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VI. The Genealogy of the Sra-sra-mun Chiefs of Sim-sa-mkhar-bu Castle,

according to the Tale of Sah-bin of Ki-no

The following account of Sim-sa-mkhar-bu and surrounding districts was dictated

to Phun-tshogs, my munshi, by a certain Sah-ban, of Dras, when I was on my tour

through Pu-rig in 1914. Sah-ban claims to be a descendant of the old line of Dard

chiefs who once resided at the castle of Sim-sa-mkhar-bu. He is now an old man,

and claims to be 98 years of age. When he began to tell his tale, there were several

other Dards present in the bungalow. But, when Sah-ban had finished the recital of

his pedigree, I noticed that all these Dards smiled and suddenly left the room. Next

morning I met two of them and asked what was the reason for that extraordinary

behaviour, whereupon they replied that they had felt disgusted with the old man's

lies. Then they told me that Sah-Mn had represented himself in his pedigree as a

direct descendant of Sra-sra-mun in the male line, whereas he was only a descendant

from him in the female line. They then gave me some additional information about

Si-lira's daughter, Ráj-Si-kim, and her marriage to Sah-ban's father, Sa-lam. This

additional note is marked by brackets in the Tibetan text. They also added that

the proper name of the Balti king who once ruled over the district was Sher-'Ali-Khan.

This addition was also put in brackets.

As regards the size of the little principality, it may have comprised the valley

of the Dras River, above its confluence with the Shingo-Shigar River, including in its

best days the Dras Valley. The language of the whole district is Dard.

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