Google
This is a digital copy of a book that was preserved for generations on library shelves before it was carefully scanned by Google as part of a project
to make the world's books discoverable online.
It has survived long enough for the copyright to expire and the book to enter the public domain. A public domain book is one that was never subject
to copyright or whose legal copyright term has expired. Whether a book is in the public domain may vary country to country. Public domain books
are our gateways to the past, representing a wealth of history, culture and knowledge that's often difficult to discover.
Marks, notations and other maiginalia present in the original volume will appear in this file - a reminder of this book's long journey from the
publisher to a library and finally to you.
Usage guidelines
Google is proud to partner with libraries to digitize public domain materials and make them widely accessible. Public domain books belong to the
public and we are merely their custodians. Nevertheless, this work is expensive, so in order to keep providing tliis resource, we liave taken steps to
prevent abuse by commercial parties, including placing technical restrictions on automated querying.
We also ask that you:
+ Make non-commercial use of the files We designed Google Book Search for use by individuals, and we request that you use these files for
personal, non-commercial purposes.
+ Refrain fivm automated querying Do not send automated queries of any sort to Google's system: If you are conducting research on machine
translation, optical character recognition or other areas where access to a large amount of text is helpful, please contact us. We encourage the
use of public domain materials for these purposes and may be able to help.
+ Maintain attributionTht GoogXt "watermark" you see on each file is essential for in forming people about this project and helping them find
additional materials through Google Book Search. Please do not remove it.
+ Keep it legal Whatever your use, remember that you are responsible for ensuring that what you are doing is legal. Do not assume that just
because we believe a book is in the public domain for users in the United States, that the work is also in the public domain for users in other
countries. Whether a book is still in copyright varies from country to country, and we can't offer guidance on whether any specific use of
any specific book is allowed. Please do not assume that a book's appearance in Google Book Search means it can be used in any manner
anywhere in the world. Copyright infringement liabili^ can be quite severe.
About Google Book Search
Google's mission is to organize the world's information and to make it universally accessible and useful. Google Book Search helps readers
discover the world's books while helping authors and publishers reach new audiences. You can search through the full text of this book on the web
at |http: //books .google .com/I
Llxt.
J[t^pL
L£^.
i-Jz.
/jLC/J
/
.»
V
,-l5u;\^
^^m
I
1
FINAL REPORT
OK THE
FIRST REGULAR SETTLEMENT
OF THB
\^
DERA GHAZl KHAN DISTRICT,
IK THB
DERAJAT DIVISION,
KFFECTBD BT
F. W. R FRYER, Esquibe, B.C.S.,
1869 TO 1874 AD.
I
LAHOEE:
l*BI5TED AT THE CENTRAL JAIL FRE0S.
1876.
DERA GHAZI KHAN SETTLEMENT REPORT.
List of Erbata.
ti
SettlcmeDt Commissioner's review. Page 6. — In line 8 para. 8 for ''Bab£r" read
" B&bar," and in line 30 of the same para, after '' Ranjit " add " Singh."
Settlement Oommissioner's review. Page 8.— In line 72 of para. 10 for " S4wan M&I " read
" SAwan Mai."
Settlement Commissioner's review. Page 10, para 12 and in page 60 paras. 166 to 170,
page 64 para. 183. pages 75 and 76 paras. 211 and 212, page 78 para. 220,
page 79 para, 230 and in page 118, para. 349 of the report for " b&nd '* read
" band."
Settlement Commissioner's review. Page 10. — In line 17 of para. 12 for ''banj&ri" read
" banjari."
Settlement Commissioner's review. Page 10. — In line 23 of para. 12 for *'D&k" read
" Dak."
Settlement Commissioner's review. — Page 12.— In line 85 of para. 14 for "aUL" read
" Ala."
In Beport —
Page 4.— In line 9 of para. 13 for « SSL " read " Jfl."
6.— In line 19 of para. 15 for " Shayor " read " Shayok."
18.— In line 5 of para. 46 for " Aroras 38,024 " read " Aroras 33,024."
19.— In line 21 of para. 48 for " Khetrtois " read " Khetrtos."
20. — In line 9 of para. 50 for " races " read " race " and in line 41 for "paropanisan"
read *^ Paropamisan."
26.— In line 20 of para. 61 for " Bhagsir " read " Bhilgsar."
