Suliman-Khel division of the Ghilzai tribe
Katawaz, also in the Abistada Basin to the
south of Zurmat, is 48 miles long by 24 in
breadth. This district consists of a level and
open plain, bounded on the east by the Western Sulimani
Mountains, on the west by the lower hills of
Katasang, which bound the valley of the Ghazni
on the east, and on the south by the Abistada Lake.
Katawaz is entirely occupied by the Suliman-Khel
division of the Ghilzi tribe. It is watered by
the River Paltu which rises in the Western
Sulimanis, and has an independent course to the
lake. Its stream is about 20 feet wide and a
foot] deep. The Pass of Paltu, at the source of
the river, is reported by Broadfoot to be
difficult, and leads over the Sulimanis into the
country of the Karotis in the Gomul Valley. The
Basin of the Helmand By Markham Page 199