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There are a large number of traders and craftsmen in this village, and
among numerous small clans, there are Ghilzai, Jafari, Panjkah and Nnri,
while an encampment of 24 tents of Dilarami and Nura is attached.
Resources .—Thirty ploughs of cultivated land, SO horses, 200 cattle,
1,000 sheep and goats, 42 camels, and 320 donkeys.
BURJ-I-AFGHAN.—
A village of some 95 houses, in Pusht-i-Ab, about 8 miles north of Nasrata-
bad, with a conspicuous “ burj ” in the centre, which is visible from some
distance, and from which the village derives its name. It was originally
founded by a party of Ghilzais who came across the border from Afghanistan,
and the inhabitants, many of whom are traders, are chiefly Ghilzai,
Gallabacha and Sinjarani.
The village lies on the main route to the north of Seistan from Nasrata-
bad, and the ruins of Zahidan run close to the north of the village.
Twelve ploughs of cultivated land, 10 horses, 50 cows, 200
sheep and goats, 10 camels, and 40 donkeys.
BURJ-I-KARAMI.—
A small village of 22 houses in Pusht-i-Ab.
Rsesources.—Yoxn: ploughs of cultivated land, 25 cattle, 200 sheep and
goats, 10 camels, and 16 donkeys*
BURJ-I-MIRGUL.—
A village of 160 poorly built houses, with a large rectangular, high-walled
enclosure or “ burj,” inhabited by the Katkhuda, which is a conspicuous
object for some distance.
The village is surrounded by dense tamarisk jungle, and is situated in the
north of Miankangi, ,
Resources. —Twenty-six ploughs of cultivated land, 17 horses, 120 cows,
450 sheep and goats, and 90 donkeys.
BURJ-I-MOHAMMED KHAN.—
A small village of 25 houses, in the north of Pusht-i-Ab, which is a subsidi
ary village of the Mahal of Jelalabad.
The inhabitants are of the Sargazi and Karim Kushta clans.
Resources .—Five ploughs of cultivated land, 30 cattle, 100 sheep and
goats, and 15 donkeys.
BURJ-I-SARBAND.—
A small village of 45 houses, situated on rising ground on the left bank
of the Rud-i-Sheb-i-Ab, with a “ burj ” or tower which is conspicuous for
some distance.
There is a ford over the Rud-i-Seistan about half a mile to the east of
this village, which, except at highest flood time, is passable by camels.
The Katkhuda is Mohammed Hussein, son of Jehangir Khan, Katkhuda
of the Mahal of Wasilan, to which the village belongs.
Resources .—Four ploughs of arable land, 20 cows, 150 sheep and goats,
5 camels, and 12 donkeys*
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