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'Military Report on Persian Seistan' [56v] (117/188)
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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DAS—DEII
DASHTAK (2) —
A settlement of Maldars (cattle-owners) living in reed huts near the
Naizar on the western bank of the inundations to the north-west of
Kuh-i-Khwaja, 39 miles from Bandan, and 13 miles from Afzalabad.—
{Mania Bakhsh.)
DASHT-I-SHELA—
Name of a plain and stage on the right bank of the Shela, 13 miles from
Gumbad-i Sar-i-Shela and 15 miles from Gudar-i-Shah.— [late.)
DAULATABAD No. 1—
A village on the Nahr-i-Ruknabad (Ruknabad Canal) containing 36
ploughs of arable land. Government revenue 432 kharwars.— {Ahmad Bin.)
DAULATABAD No. 2—
A village on the Nahr-i*Shela-i-Kafar (Shela Kafar Canal), containing
30 ploughs of arable land. Government revenue 450 kharwars.
There are 400 houses in the village which owns 224 cattle, 3,000 sheep
and goats, 3<> camels and 300 donkeys.— [Napier, 1892, Ahnad Bin.)
DEH ABBAS No. 1—
A village contianing about 30 families on the Nahr-i-Aliak (Aliak Canal).
Its annual outturn of grain is 216 kharwars, the Government revenue
being 72 kharw'ars per annum.— [Mania Bakhsh.)
Ahmad Din calls this village Deh Abbas-i-Iman Bakhsh, the canal
Nahr-i-Chiling (Chiling Canal), and puts the Government revenue at 90
kharwars.
DEH ABBAS No. 2—
A village on the Nahr-i-Ruknabad (Ruknabad Canal). It contains about
40 families and 6 ploughs of cultivable land, producing 216 kharwars of
grain, of which the Government revenue is 72 kharwars per annum.—
{Mania Bakhsh.)
Ahmad Din calls this village Deh-Abbas Muhammad Husain.
DEH ABBAS No. 3—
A village on the Nahr-i-Zir-i-Koh (Zir-i-Koh Canal), containing 12 ploughs
of arable land. Government revenue 144 kharwars.— {Ahmad Bin)
There are 20 houses in the village, which owns 8 cattle, 50 sheep and
goats and 10 donkeys.— {II. B. Napier, 1892.)
DEH ABBAS KAR—
A village situated on the Zir-i-Koh Canal, containing 5 ploughs of arable
land. Government revenue 60 kharwars.
DEH ABBAS-I-JAFAR.—
A village on the Chiling canal, containing 3 ploughs of arable land. Go
vernment revenue 36 kbarwars.— {Ahmad Bin.)
Maula Bakhsh calls this village Deh Akbar Jabar, and describes it as a
small village of 15 families.
DEH AFGHAN—
A square, strong little fort with a look-out tower and loop-holed walls,
surrounded by hut settlements of the Tokhi Ghilzais and other Afghans.
The fort itself is garrisoned by Persian Infantry. It is situated about two
miles south, of Bolaz on the road from Bandar.—(Re//w.)
DEH AGHAI—
A village, the property of Ibrahim Khan, Chief of Chakhansur.—-(ReZ/ew,
Napier.)
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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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