belutchi

Updated: July 2, 2025

I was wearing the long shirt of a Belutchi, and a pair of trousers which had once been white, but which in the six weeks I had worn them had become brown, and were all but in rags; in addition to this I had on a blue turban, a piece of rope served me as a girdle, and I carried in my hand a thick stick, which had assisted me greatly in my walking, and protected me from dogs."

Jules Verne - Celebrated Travels and Travellers: Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century

The portions of this district which are inhabited are those upon the river Helmend, whose bed deepens every year. At Elemdar Christie sent for a Hindu, to whom he had an introduction. This man advised him to dismiss his Belutchi attendants and to personate a pilgrim. A few days later he penetrated to Douchak, now known as Jellalabad. He says:

Jules Verne - Celebrated Travels and Travellers: Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century