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'Notes on Persian Seistan' [55r] (114/142)
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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17
H
GALLACHA.—
A small Mahal of Miankangi which is subsidiary to the Mahal of Deh-i-
Dost Mohammed.
To mention the various small villages in the Mahal would serve no
purpose, as they are all o£ a temporary description, are moved to various
places according to the water-supply obtainable, and their names frequently
change. ^ J
GALLACHA.—
A small village of 25 wattle-and-daub huts in the small Mahal of Gallacha
in Miankangi.
Resources .—Four ploughs of cultivated land, 1 horse, 34 cattle, and 10
donkeys.
GAZABAR.—-
A village of 24 houses, situated in the extreme north of the Pusht-i-Ab
district, close to the border of the Naizar or Hamun. The neighbouring
land is but little cultivated and sparsely populated, water for the village is
obtained by a long branch canal from the Rud-i-Bunjar.
The Bandani and Panjkah clans are chiefly represented in Gazabar.
Resources'—Four ploughs of cultivated land, 4 horses, 40 cattle, 150
sheep and goats, and 13 donkeys.
GHURGHURL—
A village of 100 wattle-and-daub huts, in the extreme north of Mian
kangi, close to the edge of the Naizar, which belongs to the Mahal-i-Sartip
Mohammed Reza, by the canal of which name it is fed.
Resources .—ploughs of cultivated land, 5 horses, 90 cattle, 400 sheep
and goats and 70 donkeys.
GORI._
A village of 150 houses in the Mahal-i-Sharaki, drawing water from the
Zahak canal, situated about 8 miles by road from Nasratabad.
There is a small hill known as “Tappa-i-Gori ” about half a mile to the
north of the village, from which a good view over the surrounding country
can be obtained.
At the northern end of Gori there is a fine tamarisk tree which forms an
excellent landmark, recognised from some distance by the natives.
Resources.—Hwenty ploughs of cultivated land, a few fruit gardens,
200 cows, 500 sheep and goats, and 130 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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:67v, back-i, 69r:69v
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