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SHIN A VOCABULARY.—(Continued.)
NAMES OF EIYEES=SINN.
Hawa Sinn=Abu Sind=Indus. .
Burbune=the Sai river.
Karga batzel=the rivulet of Karga (near Ghilghit.)
E,ayey=the river of Bagrot.
Manuga=the river of Doyur.
Nalter batzel=the river of Nomal.
Garmasey = the river of Budaless.
The Chilas river is called Botdga=The ford (?) of the
" B6ts."
NAMES BY WHICH THESE BACES AEE
KNOW N.
SHIN are all the people of Chilas, Ast6r, Dureyl or
Darell, G6r, Ghilghit or GiUt ; N. B. All these do not ac-
knowledge the " Guraizis " a people inhabiting the Guraiz
valley between Chilas and Kashmir, as SA?», although
the Guraizis themselves think so. Their language bow-
ever is Shina, much mixed with Kashmiri.
The Shins call themselves " Sbin, Shina 16k, Shinaki"
and are very proud of the appellation and in addition
to the above named races include in it the people of
T6rr ; Harben, Sadin, districts of Chilas ; Tanyire ber
longing to Darell; also the people of KholirPalus whose
origin is Shin but who are mixed with Affghans. Some
do not consider the people of Kholi-Palus as Shin.
They speak both Shina and Pukhtu—called by the Shin
people " Posto." The Baltis, or little Tibetans, call the
Shin and also the Nagyr people " Brokhpa" or, as a
teim of respect, " Brokhpa babo." Offshoots of the
<'Shrn" people live in little Tibet and even the district
of Dras, near the Zojila pass on the Ladak road towards
Kashmir, was once Shin and was called by them Harness.
I was the first traveller, who discovered that there were
jSinn^c^lonieg in that country, viz: the villages of
Shing6tsh; Saspur ; Brash hrialdo ; Ba<ho ; Danal dju-
nele ; Tatshin ; Dorot (inhabited by pure Shins) Zungot,
Tortze, (in the direction of Kongdu) and Duro, one
day's march from Skardo.
NAMES BY WHICH CHILASIS CALL OTHER
NEIGHBOURING RACES,
The Chilasis pall themselves Bote,
i, „ „ Their fellow-couutrymen of Takk -
Kane or Take Kane.
i, )> „ Matshuke are now an extinct race,
at all events in Dardistan.
)> j> „ . Ghilghitis=(?j7#i.
JFhe Chilasis call themselves Bote;
„ „ „ Ast6vis=Astorijje.
„ „ „ Govs=Gorije.
„ „ „ I>uvey\is=Darele.
„ „ „ Baltis=P«Zoye. Gh.
=Polole.
„ „ Ladakis=£oi5*. PI. of Bot.
„ „ „ Kashmiris=2Tas7i4ra
„ „ „ Dogras=S»7i;B, now
=Dogrey.
„ „ „ Affghans=Paftww\
„ „ „ Nagyris=Xoi?'«?zJ.
„ „ „ Hunzas=IZiw»z{/e.
„ „ „ Y&sims,—Pore.
„ „ „ Punyalis=P«mye.
„ „ „ JDiirghiz—Kirgliiz.
Note.—The Kirghiz are described by Chilasis as
flat and small nosed and are supposed to be very white
and beautiful ; to be. Nomads and to feed on milk,
butter and mutton.
„ „ „ The Chilasis sail the "^
people between j
Hunzaand Pamer }-=G6jal.
on the Yarkand
road. J
There are also other Gojals under a
Kajaof Gojal on the Badakhshan
road.
The Chilasis call the Siah posh Kafirs == Bashgali
(Bashgal is the.name of the country of this people who en-
joy the very worst reputation for cruelty.) They are sup-
posed to kill every traveller that comes within their
reach and to cut his nose or ear off as a trophy.
The Chilasis were originally four tribes:
the Bagote of Buner.
the Kane of Takk
the Bote of the Chilas fort
the Matshuke of the Matshuko fort.
The Bote and the Matshuke fought. The latter were
defeated and are said to have fled into Astor and little
Tibet territory.
A Foreigner is called " dsho "
Fellow-countrymen are called " nialeki"
SHIN A VOCABULARY.—(Continued.)
