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Cig-tan, and gim-áa-mkhar-bu, I have come upon traces of a tale of their common Faqir origin. Besides, the Wan-la inscription of the Bcu-gcig-ial temple shows us plainly that the old Dard kingdom may well have extended up to Wan-la. But already in very early times—say before 1000 A.D.—this kingdom must have split up into various little independent states.
The statement that Khra-khra-Khan was in possession of three castles is followed by the names of two castles only, viz. Pa-sar and Sod, both situated at Yul-ba-ltag, near Dkar-dkyil. Possibly the Kra-kra castle has to be added.
The statement that not only the chiefs of Cig-tan, but also those of Pas-kyum, were related to the Sod chiefs, is in agreement with local popular tradition. Besides, the following fact speaks in favour of it. When the line of Pas-kyum chiefs became extinct, their property at Pas-kyum was seized by the family of Cig-tan chiefs, in particular by Ga-bzan-phar of Cig-tan. At present the Pas-kyum estate is in possession of Ga-bzaii-phar's son, Muhibb-`Ali-Khán, who is married to Shahar-Begam, daughter of Rehan-`A1ì-Khán of Hunza. Ga-bzan-phar's younger brother, Jaffar-Khan, still resides at Cig-tan. In the above text the family name of the Cig-tanSod chiefs is given as Sul-tan-Khán ; according to the La-dvags-rgyal-rabs it is Pu-rig-Sul-tan.
A Kiirdár is a kind of district magistrate who has to collect the taxes. Bandobast (or bandobast-sdh,ib) is a title given by the natives to the officer who undertook the first great settlement survey of the country.
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