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'Military Report of the Nushki-Chagai-Western Sinjarani Country' [‎96r] (196/302)

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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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MASHKEL HAMUN —see Hamun Mashkel.
MA T^what conspicuous ii g ht-coloured hill north oi Sukaluk in the
desert country of North-West Baluch.stan. (Maitland.)
MAZ AweH containing good sweet water, srtuated about 8 ™ 1 |® s of ' v ^ a te r .
[Webb-Wart} , Q /-> . p] PV
MAZAN CHAPAR.—Lat- 29 4 ; th L e ° n ^ ap 4 ar 3 r ange in the Chagai district,
The easternmost portion of the Lliapar ra g
about 8 miles south-west of the Lora Hamun.
MAZANGl WELL— , IQ0 « t he water was bad.
About 3 miles east of Yadgar [q. v). In 1903
[Scudamore.)
MAZAN NOHLl RIVER Malik Teznan flows south and is lost
Rising in the southern slopes The halting-places of Mirui and
in the sand before reaching Za.an Hamun The halt.ng p ^ {r
Nohli are in the bed of this A camel track mns ^ Hamun . i . Mash .
Mirui to the Morjin river and thence by the west
kel to Ladgasht. [Roome.)
MAZAN ROD- . . , the Mas hkel river divides as it
One of the water-courses into which
approaches the Hamun.
MAZAR— „ • * , a not-much-used route from Shah
A halting-place in the Registan o ^ ^ lhe sand> the water o
Ismail to Kani. Here is a well near t f ^ ented by shepherds. This
which is near the surface an 11 sa nd. [Maitland.)
route is not much used on account of the sand, t
MAZARl HILLS— , . a pule to the north-
A range of hills in North-West Baluclnstan Jy , the main drainage
west of & Gurgarok. The Bulo ravme ts ^PPa en^y^^ ^ Dalbaadin .
channel for this range, and it is said to carry
[Peacocked j 2 * . Elev. S-SSS'*
MAZARl KOTAL.—Lat. 29 26 ; Long. 4 lg inimediat ely on the left-
From the kotal a path leads oyer t e W^^^ came , s (riding)
hand side (south) into the plain of , leading straight on
travelling over with the greyest ^^J^amu horn the heights near
north-west from the Mazari kota . j ndee d. [Walters.)
the kotal, appeared to be very easy going
MAZARl WAD— r„rc™rok and Barabchah in
A very narrow and rough ravine between G^g^^ miles from Gurgarok ;
North-West Baluchistan. This ravine ^ r0ad runS) forks, the right
at this point the Bulo ravine, a ong asses 0 ver a low kotal to
branch going up the mam is said to be inferior o the
kin and thence gains Mamu via v d j esS water on it. The e
Mazari Wad road, there being more sand and

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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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