NAMES OF EIYEES=SINN.
Hawa Sinn=Abu Sind=Indus. .
Burbune=the Sai river.
Karga batzel=the rivulet of Karga (near Ghilghit.)
E,ayey=the river of Bagrot.
Manuga=the river of Doyur.
Nalter batzel=the river of Nomal.
Garmasey = the river of Budaless.
The Chilas river is called Botdga=The ford (?) of the
" B6ts."
NAMES BY WHICH THESE BACES AEE
KNOW N.
SHIN are all the people of Chilas, Ast6r, Dureyl or
Darell, G6r, Ghilghit or GiUt ; N. B. All these do not ac-
knowledge the " Guraizis " a people inhabiting the Guraiz
valley between Chilas and Kashmir, as SA?», although
the Guraizis themselves think so. Their language bow-
ever is Shina, much mixed with Kashmiri.
The Shins call themselves " Sbin, Shina 16k, Shinaki"
and are very proud of the appellation and in addition
to the above named races include in it the people of
T6rr ; Harben, Sadin, districts of Chilas ; Tanyire ber
longing to Darell; also the people of KholirPalus whose
origin is Shin but who are mixed with Affghans. Some
do not consider the people of Kholi-Palus as Shin.
They speak both Shina and Pukhtu—called by the Shin
people " Posto." The Baltis, or little Tibetans, call the
Shin and also the Nagyr people " Brokhpa" or, as a
teim of respect, " Brokhpa babo." Offshoots of the
<'Shrn" people live in little Tibet and even the district
of Dras, near the Zojila pass on the Ladak road towards
Kashmir, was once Shin and was called by them Harness.
I was the first traveller, who discovered that there were
jSinn^c^lonieg in that country, viz: the villages of
Shing6tsh; Saspur ; Brash hrialdo ; Ba<ho ; Danal dju-
nele ; Tatshin ; Dorot (inhabited by pure Shins) Zungot,
Tortze, (in the direction of Kongdu) and Duro, one
day's march from Skardo.
NAMES BY WHICH CHILASIS CALL OTHER
NEIGHBOURING RACES,
The Chilasis pall themselves Bote,
i, „ „ Their fellow-couutrymen of Takk -
Kane or Take Kane.
i, )> „ Matshuke are now an extinct race,
at all events in Dardistan.
)> j> „ . Ghilghitis=(?j7#i.
JFhe Chilasis call themselves Bote;
„ „ „ Ast6vis=Astorijje.
„ „ „ Govs=Gorije.
„ „ „ I>uvey\is=Darele.
„ „ „ Baltis=P«Zoye. Gh.
=Polole.
„ „ Ladakis=£oi5*. PI. of Bot.
„ „ „ Kashmiris=2Tas7i4ra
„ „ „ Dogras=S»7i;B, now
=Dogrey.
„ „ „ Affghans=Paftww\
„ „ „ Nagyris=Xoi?'«?zJ.
„ „ „ Hunzas=IZiw»z{/e.
„ „ „ Y&sims,—Pore.
„ „ „ Punyalis=P«mye.
„ „ „ JDiirghiz—Kirgliiz.
Note.—The Kirghiz are described by Chilasis as
flat and small nosed and are supposed to be very white
and beautiful ; to be. Nomads and to feed on milk,
butter and mutton.
„ „ „ The Chilasis sail the "^
people between j
Hunzaand Pamer }-=G6jal.
on the Yarkand
road. J
There are also other Gojals under a
Kajaof Gojal on the Badakhshan
road.
The Chilasis call the Siah posh Kafirs == Bashgali
(Bashgal is the.name of the country of this people who en-
joy the very worst reputation for cruelty.) They are sup-
posed to kill every traveller that comes within their
reach and to cut his nose or ear off as a trophy.
The Chilasis were originally four tribes:
the Bagote of Buner.
the Kane of Takk
the Bote of the Chilas fort
the Matshuke of the Matshuko fort.
The Bote and the Matshuke fought. The latter were
defeated and are said to have fled into Astor and little
Tibet territory.
A Foreigner is called " dsho "
Fellow-countrymen are called " nialeki"