"أسفار في بلوشستان والسند؛ مع تقرير جغرافي وتاريخي لهذين البلدين، وخريطة." [‎٣‎٠‎٤] (٤٧٦/٣٤٦)

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HISTORY OF BELOOCHISTAN.
Dust Nudee. The fort of Kedge is built on a high precipice, under
which the river runs; and, from its natural strength, the natives
deem it impregnable. The town entirely surrounds three sides of the
base of the hill on which the citadel stands, and once contained
three thousand houses; but, since the death of Nusseer Khan of
Kelat, the trade which was carried on through it between Kandahar,
Kelat, Shikarpoor, Khozdar, Bayla, &c., and the sea-port towns of
Gwuttur and Choubar has entirely ceased, and the Hindoos and
other opulent dealers, have quitted the place, so that it is gone to
decay. The Hakim or governor of Kedge, in 1810, was Abdoollah
Khan, Bezunja Brahooe, who then pretended to acknowledge the
authority of Muhmood Khan, but paid no tribute; and, since that
period, I am informed he has ceased even to show outward respect.
His predecessor was put to death about seven years ago, in the most
faithless manner, by Meer Mustapha Khan, who finding that even
nominal obedience was not paid to the orders of his brother the Khan
of Kelat, sent a messenger to direct the governor's attendance at that
city, which demand was replied to by a peremptory refusal. After
some discussion, and a solemn promise being made, by the Kelat
chiefs, of personal safety, a meeting was agreed to be held at Punj-
goor. The Hakim was punctual in his attendance, but came never
to return, as he was murdered by the troops that had accompanied
Mustapha Khan.
The revenues of Kedge are very trifling, and the governor, who
supported, as an officer of the Kelat government, four or five thou
sand men, has not, now-a-days, so many hundred Arabs in his pay.
The country immediately to the southward of Kedge is described
as an arid Dusht, or tract of waste land; though in some spots, great
quantities of dates are produced; but it seems to be the peculiar
nature of the palm tree, to flourish in the most sterile and forbidding
soil.
Punjgoor, or Punjer, is a small and fertile district lying about nine
days' journey north-north-east from Kedge. It is a valley amid
mountains, and contains twelve or thirteen villages of tents, that are