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'Notes on Persian Seistan' [36r] (76/142)
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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NOTES ON PERSIAN SEISTAN.
Gl
They have latterly acquired a certain amount of influence in Seistan and
are connected by marriag’e with several Satkhndas and men of local import
ance. Under the auspices of the Jemalzai are the small clans of Kurkhel
and Darai.
The Jemalzais came from Chageh in Baluchistan with Jam Beg-, Sinjarani.
Genealogical tree of Jemalzai Baluchis.
Fazul (Jemalzai Baluch, came to Seistan from Chageb).
Dost Mohammed.
I
Mohammed Reza.
I
Abbas Khan.
T 'I III 1
Ghulam Khan, Daughter. 1 Derweish Khan. 2 Daughter. 3 Daughter. 4 Daughter. 5 Mohammed Jan Khan
d. I (Katkhuda of Kimak).
r
Akbar Khan.
1
Ali Khan.
Amir Khan
{Aet. 25. Katkhuda of
Deh Mohammed Safar).
1 Married to (1) Pasand Khan, Gurgich, and (2) after his death, to Mir Shir of Iskel, Katkhuda of
Malik-i-Haideri.
2 Devweish Khan, Katkhuda of Siadak, is head of the Jemalzais. He married the widow of his brother.
Ghulam Khan.
8 Married to Ibrahim Ketchi, Gurgieh, who was killed in a fight between Said Khan, Nahrui, and Purdil
Khan Sarbandi.
4 Married Ghuiam Hussein, Katkhuda of Luf.
5 Married Abdul Wahab, the Amir’s Nazir, who was killed at the instigation of Sartip Mir Ma’asum.
Gtjrgich.
The Gurgich, who are a Taoki tribe, followed Jam Beg and Khan Jan
Khan, Sinjarani, from Chageh through Garmsel to Seistan. The tribe is
said now to comprise five sub-divisions, of which one only, the Singakzai,
live in Seistan, the remaining four, the Lashkarizai, Haseanzai, Gabarzai, and
Ovadzai, being domiciled in Afghanistan. Their first Chief was Reis, who
was at their head when they came to Seistan, and after his death, his two
sons, Ibrahim Ketchi and Pasand Khan, were on good terms with Mir
Alum Khan, then Governor of Seistan; when the latter was summoned to
Tehran by the Shah, the two brothers did not get on with Mir Jafar Kban
who was sent to take over the Governorship, and crossed over into Afghan
territory, whence, in order to assist Mir Alum by showing how much stronger
his rule was than his successors, they continually raided the caravans coming
to and leaving Seistan.
As a reward, when the Governorship was restored to Mir Alum, Pasand
Kban was given the village of Kim;ik and later on Sehkoha, Kimak being
passed on to his son Khan Mohammed, while lorahim Ketchi was appointed
Katkhuda of Sherifabad and Shahristan. Subsequently when the Hashmat-
ul-Mulk succeeded Mir Alum, Pasand Khan, considering he had a grievance,
went to Meshed to lodge a complaint, but was taken ill and died there, and
Sehkoha was given to Purdil Khan, Sarbandi.
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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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