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KARLJETTMAR
THE PATOLAS, THEIR GOVERNORS AND THEIR
SUCCESSORS
1. 77te PatoAzs and the 3o-C<2//e<7 Gi(gû AJanuscnprs.
Two reviews (TADDEI 1990: 353, CARTER 1990: 336) accepted my
lengthy introduction to Vol I "Antiquities of Northern Pakistan"
not only as a courteous formality but as a contribution in its own
right referring to aspects not dealt with in the actual text. I must
confess that I turned to write a similar preface earlier, when I
wrote the "Vorwort" to a German translation of the book "Ulan-
gom" (NOVGORODOW et al 1982). That may be suitable, esp in
cases when the full meaning of a statement might not be immedi-
ately evident to the reader. Otherwise it would be better to devote
a separate article to a specific, still unsettled problem, with the
option of adding plates and drawings. It is evident that a para-
graph in the study of G. FUSSMAN needs such consistent treat-
ment. I will start by quoting his text, even though it is printed in
this volume, in (my) English translation:
"2.8. The Patola Sähi of Gilgit. - The dynasty is known by the
inscriptions of Hatun, the colophons of the Gilgit Manuscripts
(v. HINÜBER 1980) and an inscription at Hodar (v. HINÜBER in
JETTMAR 1989: 64). Patola is contained in the Arab name of the
region, Bolör (id: 65, JETTMAR 1977). Generally it is called the
dynasty of the Patola Sähis of Gilgit as most of the documents
which mention it come from this region. But K. JETTMAR has
shown that there are reasons to believe that the capital of the
dynasty in fact was situated in Baltistan, at Skardu (JETTMAR
77
THE PATOLAS, THEIR GOVERNORS AND THEIR
SUCCESSORS
1. 77te PatoAzs and the 3o-C<2//e<7 Gi(gû AJanuscnprs.
Two reviews (TADDEI 1990: 353, CARTER 1990: 336) accepted my
lengthy introduction to Vol I "Antiquities of Northern Pakistan"
not only as a courteous formality but as a contribution in its own
right referring to aspects not dealt with in the actual text. I must
confess that I turned to write a similar preface earlier, when I
wrote the "Vorwort" to a German translation of the book "Ulan-
gom" (NOVGORODOW et al 1982). That may be suitable, esp in
cases when the full meaning of a statement might not be immedi-
ately evident to the reader. Otherwise it would be better to devote
a separate article to a specific, still unsettled problem, with the
option of adding plates and drawings. It is evident that a para-
graph in the study of G. FUSSMAN needs such consistent treat-
ment. I will start by quoting his text, even though it is printed in
this volume, in (my) English translation:
"2.8. The Patola Sähi of Gilgit. - The dynasty is known by the
inscriptions of Hatun, the colophons of the Gilgit Manuscripts
(v. HINÜBER 1980) and an inscription at Hodar (v. HINÜBER in
JETTMAR 1989: 64). Patola is contained in the Arab name of the
region, Bolör (id: 65, JETTMAR 1977). Generally it is called the
dynasty of the Patola Sähis of Gilgit as most of the documents
which mention it come from this region. But K. JETTMAR has
shown that there are reasons to believe that the capital of the
dynasty in fact was situated in Baltistan, at Skardu (JETTMAR
77