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'Notes on Persian Seistan' [‎53v] (111/142)

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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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14
BEH
DEH MANSUBL— . ,
A village of 50 bouses in the extreme west of Pusht-i-Ab, on the outskirts
of the Naizar or Hamun, which obtains water from the Rud-i-Adimi by
means of a branch canal.
The inhabitants belong to the Pudna and Sayad elans.
Besources.—Six. ploughs of cultivated land, 120 cattle, 150 sheep and
goats, and 30 donkeys»
DEH M^STI KHAN.—
A village of 90 houses, on the Rud-i-Hasinld, in Pusht-i-Ab, a little to the
north-west of which takes place the main division of all the Pusht-i-Ab
canals.
The inhabitants are of the Jutegh^md Sheikh clans principally, and a few
tents of Gurgich Baluchis are attached to the village.
Resources .— Five ploughs of cultivated laud, 2 horses, 50 cattle, 250 sheep
and goats, 2 camels, and 20 donkeys.
DEH MIR.—
A small village of 35 houses in the Sheb-i-Ab district, on the right bank of
the Rud-i-Sheb-i-Ab, which belongs to the larger village of Ibrahimabad.
Resources .—Two ploughs of cultivated land, 10 cattle, 750 cattle (owned
by the occupants of an encampment attached to the village), and 10 donkeys.
DEH MOHAMMED AZAM.—
A village of 40 houses in the north-west of the Sheb-i-Ab district, about
1 mile from the Naizar or Hamun.
The inhabitants are chiefly of the Mishkar and Sayad clans.
Resources .—Eight ploughs of cultivated land, 2 horses, 30 cattle, 20
sheep and g$ats, 2 camels, and 15 donkeys.
DEH MOHAMMED SAEAR.—
A village of 100 houses in the extreme west of the Sheh-i-Ab district. It
is close to the edge of the Naizar or Hamun, and is the last village irri
gated by the Bud-i*Sheb-i-Ab, before that river, now reduced in size to a
small stream, expends itself in the Naizar.
Resources. — Sixteen ploughs of cultivated land, 2 horses, 70 cattle, 340
sheep and goats (owned by Baluchis encamped near and attached to the
village), and 40 donkeys.
DEH MULLAH ABDULLAH—
A village of 40 houses in the north-east of the Pusht-i-Ab district. The
present Katkhuda Mullah Asghar is a son of Mullah Abdullah, pays no
revenue to the Governor for this village, and is a very influential man in
Seistan.
Resources.Six. ploughs of cultivated land, 2 horses, 20 cattle, 100 sheep
and goats, and 20 donkeys.
DEH MULLAH ALI, or DEH MULALI—
A village of 50 houses on the Nahr-i-Daodi in Sheb-i-Ab, belonging to Taj
Mohammed of Kul, who, however, appoints an agent to carry on the duties
of Katkhuda for him.
The Kul clan is chiefly represented amongst the inhabitants.
even ploughs of cultivated land, 1 horse, 50 cattle, 60 sheep
and goats, and 15 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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English and Persian in Latin and Arabic script
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