'Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society, from September 1850 to June 1852. Edited by the Secretary. Volume X.' [‎30] (163/458)

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LIEUTENANT H. G. RAVERTY
Tamarisk. The soil is barren, and contains great quantities of nitre •
the cultivation is therefore scanty : the revenue is 1,500 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. . About
three miles from Pubee, low hills rise, which gradually increase i n
height, and form that range which constitutes the South-Eastern
boundary of the Province. The soil to the south and west, to within 12
miles of Peshawur, is very barren, and intersected by ravines and
patches of coarse black sand, and is also marshy in many places.
The other principal villages are Jehangeerabad, Wuzeerabad, Meerpu-
rah, Lerbulundpur, Pannogurrai, Kalookhail, Timurpurah, and thirty-
one others of smaller size.
twppali-i-Daondzai .—This district lies directly north of the city,
and is very marshy in many places. About a mile distant from the
fort is a morass, two miles long by as many broad. These bogs are
entirely unsuitable for cultivation ; but the people send their cattle to
graze in them, and great quantities of canes are produced, which are
used for building purposes. The district is watered by two rivers, viz.
t ic Shahallum, and the Sarmahwulla, which is here called the Budnoe.’
im theKhahsah district, it is not entirely peopled by the Daondzai
ribe,ms the name would imply. The villages are small in comparison
n . lose of the other districts, but they are very numerous. Shahal-
um is the largest village, or town it may be called, and contains 1,000
n labitants ; the revenue is 12,000 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. . The next most important
£ r f -f ! ai1 ’ HaSSUnabad ’ Murut > Baboozai, Gurrai-i-Sa-
hibzadah, Gurrai-Fazil, and fifty-six others of smaller size.
weSrt"^ distl ' ict extends fl0m city, in a south
tie nl y r I - 0 Shekan 0n the Bara and from Peshawur to
and H T T t0 the S ° Ufch East - Ifc is stored by the Bara,
W p G I"" ^ Cal ed the ^hurr-i-Momund ; but which, after pass-
afns at r U V S ^ Tum ° W - 14 rises ^ ^ Afreedee moun-
tric t ar E 6 ? S ° ° r Ji,lde8 ' The towns of this dis-
a ns a ^ Ma shookhail. The first mentioned place con-
branches fI Ir? 1,500 inhabitan ts. Two or three rivulets,
bnTZ l i f J Urr - i - M0mUnd ' through the town; and their
Ihe town and fifn I TT 0 "* tpees ° f varioils «>rte; the revenue of
7 1,300 inhabi ^ and a revenue of
1 ie other villages of importance are Mittnee, Shekan,