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DAODL—
A large well-built village of 300 houses, iu the north of Sheb-i-Ab,
situated on the Nahr-i-Daodi, a large canal branching from the Rud-i-
Sbeb-i-Ab near Chilling. It is the head-quarters of tbe Khimmar tribe;
other clans to be found in the village are Kakha and Gallawi.
Besonrces, —Thirty-two ploughs of cultivated land, £0 horses, 50 Rattle,
200 sheep and goats, and 50 donkeys.
DAOLATABAD (1).—
A village of 60 wattle-and-daub huts, situated close to the edge of the
Hamun in the north of Miankangi. About half a mile to the east of the
village is a high, well-built house, inhabited by Malik Gulzar Khan, the
present head of the Kaianis.
Resources.—'Vh.xeQ ploughs of cultivated land, 9 horses, 58 cows, and 250
sheep and goats.
DAOLATABAD (2).—
A well-built village of 200 houses, in Sheb-i-Ab, on the Nahr-i-Daolatabad,
a branch canal of the Shela Kafir. The finest fruit trees and gardens iu
Seistan are seen here, and there are also a number of fields enclosed by
high walls.
Daolatabad is the head-quarters of 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, which
tribe is chiefly represented in the village.
Resources .—Twelve ploughs of cultivated land, 30 horses, 100 cattle,
200 sheep and goats, 50 camels, and 120 donkeys.
DARGfl,—•
A village of 160 houses in the north of the Pusht-i-Ab district, about
5 miles north-west oi Nasratabad, close to the mail route running
northwards from the latter place. It obtains its water-supply from one
of the numerous canals branching off from the Rud-i-Bunjar, north of
Deh Masti Khan.
The inhabitants are of many small clans, chief among which are Ghaochi
and Dargi.
Resources .—Twelve ploughs of cultivated land, 12 horses, 50 cattle, 150
sheep and goats, and 40 donkeys.
DASHTAK —
Also known as Mahal-i-Dashtak.
This is the old seat of the Sharaki tribe, where 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. Ali Khan, their
present chief lives, and is situated on the left bank of the Rud-i-Sheb-i-Ab
in the Mahal-i-Sharaki.
Originally Dashtak was a fine walled village, but it is now in a state of
decay, many of the houses being deserted and the walls in ruins. Sand has
buried a considerable part of the village, and also destroyed much of the
surrounding cultivation, and only some 150 houses, of the 250 which the
village originally comprised, are now inhabited.
The Rud-i-Sheb-i-Ab here overflows its banks and forms large lakes near
the village, and there being no ford which is practicable at flood time, a
wide detour has to be made to the east or west to cross the river. There is
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