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2 iSbej would lie imd«r no ragnktkiii on die King's ptgt, and no good
3 oodd be ezpeetad* in ngolar «ctioafl» fimn ao ungovernable it moliti-
4 tude$ but if properlj applied* tiualund of.finoe ivonld not be witb-
5 ■out it» advautagBB. Lnpoitant iltings hm often taken place ftc
6 public objects, not immediately cxNmected with die tribeB which roaob
7 Tluis, in the Sbeeaii and Soonnee fiagr m Cavbul» all the neighbour-
8 ing tribesi eapeciaUy the ^Cohirtanneea, came to the aid of (heir
9 religion.
10 Ooloossee troops get no pay.
11 The chief officers of the army are called Sirdars. They have al-
12 wfl\'s hcfMi few. In Shauh Shujau's time there were only three. Tfiis
13 permanent miluarv rank must be distinguished i^m the office of
14 Sirdar in each province.
15 Tliere is sometimes an officer called Sirdarec Sirdaraun, who takes
16 rank of all tlie Sirdars, and commands every army wliore lie is pre-
17 sent. Shauh Mahmood has contcrretl Uiii» olike on i utteh K1i;luii.
18 Tlie Shaheenchee Baushee, or commander of the camel artiilery,
19 is a considerable ofhcer. He must be a Baurikzye.
20 Almost the whole of the regular troopa are cavaliy. The honea
21 belong to HbB m<». Bxcept about five hundred Feahkhedmutii (per-
22 aonal servants of the King's), there la not one man mounted on a
23 horse betoging to govenment llie-dueft heve eadi aome Feahk-
24 hedmuts* mounted on hofsea bdongmg to tliem* and equipped at
25 thefar expenoa These ue die best mounted and armed of the whole
26 army. They are generally Knanlbansliea.
27 The horses are mosdy from IXriiek Tartaiy, and die Toorooman
28 country along the Oxua. lliey are generally small, hardy» 'and
29 active^ well used to the mountainoua country, in whidh they are em-
30 ployed, and capable of making vary long marches.
31 The arms of the Dooraun^ are^ a Persian sword and a match-
32 lock ; a few of the best men have spears, wliich they put in the rest
33 when they charge* not having the skilful use of this weapon which is
34 oommiQii in India. A &w aoDoong them have fize-locks. The chiefs