'Military Report of the Nushki-Chagai-Western Sinjarani Country' [47r] (98/302)
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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pn^aoes in anv undertaking without his advice and consent. For if
Dilawlr Khan were to los°e the support of the latter and the clan of
which he is chief, the strength of the Burirgsadagan would be msufficent
to maintain the prestige its chief now possesses. m ble at
The neighbouring chiefs from Bampusht and Sarhad assemble at
Dilak to consult together before taking action in any matter, and there
reems an indication that there is a confederacy among these ch.efs
U is owing to this and his senw-sacred character as a^ayad and the
hatred that would be called forth by such an act, that the 1 ersians _
late to punish him summarily, for both Dilawar Khan and h.s son, Mrr
A ^^i!^XnX^si^™: Persians for the revenue but
this is hrst'coUected by the" Dehwar chief. At least so ,t appeared from
the information received. {Tate.)
BlJZ A ra^ine^nd halting-place on the Mashkel river in Western Balu-
chistan, s° miles north of Dashtak, on the road to the He mand. Water,
fuel, forage and grass are very abundant. (MacGregor.)
This word means chabar, i.e., the short ihnt
places. It is the Brahui name for Singbur Chv.ma , • v
land.)
CHAH ARABAN— See Araban Chah. #
CHAHAR-ASIAB, OR ASIAF.-Lat. 29 ° 33'i Long. 66 5 . Elev
Four water-mills on a canal drawn from the waters of the Kaisar
stream."Each mill has four or five '-ge ^trees ^ow.n^r ,t.
thefcanfping-ground'near^the'fden^'al village Nushki passed close to the
upper mill. {Roome.)
CH 'am!T is the centre of three districts of Western Baluchistan Nushki
beinc on the east and Western Sinjaram on the west. It has an area o
ab ““ l V^eafdKtHcrconsists of two fertile portions, viz., the alluvial
plains 6 surrounding Clmgaifortand ^bandm The latter j “exten-
Chagai district is marked bj f ^erslmd^oj ^the wj^
rT^ noBh wLt trManrd Chauki, and thence north to the Baluch-
A ^Cdone 1°Bell^who vtsi ted G thu”district in July .888, writes as follows
MS' U a s"’ its tticks, a-and e and ot S,o„e ; se™ to^suit them ^.he
corn^couhTbegrcwn and^lher winter crops; more stock reared. Its summer crops
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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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