Dardistan in 1866, 1886 and 1893

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Author

Leitner, G. W. (Gottlieb William), 1840-1899

Title

Dardistan in 1866, 1886 and 1893 Being an account of the history, religions, customs, legends, fables, and songs of Gilgit, Chilas, Kandia (Gabrial), Dasin, Chitral, Hunsa, Nagyr, and other parts of the Hindukush, as also a supplement to the second edition of the Hunza and Nagyr handbook and an epitome of part III of the author's "The languages and races of Dardistan"

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Produced by Anne Grieve, Gail Loveman, David Starner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

DS: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Asia

Subject

Dardistan (Pakistan) -- History

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 60590

Release Date

October 28, 2019

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.DARDISTAN IN 1866, 1886 AND 1893
2. 2.CONTENTS.
3. 3.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
4. 4.A NOTE ON CLASSICAL ALLUSIONS TO THE DARDS AND TO GREEK INFLUENCE ON INDIA. — The Dards. — Influence of Greece on Asia in General and India in Particular.
5. 5.LEGENDS, SONGS, AND CUSTOMS OF DARDISTAN, [7] ( Gilgit, Yasin, Hunza, Nagyr, Chitrál, &c., and Kafiristan ). — A.— Demons = Yatsh [8] (Yuecci?). — 1.— The Wedding of Demons. — 2.— The Demon’s Present of Coals is Turned into Gold. — B.— “Barai,” “Peris,” “Fairies.” — 1.— The Sportsman and the Castle of the Fairies. — 2.— The Fairy who Punished her Human Lover. — C.— Dayall = Wizards and Witches. — D.— Historical Legend of the Origin of Gilgit.
6. 6.BUJONI = RIDDLES, PROVERBS AND FABLES. — A. RIDDLES. — THE NAVEL. — A STICK. — A RADISH. — A HOOKA. — A SWORD. — RED PEPPER. — B. PROVERBS. — DOTAGE. — DUTIES TO THE AGED. — A BURNT CHILD, ETC., ETC. — EVIL COMMUNICATIONS, ETC., ETC. — ADVICE TO KEEP GOOD COMPANY. — DIMMI CON CHI TU PRATTICHI, ETC., ETC. — DISAPPOINTMENT. — HOW TO TREAT AN ENEMY. — C. FABLES. — THE WOMAN AND THE HEN. — 17. THE SPARROW AND THE MOUNTAIN. — 18. THE BAT SUPPORTING THE FIRMAMENT. — 19. “ NEVER WALK BEHIND A HORSE OR BEFORE A KING ” as you will get kicked in either case. — 20. UNION IS STRENGTH. — 21. THE FROG IN A DILEMMA. — 22. THE FOX AND THE UNIVERSE. — 23. THE FOX AND THE POMEGRANATE.
7. 7.SONGS. — THE GILGIT QUEEN AND THE MOGULS. 1. GILGITI SONG. — SONG OF DEFIANCE. 2. GILGITI WAR SONG. — LAMENT FOR THE ABSENT WARRIOR BY HIS MOTHER. 3. ANOTHER GILGITI WAR SONG. — 4. THE SHIN SHAMMI SHAH. OLD NATIONAL SHINA SONG. — 5. A WOMAN’S SONG (GILGITI). [THE DESERTED WIFE AND THE FAITHLESS HUSBAND.] — 6. THE JILTED LOVER’S DREAM. [IN THE ASTORI DIALECT.] — 7. MODERN ASTORI SONG. — 8. GURAIZI SONGS. — 9. PRAISE OF THE CONQUEROR SHEIR SHAH ALI SHAH. — CHILASI SONGS. — 10. CHILASI. — 12. THE TRANSITORINESS OF THIS WORLD. — A PRAYER OF THE BASHGELI KAFIRS. [ In the Kalásha dialect. ]
8. 8.MANNERS AND CUSTOMS. — A. AMUSEMENTS. — DANCES [44] — B. BEVERAGES. — BEER. — WINE. [46] — C. BIRTH CEREMONIES. — D. MARRIAGE. — E. FUNERALS. — F. HOLIDAYS. — G. THE RELIGIOUS IDEAS OF THE DARDS. — H. FORMS OF GOVERNMENT AMONG THE DARDS. — I. HABITATIONS. — J. DIVISIONS OF THE DARD RACES. — K. CASTES.
