'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [‎102r] (208/652)

Shah Nishin, besides store-room, stables, and quarters for the Governor’s
staff and for the troops.
The regular garrison consists of : •
2 Sultans (captains).
2 IS!aibs (lieutenants).
4 Vakils Elected representative or attorney, acting in legal matters such as contracting marriage, inheritance, or business; a high-ranking legal official; could also refer to a custodian or administrator. (non-commissioned officers).
200 Infantry.
50 Artillerymen.
50 Savdrs.
50 Jamkaz (camel corps).
16 Band (only started in 1892 by order of H. H.).
There are two workshops and the following artificers :
10 iron workers (mechanics and blacksmiths).
5 carpenters.
3 tin-workers.
5 shoe-makers (kafshduz) and tanners (dibagh).
2 felt or namdah workers.
The troops are a wretched crew of dirty, slovenly, ill-clad, sickly-looking
sepoys Term used in English to refer to an Indian infantryman. Carries some derogatory connotations as sometimes used as a means of othering and emphasising race, colour, origins, or rank. . . On parade, an awkward squad of raw
Troops. militia recruits would be trained men in com-
narison. They are indifferent, not to say bad, shots _
The population consists of from 1,200 to 1,500 souls, not including the
garrison which may be estimated at some 300
Population and classes. or qp e inhabitants are divided into three
zdts, viz .:—
(1) Durzddehs .—Mixed Baluch and Negro breed; they are slaves
and give | of the produce of the land cultivated by them.
(2) Mlrasis .—A sect apart—the musician class. They fetch wood
and do other labour ; they occasionally own land.
(3) These are of nomad tendencies. They own camels
and large flocks, and reside along the river banks, grazing
them over the vast plains.
Svkes states that the inhabitants include Burhanzai, Damam, ^alkali
Biiarzai Aduzai, Mahmudzai, Dikizai, RaisI, Barnari, Sahibki, and Nahrui,
besides a few gypsies known as Luri, who are musicians and carpenters.
(For nomad tribes, vide article on Baluchistan.) .
The country to the east and south is open and for the most part barren.
The stony plains beyond Sirkuran (5 miles east
Description of country. Fehiuj) slope gradually from north-east
and south-east to the tamarisk and aeacia belt ot jungle which marks the
iunction of the Daman (or Karvanda), Kunarak and Puachm rivers, which
oin the Bampur river in the vicinity of the above-named village.
1 The water-supply is good and abundant from irrigation channels an
larizes from the Shah Drahas stream which
Water-supply. fi AW « smith-east under the Kalag hills; there
are also some hot springs north of the palm grove.