A text book of the Balochi language : consisting of miscellaneous stories, legends, poems and Balochi-English vocabulary

1922·11.4 MB·English

by  Dames, Mansel Longworth, 1850-1922

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BALOCHI LANGUAGE,
CONSISTING OP
JV5ISCELLANE0US STORIES, LEGENDS, POEMS,
AND
BALOGHI-ENGLISH VOCABULARY
M. LONGWORTH DAMES
Bengal Civil Svroice.
Lahore
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P?aMi:D "^Y THE SOPERINTENDENT, GOVKUNMKNT PRINTIKO, PUNJAP,
1922.
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BOOK
TEXT
OF THE
BALOCHI LANGUAGE,
CONSISTING OP
lillSCELLANEOUS STORIES, LEGENDS, POEMS,
AND
BALOCHI-ENGUSH VOCABULARY.
COMPILED BY
M. LONGWORTH DAMES,
Bengal Civil Service.
Lahore
:
PRINTED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT, GOyER^JMBNT PRINTING, PUNJABI
1922.
LOAN STACK
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Pace.
1-2
IHTRODCCnON ... ..'. ••! ••• •••
Balochi Grammar ... •• ••• ••• ••• 1-38
Absiract op Contents of Text-Book ... ... 1-8
TEXT-BOOK
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Part I. Miscellaneous Stories.
Story 1. "What i» left if two are taken from twelve 1
„ II. What every kind of seed consists of ... 1
„ III. The King who had a boil on his face 1
„ IV. The Princess aud the Man who stood all night in the Water 2
„ V. The Wrestlers of Tera Ghazi Khanand Shikarpnr ... 2-3
„ VI. The Husbandman, the Tigerand the Jackal 3
„ VII. The Four Men who made the figure of aWoman 4
„ VIII. The Clever Lad... ... ... , ... 4-5
„ IX. The Thret Fools, Sai GanokhSni Kisgav 5-6
„ X. The Shepherd whobecamea King ... 7
„ XI. A legend of Nadir Shah 8-a
„ Xir. The Prince, the Wazir, the Kotwal, and the Slave ... 9-10
„ Xlli. The Three Wonderful Gifts... 10-11
„ XIV. The Prince, the Goatherd, and Naina Bai 11-14
„ XV. The Prophet Dris and his forty children 15-16
XVI. The King and the Four Thieves 17
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„ XVII. Dosten and Shiren 18
„ XVIII. Abnllah Khan of Kelat and the abduction of Samri... 18-19«
„ XIX. The wicked MuUa 19-20
„ XX. Kismat Pari ... ... ... 20-21
„ XXI. The avaricious WazIr ... ... ,„ 21-2
„ XXII. Storiesof Shah Jahan—Part I 22-3
yf ajv1.Jl±, )} )f f} jfBXXf xX ••• •• 23-4
„ XXIV. The Parrot an—d theMaina ... .•• 24-5
Including
Lalt Kiseav ... ... ... ... ' 25-7
Tuta Kissav... ... ... ... 27-S
„ XXV. Prince Nihal and the Fish ... 28-30
„ XXVI. The Adventures ofa certain Prophet 30-31
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„ XXVII. 'Abdullah Shah of Samin 81-82
„XXVIII. Stories of the Prophet Moses—Part I. The Poor and the Rioh... 32
XXIX. Part II.—The MnllS, the Faqir, the
— Deer, and the Snake... 83-4
XXX- Part III. The Pathan Horseman,
the Carpenter, and the
Old Man 34
„ XXXI. The Adventures of Lai Ba(lshah 34-36
„ XXXII. Stories of 'Ali—Part I 36-37
„ „ PartII 87
„XXXIII, Narrative of a Haddiani raid on the Kibzai Kakars 37-39
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PaetII.—Legendary Histoet of the Baloches.
Chapter I. Of the originofthe Baloches ... ,., JT? 1
„ II. The Baloches in Sistan ... ... ... ... i
„ III. Settlement of the Baloches in Mekran, and death of Mir Jalal Khan 1
„ IV. Wars in Kachi ... ... ,., .., £
„ V. Wars of the Rindsand Lasharis—Part I ... ... 2-4
. .,., VI- ,; „ V » I'art II ... ... 4.5
J, VII. The Lasharis go to Gujrat ... ... ... 5
VIII. Origin of theLegharis and Drishaks ... ... ... 5
IX. The §tory of Dilmalikb ... ... ... ... 5-6
X. The Story of the Four Vows— ... ... ,.. 6
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Haivtan'sVow ... ... ... ... 6
Vow
Jaro's ... ... ..• .^. ... 7-8
Ncdhbandagh's Vow ••• ,„ ... ... 8-9
Mir Han's Oath ... ... ... ... 9
„ XI. Mir Chakur leaves Sevi and invades the Punjab ... ... 10
XII. Mir Chakur's wars and death ... .,. ... 10-11
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^ Xin. The story of Balach^nd the Bulethis ... ... ... 11-12
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„ XIV. Annals of theMazarls „. — ... ... 12-17
i'AET III. Poems.
Chapter I. Dosten and Shiren ... ... ^.. „. 1-2
II. Lailaand Majnun ... ... ... ... 3-4
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„ III. The Pigeonand the Hawk, a taleof 'Ali ... ... 4-5
.„ IV. Thegenerosity of 'AU ... ... ... ... 5-6
y. Elegy on the death of Nawab Jamal Khan Leghariby Paojil
Banguiani, a Laehari of Mount Mari... ... ,., 6-9
Pabt IV.—Vooabulaey
Vocabulary of the BalochI Language ... ... ... ,.. 1-109