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'Notes on Persian Seistan' [52v] (109/142)
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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DEH HUSSEIN-I-REIS.—
A village of 25 bouses in Sheb-i-Ab, about 1 mile south of the Rud-i-
Sheb-i-Ab, belonging to the Mahal of Chilling.
Besources .—Two ploughs of cultivated land, 1 horse, 30 cattle, 2 camels,
and 20 donkeys.
DEH ISA.—
A village of 50 houses built in two equal parts, situated on the outskirts
of the Naizar or Hamun in the west of the Pusht-i-Ab district. It
obtains its water-supply by a small canal taking off from the Rud-i-Adimi.
The inhabitants are of the Pudna and Sayad clans, and there are many
traders among them. ~
Resources .—Ten ploughs of cultivated land, 5 horses, 40 cattle, 300 sheep
and goats, 60 camels, and 85 donkeys.
DEH ISMAIL GHIMBAR.—
A village of 80 houses on the Nahr-i-Daodi in the north of the Sheb-i-Ab
district.
Resources .—Eight ploughs of cultivated land, 2 horses, 50 cattle, 20 sheep
and goats, 2 camels, and 25 donkeys.
DEH JAN BAKSH.—
A village of 80 houses on the left bank of the Rud-i-Sheb-i-Ab, in the
extreme west of the Sheb-i-Ab, not far from the Naizar or Hamun.
Resources. — Eight ploughs of cultivated land, 2 horses, 20 cattle, 25
sheep and goats, 2 camels, and 30 donkeys.
DEH JEHANGIR.—
A village of 160 houses on the Nahr-i-Alamdar in the Mahal-i-Nahrui.
A track passes through this village, which leads from Miankangi, the Rud-
i-Parian when full having to be crossed in tutins, and goes either to Nasrata-
bad through Deh Masti Khan and Siahsar, or to the south of the Rud-i-Seis-
tan, crossing the Rud-hHasinki, the Zahak and then Rud-i-Seistan by
fords near the villages of Koad, Malik Haideri and Burj-i-Sarband respec
tively. The inhabitants are of the Bomari and Husseinabadi clans chiefly.
Resources .—Twelve ploughs of cultivated land, 4 horses, 100 cattle, 300
sheep and goats, 5 camels, and 80 donkeys,
DEH JEHANGIR KHAN.—
A small village of 35 houses in the Mahal of Iskel, is situated in a highly
cultivated and irrigated part of Seistan.
The inhabitants are of the Nuri, Jur, and Buzzi clans.
Resources .—Eive ploughs of cultivated land, 1 horse, 40 cattle, 300 sheep
and goats, and 30 donkeys.
DEH JITTEGH.—
A village of 80 houses, about 24 miles south-west of Nasratabad, which
obtains water for its cultivation from the Zahak or Rud-i-Shahr.
A&stwctfs.—Four ploughs of cultivated land, 10 cattle, 50 sheep and
goats, and 10 donkeys.
DEH KAKHA, also known as BAGHAK-I-BALA.—
A village of 23 houses in the south of Pusht-i-Ab, which obtains water
from a canal branching from the Zahak.
The village belongs to Kul, and has no separate Katkhuda.
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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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