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'Military Report on Persian Seistan' [72v] (149/188)
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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134
MAC III—
See Kalacha-i-Rais.
MADAM-
See Nadam.
DEH— Elev. 2650'.
A deserted village in the Neh-Bandan buluk of Kain, but being a stage
on the road to Kuh-i Malik-Siah it is described here. It is a small walled
village, of which the walls and towers are still standing, but the gateway
and roof of the houses have fallen in ; it is 34; miles south-east of Neh.
Water is procurable from a karez and well, but is brackish, though potable.
If the karez was cleared out and repaired, it would yield perfectly drinkable
water and would be able to irrigate land sufficient to keep a good sized village.
The soil is bad and would not be very productive, firewood and canal
grazing abundant; no supplies .—[Mania Bakhsh.)
MALIK HAIDA1U—
A village containing about 150 houses on the Shehraki Canal. It possesses
20 ploughs of cultivable land yielding annually 720 kharwars of grain
wheat and £ barley), of which the Government revenue amounts to 240
kharwars. The village owns 26 cattle, 300 sheep and goats and 20 donkeys.
—(//. D. Napier, 1893; Mania Bakhsh.)
MANSURI ok MANSURABAD—
A small village on the Adimi Canal possessing 6 ploughs of cultivable
land. Government revenue 60 kharwars of Ahmad Bin )
MARGAN on MARGO N—
A village situated at 7 miles from Pulgi and 12 miles from Kachian; the
old village of Margan was destroyed by a flood, and the present village was
built in 1894. It consists of only some twenty or thirty tamarisk wattle
huts and has no supplies. Margan is situated on the Ruknabad Canal and
possesses 21 ploughs of cultivable land annually yielding 756 kbarwars
of grain, of which the Government revenue amounts to 252 kharwars.—
(C. E. Yale ; Mania Bakhsh.)
MASHTIKAR —
A village of 20 houses, a few cattle and sheep, 10 donkeys.— [II. B.
Napier.)
MIANKANG—
The name given to the country lying between the Rud-i-Perian and the
old bed of the Helmand. It is a dense tamarisk jungle with village
in clearings.— [Syke.)
MILAK— Lat.
A village 10 miles from Khwaja Ahmad, and 10 miles from Deh Ghulam.
Milak belongs 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.
Khan Jan Khan, son 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.
Ibrahim Khan
Sinjarani, who lives here. Milak is the name of a district rather than a
village.
The sub-district of Milak, or the villages situated on the Milak Canal,
possess 98 ploughs of cultivable land yielding 3,523 kharwars of grain per
annum.—(C. E. Yale ; Mania Bakhsh.)
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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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