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'Notes on Persian Seistan' [54v] (113/142)
The record is made up of 1 volume (67 folios). It was created in 1903. It was written in English and Persian. 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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DEH
DEH SHAHRIARI.— . ,. , . .
A village of 50 houses in the Sheb-i-Ab district, which obtains water by
means of a small canal branching from the Shela Kafir,
Resources. Four ploughs of cultivated land, 30 cattle, 40 sheep and
goats, 6 camels, and 20 donkeys,
DEH SOKHTA.- t , , . . . ,
Is a well-built village of about 140 houses, belonging to Agha Mir Sayid
Ali, the chief Mullah of Seistan, and situated in the south-west of the
MahaH-Nahrui. Water is obtained by a canal cut from the Rud-i-Sheb-
i-Ab near Dashtak, and the soil is exceptionally fertile and well cared for.
The inhabitants are chiefly Sharaki and Khimmar.
“■“Twelve ploughs of cultivated land, 1 hoise, 40 cattle, 150
sheep and goats, 2 camels, and 100 donkeys.
DEH SURDAK.— . , ^ c ei .
A village of 50 wattle-and-daub huts, belonging to the Mahal ot bharis-
tan-i-Kohna in the Nahrui district.
The inhabitants are Gurgich Baluchis.
Resources, —Six. ploughs of cultivated land, 3 horses, 20 cattle, 100 sheep
and goats, 5 camels, and 12 donkeys.
DEH TAGHAL— . , , _ ,
A village of 40 houses^ on the Shela Kahr canal in the south-west or JMian-
kangi, which belongs to the large village of Tuti.
The inhabitants are chiefly of the Kakha tribe.
Resources .— r lhree ploughs of cultivated land, 20 cattle, 50 sheep and
goats, and 15 donkeys.
DEH YAR MOHAMMED.— . .
A small village of 20 houses in the south-west of Pusht-i-Ab, drawing its
water-supply from the Nurab or waste channel cut from the Zahak to the
Naizar to save Nasratabad from the danger of floods.
There is no cultivation belonging to the village, but the inhabitants go
to Karbasak, and assist in the cultivation there.
Resources .—Thirty cattle, 100 sheep and goats, and 25 donkeys.
DEH YAR MOHAMMED-I-ALUM.—
A village of 50 wattle-and-daub huts in Miankangi, which is the head
quarters of the Mahal of Ckillingak, itself a subsidiary Mahal of Siadak.
Resources .— Five ploughs of cultivated land, 2 horses, 100 cattle, 140
sheep and goats, and 20 donkeys.
DEH ZIARAT GAH.— ;
A village of 20 houses belonging to the Mahal of Khamak, situated in the
Sharaki district. .
Resources.~Vsvo ploughs of cultivated land, 5 cattle, 100 sheep and
goats, and 8 donkeys.
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A confidential report on the Persian region of Seistan [Sistan]. The report was compiled by Captain Edward Abadie Plunkett, 1st Battalion (Lincoln Regiment), in the Intelligence Branch, Quarter-Master General's Department. The report was printed at the Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta, India, 1903.
The report contains information on geography, canal systems, communications, routes, climate, resources, ethnography, administration, agriculture, and local dialect. Included within the volume are the following:
- District tables for Miankangi, Pusht-I-Ab, Mahal-I-Nahrui, Mahal-I-Sharaki, and Sheb-I-Ab, with statistics on numbers of houses, ploughs, horses, oxen, sheep and goats, camels, and donkeys for each village in each district (folios 7-28)
- Genealogical tables for the various tribes in the region (folios 34-39)
- Vocabulary and useful phrases in the local dialect (folios 42-45)
- A map showing the cultivated areas of the region (folio 69).
Part II of the report is a gazetteer (folios 46-65).
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- 1 volume (67 folios)
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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 68; 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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- 'Notes on Persian Seistan'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:67v, back-i, 69r:69v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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