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ADIMT.—
A village in the north-west of the Pusht-i-Ab district, close to the border
of the Naizar or Hamun, on the Rud-i-Adimi. The surrounding cultivated
land, and indeed the village itself, is liable to be flooded when the Helmund
and all the numerous canals of Seistan are very full.
The inhabitants are of the Pudna, Sargazi, Gallawi and Arif clans, and
there is a small encampment of Sargazi and Gallawi attached to* the
village.
Resources. —Twenty-two ploughs of cultivated land, 10 horses, 100
cattle, 1,000 sheep and goats, 10 camels, and 100 donkeys.
AFZALABAD.—
A village of about 100 houses, in the extreme south-west of the Pusht-i-
Ab district, which is usually the first stage out of Nasratabad, a short one
of 5 miles only, for travellers proceeding northwards from Seistan.
The village has two means of obtaining its water-supply, the one being
by means of a canal cut from the Rud-i-Sheb-i-Ab, and the other by bring
ing water from the “ Nurab " or waste canal, cut from the Zahak or Rud^i-
Shahr as a safety valve, to prevent Nasratabad from the danger of floods.
The Arbab clan is chiefly represented among the inhabitants.
Resources .—Ten ploughs of cultivated land, 3 horses, 40 cattle, 280 sheep
and goats, and 50 donkeys.
AKBARABAD.—
A village of 150 houses, in the Sheb-i-Ab district, belonging to the Mahal
of Chilling, and situated on the left bank of the Rud-i-Sheb-i-Ab.
The tribes chiefly represented are Mishkar and Sarkadi.
Resources .—Twelve ploughs of cultivated laud, 4 horses, 40 cattle, 50
sheep and goats, 3 camels and 50 donkeys,
ALIABAD (1).—
Is a well-built village of about 250 houses situated in the south of the
Mahal-i-Nahrui, drawing its water-supply by a branch canal from the
Nahr-i-Killa-i-Nao. The village, which contains many fruit gardens, is the
head-quarters of Agha Mir Sayid Ali, the chief Mullah of Seistan, who lives
in a house in a high walled rectangular enclosure about 80 yards by 50
yards.
The cultivated land belonging to Aliabad is conspicuous on account of its
orderly, well tended appearance, no doubt due to its owner being a perma
nent occupant of the village.
The inhabitants are chiefly Nuri, Mir, Rakhshani, and Brahui.
Resources .—Twenty ploughs of arable land, 40 horses, 80 oxen, 300
sheep and goats, 28 camels, and 150 donkeys.
ALIABAD (2).—
A village of 45 houses in Pusht-i-Ab, watered by a canal branching from
the Rud-i-Hasinki.
The Panjkah and Nuri clans are chiefly represented in this village.
Resources.SevQM ploughs of cultivated land, 20 cattle, 300 sheep and
goats, and 35 donkeys.
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