1 31. 197.
2 1E.I.C. Ms. Doe. ;
3 Conolly (A.),
4 Jour. to India, Si.
5 127; Masson, Bal.
6 Afg. Pany. 1. 821;
7 Hough, Narr.
8 Exp. in Afg.
9 63-78,
10 2 Jour. As. Soc.
11 Beng. 1842, p. 55,
12 Grif, Bar. and
13 Ther, Meas.
14 ‘Walker's Map of
15 Afg.
16 Carless, Official
17 Survey of ihe
18 106 PIS—PIT.
19 of its summits being the residence of a Pir,* or Mahometan saint,
20 who gives benedictions to those who travel over the pass, and
21 also supplies them with refreshments. This pass, though so ele-
22 vated, must remain open to a late period in the year, as Von
23 Hiigel 3 traversed it in the middle of November, with a numerous
24 train of porters and other attendants from the plain.
25 PISHEEN,! in Southern Afghanistan, a table-land, or elevated
26 valley, lying between the Toba and Khojeh Amran mountains
27 and those of Tukatoo, and crossed by the great route from Sinde
28 to Afghanistan, through the Bolan and Kojuck passes. Its ele-
29 vation varies from 5,000 to 6,000 feet. It is about fifty miles
30 in length from north-east to south-west, and about half as much
31 in breadth. The elevation is very considerable, as the banks of
32 the Lora river, or river of Pisheen, near Hydurzie, being the lowest
33 part of the valley, are 5,000 feet above the level of the sea.”
34 Being watered by the above-mentioned river, and possessing the
35 advantages of a fertile soil and moderate climate, it is well suited
36 for agriculture, which receives a large share of the attention of
37 the inhabitants, though some of them are engaged in trade, and
38 in the carrying business between Sinde and Afghanistan, for
39 which their local knowledge and influence well adapt them. The
40 chief products are wheat, artificial grasses, and various European
41 fruits. The majority of the inhabitants are of the Tereen tribe, but
42 there is a great number of Syuds, who claim descent from Ma-
43 homet, and bear a decent character for courage and morality, ac-
44 cording to the scale of judgment prevailing in these parts. The
45 successful resistance which these people gave to the British under
46 General England, at Hykulzye, seems to justify an opinion credit-
47 able to their military spirit. They carry on a considerable trade
48 in horses. Most of them are able to speak Hindostanee. The
49 Tereens are much intermingled with the tribe of Caukers, or
50 Khakas, and the Atchakzais, a clan of the Duranees; and the
51 British force suffered much by their depredations in its passage
52 through the valley. Pisheen lies between lat.,.30° 20’—30° 50’,
53 long. 66° 30’—67° 20’.
54 PITMUTEE, in Afghanistan, a village situate on the river
55 Indus. Lat. 29° 26’, long. 70° 42’.
56 PITTEE, in Sinde, the lower part of the Buggaur, formerly
57 * H “c ”
58 om literally, ‘‘ an old man