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'Seistan. Revenue Report and Notes of the Perso-Afghan Arbitration Commission, 1902-1905. Volume II. Part V - Appendices and Glossary.' [4r] (12/380)
The record is made up of 1 volume (186 folios). It was created in 1906. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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1
SYNOPSIS OF CONTENTS.
VOLUME II.
PART V.
APPENDICES.
PAGE
Appendix i —Statement of the area of the tracts in Seistan
Appendix 2.— The Seistan Boundary Award .......
Appendix 3.—The Seistan water Award ......
Appendix 4. —Genealogical tree with an historical account of the Kayani dynasty
from the times of Lais, by Khan Bahadur Mir Sham Shah,
Political Attache to the Mission .......
Appendix 5. —The Mahals of Persian Seistan ........
Appendix 6.-—A note on the time of sowing and harvesting; and of the phases
of the river .
Appendix 7.—Administration of canals in Persian Seistan
Appendix 8.—The Bandbaf and the Band
Appendix 9.— Notes on the operations at the Band-i-Seistan in August and Sep
tember 1903
APPENDIX 10.—Notes on the renewal of the Band-i-Seistan in the month of Sep
tember 1904
Appendix 11.—Notes on the construction of the Band-i-Parian in the month of
August 1904
APPENDIX 12.—The distribution of the expenses and profits of a plough in the
autumn crops . . . .
331
333
337
343
347
355
359
3^3
369
373
375
379
Appendix 13. — Meteorological note.
The note 3^5
Meteorological abstract 387
APPENDIX 14.—-The extension of the Chah-i-Nima Canal made in 1904 ; and the
method of making a Kariz.
The making of the Canal 445
The tunnel or 446
The Chah-i-Nima depression used as an escape 447
APPENDIX 15.—Note by Terence Keyes, Esq., on the manufacture of felt in
Seistan . 449
APPENDIX 16.—Note by Terence Keyes, Esq., on carpet-making in Seistan . . 45 1
Appendix 160.—Note by Terence Keyes, Esq., on vine-growing and fruit-trees in
Seistan 455
Appendix 17.—Some notes on the breeding places of the Seistani fly . . . '457
Appendix 18. —Some notes obtained from the Baluchis on plants poisonous to
camels . 459
Appendix 19.—Some information about the villages on the Helmand River above
Rudbar.
A note by Captain Webb Ware, C.I.E. _ 461
List of the villages along the Helmand River 462
List of ploughs and families in the villages 464
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The second volume of reports produced by the Perso-Afghan Boundary Commission, Seistan [Sīstān], and submitted to the Government of India, Foreign Department. Publication statement: Simla: Government of India Foreign Department, 1906.
The commission, under the direction of Colonel Arthur Henry McMahon, was to redefine the frontier between Persia and Afghanistan in the south, and develop a formula for the division of the Helmand waters. The report consists of a general description of the region, and specific notes on ethnography, meteorology, agriculture, industry, and hydrology.
Comprising appendices on the following:
- statistical tables
- copy correspondence between the British, Persian and Afghan Commissioners
- genealogical trees and tables
- meteorological data
- notes and memoranda on aspects of Seistan geography, ethnology, hydrology, industry, economy, agriculture, botany, entomology, and transport infrastructure
- glossary.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (186 folios)
- Arrangement
The Revenue Report of the Perso-Afghan Arbitration Commission consists of three volumes (IOR/L/PS/20, 23 and 24). The volumes are divided into six parts with parts 1-4 comprising one volume, part 5 comprising the second, and part 6 comprising the third.
A synopsis of contents can be found at pp i - iv (folios 4-7)
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 188; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence (pp i-iv, 329-689)
Condition: the binding structure has partially broken down, and many folios are loose. Please handle carefully.
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