CONTENTS.

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[A Map of Dardistan and of the Pamirs]
[Introduction.] A Note on Classical Allusions to the Dards and to Greek Influence in India (4 pages)
[Legends, Songs, Customs, and History, of Dardistan] (with Illustrations)
A. Demons—Yatsh[1]
B. Fairies—Barái[6]
C. Wizards and Witches—Dayáll[7]
D. Historical Legend of the Origin of Gilgit[9]
The Feast of Firs and Songs[14]
Bujóni—Riddles, Proverbs, and Fables[17]
Songs—(Gilgiti, Astóri, Guraizi, and Chilási)[22]
[Manners and Customs:]
(a) Amusements (Polo, Dances, etc.)[33]
(b) Beverages (beer, wine)[38]
(c) Birth Ceremonies[41]
(d) Marriage Ceremonies (Song to the Bride)[42]
(e) Funerals[46]
(f) Holidays[48]
(g) The Religious Ideas of the Dards[49]
(h) Form of Government among the Dards[53]
(i) Habitations[57]
(j) Divisions of the Dard race[58]
(k) Castes[62]
Legends regarding Animals, and note thereon[64]
[Genealogies and History of Dardistan (pages 67 to 111)][67]
Rough Chronological Sketch from 1800 to 1872[70]
Note on Events since 1872, and in 1891 and 1892[75]
Introduction to “The Dard Wars with Kashmîr”[77]
Routes to Chilás[79]
I. Struggles for the Conquest of Chilás[80]
II. Wars for the possession of Gilgit[88]
III. Wars on Yasin, and the massacre of its inhabitants[95]
IV. War with Nagyr and Hunza (1864)[98]
V. War with Dareyl (Yaghistán) (1866)[101]
Mir Wali and Mulk Aman (with a note on the murder of Hayward)[104]
Account of Kashmîr atrocities[106]
Remarks on Dardistan in 1893[108]
Treaty of the British Government with Kashmîr[110]
Note on the Hunza-Nagyr Genealogy[111]
[Appendices:]
I. Hunza, Nagyr, and the Pamir Regions. (With an Autograph Letter of the Tham of Nagyr, and other Illustrations)[24 pages]
II. Notes on Recent Events in Chilás and Chitrál, with a photograph of H. H. the present Mihtar of Chitrál, Nizám-ul-Mulk, his former Yasin Council and Chitráli Musicians[19 pages]
III. Fables, Legends, and Songs of Chitrál (one in musical notation), by H. H. Mihtar Nizám-ul-Mulk[14 pages]
IV. Races and Languages of the Hindukush [The Kohistán, Gabriál, etc.], with a Note on Polo in Hunza-Nagyr[18 pages]
V. Anthropological Observations and Measurements[8 pages]
VI. Rough Itineraries in the Hindukush and to Central Asia, Routes i, ii, and iii[12 pages]
VII. (a) A Secret Religion in the Hindukush and in the Lebanon[14 pages]
(b) The Kelám-i-pîr and Esoteric Muhammadanism[9 pages]
VIII. On the Sciences of Language and of Ethnography, with special reference to the Language and Customs of Hunza (a separate pamphlet)[16 pages]