'Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society, from September 1850 to June 1852. Edited by the Secretary. Volume X.' [‎19] (152/458)

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industrious. There are also 4 Timber merchants, who are Peshawurees,
and reside in the Chouk (market place)-i-Nusseer-Khan ; and lastly 13
Tent-makers, who are Peshawurees also, and have no particular place
of residence. The inhabitants of the city are a mixed race, consisting
of the people called Peshawurees, who do not pretend to trace their
descent; Hindus of the Kutree and Seik tribes, Kashmirians, Affghans,
and Moguls, but the latter are very few in number.
The principal streets and Bazars are as followThe IC Bazar-i-
Kissah Khoane”or “ Street of the Story Tellers/’ immediately inside
the Kabul Gate, is the most lively part of the city, more particularly
about sunset, when it is crowded with all sorts of people. At this time
the din is so great that it is impossible to hear one’s self speak.
Here may be seen Affghans and English, Kashmirians and Panja.
bees, and Armenians, Huzaras and Hindoos, andParsees—old and young,
rich and poor, all crowded together and elbowing each other on all
sides. Here Officers on Elephants and Horses, there Eakeers on
Ponies,—one fellow crying out “ Garam Nan/’ (Hot Bread), and
another striking two brass cups together, which produces a vile sound,
and crying out “ Sard AV’ (cold water), cows, donkeys, camels, dogs,
sheep, goats, buffaloes, men, women and children, all mixed up in one
great moving mass. The whole of the houses of this street have shops
on the ground floor, whilst the frail fair ones” reside above. The next
street is Jehangeerpurah, which is the residence of Moguls, who are few
in number, Kashmirians, Peshawurees, and Affghans. u Duma-Gullie,
or the “ Street of the Minstrels,” now principally occupied by proprie
tors of Dancing Girls and Prostitutes. Mhowree Mahalah, inhabited by
a few Moguls of the Mhowree tribe, and Kashmirians. Meerpurah, in**
habited by Peshawurees. Gunj-i-Khonahar, old Grain market, which
is a very large quarter, and is inhabited by Peshawurees, Kashmirians,
and a few Moguls. Keerumpurah, iu which Hindus chiefly dwell, as also
a few Peshawurees. These two latter streets, together with that of
Jehangeerpurah beforementioned, have each a Bazar of their own,
which is entirely independent of the city Bazar, or as it is called the
Bazar-i-Shair, which extends from the Kabul Gate to the Gorkhutree.
The next street is that of Gorkhutree, mostly inhabited by Peshawurees
and a goodly number of Hindus. Mahalah-i-Nalbandan or Street of
the Horse Shoers, in which Peshawurees reside, as also a few 4< Dums