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BUG-BUR
BUGHBAR—
A village inhabited by mixed tribes.— {Napier.)
BULEH— Lat. 31° 7' 30", Long. 61° 35' 30".—( Ifalker.)
A walled town divided into two portions o£ about 100 houses each. These
are occupied by Sarbandis and their dependauts. The number of inhabit
ants is about 1,000, who appear to live chiefly by agricultural pursuits.
Buleh is situated in a dry sandy plain, 7 miles north of Banjar, on the road
from Nasratabad to Lash.— (Goldsmid, Belleio, Napier.)
BURJ 1-AFGAN.— Lat. 31° 7'0' / , Long. 61° 40' W'{Walker.)
A village with a square mud fort having an octagonal-shaped tower in the
centre. There is considerable cultivation around this village, which contains
no less than 200 Afghan farrilies, besides Sarbandis and others.
The village is situated on the Banjar Canal and contains 24 ploughs of
arable land. The Government revenue is 2S8 kharwars. There are 70 houses
in the village which owns 36 cattle and 30 donkeys, according to Napier.
— (Goldsmid, Napirr, Bozario, Ahmad Din.)
BURJ-I-ALAMKHAN— Lat. 30° s7' 0", Long. 61° 36'0" ; Elev. 1,830'.
— [lit. John.)
A walled village on the eastern frontier, 9 miles from Sehkuha, and the site
of the mausoleum of Alam Khan, founder of the Nahrui colony in Seist.in,
and of his son Dost Muhammad. The village is built on the slope of a high
clay bank that bounds the low ground to the northward. r lhe walls are
crenellated and loop-holed; but, from the situation of the town, the upper
portion is commanded over the walls from the low ground to the east.
The houses are crowded together in a confused jumble of domed huts, and
are overlooked by the citadel built on an eminence at the north-west angle.
The village is of good size consisting of about 1,000 houses, with gardens
and vineyards around it, and has a very prosperous appearance. It belongs
to Sayad Ali, an influential Mulla, to whom it was given in Jagir by the
Amir of Kain after Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Sharif Khan to whom it belonged, went over to
the Afghans and his lands and villages on the west of the Helmand were
confiscated. The banks of the canal, Sheb-i Rud, on which it lies, are here
some 100 vards apart ; though the deep channel is only about 35 yards
wide. Hugging the right bank, the water flows with a rapid current. It
is unfordable. The place is also known as Kala-i-Kadim or Burj-i-Kohna,
both signifying the old fort.
The village owns 780 cattle, 30 horses, 3,000 sheep and goats, 800 donkeys
and 70 ploughs of arable land, the Government revenue being 1,050
kharwars.— {BelleiCy Goldsmid, Bvan-Smith, Bozario, Yale.)
BURJ-I-GURAB— Lat. 31 0 3i'o". Long 60° 26' Q".—{St. John.)
A pass 20 miles from Neh, on the road to Lash in Afganishtan ; so called
from a tower built, it is said, by Nadir Shah to shelter a garrison placed
there while his troops crossed the pass. The ascent of this pass from the
east is much steeper than the descent to the elevated plain of Nek-
Bandan.— {Khanikoff, St. John.)
BURJ-I-HAJ1—
A village inhabited by families of the Sarbandi tribe.— [Napier.)
BURJ-I-KaRKO—
A village of 20 houses, owning 10 cattle and 10 donkeys.— {H. D. Napier*)
BUkJ-I-KOHNA—5^ BURJ-I-ALAM KHAN.
BURJ-I-MIR AHMAD— See DEH HUSSAIN-I-JAFAR.