27.— In line 19 of para. 63 for " pas " read " pad."
30.— In line 16 of para. 73 for " Koura Khen " read " Koura Khan."
35.— In line 2 of para. 92 for " Yusif " read " Yiisaf."
39.— In line 21 of para. 109 for " 1265 A. H." read " 1165 A. H."
40.- -In line 58 of para. 109 for " 1867 " read " 1856."
46. — In line 13 of para. 124 for "interests" read "interest."
„ 50.— In line 16 of para. 133 for " murder" read " attempt." In line 2 of para. 134
for " lead " read " leads,"
57. — In lines 15, 16 and 17 of para. 159 read " The Fazlwah private canal was
tailed into the Dhori branch canal and the owner of tbc Fazlwah canal
need not supply the Dhori with water unless he likes '* and not as stated
in the report.
64.— In line 3 of para. 185 for " bhdng " read " bang."
87.— In lines 5 and 6 of para. 248 for " Darkhast. GhuMm Haider Khan " read
" Darkhast GhuUm Haidf-r Khan. In lines 12 and 16 for "Miran" read
" Miran " and in line 13 for " Dereshak " read " Dieshak."
94.— In line 24 of para. 276 omit " in " before " mauzahs " and in line 28 for " Kotla
Milan ' read " Kotla Miran."
96.— In line 4 of para. 284 for " Proprietarys share" read " Proprietary shares."
98.— In marpn of para. 287 for " Rowajaim" read " Riwij-i-dm "
10^.— In line 7 of para. 310 for " Dharwais" read " Dharwai."
n
n
1^
„ 111.— In line 4 of para. 832 for " know " read ^ knew ** and in line 3 of para. 333 for
*'gli48"read<*gha8."
„ 112.— In line 20 of para. 336 for " crops " read " crop.'*
,y 121. — Inline 5 of column 9 of the statement given in para. 354 for *' 100 *' read
" 99-10-6."
,, 129.— In line 9 of para. 375 for " ghis " read *' ghaa.''
„ 130.— In line 6 para. 377 for " myrtb " read " myrtle."
„ 153.— In line 18 of para. 414 for " muktidam " read " mi!ikadim."
„ 157.— In Une 5 of para. 427 for " posts " read " post."
F. W. R. FRYER,
Settlement Officer^
PART I,
INDEX.
CHAPTER I.
General aspect of the Dera Ghazi Khan District.
Paras
Position and boundaries ... ••• ••• ... ... •.. 1
^r6£t •• ••• ••• *** '** '" ■•• ••• ^
PhyBical features ••> >■• ••• •»•
The Pachad ... ••• ••• ••• ••• •••
1 \\Q oiudii ••• •■• '•• *•* *■• ■** •••
•0« .■• ... «k. ... ■•• ■•■ o
«.. .■• ... ••• ••• .•• ■•• 4
••• *•• ... ... ..« ••% ■•• o
MlnoT natural divisions . ... ••. ... ••• ... ... 6
Mountains ... ... ... ••.
... ... ... ••. ... ... ... 4
principal passes ... ... ... .•• ... ... ... 8
^!akhi Sarwar pass ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 9
The Chachar pass ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 10
The passes are held by Biloches ... ... ... ... ... 11
Frontier Forts ... ... ..• ... «.. ... ... 12
tr ores wo ,,, ... ... ... ... ... ... Jio
The River Indus ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 14
Inundations from the river ... ... ... ... ... ... 15
Periodical iniindntions ... '••. ... ... ... ... lt>
The Kala inundations ... ... ... ... ... ... 17
The Shah Jamal inundations ... ... ... ... ... ... 18
The Bekh inundations ... ... ... ... ... ... I'J
Minor inundations ... ... ... ... ... ... !iO
Damage caused by inundations ... ... ... .. ... 21
f laoericB >..•• •** ... ... ..• ... ... ^m^
CHAPTER II.
