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BAN-BOL
not be repaired till about September next, when every village in Seistan will
send its contingent of men to help to repair it.
The band is 15 to 20 yards wide at the top, and is formed entirely of
tamarisk boughs laid horizontally lengthways along it. Owing to the
flood I could form no proper idea of its height. The tower that used to
guard it on the right bank has been swept away by a flood, and now tliere
is a canal taking off some 200 yards above the band on the right bank, taking
water to the Afghan village of Shorun, said to have been reopened about
seven years ago.
The tamarisk jungle near the band has entirely disappeared, and the
country around looked much better than it did when I last saw it ten years
ago. The river here flows between two low banks, and there was nothing
to be seen in it but a number of cormorants sunning themselves on the sand
banks.— (C. E. Yate).
BANJAR—Lat. 81° 2' 0"; Long. 0" ; Elev. 1,580'.-(r^r.)
A flourishing village of some 400 houses (Rozario says 1,000 and Napier
700 houses) situated about 8 miles east of Nasratabad, and surrounded by a
f reat extent of cultivation, which is watered by numerous irrigation canals.
t originally belonged to the Kayani tribe, but since about 1820 has been
in the possession of the Sarbandi; it only contains four or five families of
the original tribe.
According to Napier, 1892, there are 700 houses in the village, which owms
560 cattle, 8,000 sheep and goats, 30 camels and 500 donkeys.— (Goldsmid,
Euan-Smith, Belleto, Napier.)
BARING— Elbv. 1,022'.— {Napier), Also called BARRING, BARANG
or BAHRONG—
A stage on the road between Bandan and Nasratabad 31 miles from the
former place and 22 miles from Nasratabad or Shahr-i-Seistan, the only spot
en route where water is obtainable. There is no village or cultivation here,
only some clumps of tamarisk, and no supplies are procurable. On the east is
the mud basin of the lake, the water appearing to be about a mile away.
The camping-ground is bounded by a curved gravel beach above the mud.
When the Hamun is in flood this becomes an island. The whole country
between here and Afzalabad, 5 miles from Nasratabad, is covered with reeds
and bare mud, which is flooded about every three years. The reeds are
over 10 feet high and form an impassable barrier to anything but an
elephant. The road is merely a clearing.— {II. T). Napier, Yate.)
BEHRAMABAD— Lat. 80° 52' 0", Long. 61° 25'0".— ($. Elev.
1,101'. — [Schindler.)
A small walled village of about 100 houses, built around a square mud
tower. It is situated about 10 miles south-south-east from Nasratabad
on the banks of the great Shehraki Canal from the Helmand, here about
30 yards wide and 6 feet deep, but fordable in places. There is no bridge.
The water of the canal is excellent. There are 14 ploughs of arable land
in the village. Government revenue 168 kharwars. The village owns 114
cattle, 4 houses, 100 donkeys. The inhabitants are real Seistanis.—
{Goldemid, Euan-Smith, Napier, Ahmad bin.)
BOLEH—
A village on the Ban jar Canal, containing 15 ploughs of arable land.
Government revenue 180 kharwars.— {Ahmad Din.) *
* Notb. —Boleh and Buleh probably the same place.