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'Military Report on Persian Seistan' [52r] (108/188)
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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93
ABBAS ALI— . . .
A village inhabited by the Sarbandi tribe.— [Napier.)
ABBAS KHAN— , , n
A village of 40 houses owning 14 cattle and 30 donkeys.—(/z. 1). N apicr,
1893.)
adimi
A village on the Adirai Canal, containing 25 ploughs of cultivated land.
Government revenue 300 kharwars.— (Ahmad Lin.)
AFZALABAD— . . , , ^ c ,. . , „
A village on the Daudi Canal, containing 4 ploughs of arable land, gov
ernment revenue 50 kharwars. It lies 12 miles from Kachyan and 18 from
Baring, inhabited by mixed tribes and Sarbandi. Napier says there are 50
houses, 16 cattle and 30 donkeys in the village.— Dm, Napier,
Hellene, C. JE. Yate.)
AGHA JAN KHAN- _ . , ^ U1 . ,
A village inhabited by Sinjaranis on the west bank of the Helmand, and
20 miles east of Nasratabad. —(.Rozano, Napier.)
AKBARABAD (1)— . . 1C1 . , . ,.
A village on the Ruknabad Canal, containing 12. ploughs of arable
land. Government revenue 144 kharwars.-— Lin.)
AKBARABAD (2)— . . e . ui i ^ o
A village on the Chiling Canal, containing o ploughs of arable land. Gov
ernment revenue 60 kharwars.— Lin.)
Note.— Napier mentions a village of this name containing 100 houses, 38 cattle, 1,000
sheep and goats and 10 donkeys, but there is nothing to show which of the two it n.
AKMUL GHULAM—
A village.— (ti. L. Napier.)
ALAMDAR— . . /D „ ,
A village inhabited by the Sinjaram tribe.—
ALI-ABADIAGHA—
Called Alliabad by Maula Bakhsh. . . ,
A village on the Pusht-i-Rud or Rud Canal, containing 3 ploughs of
arable land. Government revenue 50 kharwars per annum. (Ahmad Lin.)
ALLAHABAD or ILAHABAD— , . v ,
A village on the Adimi Canal. It contains about 50 families and possesses
10 ploughs of land yielding 360 kharwars of grain. The Government
revenue is 120 kharwars.— (Maula Bakhsh.)
ALLIABAD— . . 0 , ^ . ,, , ,
A village on the Hasanki Canal, containing 8 ploughs of arable land.
The Government revenue amounts to 100 kharwars per annum. The village
contains 50 houses, 82 cattle, and 30 donkeys.— Bin, Napier.)
ASAKCHAH— , ,
Several wells of indifferent water about miles north-west of Haozdaz ,
no supplies but sheep and goats can be obtained in neighbourhood.—
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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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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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