'Notes on Persian Seistan' [‎57v] (119/142)

KACHIAN.— , p ^ ,
A village of 100 houses in the extreme north-west ot Fusht-i-Ab, about
6 miles'from Nasratabad. The water-supply of the village is obtained by
a canal branching off from the Rud-i-Adimi, and the land in the vicinity of
the village is not so extensively cultivated as in the southern parts of
Seistan. '’The inhabitants belong to many small Seistan clans of which
none is particularly represented.
Resources .—Sixteen ploughs of cultivated land, horses, 50 cattle, 600
sheep and goats, 7 camels, and 70 donkeys.
KAFTARGI.—
A village of 80 houses, built in a hollow and among sandhills nearly a mile
from the left bank of the Rud-i-Sheb-i-Ab in the Mahal-i-Nahrui. There
is a large lake at flood time on the north of the village formed by the over
flow from the Nahr-i-Killa-i-Nao, which passes close by on the west. The
sandhills render movement difficult in the vicinity of the village. The
inhabitants are of the Gurgich, Idozai, and Sayak clans chiefly.
Resources .—ploughs of cultivated land, 2 horses, 20 cows, 150
sheep and goats, 5 camels and 40 donkeys.
KALAPABAZ.—
A village of 40 poorly-built houses, is situated about three-quarters of a
mile south of the Rud-i-Sheb-i-Ab, among low sandhills, which render
movement difficult and slow. It obtains its water-supply by means of a
small canal from the Rud-i-Sheb-i-Ab.
Inhabitants are Gurgich, Sheranzai, and Idozai.
Resources (including the neighbouring hamlets of Tandurak and Koadak,
and parties of nomads attached to the village).—Eleven ploughs of cultivated
ground, 33 cows, 750 sheep and goats, 15 camels, and 34 donkeys.
KALUKHI.—
A small village of 20 huts in the Nahrui district, of which the inhabitants
are of the Gurgich and Ushtarak clans.
Resources .—Three ploughs of cultivated land, 10 cattle, 150 sheep and
goats, and 9 donkeys.
KAMAK.—
A village of 200 houses in the Mahal-i-Sharaki, situated on high ground,
with small sandhills reaching close to it, which obtains its water-supply
from the Zahak canal, or Rud-i-Shahr.
Nineteen ploughs of cultivated land, 4 horses, 170 cows, 150
sheep, and 60 donkeys.
KARBASAK.—
A small village of 20 houses in the south-west of Pusht-i-Ab, situated
just north of the Nurab or waste canal cut from the Zahak to the Naizar.
The surrounding land is thickly cultivated and sparsely populated.
The villagers are chiefly of the Kakha and Siahsar clans.
Resources. —Eive-and-a-half ploughs of cultivated land, 10 cattle, 120
sheep and goats, and 20 donkeys.
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