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'Travels in Beloochistan and Sinde; accompanied by a geographical and historical account of those countries, with a map.' [viii-r] (19/476)
The record is made up of 1 volume (423 pages). It was created in 1816. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.
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CONTENTS.
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manners of the Baubees. — Present of fruit. — How dried. — unusually cold day
Intense frost. — Ghiljyee merchant. —
Kafilah
A train of travellers; a caravan; or any large party of travellers.
. — Explanation of that term. — Letters
to Bombay. — Offer. — Declined. — The author and his companion pass for Oozbuck
Tartars. — A visit to the city Fashions. — Author's complete disguise. Proof of
it by an incident. — The city of Keiat. — Why so called. — Situation. — Plan. For
tifications. — Author's opinion of them. — Khan's palace. — View. — Outward appear
ance. — Citadel. — Defensible. — Toofungchees or Matchlock-men. — Guard. City
gates. — Number. — How distinguished. — Houses Suburbs. — How built.
Streets. — Pathway. — Kennel. — Nuisances. — Author's remark. — Reply. — Very in
applicable. — Bazar. —Well supplied. — Water. — Extraordinary spring. — Its qua
lities. — Water-mills. — How erected. — Described.— Precaution. — Why requisite.
Gardens. — Planted. — Produce. — Population of Kelat. — Classes. — Names. — In
tricate subject. — Explained in the succeeding chapter - - - 40
CHAP. IV.
Belooches. — The name of the whole population. — Obscure origin and history. — Fiction.
— Great classes. — Belooches and Brahooes. — Tribes. — Subdivisions. — Designa
tions. — Whence. — Distinction between them. — Language of the Belooches. — Re
semblance to Persian. — Pronunciation. — Grounds of the author's opinion. Bra-
hoeekee, or language of the Brahooes. — Dissimilarity to the Persian. — Hinduwee.
Punjabee. — Contour of the people widely different. — Exceptions sometimes exist.
When. — Precautionary remark. — Principal Belooche tribes. — Names. — Nharooes.
— Where settled. — Rinds and Mughsees. — Emigrants. — Subdivisions of all three.
— Chiefs. — Hill tribes. — Nharooes. — Particular description of them. — Hardy.
Brave. — Savage. — Abhor private theft. — Predatory. — Sentiments on that point. —
Chupaos. — What. — Under the orders of their chiefs. — How conducted. — Food. —
Water. — Plan usually pursued. — Attack. — Amazing rate of travelling. — Make a
circuit. — Object. — Great peril of the Chupaos. — Likely conclusion to be drawn. —
Inaccurate. — Proofs. — Rinds and Mughsee Belooche classes. — Less predatory
Cause uncertain. — Author's conjecture. — Reason for it. — Apology for the Nharooes.
Comparison between the three classes. — Rinds and Mughsees not so hardy as the
Nharooes. — Climate the operative cause. — Surmise. — Colour. — Resemblance of the
Rinds and Mughsees to each other. — Not applicable to the Nharooes. — Sketch of all
three classes continued. — Religion. — Enmity towards the Sheeas. — Author's opi
nion. — Remarkable hospitality. — Pilfering, how looked upon. — Fidelity. — Obe
dience. — Motive for the latter. — Domestic habits. — Pastoral Ghedans or tents. —
Toomuns or villages. — Kheils or societies. — The latter discriminated by prefixes. —
Likely to mislead by being changed. — Exemplified by an anecdote. — Exception to
living in Ghedans. — Huts. — Reception of guests. — Detail of that ceremony. — In-
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Travels in Beloochistan and Sinde; accompanied by a geographical and historical account of those countries, with a map.
Publication Details: London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster-Row, 1816 Printed by A. Strahan, New-Street-Square.
Notes: Printer's name from colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. .
Physical Description: xxx, 423, [1] p., [2] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill. (col.), 1 map ; 28 cm. (4º)
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- 'Travels in Beloochistan and Sinde; accompanied by a geographical and historical account of those countries, with a map.'
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- front, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:vi-v, viii-r:xviii-v, ixx-r:ixx-v, 1:424, ixx-r, ixx-r:ixx-v, ixx-v, xx-r:xxi-v, back-i, back
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- Pottinger, Henry, Sir, 1789-1856--Travel
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