1 BILOCH, PATHAN, AND ALLIED RACES.
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3 The Shinwari arc tlio only branch of the descendants of Kansi, third son of Karshabun/
4 who still retain a corporate existence as a tribe. They lie west of the Mullagori, hold the hills
5 to the north of the western end of the Khaibar pas?, and thence stretch along the northern slopes
6 of the Safed Koh up to the Khugiani territory. They are divided into four great clans, Sangu
7 Khel, All Shcr Khel, Sepah, and JIandozai. The Khaibar Shinwari belong to the Ali Sher Khel,
8 and live in the Loargi valley at Landi Kotal. Their principal septs arc Pi'ro Khel, Mir Dad
9 Khel, Kliiiga Khel, Shekh JIal Khel, and Suleman Khel. They are largely engaged in the
10 carrying trade beween Peshawar and Kabul ; and are stalwart, hardworking and inoffensive, though
11 much addicted to petty thieving. They probably came up to this part of the country with the
12 Ghoria Khel (see section 409).
13 The Bar Mohmand. — The history of the hill or Bar Mohmand has been related in section
14 409. Tliey Iiold the hills to the west of the Do:lba between the Kabul river and Bajaur and the
15 Utuian Khel country, the southern portion of Kunar, and some of the northern hills of the
16 Khaibar. They have also spread across oiu- border along the Kabul river, between the two branches
17 of which the Hali'mzai clan hold a small area lying between the Daiidzai and the Gugiani. Their
18 principal sections are Baizai, Khwaezai, I'awczai, Utmanzai, Kukozai, and Tarakzai, the last of
19 which ia divided into Hali'mzai, Isa Khel, Burhan Khel, and Tarakzai proper. The Halinizai and
20 the Tarakzai proper hold land on our border, the others living further west. The Khan of
21 Lalpura, Chief of the Mohmand, who belongs to the Tarakzai clan, probably enjoys more real
22 IKJwer than any other tribal Chief among the Pathans of our immediate border. The Mohmand
23 is almost as gi-eat a savage as the Afridi, while his venality is even gi-eater. " Yon have only
24 " got to put a rupee in your eye, and you may look at any Mohmand, man or woman. " They for-
25 merly gave much trouble o n our border.
26 The Utman Khel. — The history of the Utman Khel has al.'cady been sketched in sections
27 408-9. They occupy both banks of the Swat river beyond our border as far up as Arang
28 Barang, and have, as" stated in section 410, obtained a portion of the Baizai valley of Lundkhwar.
29 The two chief clans are Umar Khel and Asil Khel, the former of which hold the hills on the
30 Peshawar frontier, while the latter who live on the Swat river are the more powerful. " They
31 " are described as tall, stout, and fair, often going naked to the
32 " wai<t. The women labour like the men, and everything shows
33 " the absence of civilization. They are a sober people, with
34 " none of the vices of the Ydsufzai. "- They give us but little
35 trouble.
36 The Yusufzai proper.— The history of the Yiisufzai has
37 already been related in sections 408-9. Their main divisions
38 are shown in the margin. The holdings of the Akozai clans
39 have already been described in section 410. The Isazai hold the
40 north-east slopes of Mahaban, and the mountainous country on
41 both sides of the Indus in Hazara and the Gadiin valley. The
42 Malizai hold eastern and the Iliaszai western Buner. The Ranizai
43 and Baizai septs of the Akozai hold all the hills beyond the
44 northern border of iisufzai, the former to the west and the
45 latter to the cast. Beyond them in Buner lie the Salarzai sept
46 of the Hiaszai, and again between them and the Chamlah valley
47 are the Niirazai of the Malizai clan, which includes the Abazai section. The Yusufzai are incredibly
48 superstitious, proud, avaricious, turbulent, merciless, and revengeful. But they are of a lively,
49 merry, sociable disposition, fond of mnsic and poetry, and very jealous of the honour of their
50 women. Their tribal constitution is distinctly democratic.
51 The Jadun Country.— South of the Yiisufzai territory come Chamlah and the Khudu Khel
52 territory already noticed. The southern parts of the country between Peshawar and Hazara
53 constitute the Jadiiu or Gadiin country. The holdings of other tribes in this valley have already
54 been noticed. The .ladiin themselves occupy .ill the eastern portions of the valley and the
55 southern slopes of Maliaban down to the Indus, as well as a considerable area in Hazara. They
56 are described in section 417.
57 412. The Pathan Tribes of Hazara.- The Hazai-a moimtams on this
58 side of the Indus were from a very early date inhabited by a mixed population
59 of Indian origin, the Gakkhars occupying the portion to the south and having
60 authority over the Rajputs of the eastern hills, while a Gujar population held
61 most of the northern and central parts of the distiict. In 1399 A.D. a
62 family of Karliigh Turks came into India with Taimur, settled in the Pakhli
63 ' Dr. Bellews 8ay:> they came from Persia in the time of Xadir Shah, and settled among the
64 Pathans.
65 " Macgregor's Oaxefteer, voce Utman Khel.
66 Bidi Khel .
67 . (atmost extinct).
68 r Hasanzai.
69 Isazi
70 ..i Madakhel.
71 . Akazai.
72 Iliaszai.
73 r Daulatzai.
74 Malizai
75 . i Chagharzai.
76 t Niirazai.
77 r Eanizai.
78 Akozai
79 .. i Khwajazai.
80 t Baizai.