'Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society, from September 1850 to June 1852. Edited by the Secretary. Volume X.' [‎44] (177/458)

LIEUTENANT H. 0 . KAVERTY
Tuppah of Hashtnuggur 1,50,000
Eusufzai Country.. 1 , 10,000
Doabah Tuppah... 1,40,000
Khalisah Do.... • •kkk* • ••••••&••••• *•»»•••••••••*• •••••••• ••• 90,000
Daondzai Do 70,000
Momund Do#••••••• ••• •• ••••••••••• •• •••#• #•••••••••••••# 80^000
Khulleel Do 50,000
^Coliftufc Disfcncfc# • •###•#••••*#•••••••••••••••#•• •• •••••••••••• 2,50,000
City of Pcslitiwur, S&c ••••••••••••••• •#••••••• •»••• •• 2,60,000
Grand Total Eupees 12,00.000
The revenue of the last year cannot be taken account of, because of
the interruption to trade caused by the disturbances in the country,
the compensations granted on account of injury to fields, &c., occasion
ed by troops passing to and fro, and the grants to different persons for
services performed for Government; under all circumstances, however,
the revenue of the present year cannot fall far short of the sum realized
by the Seiks*
GENERAL REMARKS.
Every village or town, with the exception of the city of Peshawur,
consists of several Kundies or Streets, to each of which there is a Ma
lik or head-man, according to the number of Kundies in the village.
Each of these Kundics has its own Musjid, and its own Musafir Klia-
nah, or house for the reception of travellers ; and the people of each
Street go to their own Musjids to pray, and to their own Hujrah or
place connected with the Musafir Khanah, to converse after the busi
ness of the day. In the same manner, every stranger who enters a village
becomes the guest of the people of that Kundie in which he first sets
foot, and is hospitably entertained as long as he chooses to remain.
Out of the different Maliks of Kundies, the chief of the district chooses
one to be Malik of the village, and he thus becomes the Malik of Ma
liks. Supposing, however, that he wishes to seize on, or requires the
services of, any man of the village, he cannot act on his own authority,
unless the person belongs to his own Kundie, but must request the Malik
of that Kundie, to which the person belongs, to arrest or bring him as
the case may be. This custom prevails throughout the province, but
is most strictly observed at a distance from the city, and in the Eusufzai