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'Military Report of the Nushki-Chagai-Western Sinjarani Country' [‎48r] (100/302)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (147 folios). It was created in 1904. It was written in English. 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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CHAHAR BURJAK— f , th _ _ am e
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r^of'hfoasht-i-Margo 8 The village consists of about 2 oo houses
containing about 9 oo inhabitants and Pf ‘^’.'’S'al tluft
and goats, 60 horses and no camels. It s g X branches.
There°is ^ve™ cmts^able^aml^oTcultivation in the neighbourhood
The present Khan is Ata Mahomed . • iW n u, s February ig n 3-)
the river, which here runs in three channels. ( Wanliss, tebruary j>
CHAHAR SAR.—Lat. 29 ° <7'i Long. 65 ° 46 '; Elev.
About 4 miles north of Jabar and 3 miles north-west of Zang. Nawar.
CHAH-I-BIBI WELL.-Lat. 2 9 0 io'; Long. 6 5 0 4>'i Elev.
About 3 miles south-west of Mall on the trade route. >» 9°3 ,e
water was found to be bad, with a horrible stench and undnnka
[Scudamore.)
CHAH-I-KALAK— ' f c . ,
A well near the sources of the Mendo river south-east of Siah Koh.
CHAH-I-KARODAK— See Karodak.
CHAH-I-MALIK — f , . „ . ,
A well in the Mendo river about 2 miles south of Chan-i-Kalak.
CHAH-I-M ARAK. —Lat. 29 0 28 ’; Long. 63 ° 31 '; Elev. 4,025 .
Is a small watering-place close to Baluch-Afghan pillar No. 175 . There
are a few wells here, the water of which is, however, very foul owing
to pollution of the ground by large numbers of goats which daily water
here Good water is procurable from the nala-bcd. Distance from
R )bat 14 miles ; easy going for 12 miles, then over heavy loose sand.
( Walters.)
CHAH-l-THAL—
The second stage (37 mi’es) from Nushki on the road to Kharan. Good
water is to be had from a well, 12 feet from surface of ground with a
depth of 3 feet of water. Camel forage obtainable from tamarisk bushes in
the neighbourhood Between this stage and the preceding one (Ahmed-
wal) is the only kolal on the road between Nushki and Kharan. Arpa-
sir, the third stage, is 20 miles distant. (Bell.)
CHAH MUHAMMAD RAZA— See Muhammad Raza Chah and Ap-
pendix V.
CHAHOK —Lat. 28 ° 29 '; Long. 63 ° 58 ' Elev.
A halting-place near Scrap springs on the Nushki-Ladgasht road about
10 miles north-north-east of Gaukok hill.

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A report, marked as secret, on the area of Nushki, Chagai, and Western Sinjarani. The report was compiled in the Intelligence Branch, Quarter Master General's Department. The report was commenced in 1897 by Captain R E Roome, 6th Bombay Cavalry (Jacob's Horse), and revised and completed by Major W C Walton, 104th Wellesley's Rifles, Deputy Assistant Quarter Master General in 1903. It was printed at the Government Central Printing Office, Simla, in 1904.

The report includes a preface by Colonel John E Nixon, Assistant Quarter Master General, Intelligence Branch (folio 5) and a glossary of vernacular terms used (folio 6). The main body of the report contains chapters on geography, communications, fortified posts and forts, climate, sanitation, resources, ethnography, history, administration, and military strength.

The second part of the report includes a gazetteer of topographical and ethnographic information (folios 36-127) and appendices covering wells, canals, and meteorology, and including a report on the signalling stations of the Dalbandin-Robat line, with sketches (folios 131-147).

The volume includes the following maps:

  • Map of Southern Baluchistan (folio 2)
  • Sketch Map of Signalling Line from Dalbandin to Robat (folio 148)
  • Map of Persian Seistan [Sistan] Cultivated Area (folio 149).
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1 volume (147 folios)
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The volume includes a table of contents (folios 5-6) with reference to the original pagination.

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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 149; 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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