Products, Metal, Mineral, A^cultural, Spontaneous and
Animal.
j^xeiais ... .'. . ... •'. ... ... ... ^i
Minerals ... ... ... ... ... ... ... L'i
Alum .•• .•• «.. ••• ... ... ... ^^
1^ *^^ V •■. •«■ •■• ■•• ■■• ■•• •#• «wO
Saltpetre ... ... ... .., ... ... ... 27
Mooltani Mati ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 26
OnJJl >•• ■*• •»• *•• *•• ••• ••• 4b#lj
Agricultural products ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 30
Wheat ... .. .... ., ... ... 31
J owar ... ... ... ... .«. ... ... ^2i
v/Otton ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ^3
***^t3 >. ... ... ... ... ,,, .a. «i*T
Indigo ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 35
Opium ... ... ... . . ... ... ... 36
Seasonsof sowing, reaping, wvc. ... ... ... ... .. 3f
Rotation of crops ... ... ... ... ... ... .. 33
Agricultural holdings ... ... ... ... ... ... 3D
Division of produce ... ... ... ... ... ... 40
Spontaneous products ... ... ... ... ... ... 41
Date trees ... ... ... ... ... ... 4-^
Animal products (Feroe naturo)) ... ... ... ... ... 43
Domestic animals ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 4i
VI
CHAPTER III.
Statistics of Population, with acoount of the principaJ
tribes and ccistes, and of families of note.
ropulation according to the census taken in 1863 compared with
population according to the census taken in 1868
Principal tribes
The Jat^ ... ... ^.
The Biloches ... ... ... ... ... ... •
Pottinger's Travels in Bilodiist&n and Sind
Account of the Biloches in Balfour's Cyclopaedia of India
Points of resemblance and dissemblance between Biloches and Turkomans
Derivation of the name Biloch
The different Biloch tribes
The Kasranis
The Liinds of Sori
Tho Khosas ...
The Leghiris... ... .,.
The Tibbi LCind
The Gfirchinis
JL l1\> JL/&CoJ[lnK3 ■•• ••• ■•• •■• ••• *>•
The Mazarls ...
The Hindis ...
Families of note. The Kalhora family ...
The Kalhoras gain a footing in Shikarpur
Niir Muhammad Kalhora purchases Tatta
Ecvolt of Ni!ir Muhammad Kalhora under Ahmad Shah Abdali
Ghul&m Shah Kalhora reduces G^azi Kh£n
Overthrow of the Kalhoras
The Kalhora family obtain the Raj anpur jagir
Meaning of the designation Serai
Kcligion of the Serais ... ... ... ...
Bural notables
Men of position in the Sangarh Tdhsil ...
Men oi position in the Dera Ghazi Khan Tahsll ...
Men of position in the Jampur Tahsil
Men of position in the I^j anpur Tah^il ...
the
CHAPTER IV,
Past history of the district so far as known.
Hindd remains ... ... ••• ... ... •••
Population of the district at the first Muhammadan invasion according
to Elphinstone
According to General Cunningham
Hindti Jats supposed to be the ancestors of the Jats now settled in the
district ... ... ... ... ... ... ••• •••
The first Muhammadan invasion -
The Liodis ... ... ... ... ••• ••• ••> •••
The district after the expulsion of the house of Ghazni
Mooltan reduced by Tamerlane's nephew
Mooltan under the Lang£s
The Lodls ascend the throne of Delhi
The Lodls or Nahrs expelled by Ghazi Kh&n
Trick played the Ndhrs by Ghdzi Khan
Present representatives of the Nahrs
Origin of Ghazi Kh^ ... ... ... ... ... r"
Number of generations during which Gh&zi Khiin's dynasty reigned
Mahmdd Khan Gu jar
The district comes under the kings of Khoras£n
Character of Mahmud Kh4n ftnd decay of the Gi!^j ore
Death of N^dir Shah ... ... ... ••• ... ••• •••
Parag.
45
46
47
48
49
50
. 51
52
53
54
55
56
67
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
s
• V
Paras,
Ahmad Shah Diir&ni gives the Dajal and Harrand il&ka to Nasir Eh&n Brahoi 96
Contentions in the family of Ahmad Shah and rise of the Barakzais ... 97
Governors of Dera Ghazi Khan under the Dtiranls ... ... ... 98
The Sikhs annex Dera Gh4zi Khan ... .., ... ... ... 99
The district farmed to the Nawab of Bhdwalpnr ... ... ... 100
General Ventura succeeded in charge of the district by Div?£n S4wan Mai ... 101
Ability and good govemment of Dlwan S&waA MaL ... ... ... 102
Revolt of Miilrij, and annexation of the district by the British ^ ... 103
Deputy Commissioners since 1849 A.D. ... ... ... ... 104
CHAPTER V.
