1 KAiUU NOKUB.
2 had only fiv«^ wkm ht took the field aft Fedunrar in ISOft. Tliey
3 were muoli wane in all respects than en j I hten enrer soon among Q»
4 Bithreanniee of UMiia*
5 The King has a guard of a few hundced Hindoilwmee Sepogn*
6 vliidi mounta at the gate of the Hanun. They aw dwieed in imita-
7 tian of our 6cpoya» but aaem to have no diactpline*
8 The in^gnUur infimtiy* who ganriaon fovta* are paid from the
9 revenue of the pfovinee they are situated in. Thcce Wflfe OqIj one
10 hundred and fifty at most in the fiart of Attock.
11 The troops kept up by governors of pvorineea, have been nwO'
12 tioned (whor(> it could be ascertained) in tlwaoaount of. the provinces.
13 They can seldom be employed, except in waia Gamed on in the peo*
14 vince or its neighbourhood.
15 Tfic Karra Nokur arc furnishofl in t'^mv of \\ar l>\ the owners of
16 land, at a rate fixed in former timeii. The expciict of iliis ser\'ice
17 was provided for by a remission of revenue at the lirst settlement
18 The numbers vary ; the courtiers pretend that a man is due lor ^«:h
19 plough ; and the tribes near CaubuK perhaps furnish the number due
20 on that principle : the more powerful, or more remote tribes snpply
21 a much smaller proportion, and some none at aJL The Tuujiks fur-
22 nish a greater proportion than the A%haun8. On the whole, th^
23 number iunnshed is less than that eidier of the DDOiaoneeB or
24 Oudanma.
25 Th^ are formed into Duateha» and ooaMuanded by DoonNmee
26 filfdan ; piwbably by those who have the government of their tribes.
27 Each division has, besidest a subotdhiate . ehicT of ita o«m. iribflk
28 When they are ordered out, the MnHIha call vpaa the esmcn of
29 land to furnish their proportbn ; and they have their choice tn asm
30 or pay fiir a snbstitute. The sum to be paid fiir a aufaatjUalie^ depends
31 on the expected duration of the service and generally is from five to
32 aeven tomans (firom jfilO to jfil4)} from thifcthe liead of the village
33 entertains a horseman, generalfyat three tomana} and. there is no
34 difficulty in procuring a person to serve from amnng the pOflrev
35 people in the village or its neighbourhood.
36 Dig'itized by Googl