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'Military Report on Persian Seistan' [‎59v] (123/188)

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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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DEH-DEH
108
from this amounts to 288 kharwars, and the Government revenue to 90
kharwars.— {Maula Bakhsh and Ahmad Lin.)
The village contains 70 houses and owns 86 cattle, 500 sheep and goats,
and 50 donkeys.— {H. L. Napier, 1892.)
DEH MIR—
A village on the Daudi Canal, possessing 2 ploughs of cultivable land.
Government revenue 30 kharwars.— {Ahmad Lin.)
DEH MIRAM HAJI—
A village on the Sehkuha Canal, possessing 1 plough of cultivable land.
Government revenue 15 kharwars.— [Ahmad Lin.)
DEH MIR BEG—
A village on the Shela-i-Kafar Canal, possessing 16 ploughs of arable land.
Government revenue 20o kharwars—(yiAw Lin.)
DEH MIRJAFAR KHAN—
A village situated on the Alamdar Canal. It possesses 15 ploughs of
cultivable land, yielding annually 540 kharwars of grain, the Government
revenue of which amounts to 180 kharwars.— [Mania Bahhsh )
DEH MIR SHIKAR—
A village possessing 5£ ploughs of cultivable land situated on the Milak
Canal. Annual outturn of grain 180 kharwars. Annual Government
revenue 51 kharwars.- [Mania Bakhsh and Ahmad Lin.)
DEH MUHAMMAD-I-KALB ALl on DEH KARBALA-I-MUHAM-
MAD ALI—
A village situated on the Ali Murad or Alamdar Canal. It possesses
6 ploughs of cultivable land. Annual outturn of grain 216 kharwars.
Government revenue 72 kharwars.—(J/aw/a Bakhsh and Ahmad Lin.)
DEH MUHAMMAD-I-QURBAN SAFARZAI—
A village on the Alamdar Canal, possessing 6 ploughs of cultivable land.
Government revenue 72 kharwars.—Awarf Lin)
DEH MUHAMMAD REZA—
A village on the Chiling Canal, possessing 1 plough of cmltivable land.
Government revenue 15 kharwars.— [Ahmad Lin.)
There are 15 houses in the village which owns 18 cattle and 6 donkeys —
[H. L. Napier, 1892.)
DEH MUHAMMAD SAFAR—
The principal village on the Muhammad Safar Canal. It possesses 11
ploughs of cultivable land, the annual produce of which is 396 kharwars of
grain (| wheat and £ barley) and the Government revenue 132 kharwars.
[Mania Bakhsh.)
Ahmad Din puts the Government revenue at 165 kharwars, 100 houses,
48 cattle, 200 sheep and goats, 50 donkeys.— [H. L. Napier, 1893.)
DEH MULLA ALI—
A village situated on the Dadi or Daudi Canal. It possesses 10 ploughs
of cultivable land, which produces 360 kharwars of grain (| wheat and
i barley) per annum. The Government revenue of this land is 120
kharwars.— [Mania Bakhsh and Ahmad Lin.)
H. D. Napier says the village has only 8 houses, 6 cattle and 6 donkeys
(1892). J
DEH MURAD ALI —
A village situated on the Milak Canal. It possesses 10 ’ploughs of

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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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1 volume (90 folios)
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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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