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MINOR CHRONICLES : VIII. THE GENEALOGIES OF THE BALTI CHIEFS   193

The following notes on the conquest of Si-dkar are found on p. 46 of the Treaty of Wam-le :—

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TRANSLATION

p. 46. The king of Mul-be (Pu-rig) says : ` Although we (the Pu-rig people) did not transgress (?) in that respect (on that purpose ? ), many strong and experienced men [went] after that from La-dvags to Sbal-tibi-yul ; and, as the chief of Skar-rdo sent an auxiliary force, filling the earth [and like] the ocean, the castle of Si-dkar was reduced, and Bhan-ti and Nan-khons were united. The aim [of all this] was the conquest of Purig. . . .'

NOTES

This conquest of Si-dkar by the united forces of Skar-rdo and La-dvags must have taken place between the years 1730 and 1750 A.D. The purpose of this war seemed to be the conquest of Pu-rig, as surmised by Bkra-Sisrnam-rgyal of Pu-rig. This is probably not. true. Bhan-ti is not known to me. It may be a name of Si-dkar. Nan-khons is the same as Nan-golf (Baltistan).

(e) THE RGYAL-POS OF BALTI (SBAL-TI)

1. Ali Sher, c. 1570-1600 A.D.

2. Ahmed, c. 1600-1630 A.D.

3. Shah Murad, c. 1630-1670 A.D.

4. Rafi Khan, c. 1670-1700 A.D.

5. Sultan Murad Khan, c. 1700-1730 A.D.

6. Zafar Khan, c. 1730-1760 A.D.

7. Ali Sher Khan, c. 1760-1790 A.D.

8. Ahmed Shah, c. 1790-1841 A.D.

9. Mahomed Shah, c. after 1841 A.D.

NOTES BY CUNNINGHAM (p. 35)

Balti or Balti-yul is called Palolo, or Balor (Bolor), by the Dards, and Nang-kod (Nan-gon) by the Tibetans. Balti (Sbal-ti) is the most common name, and perhaps the oldest, as it is presented by Ptolemy in Byltae. (Let me add that, according to Sir A. Stein, it is the ` Great Poliu ' of the Chinese historians of the eighth century, ` Little Poliu ' being their name for Gilgit.—F.) The country is also frequently called Skardo (Skar-rdo), from the name of its well-known fort and capital. (Let me add that the name Skar-[chub]-rdo-[dbyilis] is mentioned in c. 804 A.D. as that of a Buddhist temple in the province of Rgya (Ladakh). A place called Gomba-Skardo is actually marked on the Indian Survey map, about 5 miles west of the present town of Skar-rdo. Gomba is the vulgar pronunciation of the Tibetan Dgon-pa, ` monastery.' Baltistan is the ` Little Tibet ' of the Kashmir chroniclers.—F.)

Balti proper is a small district bounded by Shigar (Si-dkar) on the north, by Keris (Kye-ris) and Parguta (Parkuda) on the east, by Gures on the south, and by Astor and Rongdo (Rob-mdo) on the west. Including the tableland of Deotsu, it is about 60 mile , long and 36 broad. Its area is about 2 160 square miles, and the mean height of its villages above the sea is about 7,000 feet.

' The spelling is Cunningham's, but not the dates.

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