Transcriber's Note

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The following apparent errors have been corrected:

  • p. x "UsbÀks," changed to "UsbÀks."
  • p. x "Painda" changed to "PaÎnda"
  • p. xii "khirgar," changed to "khirgar."
  • p. xiv "ea cup" changed to "tea cup"
  • p. 88 "costume, First" changed to "costume. First"
  • p. 90 "au assassin" changed to "an assassin"
  • p. 103 (header) "NaÍb" changed to "Naib"
  • p. 168 "the service" changed to "the service."
  • p. 171 (note) "smothered" changed to "smothered."
  • p. 189 (header) "The Amir’s" changed to "The AmÎr’s"
  • p. 193 "Painda" changed to "PaÎnda"
  • p. 256 "Samarcand" changed to "SamarcÀnd"
  • p. 293 "The Amir" changed to "The AmÎr"
  • p. 311 "muscular," changed to "muscular."
  • p. 335 "were Ishak" changed to "where Ishak"
  • p. 362 "HÎs Highness" changed to "His Highness"
  • p. 394 "advised,:" changed to "advised,"
  • p. 427 "new ta" changed to "new to"
  • p. 436 "many thing;" changed to "many things;"
  • p. 450 "mind.’" changed to "mind.”
  • p. 451 "my baggage" changed to "my baggage;"
  • p. 493 "I send" changed to "I sent"
  • p. 495 "“Nau RÔz" changed to "“Nau RÔz”"
  • p. 506 "Dear Miner" changed to "“Dear Miner"

The following possible errors have been left as printed:

  • p. 258 ignominous
  • p. 316 For God sake
  • p. 339 I put him at rocky slope.
  • p. 399 the physician;
  • p. 494 been drank

The following are used inconsistently in the text:

  • BÂbur and Babur
  • backbone and back-bone
  • BÂdshah and Badshah
  • BÂli and Bali
  • bathroom and bath-room
  • beeftea and beef-tea
  • bodyguard and body-guard
  • By-and-bye and By and bye
  • countermove and counter-move
  • darÛst and darust
  • DÔst and Dost
  • Ghuzniguk and Ghuzni guk
  • goldsmith and gold-smith
  • Íd and Îd
  • kaimaghchai and kaimagh-chai
  • Khyber and Kyber
  • KÛdus and Kudus
  • KurghÀn, KurghÁn and Kurghan
  • LÂla and Lala
  • lÛngi and lungi
  • maidservants and maid-servants
  • MahmÛd and Mahmud
  • Maliks and Maleks
  • matchbox and match-box
  • MazÁr-i-Sherif and Mazar-i-Sherif
  • MazarÎs and Mazaris
  • MÎr and Mir
  • mÎrza and mirza
  • NaÛ RÔz, NaÛ Roz and Nau RÔz
  • nowadays and now-a-days
  • RamazÀn and Ramazan
  • RessÛl and Ressul
  • SÊyid and Seyid
  • Shere Derwaza and Sher Durwaza
  • SherpÛr and Sherpur
  • sunstroke and sun-stroke
  • SuffÊd Koh and SuffÉd KÔh
  • SÛnni and Sunni
  • sweatmeat and sweetmeat
  • Takh-ta-PÛl and Takh-ta-Pul
  • teapots and tea-pots
  • watercourse and water-course
  • WazÎr and Wazir
  • ZohÀk-i-Marhan and Zohak-i-Marhan
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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