mustered and roistered before the King.
20 The men of each clan form a separate corps, called Duateh* ailb*
21 divided and oommaxxled apoording to deaoenft, aa in the civil airaii0B-
22 ment of the claii.
23 The greater jiart of the JDooraimeea only «**cth1 the liuig defying
24 military operations.
25 In wars carried on near the Dooraunee country, the Kifl^ oould
26 raise as mai>y Dooraunees as he could pay.
27 The establisliment of the Gholaum Khauneh, or corps of Ghohimni
28 Shauhs, is upwards ol thirteen thousand men.
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