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'Military Report of the Nushki-Chagai-Western Sinjarani Country' [‎110r] (224/302)

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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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Camel-grazing. — Lana in considerable quantities.
Fuel. —Scarce. ^ *
In this kaur bed a kind of weed grows in some quantities. The natives
call it sirgandoi or shutorbai. They say it is a very good vegetab e.
(A k is on the track from Dalbandin to Amir Chah, 102* miles from
fC Talso lies on the Mashkel route from Panjgur to the Helmand, 179
miles (eleven stages) from Dashtak (in Panjgur), and is situatrd at the
junction of three roads, one north-west to Seistan via Nihn and Amalaf,
one north-east to Gat i-Darote and Dalband.n and one due north to the
Shandak Kaur and the Helmand via Galla Chah. Meski on the Mashkel
is 11 miles south, and the Shandak Kaur 40 miles north over a waterless
tract. (MacGregor.)
PAN I HAM NAWAR—
A soot a short distance from Paniham up the same ravine ; abundance
of grass camel forage, and fuel can be obtained and water by d.gg.ng,
(MacGregor.)
PASHTROD— ^ to*
Twelve and a half miles from Chagai on the road to Duganan. In 1896
there was some surface water lying about. (U alters.)
PATKIN—Lat. 29 0 3 '; Lon S* 6 5 ° 49 'i Elev * . .
The third sta^e (37 miles) on the road from Nushk.to kharan. It is
onb a camping-ground with but little forage. Water from pools ,n the
bed of the stream. (Wahab.)
PATKOI OR PATKOK— , 01 an J ak
A halting-place in hlotfh-West Baluchistan on^he roruHrom^^Shandak
to the Helmand by the Dtwanak ro d^ ** 3 * a rav , ne and
abundance oHuel a^rid came, forage, but no grass. (MacGrep,)
' On the road from Ghagai to Duganan/^about r ” d mll “ Walter's
latest Hetewe^ftund'at the surface abundance of water in big
pools.”
This was early in 1090.
PESHBAND RIVER—
A small affluent of the Mazan-i-Nohh from the north-west.
PHULLEN NAWAR— . - , larv an
A nawar 300 yards long by 5 ° broad hoH.ng^ m Fe
abundant supply of fresh water, e r Gaud-i-Zirreh. This nawar
ing plain is the eastern extrcm.ty ( ? . „.). (KVW-
is 58^ miles north of Amir Chah on tne
Hare.)

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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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