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'Military Report of the Nushki-Chagai-Western Sinjarani Country' [54r] (112/302)
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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AhmeH/ais, who once owned the whole of the country inhabited by the
Baluch tribes even up to Sarhad, and letters ^ said to pass between
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
KadirBakshof Dizak and His Highness khodadad khan, k.C.b.
of Kalat, twice or three times during the year. . f „ . . ,
One of his confidential servants stated that his master fully intends, if
ever hard pressed by the Persians, to emigrate back to Shoran in Kalat
territory and seek the protection of the Khan of kalat.
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
kadir
Baksh is’undoubtedly the most powerful chief in VVestern Baluchistan a S
his clan is numerous and he personally is greatly respected for the recti-
tude and integrity of his private character. His influence is said to be
always used for good, and at the last pacification of this country he used
his interest to restore to Mahmud Khan of Isfandak, Sherdil Khan of
Kallagan, Ind Mahmud Khan of Sib, their villages and property in the
CO It n is y also said that the revenue is first collected by Kadir Baksh Khan
and then made over toDilawar Khan who, in turn remits it to the I ersian
Governor in Bampur. Kadir Baksh is the on y chief in this part of the
country whom the Persians have not been able to oppress He is said
never to trust them and is too powerful for them to attempt to seize h„n
openly. .
It is said that the fighting strength of the Western Dehwar clan is
000 men, when all the tribes contribute their quotas. In three or four
days it is estimated that 1,000 men can be assembled if necessary from
those tribes within easy reach of Dizak.
The Western Dehwars are divided into the following tribes :
(1) Bahorzai. In Suran.
(2) Dashtki. In Dizak.
(3) Dekhani. In Sib.
(4) Haibazai. In Suran.
(O Haligdazai.
(6) Hetki
( 7 ) Khan Karram Shahi. In Suran.
(8) Khan Maliki Shahi. Do.
( 9 ) Kalpur Kani. In Kalpurkan.
( 10 ) Kulwi.
(11) Mandozai Shahi. In Suran.
( 12 ) Mustafazai.
( 13 ) Nagani. In Kallagan.
( 14 ) Rahim Dazai.
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( 16 )
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
. In Dizak. (Tribe of Kadir Baksh, chief of the Deh-
wars.)
( 17 ) Shahzada. In Dizak. (Tate.)
DESHU—
A village on the left bank of the Helmand about midway between
Landi Muhammad Amin and lower Khwaja Ali, with a population of 500
Sadozais and Mamusani Baluchis. The left bank of the river between
Landi Muhammad and Doshu is high and the country very much broken
up by nalas and no irrigation is possible.
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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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