'The Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society. From January 1865 to December 1867. (Edited by the Honorary Secretary.) Volume XVIII.' [‎64] (199/268)

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REPORT ON A VISIT TO KEJ ; AND
vince On the north side of the valley are Budkhana, the residence of
Mir Gungozai, the chief of the Kolwah Kowdaees, who consider them-
selves of more importance than the Kowdees of Dusht; they have
intermarried extensively with the Mirwanis—M«<%, the residence of
Dost Mahomed Kowdaee—held by Shahdad Nowsherwani and
his son Belooch Khan, given to plundering ; and Zeek the residence of
Dad Kerim Mirwani. On the south side are Balor, Chumbur, and
Gushanak, which will be further noticed.
There are several Hindoo merchants residing in the various villages
of Kolwah, who import cloth and other necessaries from India by way
of Ormara, despatching grain, wool, and ghee to that port, and quantities
of grain to Kej and Punjgoor, whence they receive in return the produce
of those places.
Balor.
Kolwali was formerly ruled from Kej, but has ceased to be so, and
an agent of the Khan yearly receives the dues. As these are largely
paid in grain the Hindoos obtain it at a cheap rate on these occasions.
On the 27th I was at Balor, a Kowdai village with about 200 inhab-
itants. Here I obtained fresh camels for
Jow. From Balor to Ormara is four days
*
for laden camels, the road being hilly. From this place I proceeded
along the south side of the valley to Chumbur, situated about 20 miles
east. Here is (for Mekran) an imposing-looking fort, built on an
eminence ; it belongs to Mir Nundoo, the Naib of Ormara, who at the
time of my visit had gone to Kelat. A nephew of his received me, and
seemed anxious to make himself agreeable, hut as I arrived at sunset and
left early next morning I had little time to cultivate his acquaintance.
On the 29th of September, at evening, I arrived at the fort of Guslia-
nak, which much resembles Chumbur; round
it is a village of 200 or 300 inhabitants.
Guslia nak.
Gushanak is the seat of Wuli Mahomed, the Chief of the Mirwanis.
This Chief displayed the usual amount of hospitality, sending presents
of grain, forage, &c. The valley here trends more northerly. A little
east of Gushanak we left the valley, and the road thenceforward to
Jow lay amongst the hills to the south ; though sometimes steep and
stony the path is every where passable by laden camels ; forage is pro*
curable to a limited extent at several places along this route. On the
evening of the 30th September I reached a river called the Pao Klior,
which, flowing from the Mushki valley, here winds amongst the hife
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