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the Mandør Peak and the Khush Khiram Perk respectively. The Mander Peak is on the Afghån side of the border opposite Burkt village, and its shrine is visited by Jajis. The Khush Khiram (a corruption of Khush Karam) peak, being on the British side of the border in the south of the Kurram Valley above the Mukbil encampment of Ghozgarhi, is visited by the Taris of Kurram. Both these peaks are studded with lofty deoddr trees and evergreen shrubs which the people ascribe to the numerous virtues of the holy men.
At Bhalosan -
(1) Imům zidrat. (2) Sayyid Hasan. (3) Mir Ibrabim or Mir Bim zidrat. (4) Sb&h Mir Sayyid Ahmad sidrat.
(5) BAbd Shah Gul xiárat. At Malana:
Shâh Talab sidrat. At Zdran:
(1) Shah Sayyid Romi sidrat.
(2) Mir Kasim or Mast Mir Kasim xidrat at Zdran is annually resorted to by the Malli Khel, Hamza Khêl and Mastu Khel, kuchi (nomad) Toris, in the month of Safar, and a regular fair is held. Sheep and goats are also slaughtered as otferings to the shrine. All the people visit- ing the sidrat are fed by the Zéran Sayyids, who are said to have been ordered by the saint to do so. At Karman:
(1) Shah Sayyid Fakhr-i-Alam sidrat. (2) Mir Karim vidrat. At Sadrs :
Abbas sidrat, visited by Turi women.
Children are shaved here and vows made for sons. At Kharlacht:
(1) Barq& Pôsh siarat.
(2) Lala Gul sidrat. At Nasti Kot:
The Dwalas (Twelve) Imams' sitrat, said to be the resting place of the Twelve Imâms of the Shias. At Ahmadsai:
(1) Mirak Shah ziarat. (2) Arab Shah sidrat.
At Samir :
ShAh Abbas' sidrat, visited by people of the Ghundi Khel tribe on both the 'Ids and the Muharram days. At Balyamin :
(1) Shah Ishaq ziárat, visited by the Alizais, B&gzais, Hamza Kbels and Mastu Khels of Chårdiwår.
(2) Mir Hamza sidrat, visited by Mastu Khels and Hamza Khels, kuchi Tris and the Ghilzais of Afghanistan on their way to India In the Darwazgai Pass: -
The Diwana Malang or Laila-Majnun siarat, in the Darwazgai Pass, is anapally visited by the Malli Khel, Hamza Khal, Mastu Khel and Daperzai kuchi Taris. A fowl is killed as an offering for every male member of the family. An iron nail is then driven into the trunk of a tree close to the shrine. There is a legend that it a man can climb up the tree at one bound, he is sure to get a horse after a year. A huge black stone lying near the shrine is said to have been split in two in obedience to Laila's command. At Tongai:
Zar Pir sidrat is visited and venerated both by Shias and Sunnis. At B4gxal:
Shah Ibrahim widrat is visited by the Tarts of Bågzai and Cherdiwar. A visit to it is said to be a specific for small-pox. At Shabak: -
Zarauna Buzurg ziárat, near Shabak, is also visited by the Turis. The Tarf belief is that a gun will not go off at this shrine.
KhAnw&dA Shrines. Of all the shrines of the Kurram Valley, the following five are the most important. They all belong to Sayyids and are called the tive khanwadas (families). The Sayyids of the Kurram Valley are descended from these five khứnwddds. A description of them is given below:
I. - 8h4h Sayyid Rumf, whose shrine is at Zêrån, is the patron saint of Zêrân. His descendants, who are called the Romi Khel, Mashhadi or Imam Razâi Sayyids, are confined to
1 It is said in connection with this fair, which is held annually at the end of May or beginning of June, that the parents of Mir Kasim suggested that he should marry. He replied that rather than marry ho would prefer to excavato a water-course from a spring above Zern and lead it to the widrat. Accordingly, the chief feature of this fair is the periodical excavation of this water-course when men and women mix freely, just as they do at Chintpurni, near Bharwain, in the Hoshiarpur Distriot.
