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'Military Report on Persian Seistan' [66v] (137/188)
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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A village containing about 20 houses, 14 cattle and 8 donkeys. (//.
I). Napier ; 1893.)
JAFARABAD— „ , , , OA
A village containing 30 to 40 houses, 14 cattle, 50 sheep and goats, <£0
donkeys.—(//. D. Napier ; Maula Bakhshi)
JAHANABAD— . . , £
A frontier village towards Afghanistan, with a fort consisting ot the
usual square mud-walled enclosure, with unusually high walls, and sur
rounded by a wet ditch. It possesses 19 ploughs of cultivable laml, yielding
684 kharwars of grain, of which the Government revenue amounts to
228 kharwars per onmun—(Goldsmid j Maula Bakhsh.)
JAHAN BAKSH—
See Deh Jahan Bakhsh.
JAHANGIR KHAN—
A village of 50 houses, 36 cattle and 100 donkeys.—(H. Zh iYtf/i/.cr,
1893.)
JALAI—
A village of 150 houses, 130 cattle, 20 horses, 50 camels.—(//. D. Napier,
1893.)
JALALABAD— Lat. 31° 8' 0" ; Long. 61° 40' 0" ^—{St.Jo/in.) Elev.
1 , 1 ) 00 '.—{H. D, Napier.)
A village containing about 100 houses standing on the Ruknabad ('anal.
Jalalabad was formerly a Kayani settlement, but the village having
recently been given to
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.
Said Khan, Nahriii, the majority of them
have removed to Deh Lutfulla near Kuh i-Khwaja, and Deh Malik. The
Kadklmda is a Nahrui on his father’s side and a Kayani on his mother’s,
and is a cousin of
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.
Said Khan’s, under whom he now serves.
The village possesses 24 ploughs of cultivable land, the annual outturn
of which amounts to 864 kharwars of grain and Government revenue to
288 kharwars. There are 31 cattle, 15 camels and 50 donkeys.— {Goldsmid ;
Euan-Smith ; Bellew ; U. D. Napier j Yate.)
JAMALABAD—
A village containing about 100 houses, 36 cattle, 300 sheep and goats,
60 donkeys, situated on the Zir-i-Kuh Canal, possesses 15 ploughs of
cultivable land ; Government revenue 225 kharwars of grain.— {Napier,
1893 j Ahmad Bin.)
JANGIKHU—
A village of 50 houses, 8 cattle and 100 donkeys.— {II. B. Napier)
JAZINAK—
A Shehraki village, a few miles west of Wasilan (q.v.) on the Sheh-
raki Canal.
It is a large village containing over 700 houses, and possesses, 28 ploughs
of cultivable land, the annual outturn of which amounts to 1,008 kharwars
and the Government revenue 300 kharwars of grain wheat and i
barley).
122
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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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