Antiquities.
Antiquities ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 105
CHAPTER VI.
The number of villages and the names of the principed towns.
The number of villages ... ... ... ... ... ... 106
Mangrota ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 107
X ounsA ... ... •.• •.. ••• ... ... ..• .ix/O
Dera Gh£zi Khan ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 109
Jampur ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 110
Kotla Moghlan ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Ill
AJiVivkX. ... ... •-. ... ... ••■ ... >■. \x£i
£1 ai L. ancx ... ... ... ... •.. ... ... ... axo
J^aicvUp^X ... ... ... ... •.. ... ... •■• J.Am
Mitliankot ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 115
xioi nan ... ... ... ... ••. ... «•• ... jLxv
Municipal Committees... ... ... ... ... ... ... 117
Distilleries and shops for the sale of liquor ... ... ... ... 118
CHAPTER VII.
The trade and manufactures of the district-
Trade through the Frontier passes ... ... ... ... ... 119
The river trade ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 120
Boats used on the Indus ... ... ... ... ... ... 121
Trade in the different towns, exports and imports ... ... ... 122
Wages of laborers ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 123
Accumalated capital ... ... ... ... ^.. ... ... 124
Incomes ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 125
Registration ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 126
Local weights and measures ... ... ... ... ... ... 127
CHAPTER VIII.
Shrines emd fairs.
The district a favorite resort of saints ... ... ... ... ... 128
Sakhi Sarwar ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 129
Miracles performed by Saidi Ahmad ... ... ... ... ... 130
Origin of the name of Sakhi Sarwar ... .... ... ... ... 131
The guardians of the Sakhi Sarwar shrine ... ... ... ... 132
Divisions of income ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 133
Description of the shrine ... ... ... ... ... ... 134
The Sakhi Sarwar fair... ... ... ... ... ... ... 135
The Leghari TCimandar guardian of the shrine ... ... ... ... 136
Sakhi Sarwar is revenue-free ... ... ... ... ... ... 137
r
Parat,
Sn-khi Sarwar a typical saint ... ... ... ... ... ... us
The Tounaa shrine ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 139
Tho Dairah Din Panah shrine ... ... ... ... ... ... 140
The Pir A'dil shrine ... ... ... ... ... ... _ 141
Minor shrines... ... ... ... ... * ... ... ... 142
Sacred Dhand 8 ... ... ... ... ... ... ..] 143
Sabred sulphur springs... ... ...• ... ... ... ... 144
-Annual fairs ... ... .... ... ... ... ... ... 145
Dates on which fairs are held ... ... ... ... ... ... 146
CHAPTER IX.
Roads, bridgres, ferries or other means of communioation
jioa'is ... ... ... .11 .«. ... ...
B'lnjjalows ... ... ... ... ... .;.
Hi.f^hvvay robberies ... ... ... ... ... • ...
T(:Ki«.fraph lines
X obLtii iiueD ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
147
148
149
150
151
CHAPTER X.
Irrigation canals and other important sources of irrigation.
Smirces of irrigation ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 152
Inundation Canals ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 153
FiTKpiiry made into rights in canals ... ... ... ... ... 154
MaiuKT ill which canals were first excavated ... ... ... ... 155
C'n-iii'il clearance, and the different system by which the cost of clearance has
been levied ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 156
Are the Inundation Canals Government canals ? ... ... ... ... 157
AllcTntions in the canal system... ... ... ... ... ... 158
T]>'^ Manka Canal extension ... ... ... ... ... ... 159
Cnr.Ml Conference held in February 1871 ... ... ... *.. ... 160
j\^n, Tv^p of rights in canals prepared at the present Settlement ... ... 161
T^HMJrmal Act VIII of 1873 ... ... ... ... ... ... 162
J^'^' streams ... ... ... « ... ..• ... ... ... 163
jV»v»>Tiial streams ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 164
Pi'-'ributaries... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 165
pys^'TTi of irrigating bands or embanked fields ... ... ... ... 166
M't ^l"poBit of hill streams ... ... ... ... ... ... 167
J^yc^cn of cultivating bdnds ... ... ... ... ... .. 168
J^'^V^r lands ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 169
*^Vund"and*'Pand" bdnds^... ...' ; 170
]^T .in agement of hill streams ... ... ... ».. ... ... 171
CHAPTER XI.