9. 9.LEGENDS RELATING TO ANIMALS. [77] — 1.—A BEAR PLAYS WITH A CORPSE. — 2.—A BEAR MOURNS A GIRL. — 3.—ORIGIN OF BEARS. — 4.—THE BEAR AND THE ONE-EYED MAN. — 5.—WEDDING FESTIVAL AMONG BEARS. — 6.—THE FLYING PORCUPINE. — 7.—A FIGHT BETWEEN WOLVES AND A BEAR WHO WANTED TO DIG THEIR GRAVE.
10. 10.GENEALOGIES AND HISTORY OF DARDISTAN. — GENEALOGY OF THE GILGIT, YASIN, CHITRAL, NAGYR, HUNZA, AND OTHER DYNASTIES SINCE 1800. — I.—GILGIT — II.—YASIN DYNASTY. — III.—CHITRAL OR “SHAH KATHORIA” DYNASTY. — V.— Nagyr , [82] — VI.— Hunza — VII.— Badakhshan — VIII.— Dir
11. 11.ROUGH CHRONOLOGICAL SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF DARDISTAN SINCE 1800.
12. 12.HISTORY OF THE DARD WARS WITH KASHMIR — Introduction. ( Juin , 1893.) — Routes to Chilás. — I. STRUGGLES FOR THE CONQUEST OF CHILAS. — II.—WAR WITH GOUHAR AMAN FOR THE POSSESSION OF GILGIT. — III.—WAR ON YASIN AND THE MASSACRE OF ITS INHABITANTS. [1860] — IV.—WAR WITH NAGYR AND HUNZA. [1864] — V.—WAR WITH DAREYL [YAGHISTAN] 1866.
13. 13.PRESENT STATE OF MIR VALI. — MULK AMAN.
14. 14.APPENDICES. — APPENDIX I. HUNZA, NAGYR, AND THE PAMIR REGIONS. [106] — APPENDIX II. NOTES ON RECENT EVENTS IN CHILÁS AND CHITRÁL. — APPENDIX III. FABLES, LEGENDS, AND SONGS OF CHITRAL [113] ( called Chitrár by the natives ). — I. Fables. — II. Stories and Legends. — III. Songs. — APPENDIX IV. THE RACES AND LANGUAGES OF THE HINDU-KUSH. — I. POLO IN HUNZA-NAGYR. — II. THE KOHISTÁN OF THE INDUS, INCLUDING GABRIÁL. — III. A ROUGH SKETCH OF KHATLÁN (KOLÁB) AND ADJOINING COUNTRIES. [114] — IV. THE LANGUAGE, CUSTOMS, SONGS, AND PROVERBS OF GABRIÁL. — V.—ANTHROPOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS ON DARDS AND KAFIRS IN DR. LEITNER’S SERVICE. — 1. ABDUL GHAFÛR, KAFIR OF KAMÔZ, about 24 or 25 years of age . — 2. KHUDAYÁR, YASHKUN NÁGYRI; age 24 . [116] — 3. IBRAHÍM, RÔNO, NAGYRI; age 34 . — 4. MATAVALLI, YASHKUN OF HUNZA; age 30 . [116] — 5. SULTAN ALI, YASHKUN OF NAGYR; age 35 . — 6. KHUDADAD OF NAGYR; age 30 . — 7. HATÁMU OF NAGYR; age 16 . — 8. GHULAM MUHAMMAD, SHÎN OF GILGIT; age 38 . [116] — FURTHER MEASUREMENTS OF THE ABOVE MEN BY THE SCHWARZ SYSTEM. — DESCRIPTION OF JAMSHÉD, THE SIAH PÔSH KAFIR. — COMPARATIVE TABLE OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS ON SOME OF THE DARDS IN DR. LEITNER’S SERVICE. — JAMSHÊD.— A Katár Káfir; nephew of General Feramorz. — APPENDIX VI. A ROUGH ACCOUNT, COLLECTED IN 1886, OF ITINERARIES IN THE “NEUTRAL ZONE” BETWEEN CENTRAL ASIA AND INDIA. By Raja Khushwaqtia and Dr. G. W. Leitner . — Route I. — ROUGH ACCOUNTS OF ITINERARIES THROUGH THE HINDUKUSH AND TO CENTRAL ASIA. — Route II. — Route III. — APPENDIX VII. — (a) A SECRET RELIGION IN THE HINDUKUSH [THE PAMIR REGION] AND IN THE LEBANON. — (b) THE KELÁM-I-PÎR AND ESOTERIC MUHAMMADANISM. — ON THE SCIENCES OF LANGUAGE AND OF ETHNOGRAPHY: With special reference to the Language and Customs of the People of Hunza. [149]
15. 15.FOOTNOTES
16. 16.Transcriber’s Note:

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