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'Military Report on Persian Seistan' [5r] (14/188)
The record is made up of 1 volume (90 folios). It was created in 1902. It was written in English. 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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GLOSSARY OF VERNACULAR TERMS.
Ab&mbar
Bad .
Bad-i sad-o bist-
Band .
Bed
Bhusa
Bug .
Burj
Chih .
Chamau
Cbauki.
Da iht
I >eh .
Ghaz ,
Hainan
Hhoz .
Kalila
Kala or Killah
Kalata
Kanat or Karoz
Katkhuda
Kaur
Kotal
Koh or Kuh.
Lut .
Malik
M ally at
Nahr
N awar
•roz
. A natural or artificial oollectiou of rain-water.
. Wind.
• The 120 days’ wind.
. Dam.
. Willow.
. Broken straw.
. Water.
. Fort.
. A well or mine.
. A gratsy plain.
. A building nsed as a police-station.
. A gravelly or stony plain.
. A village.
. A species of tamarisk.
. A large lake or swamp where drainage of surrounding
country collects, though often dry.
. A cistern to collect water flowing beneath the surface
of ground.
. A string of baggage animals.
. A fort.
. A village.
. An underground water-channel.
• The headman of a village.
. A water-course.
. A col between two hills.
. A hill or mountain.
. A waterless tract or desert.
. The headman of a village or tribal section.
. Government revenue.
. A canal.
. A depression in the sandy desert containing wat<*r
after rain. A pool, a natural or artificial tank.
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A military report on the Seistan [Sistan] region of Persia, written by Captain J M Home. Printed at the Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta, India, 1902. The report contains a preface (folio 3), a glossary (folio 5), and chapters on geography, communications, fortresses, climate, resources, ethnography, history, administration, naval and military, politics, and strategical positions. Also included (folios 51-90) is a gazetteer of Seistan, arranged in alphabetical order. At the back of the report is a map showing the routes described in Appendix A (folio 91).
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- 1 volume (90 folios)
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The volume contains a table of contents (folio 4) that refers to the original pagination.
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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 92; 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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- Mss Eur F111/378
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- 'Military Report on Persian Seistan'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:91v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence