1 Walker's Map of
2 Sinde.
3 E.LC. Ms, Doc.
4 ! Masson, Bal. Afg-
5 Panj. 1. 415;
6 P. Yon Hugel,
7 Kaschmir, til. 2583
8 Moorcr. Pun}.
9 Bokh, {. 92;
10 Burnes’ Bokh.
11 Hi. 160.
12 2 Court and Camp
13 of Runjeet Singh,
14 140.
15 184 SHA.
16 the valley of Pisheen, the other two being the Hyderzye and the
17 Kerbolahe Saiyads. All three, according to tradition, are sprung
18 from a wandering descendant of the prophet, who visited the
19 valley and settled there many centuries ago. The Shahdazye
20 Saiyads are considered superior to the others, and are in high
21 repute for miraculous powers among the ignorant and super-
22 stitious population. They had formerly extensive estates, but
23 these were seized by the Sirdars, or rulers of Kandahar, and
24 the Saiyads are now compelled to maintain themselves by com-
25 merce and pastoral pursuits.
26 The khail of Shahdazye consists of about a hundred and fifty
27 families, whose houses occupy two villages close to each other,
28 and situate two hundred yards from the crumbling bank of the
29 stream. A few of the best habitations are built with thick mud
30 walls, and have roofs supported on beams, but the greater number
31 are mere hovels. None of the inhabitants, however, are in a state
32 of extreme indigence, and they are represented as living in concord
33 and the exercise of mutual good-will—a happy contrast to the
34 ‘state of society prevailing through a large part of Afghanistan.
35 Shahdazye is in lat. 30° 30’, long. 66° 43’.
36 SHAHKOOGUD, in Sinde, a village situate on the right
37 bank of the Indus, in lat. 27° 58’, long. 69°.
38 SHAH KOT.—A village in the Punjab, situate on the road
39 from Mooltan to Bhawlpoor, ten miles south of the former city.
40 Lat. 30°, long. 71° 30’.
41 SHAHLIMAR.!—A splendid pleasure-ground, about three
42 miles east of Lahore, made by order of the Mogul emperor Shah
43 Jehan, but now in the possession of the ruler of the Sikhs.
44 Here were numbers of pavilions and other buildings for ornament
45 and pleasure, but man; of them were demolished or defaced by
46 Runjeet Singh, to obtain the marble materials for the embellish-
47 ment of his residence in Lahore, and the construction of his reli-
48 gious capital of Amritsir, and of the neighbouring fortress of
49 Govindghar. Still there is much to cause admiration, especially
50 the numerous beautiful fountains, abundantly supplied with water
51 brought in an aqueduct a hundred and twenty miles in length,
52 from Shah Jehanpoor, in the Himalaya.
53 According to Osborne,? the scene is not unworthy the
54 magnificence of the Mogul dynasty. The following account
55 is given by that author: ‘‘ These gardens are very beautiful,