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Transport ... Nil.
Labour ... Nil.
C Temp.—6 a m., 46 ; 1 p.m., 71; 6 p.rn., 59.
Climate ... s Cood ; winters cold, but no snow. Summers cooler than
^ Bazman.
People ... Baloochees. Mo Maliyat.
Remarks ... When I was here, there was a patch of about 2 acres ot
cultivation, and nice green wheat it was. The palms,
too, could be incr ased and would do well. The grazing
in the plain and in the neighbouring valleys is very
good, and there is any amount of Tagez to make char
coal. This would be a suitable place for a Tana.
19^/i February 1899. Bazman. Height 3,598 feet.
Governor ... Zabit Assadullah Beg.
50 houses ; 250 people.
Wheat and barley 7,000 mans; cotton 2,000; maize 2,000 ;
dates 10,000 ; 4,000 date trees. Also, pomegranates and
some walnut trees.
No fowls or chickens.
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( 40 oxen ; 700 sheep. No fowls or chickens.
... ^ Pomegranates, rogan, milk, bread, barley, dates, and
(. mutton in fair quantities.
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23?’d February 1899.
Governor
Population
(hops
(~It has a large supply of hot water, in open tanks, 97°, which
... j is said to be beneficial for skin diseases. This water is
| used for irrigation, but there are 4 cold springs for
^ drinking.
Of peesh, with one house of stone and mud. Port, now
in ruins, was of stone and mud.
... 40 donkeys; no camels, so practically no transport.
... 30 at 1^ krans, but they are said to be very lazy.
r Temp.—6 a.m, 5 i ; 1 p.m., 72 ; 6 p.m., 63.
... j Very good. Summers comparatively cool. No snow in
(. winter, but it freezes.
f Baloochees, but they are Sheahs: Kurdish extraction*
{ Maliyat 500 tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. .
... Bazman is surrounded by low hills, off-shoots of the mighty
Bazman, which is 25 miles to the north-north-west.
In the neighbourhood of Bazman village are—
Maksan, 40 houses; 200 people ; 10 cows ; wheat and
barley 1,000 mans ; 100 sheep.
Mnder Maksan, 5 houses ; 25 people, no cows or donkeys.
Wheat and barley 250 mans.
Rusta and Aliabad Bazman people go there to cultivate.
250 mans wheat and barley, Afiabad bas 100 date palms.
Each has a kanat. Hot climate.
Bampur. Height 1,920 feet.
Sat oot-ul-Mamalik.
| 500 huts and houses; 2,500 people, exclusive of soldiers
( in fort.
|Wheat and barley 312,500 mans; maize 160,000; rice
( 8,000. Also, beans, lettuce, onions, and dates.
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