"مجلد I مذكرات بخصوص بلاد فارس والمنطقة الحدودية الشمالية الغربية. ١٩٠٥." [ظ‎‎٩‎٠] (٣١٠/١٨٥)

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has worked excellently. Work on the exten
sion to Robat will commence later.
The Political Agent visited the Upper
Swat jirgas, at the request of the latter, at the
beginning of May, travelling via Thana and
Kotha up to Minglaor and Charbagh. Ihe
jirgas took every precaution for his safety; and,
although inter-tribal fighting had been going on
at and around Udigram and Gogdarra, peace
was maintained during his visit. The general
impression gained during this tour was that
the country possessed great latent resources
in corn and timber, and that a very large
number of armed men were present every
where. The latter are badly armed, but are
absolutely under the control of the tribal
parliaments. A sense of discipline seems to
permeate the valley, and where the jirga is
strong and united, security is absolute. The
wheat and barley crops are magnificent, and
the great forests visible above Charbagh should
prove a valuable timber supply, if worked
under suitable rules.
Khyber .—Allowances for the past twelve
months were paid in April to the Kamarais,
Malikdin Khels, Kuki Khels, Pakhai, Shan
Khels, and the Anais; but the shares of all
who had gone to Kabul were cut and distri
buted to others. Some of the Kuki Khels
have, in consequence, appealed to the Amir
for compensation.
On receipt of information that Turai, an
outlaw and a leading member of the Hazarnao
gang, was in the Kajuri plains, in Sepah
limits, the Political Agent, accompanied by
some Khyber Rifie sepoys and Sepahs, left in
search of him on the evening of the 28th April;
failing to find him, he returned the next
morning, leaving some Sepahs of Tandai to
arrest Turai, if he returned. The Sepahs lay
in wait for him above the Gandao Pass and on
his appearing, tried to arrest him ; but as he
resisted, they shot him through the body. As
they were bringing him in to the Khyber Rifle
post at Sheikh Garhi, they were attacked by a
pursuit party of Sturi Khels. They succeeded
in escaping, leaving the wounded man behind,
but bringing with them his rifle, which has
been identified as being one of those taken
from the Matanni Police Post.
The outlaws, Usman and Chaman (see last
Journal), have, it is reported, been permitted
by the Sarhang of Dakka to settle in Sassobi
pending definite orders from Kabul about
them.
On the 8 th May, an attack was made on
the village of Smatzsi, within the Rritish
border, by a party of Afghan khassadars. It
appears that about the end of April a boat
belonging to the boat-bridge at Lalpura broke
loose, and some of its timbers went ashore at