1 E.LC. Ms. Doe.
2 Walker's Map of
3 N.W. Frontier.
4 E.I.C. Ms. Doc.
5 E.1.C. Ms. Doc.;
6 Prinsep, Life of
7 Runjeet Singh,
8 120,
9 Map of Afg.
10 E.I.C. Ms. Doe-3 ~
11 Mil. Op. in Afge
12 361.
13 Vigne, Kashmir,
14 ii. 188; Von
15 Hugel, Kaschmir,
16 ili, 25.
17 44 MAT—MAZ.
18 the desolation in which it stands in the most fruitful valley in the
19 world.” These ruins are situate in lat. 33° 45’, long. 75° 8’.
20 MATCHIE, in Afghanistan, a village situate on the right
21 bank of the Indus, thirty miles north of Mittunkote. Lat. 29°
22 16’, long. 70° 48’.
23 MATINEE.—See Mirtan1.
24 MATISTAN, in Afghanistan, a village ten miles from the
25 left bank of the Helmund river, in lat. 33° 14’, long. 66° 58’.
26 MATUM, in the Punjab, a village situate on the route from
27 Lahore to Mooltan, and fifty miles south-west of the former town.
28 Lat. 31° 10’, long. 73° 35’.
29 MAUNKAIRA, or MUNKERE, in the Punjab, a town
30 situate in the Doab, between the Jailum and Indus. It is sur-
31 rounded by a mud wall, and has a citadel, built of burnt brick ;
32 but its principal defence is considered to be its position amidst
33 arid sandhills, which afford no water to invaders. Runjeet Sing,
34 when he invested it, at the close of 1821, supplied his troops at
35 first with water carried for a considerable distance by beasts of
36 burthen, and then without delay proceeded to dig an adequate
37 number of wells. The siege was pressed with so much vigour
38 and success, that the Nawab, Hafiz Ahmed, surrendered to the
39 Sikh ruler, on condition of being indemnified by a jaghire in the
40 Derajat. Maunkaira is in lat. 31° 23’, long. 71° 30’.
41 MAYAR, in Afghanistan, a village situate near the right
42 bank of a feeder of the Lundye river, and about six miles from
43 the confluence. Lat. 34° 59’, long. 71° 47’,
44 MAZEENA, in Afghanistan, a fort situate in Nungnehar,
45 fifteen miles south-west of Jelalabad. Here the British troops,
46 in July, 1842, defeated the Afghans, and destroyed thirty-five
47 forts in the vicinity. Lat. 34° 13’, long. 70° 34’.
48 MAZUFURABAD, in the Punjab, a town at the Confluencé
49 of the Jailum and its great tributary, the Kishengunga. It is
50 a small place,* and apparently only worth notice on account of
51 * The statements of travellers as to the size and population of this place
52 are widely different. According to Vigne it has from 150 to 200 flat-roofed
53 houses. Moorcroft (ii. 307) states it to contain about 3,000 houses; while
54 Hiigel gives it a population of only 2,300 inhabitants. There can be no doubt
55 that Moorcroft’s account is greatly exaggerated, and probably Hiigel’s esti-
56 mate of the population is so too.