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and the Bandan river flowing down it, about 50 yards to the east ol the
village. There is little or no water in the river, except during or after rain,
when it comes down in a torrent.
There are 50 houses inside the walls of the village and a large date grove
in the valley above the village, containing about 6,000 trees, each tree
yielding about 3ifes of dates in an ordinary year ; ropes are made out of
the fibre of the palm. .
The principal importance of Bandan from a military point of view lies
in the fact that it is situated at the mouth of a pass debouching on Sistan
and on the road between it and Neh, Birjand and Meshed. It is also the
last point at which water for anything but a very small body of men and
animals can be obtained en route to Sistan, until the Hdmun is reached, 30
miles distant Bandan produces about 10 to 20 khanodrs or 150 to
300 Indian maunds of wheat and barley, but it does not suffice for the
wants of the people who obtain supplies from Sistan.
The market rates are :—
Wheat | Shtdnl mans or 4| seers per krdn.
Barley, 1 „ >> » ^ » » »
Bhusa 3 „ « >> hd » »
Animals are :—
Cattle ; 100 head
Goats and sheep; 400 head
Camels ; none.
Donkeys; 15 head. „ , n r
Water abundant from river and springs, but somewhat alkaline.
There is plenty of grazing for camels and sheep, but none for horses and
mules. Hinduaneh, Abu Jabl (Colocynth) and Dunarg are poisonous shrubs.
There is no storage of forage for the winter, but plenty of fuM which con
sists of Tak, Gaz and Ghich. Donkeys are used as transport animals.
Population .—Over 200 Sistanis ; 50 families. There are no troops quarter-
^MdUdt —levied on palm trees—has been increased from krdns 355 to krans
472.
Sargaleh, i.e., tax on grazing lands, has ^n mcmased from krans 50 to
krdns 75. — {H. D. Napier ; Wanliss ; 1903 ; 'Abbas 'Ah, 1907.)
BANDAN—
A village in Makran in the Sirha {g.v.).
BANDAN— Elev. 4,100'.
A hamlet in Sarhad, 3 miles east of Ladis, on the road to Kacha khh.-
{Sijkes, 1898.)
BANDAR.- Tr . ^ , ,
A well-populated village, about 10 miles from Kirman on the road to
Khabis, and lying about 1 mile to the west of the io^.-(Shaikh
Mohi-ud-Din, 1894.)
B ANDAR—
A village in Geh {q.v.) in Makran.