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In Tangir, a similar relationship existed among the population of Batres
and Cashi. The Tangiris who had occupied the valleys that lay to the
north, opening on to the Gilgit River, needed permanent protection.
For a while, such larger valleys were ostensibly considered parts of the
kingdom of Gilgit. Every year, a long caravan came down the track
known as the 'Dadi Juvari road', along the Gilgit River and the Indus.
The Raji-kot in Darel served as summer residence. One of the queens of
Gilgit brought the workmen needed for irrigation to Gilgit. Their work
was rewarded by the allocation of land. Each of the big received its
share (Shah Rais Khan 1987:25-27).
Control over land in the minor valleys was frequently decided by fight-
ing. Gayal and Samigal fought a battle in the neighbourhood of Gumari.
The Dorns started with a musical introduction - dancing was part of the
prelude -, then Samigal was victorious and kept the rights to Khanbari.
In this earlier period, no reports of 'private' killings arising from love-
affairs, which would have reduced the number of warriors, are extant. In
the great battles which took place at that time, several hundred men died.
Widows received a Azgo (one third of a male's share, each male child
inheriting equally). Women of high status, such as grand-mothers, could
concede a major portion of their land to their favourites by general
consent.
In those days, provisions, seed, and fields were respected by mutual
agreement. One house of the family was in the main valley of the Indus,
near the mouth of its tributary. On the fields at this level 'small maize'
was cultivated, with a long ripening periodF Both and mtryh'T were
2 I almost completely overlooked an essential change not referred to in Andrew's otherwise
very careful notes. He described the maize fields situated on different levels of the slopes
in indus-fkohistan.There is a big yellow kind, and maize with small white kernels; but no
one has mentioned that this has led to an essential improvement in the agrarian output,
replacing buckwheat and other cereals. This has made possible an enormous growth in the
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and Cashi. The Tangiris who had occupied the valleys that lay to the
north, opening on to the Gilgit River, needed permanent protection.
For a while, such larger valleys were ostensibly considered parts of the
kingdom of Gilgit. Every year, a long caravan came down the track
known as the 'Dadi Juvari road', along the Gilgit River and the Indus.
The Raji-kot in Darel served as summer residence. One of the queens of
Gilgit brought the workmen needed for irrigation to Gilgit. Their work
was rewarded by the allocation of land. Each of the big received its
share (Shah Rais Khan 1987:25-27).
Control over land in the minor valleys was frequently decided by fight-
ing. Gayal and Samigal fought a battle in the neighbourhood of Gumari.
The Dorns started with a musical introduction - dancing was part of the
prelude -, then Samigal was victorious and kept the rights to Khanbari.
In this earlier period, no reports of 'private' killings arising from love-
affairs, which would have reduced the number of warriors, are extant. In
the great battles which took place at that time, several hundred men died.
Widows received a Azgo (one third of a male's share, each male child
inheriting equally). Women of high status, such as grand-mothers, could
concede a major portion of their land to their favourites by general
consent.
In those days, provisions, seed, and fields were respected by mutual
agreement. One house of the family was in the main valley of the Indus,
near the mouth of its tributary. On the fields at this level 'small maize'
was cultivated, with a long ripening periodF Both and mtryh'T were
2 I almost completely overlooked an essential change not referred to in Andrew's otherwise
very careful notes. He described the maize fields situated on different levels of the slopes
in indus-fkohistan.There is a big yellow kind, and maize with small white kernels; but no
one has mentioned that this has led to an essential improvement in the agrarian output,
replacing buckwheat and other cereals. This has made possible an enormous growth in the
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