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'Military Report on Persian Seistan' [60v] (125/188)
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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DEH-DEH
110
or Chiling Canal. Annual produce of grain 180 kharwars. Government
revenue 00 kharwars— [Maula Bakhsh.)
This village is not mentioned by Ahmad Din.
DEH SHAHIF BALUCH—
A small hamlet on the Alamdar Canal, possessing 1 plough of cultivable
land. Government revenue 15 kharwars.— [Ahmad Din.)
DEH SHEHEYAN1—
A village on the Chiling Canal, possessing 2 ploughs of cultivable land.
Government revenue 30 kharwars. — [Ahmad Din)
Ten houses, cattle, 8 donkeys. — (/7. D. Napier, 1893)
DEH SIAHSA.R—
A village of 40 houses on the Daudi Canal, possessing 6 ploughs of culti
vable land. Government revenue 60 kharwars. There are 6 cattle, 60 sheep
and goats, and 30 donkeys.— [H. D. Napier, Ahmad Din.)
DEH SOKTA—
A village of about 80 houses, situated on the Pusht i-Rud or Sheb-i Rud
Canal. It possesses 17 ploughs of cultivable land. Annual produce 612
kharwars of grain. Government revenue 235 kharwars.— [Ahmad Din.)
204 kharwars.— [Mania Bakhsh.)
There are 72 cattle, 20 bouses, and 50 donkeys belonging to the village.
'—[11. D. Napier, 1893, Mania Bakhsh and Ahmad Din)
DEH T\GAZI SAYAD orTAGHARI SAYAD-
A v'llage containing about 100 houses, situated on the Milak Canal. It
possesses 15 ploughs of cultivable land, yielding annually 540 kharwars of
grain (§ wheat and £ barley), of which the Government revenue amounts
to 180 kharwars.— [Mania Bakhsh and Ahmad Din)
DEH TAJ MUHAMMAD—
A small village possessing 5 ploughs of cultivable land, situated on the
Milak Canal. Annual outturn of grain 180 kharwars. Government revenue
60 kharwars.*— Bakhsh.)
DEH TAKI orTAQQI—
A village situated on the Shela Kafir Canal. It possesses 10 ploughs of
cultivable land, the annual produce of which is 360 kharwars of grain, and
Government revenue 120 kharwars.— [Mania Bakhsh)
H. D. Napier gives Deh Khudabad and Taki as comprising 200 houses,
96 cattle, 100 donkeys.
DEH TAUS—
The name of a ruined Afghan village which used to stand at the eastern
end of the B:iul-i-Afghan— [C. E. Yate)
DEH T1FLAK—
A village of 70 houses situated on the Alamdar Canal, possessing 15
ploughs of cultivable land. Government revenue 180 kharwars. The village
owns 40 cattle and 4 0 donkeys.— [H. D. Napier, Ahmad Din.)
DEH TIMURABAD—
. A village on the Daudi Canal, possessing 12 ploughs of cultivable land.
Government revenue 180 kharwars, 20 houses, 15 donkeys, 10 cattle.—(//.
D. Napier, Ahmad Din)
DEH ULYA AND SUFLA—
Two small hamlets situated close to each other on the Adimi Canal,
possessing altogether only 4 ploughs of cultivable land.— [Mania Bakhsh)
Ahmad Din makes no mention of these hamlets.
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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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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