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 NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE AFGHANS 229 possessed of little reflection and less foresight. They can neither persist in a war and manfully support it, nor can they continue in a state of amity and friend- ship. Mulla Murshid was detained some time in Lahore by Daulat Khan, who would neither see him himself nor suffer him to proceed to Sultan Ibrahim; so that, five months later, he returned to Kabul without re- ceiving any answer. On Friday, letters of submission came from the people of Khushab. We remained one day in the fort of Bahrah, which they call Jahan-numa, and on the morning of Tuesday set out on our march, encamping on the rising grounds which skirt Bahrah toward the north. Next morning, after the council was dismissed and I had finished my ride, I went on board of a boat and had a drinking party. In the hill country between Mlab and Bahrah, but apart from the tribes of Jud and Janjuhah and adjoin- ing the hill country of Kashmir, are the Jats, Gujars, and many other men of similar tribes, who build vil- lages and settle on every hillock and in every valley. Their chief was of the Gakkar race, and their govern- ment resembled that of the Jud and Janjuhah. At that time the government of these tribes, which skirt the hills, was held by Tatar Gakkar and Hati Gakkar, sons of the same family and cousins. Their strongholds were situated on ravines and steep precipices. The name of Tatar's fortress was Parhalah, and it was con- siderably lower than the snowy mountains. Hati's country is close to the hills, and he had also won over