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| A Map of Dardistan and of the Pamirs | |
| Introduction. A Note on Classical Allusions to the Dards and to Greek Influence in India (4 pages) | |
| Legends, Songs, Customs, and History, of Dardistan (with Illustrations) | |
| A. Demons—Yatsh | 1 |
| B. Fairies—BarÁi | 6 |
| C. Wizards and Witches—DayÁll | 7 |
| D. Historical Legend of the Origin of Gilgit | 9 |
| The Feast of Firs and Songs | 14 |
| BujÓni—Riddles, Proverbs, and Fables | 17 |
| Songs—(Gilgiti, AstÓri, Guraizi, and ChilÁsi) | 22 |
| Manners and Customs: | |
| (a) Amusements (Polo, Dances, etc.) | 33 |
| (b) Beverages (beer, wine) | 38 |
| (c) Birth Ceremonies | 41 |
| (d) Marriage Ceremonies (Song to the Bride) | 42 |
| (e) Funerals | 46 |
| (f) Holidays | 48 |
| (g) The Religious Ideas of the Dards | 49 |
| (h) Form of Government among the Dards | 53 |
| (i) Habitations | 57 |
| (j) Divisions of the Dard race | 58 |
| (k) Castes | 62 |
| Legends regarding Animals, and note thereon | 64 |
| Genealogies and History of Dardistan (pages 67 to 111) | 67 |
| Rough Chronological Sketch from 1800 to 1872 | 70 |
| Note on Events since 1872, and in 1891 and 1892 | 75 |
| Introduction to “The Dard Wars with KashmÎr” | 77 |
| Routes to ChilÁs | 79 |
| I. Struggles for the Conquest of ChilÁs | 80 |
| II. Wars for the possession of Gilgit | 88 |
| III. Wars on Yasin, and the massacre of its inhabitants | 95 |
| IV. War with Nagyr and Hunza (1864) | 98 |
| V. War with Dareyl (YaghistÁn) (1866) | 101 |
| Mir Wali and Mulk Aman (with a note on the murder of Hayward) | 104 |
| Account of KashmÎr atrocities | 106 |
| Remarks on Dardistan in 1893 | 108 |
| Treaty of the British Government with KashmÎr | 110 |
| Note on the Hunza-Nagyr Genealogy | 111 |
| Appendices: | |
| I. Hunza, Nagyr, and the Pamir Regions. (With an Autograph Letter of the Tham of Nagyr, and ot
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