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'Notes on Persian Seistan' [52r] (108/142)
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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DEI!
DEH GHULAM ALL—
A small village of 30 poorly-built bouses in tbe extreme north-west of
Pusht-i-Ab, close to the edge of the Naizar or Hamun.
The ground in the neighbourhood of the village is not very highly cul
tivated, and, except when the Naizar is full and has encroached, which occurs
only after severe floods, affords excellent going. The inhabitants are chiefly
of the Kakha and Sargazi tribes.
Resources.—Six ploughs of cultivated land, 5 horses, 10 cattle, 100 sheep
and goats, and 10 donkeys.
DEH GURG.—
A village of 60 houses, situated in the west of Sheb-i-Ab* which obtains
water by means of a branch canal from the Shela Kafir, one of the larger
canals branching from the Rud-i-Sheb-i-Ab, The inhabitants are of the-
Panjkah and Gurg elans principally.
Resources .—Six ploughs of cultivated land, 2 horses, 20 cattle, 40 sheep
and goats, and 30 donkeys.
DEH HAZI.—
A village of 70 houses in Pusht-i-Ab, about half a mile to the north of the
main track leading from Nasratabad to Deh Dost Mohammed. The
Katkhuda of this village pays no revenue to the Governor for the village,
which is situated in a very fertile and highly irrigated district.
Resources .—Twelve ploughs of cultivated land, 2 horses, 50 cattle, 200
sheep and goats, and 30 donkeys.
DEH HAJI ABBAS.—
A village of 25 houses which belongs to the Mahal of Jazinak, and is
situated in the Sharaki district.
Resources .—Four ploughs of cultivated land, 15 cattle, 50 sheep and
goats, and 12 donkeys.
DEH HAZI ALIAKBAR, or BURJ-LYUSUF.—
A village of 110 wattle-and-daub houses, in Miankangi, of which Mullah
Ali Akbar of Bunjar is the Katkhuda.
Resources .—ploughs of cultivated land, 7 horses, 70 cattle, 400
sheep and goats, and 30 donkeys.
DEH HUSSEIN A BAD-I-PAL PALI.—
A village of 80 houses in the south of the Sheb-i-Ab district, watered by a
branch canal from the Nobar-i-Sehkoba.
Resources .—Twelve ploughs of cultivated land, 4 horses, 20 cattle, 200
sheep and goats, and 30 donkeys.
DEH HUSSBINAH.—
A village of 50 poor houses situated in the north-west of the Sheb-i-Ab
district close to the Naizar or Hamun. It obtains its water-supply by
means of a small canal from the Nahr-i-Landaki. The inhabitants are
chiefly of the Gallavvi and Sayad clans.
Resources .—’Nine ploughs of cultivated land, 3 horses, 20 cattle, 20
sheep and goats, and 15 donkeys.
DEH HUSSEIN-I-MESHEDL—
A village of 50 houses, belonging to the Mahal of Chilling, situated close
to the left bank of the Rud-i-Sheb-i-Ab in the Sheb-i-Ab district.
Resources .—Eour ploughs of cultivated land, 1 horse, 70 cattle, 20 sheep
and goats, and 30 donkeys.
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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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- 'Notes on Persian Seistan'
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