1 SHU. 197
2 merely irregular-shaped holes with a rudely-constructed door.”
3 These excavations, like those at Bamian,? are made in a conglo- ? Jour. As. Soc.
4 merate of no great consistency or hardness. After recounting the slap tag
5 native legend of a beauteous princess (Buddul Tumaul), harassed, ee a
6 like the bride of Tobit, by demons, who slew her seven lovers Both. 1. 183.
7 (the seven friends) in succession, and who was at length rescued
8 by Syful Mullik, the son of the king of Egypt, the description pro-
9 ceeds :—‘' A short distance above the entrance of the city, the”
10 broken, precipitous ravine in which it is situated decreases in width
11 to ten or twelve yards, and forms a deep natural channel in the
12 rock. For about half a mile the cliffs are excavated on both sides
13 to a considerable height, and, taking the remains of the houses
14 into account, I think there cannot be less altogether than fifteen
15 hundred. In one place a row of seven was pointed out by the
16 guides as the residence of ‘ the seven friends,’ and further on
17 we came to the grandest of all, the palace of Buddul Tumaul.
18 At this part, the hill, by the abrupt turning of the ravine, juts
19 out in a narrow point, and towards the extremity forms a natural
20 wall of rock, about three hundred feet high and twenty thick }
21 half-way up it had been cut through, and a chamber constructed
22 about twenty feet square, with the two opposite sides open; it is
23 entered by a passage leading through a mass of rock partly over-
24 hanging, and on the other side of the apartment two doors give
25 admittance to two spacious rooms. The whole had once been
26 plastered over, and, from its situation, must have formed a safe
27 and commodious retreat. At the summit of the hill, near it,
28 there is another building, which my attendants said was the
29 mosque where the princess was rescued by Syful Mullik, when
30 the demons attempted to carry her off.” Exclusive of the fanciful
31 tradition already alluded to, all record js silent respecting the
32 origin of these singular relics. Shuhr Roghan is in lat. 26° 18',
33 long. 66° 19’.
34 SHUHROVA, in the Punjab, a village situate on the left 5.1.0. Ms. Doc.
35 bank of the river Ravee, ten miles from its confluence with the
36 Chenaub. Lat. 30° 34’, long. 71° 55’. :
37 SHUJABAD, in the Punjab, a town about four miles from Masson, Bal. Afg.
38 the east bank of the Chenaub, and thirty miles south of Mooltan. as ate
39 Its size is considerable, and at a distance, with its lofty and irregu-
40 larly-built fortifications, it has a striking and picturesque appear-
41 ance. The walls are mounted with a few guns, and defended by.