\\TZAR. PUKTITU. Lamentation. WUZEEREE, one of the largest and moat important tribes in Afghanistan, bmve, warlike, but predatory. They hold the rugged and lofty hills adjoining the south-west portion of the Kohat district (that is, the western part of the Miranzai valley and the hills round 13ahadur Khel), and the north-western border of the Debra Ismail Khan (that is, the valley of Bannu, and the plains of Mnrwut and Tank). These hills ruu down to the point where the great Sulaiman range commences ; near this point the Gomal pass debouches from the hills ahnost opposite Tank. The valley of the Gomal forms the Golari pass, through which a large portion of the traffic to and from Afghanistan and Central Asia entens into India, and scarcely inferior to the Khaibar pass of Peshawur or the Bolan pass of Sind. The bills on either side of this pass are held by Wuzeeree ; the Wuzeeree Hills forrn the western limit of the Joorduk pass, which ia the main line of communication between Bannu and Kohat. Just to the cast of this pass lies Bahadur Khel, and also the villages of Kharra and Lutumur, at which three plaees the Trans Indus mines aro situated. The Wuzeeree Hills also command the outlets of the Kuram and Goombeli rivers into the Bannu valley. The Wuzeereo tribe are numerous, and subdivided into various sections. The birthplace of this race
would seem to be the snowy range which runs to the south-east of Jalalabad and Kabul. From this range they appear to have moved downwards towards the Dehrajat border. They aro noble savages, of pure blood, pastoral habits, fierce disposition, and wild aspect. They can muster, probably, 20,000 or 30,000 fighting men. But though they aro less addicted to internecine contests than other bill tribes, they are yet not apt to join all these forces together against an external foe. As soldiers, they aro not eqtuil to the most' martial tribes. Many of them live in tents, or in tempomry dwellings resembling tents; in the winter frequenting the more genial clirne of the lower ranges, and in summer retreating to feed their flocks in higher altitudes. Some of them have engaged in cultivation, and have encroached on the weaker tribes of the plains ; of these, again, many will only cultivate during the cold tnonths, and as the beat approaches will reap their crops and retire to the mountains. Some members of the clan who have taken up their abode as cultivators in the Datum valley, have become British subjects.