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Indus (1942:554). He crossed the Bisao Pass at an altitude of 14,500
feet. As it was very late in the year (he reached Kandia in the early days
of December), this was extremely strenuous. So, even a minor conflict
was a good excuse to hinder these movements, which were complicated
by the need to take cattle across the passes.
The same genealogical units are still represented in both areas - the
Mullah Mg/ and the Shadom Mg/. Both were involved m the conflict
and became branches. The occurrence of the so-called Manzan-dialect
m both areas today can be taken as a confirmation of these events (Ah-
mad 1962).
Since 1984, we have better information about the situation on the left
(eastern) bank. In contrast to Barth's study, containing information col-
lected during only a few days visit when he travelled under the
protection of the Wall of Swat, the work of Ruth Laila Schmidt (Zarin/
Schmidt 1984) is a most reliable, scholarly production, based on the
traditions recounted to a local scholar, Mohammad Manzar Zarin, by an
elder from Palas, All Khan Hanq. It is the best contribution to the ethnic
and political history of Indus-Kohistan since Biddulph's famous book
more than a hundred years ago.
Many workmen came from the northern parts of Indus-Kohistan to
participate in the construction of the Tarbela Dam, and here Schmidt,
who visited the place, found a language which had been unknown to her.
All Khan Hariq, belonging to the §aota zuY, had been engaged as a
contact man by the company. Formerly, he had lived in Daro village,
and later on, in Hazro (Campbellpur District), where he died m May
1982, at the age of more than eighty years. His discussions with Moham-
mad Manzar Zarin were tape recorded^ Zarin was invited to the United
1 The tapes were brought to Berkeley and - owing to the initiative of Ruth Laila Schmidt -
were transcribed in the modified international phonetic alphabet under the auspices of the
Por/re/ey Lr<Ya Language Program.
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feet. As it was very late in the year (he reached Kandia in the early days
of December), this was extremely strenuous. So, even a minor conflict
was a good excuse to hinder these movements, which were complicated
by the need to take cattle across the passes.
The same genealogical units are still represented in both areas - the
Mullah Mg/ and the Shadom Mg/. Both were involved m the conflict
and became branches. The occurrence of the so-called Manzan-dialect
m both areas today can be taken as a confirmation of these events (Ah-
mad 1962).
Since 1984, we have better information about the situation on the left
(eastern) bank. In contrast to Barth's study, containing information col-
lected during only a few days visit when he travelled under the
protection of the Wall of Swat, the work of Ruth Laila Schmidt (Zarin/
Schmidt 1984) is a most reliable, scholarly production, based on the
traditions recounted to a local scholar, Mohammad Manzar Zarin, by an
elder from Palas, All Khan Hanq. It is the best contribution to the ethnic
and political history of Indus-Kohistan since Biddulph's famous book
more than a hundred years ago.
Many workmen came from the northern parts of Indus-Kohistan to
participate in the construction of the Tarbela Dam, and here Schmidt,
who visited the place, found a language which had been unknown to her.
All Khan Hariq, belonging to the §aota zuY, had been engaged as a
contact man by the company. Formerly, he had lived in Daro village,
and later on, in Hazro (Campbellpur District), where he died m May
1982, at the age of more than eighty years. His discussions with Moham-
mad Manzar Zarin were tape recorded^ Zarin was invited to the United
1 The tapes were brought to Berkeley and - owing to the initiative of Ruth Laila Schmidt -
were transcribed in the modified international phonetic alphabet under the auspices of the
Por/re/ey Lr<Ya Language Program.
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