The people, their physical characteristics, dress and ornaments,
food, social customs, and ceremonies on occasions of births,
deaths, and marriagres.
TM,y«ioal characteristics of the Biloches ... ... •" ... ... 172
TrT.pJ orpjanization ... ... ... ... ... ... .. 173
f'fnscs which have preserved the tribal organization ... ... ... 174
nilocli dress, ornaments and arms ... ... ... ... ... 176
J'O'ill... ... ... ... ... ... «.. .•• ..• ' i"
TI'p custom of Chebar ... ... ... ... ... ••. ••. 177
JI.OTISCS ... ... ••• ... ... ••• ■•• ••• 1'"
{^cdnfiion of women ... ... ... ... ... ••• ■ • ^79
!}il"fh mares ... ... ... ... ... .-• ... .•• 1^**
Maintenance of Biloches when in attendance on the TAmandirs ... 181
V
Par MS.
Bilocfa tactics in war ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 182>
System of reprisals aad commutations for murders ... ... ... 183
Adultery and divorce ... ... ... ... ... 184
Ceremonies attending births ... ... ... ... ... ... 185
Ceremonies attending betrothals and marriages ... ... ... ... 186
Ceremonies attending funerals ... ... ... ... ... ... 187
Customs of other Muhammadan tribes ... ... ... ... 188
Hindd customs and ceremonies ... ... ... ... ... ... 189
Hindd dress ... .... ... ... ... ... 190
•f VAJU ■■• ■•• ••• »a« «■• ••« ••• ««■ JlvA
HindCi worship of the river ... ... ... ... ... ... 192
CHAPTER XII.
Character of the people as regards industryi litigation, orime, &c.
Character of the people ... ... ... ... ... ... 193
Statistics of crime ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 194
Civil litigation ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 195
vail ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... XwO
Administrative staff ... ... ... ... ... .... ... 197
xoiice ... ... ... ... ... ••• ... ••• Xvftf
Administration of justice under native rule ... ... -. ... 198
The Frontier regulations ... ... ... ... ... ... 199
Protection of the border ... ... ... ... ... ... 200
Frontier administration ... ... ... ... ... ... 201
13to Harraud raid ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 202
ODod understanding. bet ween the Deputy Commissioner and the independent
onieis ... ... *** ... ... ... ... ... ^\)v
Character of the independent Biloches ... ... ... ... 204
Bxi)€dition to Bdrkh&n in 1871 ... ... ... ... ... 205
Character of the Khetrdns ... ... ... ... ... ... 206
Character of the Maris ... .. ... ... ... ... 207
Biloch " Chapaos " or plundering expeditions ... ... 208
Contrast between the independent and the dependent Biloches ... ... 209
CHAPTER XIII.
Tenures.
Ordinary forms of land tenure ... ... ... ... ... 210
Form of tenure in Sindh and Pachdd villages ... 211
Division of h(M in gs ... ... ... ... ... 212
Bent or proprietary dues ... ... ... ... ... *•. 213
Value attached to landed property ... ... ... ... ... 214
Origin of proprietary right in the district ... ... ... ... 215
No village communities in the district ... ... ... ... ... 216
Explanation of the village system of the district ... ... ... 217
Division of land amongst the different tribes inhabitinp: the district ... 218
The custom of *' Vaish " or periodical redistribution of land still found in the
Hangarh Tahsfl ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 219
Manner of recording proprietary rights in lands subject to '• Vaish '* ... 220
Remarks on the custom of " Vaish " ... ... ... .« ... 221
Designation of tenants ... ... ... ... ... ... 222
Rights of a •• Mundem&r " tenant ... ... ... ... ... 223
Rights not generally recognized ... ... ... ... ... 224
JBights of occupancy in land carried away by the river ... ... ... 225
Tenant may be ejected for cultivating inferior crops ... ... ... 226
Tenants for a term ... ... »^ ... ... ... ... 227
"Anwanda" ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 228
"Butemar" tenants ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 229
** Latnuir " tenants ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2.30
The " Jhdriband '* tenant ... ... ... ... ... ... 231
Paras,
The " Eahm&r '* tenant ... ... ... •.. ... — 22(2
The " Cbarait " tenant ... r«. ... ••» ... ... 2.^3
The " Rahk " tenant . ... ... ... ... ... ... 234
The •* Khadina " tenant ... ... ... ... ... ... 236
The '* Lichain '* tenant ... ... ... ... ... ... 236
The ** Miadi " tenant ... ... ... ... ... ... 237
Bent paid by tenants ... ... ... ... ... «.. 238
Method in which the records have been framed as regards tenant right ... 239
Nomber of tenants in the diatrict ... ... ... .... ... 240
CHAPTER XIV.
