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'Military Report of the Nushki-Chagai-Western Sinjarani Country' [35r] (74/302)
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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CHAPTER IX.
Military.
From youth up the inhabitants of the Nushki-Chagai-Sinjarani
country are accustomed to the use of arms. Their firearm, how
ever, carries only about 100 yards, aud they have no training in
long range shooting or in the tactics required in using or oppos
ing long range rifles. They are a hardy race, and have great
mobility, being able to cover long distances ; they are also very
independent and accustomed to subsist in a desert country, but,
owing to their strong objection to discipline, they cannot be made
into good soldiers, nor will they take service in any regular corps.
They are incapable of combination in large numbers and can there
fore never be a formidable foe.
There are probably not more than 10,000 fighting-men in the
whole of this vast country.
The levies entertained for the maintenance of internal peace,
and for the protection of the trade route under the orders of the
Political Assistant, Chagai, number 122 men and are distributed as
shown in Appendix I. The numbers and distribution are subject to
frequent changes.
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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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- 'Military Report of the Nushki-Chagai-Western Sinjarani Country'
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