Afghanistan; Asia, Central -- Description and travel; Eastern question (Central Asia)
The four principal streets are each 40 yards wide, bordered with trees,
flanked by shops and houses with open fronts and shady verandahs. Each
street is named after the gate to which it leads from the Charsu,
except in the case of the one which runs into the Top Khana. This
street, which is very narrow both at its north and south entrances and
has the Nikara Khana on its west, is called the Shahi Bazar. Smaller
and narrower streets, each crossing the other at right angles, run
from the principal thoroughfares towards the city walls, between which
and the houses there is a road about 25 yards wide encircling the
city. A second road, similar in design, exists on the outside of the
wall along the western and southern faces as a relic of the British
occupation. It has been planted with trees by the Afghan authorities, a
similar adornment having been applied to the main Kokeran road.
Kandahar is divided into districts which are in the occupation of
the different tribes. The south-western quarter of the city has four
great divisions--the Barakzai Duranis, extending down the Shikarpur
and Herat Bazars, having south of them the Hindustani quarter and west
that of the Halakozai Duranis, while in the extreme south-west corner
of the city, between the two last, there are the Nurzai Duranis. The
south-eastern quarter appears to be occupied principally by Populzai
Duranis. In the north-eastern quarter, the portion stretching on the
north of the Kabul Bazar, is occupied by the Ghilzais; north of them
and to the north-east angle of the city is the Bar Durani quarter;
while between them and the citadel is the Achakzai Durani quarter. In
the south-western portion of the north-western quarter are the houses
of the Alizais. These divisions, relating to the principal tribes
who frequent the city, concern the Duranis, Ghilzais, Parsiwans,
and Kakuris. Greater detail of the population is represented by the
following table of houses occupied in the several sections:
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