Statistics of education showingr the number of colleges and schools
of the various grrades, whether public or private, and the attend-
ance duringr the, paiSt five years.
The state of education in the district ... ... ..^ ... ... 241
Kamber of schools ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 242
CHAPTER XV,
Climate of the district and statistics of death and disease.
jtkain~taLL •.. ... ... .*• ... *•. ... ... ^^s
Temperature ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 244
Statistics of death and disease ... ... .•• ... ... 245
CHAPTER XVI.
Amount of land Revenue aseigrned, with notices of the principal
Jagrirs.
Madfi grants • ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 246
•♦ Kasfir " grants ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 247
w &g IPS ... ... .«! ... ... ... ... ... ^zO
PART IL
CHAPTER XVII.
The Settlement.
Commencement of the Settlement ... ... ... ... ... 249
Keduction of the establishment of two tahsils ... ... ... ... 250
Work completed by the close of 1869-70... ... ... ... ... 251
Boundary demarcation revised owing to separation of mahUs ... ... 252
Skeleton sketch maps ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 253
Field measurements postponed ... ... ... ... ... 254
Work recommenced in the Jampur and Saugarh Tahsfls in November 1870 ... 255
Increase to the number of patwaris ... ... ... ... ... 25&.
Appointment of zaildars ... ... ... ... ... ... 257
Number of zailddrs ... ... ... ... ... ... ... £58
Good service rendered by zaildArs ... ... ... ... ... 259
The post of xaildar much coveted ... ... ... ... ... 260
A'la lambardars ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 261
Zaildars' remuneration... ... ... ... ... ... ... 262
Lambardirs' remuneration ... ... ... ... ... ... 263
vn
Paras,
Field measniementB commenced in November 1870, and finished in March
loi^ ... ... ••• ••• ••• ••• •■• •■• ^oi
Land measare adopted in the district ... ... ... ... ... 266
The local standard ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 266
8cale of the local bigah ... ... ... ... ... ... 267
Area as ascertained by Settlement Survey compared with area ascertained by
Revenue Survey ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 268
Measurements quickly completed ... ... ... ... ... 269
Government proprietary right ... ... ... ... »^, ... ' 270
Proposals for the disposal of these rights ... ... ... ... 271
Report called for and furnished... ... ... ... ... .•• 272
Proposals finally made and sanctioned ... ... ... ... ... 273
Method in which the Government rights were acquired ... .•• ... 274
Result of the disposal of Government rights ... ... ... ... 275
Occupants of land on which rent has been asasessed will be considered tenants 276
Amount of sale proceeds realized ... ... ... ... ... 277
Proceedings approved by Punjab Government ... ... ... ... 278
The . assessment returns... ... ... ... ... ... ... 279
AXtestation ... ... ... i*. .. ... ... ... ^oU
Increase of establishment ... ... ... ... ... ... 281
System of attestation tedious .. ... ' ... ... ... ... 282
Form of Settlement records adopted ... ... ... ... ... 283
Well statements ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 284
Re<^isters of irrigation rights ... ... ... ... ... ... 285
Registers prepared under the supervision of Extra Assistant Settlement Officer
Chimman L&l ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 286
The Raw&j-^m or tribal records of customs ... ... ... ... 287
The Wiljib-uMrz or village administration paper ... ... ... ... 288
Completion of the Settlement records ... ... ... ... ... 289
Copies of the entries in the Settlement records given to all proprietors and
occupancy tenants ... ... ... ... ... ... 290
The announcement and distribution of the assessments ... ... ... 291
Judicial work... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 292
Cost of the Settlement... ... ... ... ... ... ... 293
Completion of the Settlement ... ... ... ... ... ... 294
Bough demarcation of rakhs made in 1865 ... ... ... ... 295
Reports of Forest Officers ... ... ... ... ... ... 296
