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DlZ—
A village in Makran, containing 50 houses, situated on the banks of
the Gvimak Kaur {c[.v.) ) 3J miles east of Sarbaz.— {Showers, 1902.)
DIZAK—
A village in the Shamil district {q.v.).
DlZAK—
An important district on the eastern frontier of Persian Baluchistan,
comprising the following sub-districts, which go by the general nomen
clature of Saravan, or the “ Highlands ’ ’ :—
(a) Dizak and Bampusht.
Jalk and Kalaghan.
Kuhak.
Sib-Suran and Paskuh.
Irafshan.
Ashar and Afshan.
Magas, j -
The rough boundaries therefore on the east and south. caU be defined as
those demarcated by Goldsmith in 1871, and Holdich in 1896, between
Persian and British territory ; while on the west, the watershed dividing
the drainage of the Shahrl and Sarbaz rivers marks its western limits. To
the north it is open, being bounded by the district of Sarhad, but the
division between the two is very ill-defined and shadowy.
The sub-districts mentioned above, though nominally dependent on
Dizak, are in reality semi-independent; their Sardars pay little or no
attention to orders received, and revenue from them is only collected by
armed force. . .
The total revenue extorted in 1902 was as follows, but in each year it is
liable to variation :—
Dizak, Sarju, Shastan and Bampusht
Jalk and Kalaghan .. ' • •
Kuhak
Sib-Suran and Paskuh
Irafshan, Ashar and Afshan
Magas
(&)
(c)
id)
(e)
(/)
( 9 )
Rs. 17,500
„ 7,000
6 camels.
Rs. 14,500
„ 4,500
„ 3,000
Total
Camels
46,500
6
Dizak proper is a valley about 50 miles long by 10 wide, watered by
various tributaries of the Mashkid river, and is bounded on the west by the
Sunt Kuzak range (rising to an altitude of 6,246 feet), on the east and
north by the Kuh-i-Siahan, and on the south by the valley of the Mashkid.
Its general elevation is about 4,000 feet.
It contains numerous villages, of which the following may be noted
Hushak Bukhshan, Shastan, Sarju, Dilavar Khan, Qadir Bakhsh, Muham-
madi, Aspich and Ziarat. All of them possess forts, with_ extensive date
groves and cultivation, while the village of Dilavar Khan {q.v.) is the
residence of the Sardar of Dizak. Supplies in fair quantities are always
procurable, while its cotton is famous throughout Baluchistan, being