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'Military Report of the Nushki-Chagai-Western Sinjarani Country' [‎5v] (15/302)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (147 folios). It was created in 1904. 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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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
PART I.
PAGE
Glossary.
Chapter
I. —Geography ....

1
Chapter
II.—Communications ....
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9
Chapter
III.—Fortified post or forts .
40
Chapter
I\ .—Climatic and sanitary observations .
41
Chapter
V.— Resources .....
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Chapter
VI.—Ethnography ....
48
Chapter
VII.—History .....
51
Chapter
VIII.— Administration ....
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Chapter
IX.—Military .....
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PART II.
Gazetteer .
Appendix I.— List showing the distiibution and scale of the
Lovy Establishment of the Political Assistant,
Chagai, in December 1901 . . . .
Appendix II.—List of wells in Nushki District and the adja
cent Itegistan. Compiled previous to 1891 by
Sub-Surveyor Ahmed Ali Khan
Appendix III.— Abstract of tlie canals on the Helmand
Appendix IV. — Meteorological observations in the Helmand
Valley .......
Appendix \ .— Detailed statement of signalling stations bet
ween Dalbandin and Robat . . . .
Maps,
1. Sketch map of Southern Baluchistan.
2. Map showing signalling stations on the Trade-route.
8. Map of the cultivated area of SeLtan.
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A report, marked as secret, on the area of Nushki, Chagai, and Western Sinjarani. The report was compiled in the Intelligence Branch, Quarter Master General's Department. The report was commenced in 1897 by Captain R E Roome, 6th Bombay Cavalry (Jacob's Horse), and revised and completed by Major W C Walton, 104th Wellesley's Rifles, Deputy Assistant Quarter Master General in 1903. It was printed at the Government Central Printing Office, Simla, in 1904.

The report includes a preface by Colonel John E Nixon, Assistant Quarter Master General, Intelligence Branch (folio 5) and a glossary of vernacular terms used (folio 6). The main body of the report contains chapters on geography, communications, fortified posts and forts, climate, sanitation, resources, ethnography, history, administration, and military strength.

The second part of the report includes a gazetteer of topographical and ethnographic information (folios 36-127) and appendices covering wells, canals, and meteorology, and including a report on the signalling stations of the Dalbandin-Robat line, with sketches (folios 131-147).

The volume includes the following maps:

  • Map of Southern Baluchistan (folio 2)
  • Sketch Map of Signalling Line from Dalbandin to Robat (folio 148)
  • Map of Persian Seistan [Sistan] Cultivated Area (folio 149).
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1 volume (147 folios)
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The volume includes a table of contents (folios 5-6) with reference 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 149; 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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