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'Notes on Persian Seistan' [37r] (78/142)
The record is made up of 1 volume (67 folios). It was created in 1903. It was written in English and Persian. 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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NOTES ON PERSIAN SEISTAN.
63
KHIMMAR.
It is said that this tribe is descended from Kimbrani Baluchis, who came
to Seistan, jibout seven generations ago, from Kharan in Baluchistan. In
later years they have gradually become more influential, and two of their
number, Katkhuda Asghar of Kala-i-Nau, and Katkhuda Derweish of Daodi,
were important men in Seistan.
The latter participated in
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
Sherif Khan’s attack on Mir Alum Khan
in Husseinabad, and when the attack failed, fled with the rest to Afghan
territory, returning however later when Mir Jafar Khan came to succeed
Mir Alum Khan as Governor.
The Khimmars are now connected by marriage with the Sarbandis,
Sarunis, and Jemalzais, their present Chief being Fakir Mohammed of Daodi.
The Khimmars, of whom there are said to be some two hundred and fifty
families in Seistan, are found chiefly in Daodi, Luf, Tilfak, Deh Siahsar, Deh
Mir Beg, Deh Mohammed Abdulla, and Deh Ali Jan Nasir, while smaller
tribes under their auspices are—Zor, Sinchuli, and Gallawi.
Genealogical tree of Khimmar tribe.
Khimmae (a Kimbrani Baluch, founder of tbe tribe).
Four or five generations intervene.
n
i
Derweish, Kafckhuda of Asghar, Katkbuda of Kala-i-Nau,
Daodi. d.
Fakir,
kir, Katkbuda Daughter, married
of Daodi.
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
Purdil
Khan. Sarbandi.
Daughter, married Daughter married
FarMohamed, Mohammed Jan,
Saruni, Kat- Jemalzai, Kat
khuda of Fulgi. khuda of Kimak.
1
Four unmarried
daughters.
Ghulam Hussein,
Katkhuda of
Luf. 1
1 Ghulam Hussein married a sister of Derweish Khan, Jemalzai, Katkhuda of Siadak.
Mir.
This tribe, of which the headman has the title of Kalantar, trace their
descent from Arabs brought to Seistan by Nadir Shah, and are said to be
direct descendants of Sanan, son of Anas, whom local tradition credits with
having killed the Iman Hussein.
Their present Chief is Kalantar Mir Amir of Iskel, whose father, Mir
Abbas, was murdered in 1901 by an Afghan, whose sister he had abducted.
Mir Abbas was looked upon as the Chief of all the Katkhudas of Seistan, but
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A confidential report on the Persian region of Seistan [Sistan]. The report was compiled by Captain Edward Abadie Plunkett, 1st Battalion (Lincoln Regiment), in the Intelligence Branch, Quarter-Master General's Department. The report was printed at the Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta, India, 1903.
The report contains information on geography, canal systems, communications, routes, climate, resources, ethnography, administration, agriculture, and local dialect. Included within the volume are the following:
- District tables for Miankangi, Pusht-I-Ab, Mahal-I-Nahrui, Mahal-I-Sharaki, and Sheb-I-Ab, with statistics on numbers of houses, ploughs, horses, oxen, sheep and goats, camels, and donkeys for each village in each district (folios 7-28)
- Genealogical tables for the various tribes in the region (folios 34-39)
- Vocabulary and useful phrases in the local dialect (folios 42-45)
- A map showing the cultivated areas of the region (folio 69).
Part II of the report is a gazetteer (folios 46-65).
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- 1 volume (67 folios)
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 68; 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.
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