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Parkuda is claimed by the Gilgit Dards as one of their colonies ; the same must be said of Khartaksha (Manthrokhar of the Dards) (see 'The Eighteen Songs of the Bono-nā Festival', song No. vi, Ind. Ant., vol. xxxiv, pp. 93 sqq.). It was the chief of Parkuda (or Mkhar-maṅ) who acted as way-leader to Zorawar on his expedition against Skar-rdo. It was probably also a chief of the same line (Kālamānya = Mkhar-maṅ) who according to Jonarāja's Rājataraṅgiṇī (vv. 157–8) of Kashmir killed Riñchana-Bhoṭṭa's father (c. 1320 a.d.).

(d) The Chiefs of Shigar (Śī-dkar) (Cunningham's Spelling)

1. 'Āmāchah.¹ 15. Ali Mir (1570-1600).
2. Chāh-tham. 16. Ama Chan Dē.
3. Chama-tham. 17. Ghir-ze.
4. Yaksir Gao-tham. 18. Haidar Khan.
5. Khomulgo-tham. 19. Hasan Khan.
6. Gobūlgo-tham. 20. Imām Kuli Khan.
7. Khān. 21. Kuli Khan.
8. Makhān. 22. Azem Khan.
9. Ram. 23. Ali Khan.
10. Rahmūm. 24. Husen Khan.
11. Daolat Shah. 25. Mohammed Khan.
12. Haripal Marchak. 26. Koli Khan.
13. Ambarot. 27. Sulimān Khan, c. 1830.
14. Ghazi Mir.

NOTES BY CUNNINGHAM (p. 32)

The little chiefdom of Shigar is confined entirely to the valley of the Shigar river. Its length, from south-east to north-west, is 72 miles, and its breadth 36 miles. Its area is 2,592 square miles, and the probable mean height of its villages above the sea is not less than 8,000 feet.

Shigar possesses a chief of its own, but he has generally been subject to the chiefs of Balti. The above genealogy was obtained from Sulimān-Khan, the present (1846) chief of Shigar. It is curious because the title tham or 'king', borne by the earlier princes, proves that the family must be connected with the Dards of Hunza-Nagar, whose chiefs bear the same title at present.

NOTES BY THE AUTHOR

The occurrence of the Dard title tham, 'king,' in the above genealogy is, of course, of great interest, but it does not necessarily prove a relationship of the Śī-dkar chiefs to the Hunza-Nagar chiefs. It simply points to the Dard origin of all the Balti chiefs. The title tham is also found once in the genealogy of the Cig-tan chiefs. Śī-dkar is also claimed by the Gilgit Dards as one of their colonies (see 'The Eighteen Songs of the Bono-nā Festival', No. vi, Ind. Ant., vol. xxxiv, 1905, pp. 93 sqq.).

NOTES FROM MISS DUNCAN'S SUMMER RIDE (p. 291)

Although Miss Duncan does not give the names of any members of the chief's family, she mentions the famous polo-place of Śī-dkar (picture in Vigne's Travels, vol. ii, p. 289), three butts for archery, like those found in most Balti villages, and the large and very handsome mosque of the place. Regarding the mosque she says :—' A broad flight of steps leads to a spacious veranda, in which I lingered long, gazing with delight at the rich carving on door-posts and window-frames, the designs in most cases being the same as those at Khapallu, but much more finely executed. The molvie . . . said that a round brass plate over the lintel of the door covers a document giving the age of the building, which he stated to be a thousand years (!).'

Vigne says (ii, p. 292) that about 6 miles from the rājā's castle at Śī-dkar there is a defile on the left, from which steatite is procured in great abundance. This steatite is turned into cups and plates by the Baltis. Vigne also states that Śī-dkar was conquered by Rājā 'Ali-Sher-Khān (father of Ahmad-Khān) of Skar-rdo.