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2 PINTEEANEE, in Sinde, one of the mouths of the Buggaur, Carless, official
3 formerly a great branch of the Indus, but latterly nearly deserted sated eee
4 by the stream. In consequence, the Pintceanee, has become a Bok. iil 2°
5 salt-water creek. Its entrance is impeded and rendered dangerous
6 by sandbanks ; but in the channels there are fifteen feet of water
7 at low tide, and boats of thirty tons can ascend for thirty miles.
8 Lat. 24° 20’, long. 67° 15’.
9 PINYAREE, in Sinde, a great branch of the Indus, parting Burnes (James),
10 from the main stream on the eastern, or left side, at Bunna, in ne
11 lat, 25° 4’, long. 68° 18’. A little below this place, Burnes found cba oe
12 the channel of the Pinyaree, during the low season, to be a mile osicial Rep. in
13 broad, with a large sandbank in the middle. It is navigable O's '”-
14 downwards as far as Mughribee, where a bund, or dam, forty
15 feet broad, was thrown across it by one of the Ameers in 1799.
16 At Mughribee this great watercourse is called the Goongroo.
17 Below this dam it is navigable southwards to the Seer mouth,
18 at which it is two miles wide. ;
19 PIR JELALPOOR, in the Punjab, a town near the confluence prasson, Bal. Afg.
20 of the Ghara and ‘I'rimab, or Chenaub. It contains a fine Ma~ P2%}!.303.
21 hometan shrine, covered with lacquered tiles, and adorned with
22 minarets and cupola, There is a good bazaar ; and the extensive
23 ruins of brick-built structures in the vicinity indicate that
24 it was formerly a place of importance. Lat. 29° 28’, long.
25 71° 16,
26 PIR PANJAL,! or the Saints’ Mountain, a lofty range, form- ! Vigne, i. 264-5,
27 ing part of the south-west boundary of Kashmir, and separating ae
28 it from the Punjab. Its general direction is from north-west to
29 south-cast ; its length from the Baramula Pass, at the former ex-
30 tremity, tothe Pir Panjal Pass, or that of Nandan Sar, at the lat-
31 ter, is about forty miles. Its highest point is Supposed to be about
32 in lat. 33° 40’, and is estimated to be 15,000 feet above the sea. 2. von Hugel, i.
33 According to Vigne, the highest part is basaltic, consisting of ee ea
34 amygdaloidal trap, which has upheaved; transition rocks appear= Moorer. ii, 205.
35 ing on its borders. Quartz, slate, and other primary formations
36 are observable on the northern or Kashmir side. At the south-
37 western extremity is the pass, generally called the Pir Panjal Pass,
38 or that of Nandan Sar, from a lake of that name near its northern
39 extremity. It is about 12,000 fect high, and, though devoid of
40 trees, is below the limit of perpetual congelation. The name
41 of Pir Panjal, or the Pir’s Mountain, has been given, from one