red beards, by the military affectation of'their carriage, and
by their haughty and insolent dëmeanour.”#
The Khyberi are another Affghân iribéjwho live in the
country to the south-westward of the plain of Peshawar.
On the south-east they extend along the range from 34°
nearly to the Indus. Their country is much diversified.
The climate has extremes of heat and cohLn- “ In Guran it
is-cool,-but the-lower valleys, from the stagnation öfrthèf
air between mountains, and the low bare hills are par the
summer intolerably hot.”
The Khyberi, enumerated among the Berdürâni tribes,
are lean muscular men, with : long gaunt faces, high
noses, prominent cheek bones, andr black c«itapiëxions>\
They are in appearance more uncouth than-any other
Affghâns.
There are many other smaller tribes to the westward
and southward of the Berdürâni country, inphoroufsklrts,
who are reckoned in part as belonging to Damaun. They
are enumerated by Mr. Elphinstone.
2.-—South-eastern Tribes of Daman.
Daman is comprehended betwëën the Salt rangé "and
the Solimân mountain s i' It is divided # vto-three-parts,
Muckelwand; Or the plain of the Indus, the ctnftifr'y of. the
Marwats, and Damân proper.
The Muckelwand is inhabited by Balûches and Jâts, who
are not Affghâns. They are people of dark complexion- and
lean and meagre form.
The Marwats are agriculturists. They inhabit sandy
and arid plains, divided by ranges of bills. They are tall,
fine men. Their country reaches from near the feet of the
Soïimân mountains to the hills bordering on the plain of the
Indus.
Damân proper, extends along thé feet of the Soliman
hills, southward of the Marwats. It is inhabited by various
tribes included under the general appellation of
“ Lohaunees.”
Mr. Elphinstone describes these tribes as differing from
* Elphinstone’s Kabûl, page 348.
the Berdürkni in several respects,, both in character and
appearance, beings large bony men, often fair, and wearing
long blades .and bands. -They have less resemblance to the
Indians than other eastern Affgh^ns.’i ? The “ Bauboors” are a
civilised* and .dpnl^ | &g^a of Lohaunees. The “ Stooreau-
.nseesj^mostly^pasforal people^ ppej an other- kindred tribe.
.Besides the,foregoing some( wandering tribes take up
their abodes^ during the winter, in Damhn.
3.—MouhMiniTribes inhabiting the Range of the Solimän
MoUnfains-.
“ The ZamiirrePs and Sheeraunees inhabit the mountainous
regionr-above the t ^ e s alreadyide^C|^|^:around,,,the lofty
heightsidi, Tukhti Solimaun,”r in jvjljpges scattered about its
skirts.
The She£muiregsyare generally, of middle- stature, not
thin, but stout, hardy, and active. They have bold features,
g rey ^y ^M g h cheek-bones, and a wild and m an l|| appearance!
»
The’ Vizpire^lihhabit a country of pine-forests <to the
nprjhwardiofihe former friW* They are said to be tall and
mgscular, of fair complexions and^high features.
4.— Western Ajfghans^—Düräni.
The eastern Aflghän tribes.already described inhabit^ for
the most part, plains and valleys .intersected by abrupt
chains of hills.. The tribes of western Affghanistan live
chiefly on steppes and downs^often bleak and bare.
The “ Dooraunees” .are the principal and dominant tribe.
Their country is, four hundred miles’m*length, and from one
hundred and twenty to one hundred and forty in breadth.
It is bounded by the Paropamisan mountains to the north,
inhabited, by Aimaks and Hezürehs, races distinct from the
Affghin. Its extent is probably greater than that of England.;
The Dooraunees are divided into many petty
tribes, who are ranged under the heads of the Zeerak and
Punjpaws. The population of their country is estimated at
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