The people of India : a series of photographic illustrations, with descriptive letterpress, of the races and tribes of Hindustan . nagement was the consequence. They are nowmanaged by officers on the part of the British Government, for whose protection afort was built near the principal mine at Bahadoor Kheyl. The salt is excavatedand sold at the mine at a fixed rate of two, three, and four anas per manud of80 lbs., according to quality, which covers all expenses, and yields a profit ofabout 80,000 rupees (£8,000 per annum). This salt is carried to Peshawurby the Kohat pass, and also into the
The people of India : a series of photographic illustrations, with descriptive letterpress, of the races and tribes of Hindustan . nagement was the consequence. They are nowmanaged by officers on the part of the British Government, for whose protection afort was built near the principal mine at Bahadoor Kheyl. The salt is excavatedand sold at the mine at a fixed rate of two, three, and four anas per manud of80 lbs., according to quality, which covers all expenses, and yields a profit ofabout 80,000 rupees (£8,000 per annum). This salt is carried to Peshawurby the Kohat pass, and also into the Afghan mountams. When the fort ofBahadoor Kheyl was built, the Khuttuks and Wuzeerees threatened hostileproceedings; but the good sense of the Khuttuk chief (No. 251) prevented anyoutbreak, and since then there has been no disaffection. Indeed, the officialreport records, paragraph t)3 :— On the whole, the Khuttuks have been loyalsubjects. They are good soldiers, and can muster 12,000 fighting men. Manyof them are in the British service, and they are considered the best conducted andmost respectable tribe on the BARUK KHUTTUKS. AFGHAN FRONTIER TR B E . SOONNEE MUSSULMANS. KO H AT. (252) KHUTTUK HOESEMAN. (253) THE plate represents another man of the Khuttuk Afghans, who is a horseman,equipped after the fashion of the tribe in armour. Over his turban hewears a cap of hght steel chain mail, part of Avhich, thicldy quilted with cotton orAvool, and fastened across his chest by straps, descends as far as his waist, and,when mounted, protects his back and arms. He has bright steel gauntletsreaching to the elbow, the leather covering for the hands being studded withbosses of steel or brass. His tunic is of quilted cotton, thick enough to turn asabre cut, and with strong jack boots reaching to the knee, completes the arms are a light matchlock and sword, and his powder horns and bullet baghang at his waist and on his right side. The Khuttuks cannot, however, b
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