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la^ge village containing about 400 houses, situated on the Nahr-i-Dad
(Dadi Canal). It possesses 35 ploughs of cultivable land, yielding
annually about 1,260 kharwars of wheat, of which the Government revenue
is 420 kharwars. Water good from canal. Supplies procurable.
Ahmad Din calls this village Daudi and the canal, Nahr-i-Daudi; he puts
the Government revenue at 525 kharwars as opposed to 420 above.
H. D. Napier, 1892, says the village owns 40 cattle, 4 horses, 400 sheep
and goats and 250 donkeys.—(Wa/w<?rs, Mania Bakhsh, Admad Din.)
^ A^burj or citadel situated on the left bank of the Helmand opposite Kala
Fath. It is in a thick tamarisk jungle, in which it is the solitary evidence
of habitation, and is a pyramiHal column formed by the action of the water,
in which caves have been scooped out in an artistic manner to form dwelling-
places for the garrison of 20 men.— (Rozario.)
DAMOI—
A village.— (H. D. Napier.)
DARGl— . x
A village.— {H. D. Napier.)
DASH-I-M ARGUN—
A small batnlet on the Rukhnabad canal, or branch of the Helmand
opposite Margan ; supplies most scanty.—(C. E. Yate.)
DASHTA
A village inhabited by the Shahreki tribe.—(JVapter, Bellew)
DASHTAK— Lat. 80° 50' 0", Long. 61° 29' 0".—(££. John.)
A large walled village about 14 miles south-south-east from Nasratabad.
It is situated on the right bank of the great canal, the main channel of which
flows round the south corner of the walls of the town. This channel is not
more than 25 or 30 yards wide, and some 6 or 7 feet deep ; but it some
times overflows its banks, and there is water then on three sides of the
fort coming nearly up to the walls, but it is very shallow. The walls are
in bad repair, but without any breaches ; and it is evident that they are
beino- gradually undermined by the canal. There are no reeds or rushes
growing on the banks of the canal, which flows with a considerable current.
The canal is full of fish, some of a tolerable size, of the barbel species. The
town contains some 600 houses, with a square mud fort in the middle,
having towers at each of its angles. The inside of the town is described
as filthily dirty, and the houses are of the poorest description.
It is so called from the soil being mixed with pebbles, differing from the
Seistan soil in general. It is an ancient town, and probably existed in the
time of Cyrus ; but it presents written marks of d ecayaud none of recent
improvements, except the canal on the north-west side flowing towards
Beiramabad, which must have originated subsequent to the banding of the
Helmand. The inhabitants are Seistani.
There are 15 ploughs of arable land and the Government revenue is 800
kharwars. The village owns 460 cattle, 50 camels and 400 donkeys.
.{Go/dtmxd, Euan-bmith, Rozario, H. D. Napier, Ahmad Din.)
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