'Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society, from September 1850 to June 1852. Edited by the Secretary. Volume X.' [‎34] (167/458)

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34 LIEUTENANT H. G. RAVERTY
On the morning of the 11th December, we reached the village of
Ameer Khan, which is distant from Katlung eight miles. It contains
a population of 500 souls, of the Shaberkhail Eusufzais. The houses are
built of stone. The revenue is 180 Rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. . About five miles to the
east of this village, at the foot of the mountains which separate this part
of the country from Booneer, lies the village of Abazai. The highest
part of these mountains is called the Koh-i-Rama, near the summit of
which there is a cave, called the Issmus-i-Kashmir, and which is said to
lead into Kashmir. The mouth of the cave is about six or seven yards
wide, inside which are a great many carved figures: to enter is difficult,
on account of the immense number of Flying Foxes. The village of
SangaWe or Sugow, which was captured and burnt, is situated in a nar
row gorge of the mountains, and contained 70 houses, which were
built of stone and mud. To the left of the village lies the road into
Booneer, which is very steep and narrow, and from which reason it is
called Tungee. The inhabitants amounted to about 350 persons, who
were of the Shaberkhail tribe. The country between Sangawe and the
village of Pullai is entirely uncultivated, level, and here and there inter
sected by ravines and beds of mountain streams. The camp was pitched
about three miles from the insurgent village of Pullai, between the hill
of Tarakai, and the dry bed of the Kalpanee river, or, as it is generally
called, the Khurr-i-Lundye : there are no villages within a mile or a mile
and a-half of this place. In the valley, in advance of us, were situated
the villages of Pullai, Zormundai and Sheerkhanee, which were burnt,
and three others, further up the valley, called Bazdarrah-i-Paeen, and
Bazdarrah-i-Balla, together with Mora, which is situated half way up
the mountain on the road into Suwat. The valley, which is known as
Bazdurrah, is about six miles in length, and from three to four in
breadth ; it was well cultivated and well wooded. The three first men
tioned villages were built of stone, and two were surrounded by walls,
with round towers of no great height at the corners. The number of
inhabitants in these several places could not have been less than 5,000
souls.
The country between Katlung and the hill of Chechar, is called the
plain of Lundye Khan; that between Chechar, Sungawe and Pullai,
the Babazai valley; and that between Pullai and Suyedabad, the plain
of Lundye Khurr also. The principal villages are Ameer Khan, Sun
gawe or Sugao, Kowai, Baboozai, Peepul, Hadjee or Ghazee Bab^