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'Report on Sistan and the Country Between It and Mashad' [32v] (69/118)
The record is made up of 1 volume (55 folios). It was created in 1894. 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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The population may therefore he reckoned at 4,£60 villagers and, say, 1,000
nomads. I estimate the grain crop at 4,775 kharwars, leaving a surplus of
81 kharwars (23| tons).
Prices at Karat on March 10 th were—
8 maands (52 lbs.) chaff for one kran.
3 ,, (19 - 5 lbs.) barley for one kran.
2 „ (13 lbs.) bread for one kran.
Khaf.
This district was also under the Nasrat-ul-Mulk, hut when the new
Governor-General arrived in Meshed in the spring of
Khaf ’ 1893, he deprived him of it. It has, however, since been
restored to the Nasrat-ul-Mulk.
The inhabitants are chiefly Taimuris; the remainder
Governor. are p ergians . .
* }
Bui.
. Kui, the capital, lies under a low grey rocky hill with jagged peaks.
It is enclosed by a mud wall, now much decayed, enclos
ing a space of about 200 yards by 300 ; but to the
north and south the houses extend beyond the walls. Inside is the “ ark/ >
walled off from the rest of the town, and forming the residence of the acting
Governor, a fine frank sartip of the Taimuri tribe. There is one good street of
brick built shops and houses, nowin ruins. Modern buildings are mere mud
huts. There are 30 shops ; a small colony of Hindus sell grains, etc.
Outside the town are 30 windmills, 3 watermills, and 500 jaribs (375 acres)
of garden and orchards.
On the opposite side of the valley, and about 12 miles off, can be seen the
rocky Bakharz range, rising about 4,000 feet above the plain. The soil in the
district seems to be very fertile. It is of a peculiar reddish colour. There is
rather a scarcity of water.
The district contains the following villages *
Village.
Houses.
Cattle.
Sheep.
Camels.
Donkeys.
Remarks.
m
a>
^Rui (Kkaf) ... ...
1,000
200
5,000
50
500
o
u
Sangun ...
400
120
4,000
200
300
a
©
Nishtafan ...
300
100
4,000
200
200
CO
a
Salami ...
300
80
200
50
200
03
Chamanabad ... ...
250
40
1,500
50
150
^ .
Nasirabad ...
200
60
1,500
50
100
izi
1
£2.
Khagird ...
50
. 10
500
• * •
30
g
<£>
Dasht
50
20
500
• • •
30
£3
o
Waliabad
50
12
500
• • •
40
•r}
<D
Barabad ,,,
150
40
2,000
...
10
cS
^Mihrabad
20
1
10
i
...
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10
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The volume is Report on Sistan and the Country Between it and Mashad [Mashhad], by Lieutenant H D Napier, Staff Lieutenant, Intelligence Branch, Quarter Master General's Department in India. It was printed at the Government Central Printing Office, Simla, 1894. It consists of two parts, political and military.
The report is largely based on a journey from Mashad to Sistan and back undertaken between 1 November 1892 and 18 March 1893 by the author; his munshi A term used in the Middle East, Persia and South Asia to refer to a secretary, assistant or amanuensis. Munshis were employed in the British administration in the Gulf. and a native of Mashad, Haji Jawad [Haji Javād]; a sub-surveyor of the Queen's Own Corps of Guides, Sher Ali Khan [Shīr ʿAlī Khan]; a 'gholam' [young servant] from the Governor of Khorasan (unnamed); and a Turkoman [Turkmen] 'postal sowar In the East India Company army and later Indian Army, an ordinary native cavalryman or mounted cavalryman. ' [mounted orderly or guard] (unnamed). It provides information and statistics (often tabulated) on the history, geography, economy, population, resources, roads, and meteorology of the region. The information in the military section reflects concerns with supplies, transport, and development possibilities.
Throughout the volume there are numerous photographs, plans, and sketches. These are of fortifications, landscape features, sites of historical or cultural interest, and notable people. In a pocket at the rear of the volume is a map that illustrates the report.
Near the beginning of the report there is a preface (folio 4) written by Lieutenant-Colonel George Hand More-Molyneux, Assistant Quarter Master General, Intelligence Branch, on 7 May 1894, and guidance for the 'Custody and Disposal of Secret Books, Reports, &c., Issued by the Intelligence Branch, Quarter Master General's Department in India' (folio 3).
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- 1 volume (55 folios)
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The volume is divided into two parts (Political and Military) and each part then further divided into several chapters on different subjects. At the beginning of the volume (folio 5) is a contents page, with reference to the original pagination.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 57; 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.
Pagination: An additional printed pagination sequence is also present in parallel between ff 6-53.
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