Trees most commonly found in the district ... ... ... ... 297
Trees that can be grown ... ... ... ... ... ... 298
Demarcation of rakhs carried out at Settlement ... ... ... ... 299
Number and area of rakhs demarcated ... ... ... ... ... .^00
Respect had to established rights ... ... ... ... ... .301
Claims to rakh lands ... ... ... ...' ... ... ... 302
Cultivation m rakhs ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 303
How far the orders regarding the release of rakh lands were carried out in the
Settlement records ... ... ... ... ... ... 304
Rakhs to be handed over to the Forest Department ... ... ... 305
Grazing dues ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 306
Cattle tax under the Ehords^n and Sikh rulers ... ... ... ... 307
Tax remitted at annexation, except in the RdjanpurTahsQ... ... ... 308
A new cattle tax asseased at the present Settlement ... ... ... 309
Estimated and actual yield of the tax ... ... ... ... ... 3io
A grazing tax proposed instead of a cattle tax ... ... ... ... 311
Objections to a cattle tax as opposed to a grazing tax ... ... .... 312
The levy of a cattle tax by enumeiiition abolished... ... ... ... 313
The patwaris reduced from 103 to 46 and '* dharw&is" appointed ... ... 314
Dutiesof the patw&ris retained ... ... ... ... ... ... 315
The dharwMs ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 316
The new system ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 817
Remuneration of ' dharwiis ' ... ... ... ... ... ... 318
Views of the late Sir Donald McLeod on this question ... ... ... 319
The new system introduced in 1864 ... ... ... ... ... 320
The Financial Commissioner did not approve the system ... ... ... 321
Colonel Lake, Financial Commissioner, reports upon the dharw&lB in 1866 322
The dhaxwi^B found to be useless at S^ettiemeut ••# ... *.. 323
viii
Sanction received in September 1870 to an increase of the patwiri agency ...
Views of the Financial Commissioner on the dharwiii Bystem
Question of the continuance of the dharwiis ordered by the Lieutenant
Governor to be referred at the cloae of the Settlement
Present arrangementfl ...
OHAPTBB XVm,
ParoM,
324
326
326
327
Assessment circles ... ... ..;
The Chahi-nahri circle
Cultivation in the Chahi-nahri circle
Banjri lands ..
Assessment of banjari lan^ls ... ...
Soils in the Chahi-nahri circles
The bailab ciiole
The Pachad circle
The Danda circle
The KAUpani circle ... ... /..
The Dagar circle ... ... ... ... ... ^.
The Gharkab circle
The Nahri circle
The assessment circles arranged Tahsflwar
The Summary Settlement
The first ^ummary Settlement ...
Copy of a letter from Sir John La\yrence when Chief Commissioner regarding
the break down of the first Summary Settlement ...
Sir John Lawrence's Jotter shows why a fixed assessment is difficult to work in
this district
The second Summary Settlement ... ... ...
The third Summary Settlement
Evils that resiUtctl from the first Summary Settlement
Working of the third Summary Settlement
Sales and mortgages ...
Prices of lauds as ascertained from applications for mutation of names
Statistics of area
Area of the present Settlement ...
Jama of the district for the year preceding the new assessments
Coercive processes required for the realization of the land revenue ...
Method of assessing canal-irrigated land
Half cost of clearance ...
Amount realized by the Sikhs as cost of clearance ... . ...
Chief Commissioner's oider uf 1857. The people to pay half the cost of
ciearaiice •«• ••. ... ... ... ... ,,.
The •' jibiana " system introduced in 1868
" Abidua " rates enhanced in 1870
" A biiina " rates again lowered in 1872 ...
Reason why a regular " abiiina " rate is not applied to the district ...
Government has intended to levy only half the cost of clearance
Payments made by the people on account of half cost of clearance between
18G1 and 18*71 ••• •>• ... ... ... ... .••
Annual demand on account of " dbiana " since 1868
Objections of the irrigators to the present system ...
Proposed method of assessing the canal-irrigated lands of this district
Objections to methods of assessments proposed ... ...
Plan of assessment adopted for canal-irrigated lands
Part of the revenue of canal-irrigated lands credited to the Lrigatiou
Department
Assessment of land newly irrigated from canals during the term of
&o b vieme ni< ••• ••• •.• ... ••• ... .*.
Rates to be used in assessing lands of villages unirrigated at Settlement to
which irrigation may be extended during the term of Settlement
Manner ia which the present assessments were worked out
• M
328
329
330
331
332
333
834
335
336
337
338
339
340
841
342
343
344
345
346
347
348
349
350
351
352
353
354
355
356
357
358
359
360
361
362
363
364
365
366
367
368
369
370
«
371
372
373
374
IX
Parag,
Produce rates ,,. ... ... ... ... ... ... 375
Gross produce as aacertaincd by experimentfl ... ... ... ... 376
Classes of produce ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 377
Actual area and percentage of cultivated area under each class of crop ... 378
])ifBculty experienced in determining the actual area under crops ... 379
The prices current ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 380
Prices current reduced in Dera Gh^si Khan aud Jampur Tahsfls ... ... 381
Produce-estimate jama ... ... ... ... ... ... 382
Reasons for Hxing one-eighth as the usual Government share of produce ... 383
The plough estimate .. ... ... ... ... ... ... 384
Ploughs apt to be taken from one circle to another ... ... ... * 38.5
The plough-estimate jama ... ... .,. ... ... ... 386
Revenue rates how determined ... ... ... ... ... ... 387
General rates not applicable to a whole circle ... ... ... ... 38S
Calculations used for eliciting the dofasli rate ... ... ... ... 389
Calculations used for eliciting the Sailab rate ... ... ' ... ... 300
Revenue rates adopted ... ... ... ... ... ... 391
Tahsi I Revenue rates compared ... ... ... ... ^ . . ... 393
Differences between the revenue rates of the Tahsils explained ... ... 393
Jama actually proposed ... ... ... ... ... ... 394
Alterations in proposed Jama suggested by the Officiating Financial Commis-
sioner and sanctioned by Government ... ... ... 395
Jama as finally sanctioned on the assessment reports ... ... ... 396
Jama sanctioned less than the estimates... ... ... ... ... 396 a
The jama actually distributed less than that sanctioned ... ... ... 397
Amount of increase realized by the new jama ... ... '... ... 398
jljOColl cesses .. ... ... >.. ... ... .. ... o^yif
Amount to be credited to the Canal Department from the land revenue ... '400
Difference between the rates at which the jama was actually distributed and the
proposed rates ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 401
Difference between the rates adopted in different Tahsils explained... ... 402
Rates in force in adjoining districts ... ... ... ... ... 403
Rates in the Muzaffargaih district ... ... ... ... ... 404
Rates in the Bhawalpdr State ... ... ... ... ... ... 405
Rates on the Upper tiind Frontier ... ... ... ... ... 406
Sailib rates in Bhdwalpur ... ... ... ... ... ... 407
The new assessments very light ... ... ... ... ... 408
The term for which the present Settlement will run ... ... ... 409
Collections in kind by the Biloch TumandArs ... ... ... ... 410
Objections to continuing the existing state of things at the present Settlement 411
Orders of His Honor the Lieutenant Governor upon this question ... .;. 412
Principles to be observed in dealing with the question of the Tiimandlr's
vavUo ... ... 0. ... •■• ... ... ... 4i«j
Fin al proposal sul^mitted on these principles ... ... ... ... 414
Share of produce taken to re)>re6ent the Government demand ... ... 415
Revenue derived from date trees previous to the present Settlement ... 416
Amount of date tree revenue ... ... ... ... ... ... 417
Orders respecting the date tree assessment issaed at the present Settlement ... 418
Revenue-free grants of date trees ... ... ... ... ... 419
Mr. C. L. Tupper, B. c. 8. ... ... ... ... ... ... 420
Munshi Hukm Chund, Extra Assistant Settlement Officer ... ... ... 421
Munshi Chimmun Ldl, Extra Assistant Settlement Officer ... ... ... 422
The Superintendents ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 423
The Deputy Superintendents ... ... ... ... ... ... 424
The Head Clerk ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 425
R4m Singh, Sheristad&r ... ... ... ... ... ... 426
The Extra Sadr Munserims ... ... ... ... ... ... 427
Assistance given to the Settlement by the Deputy Commissioner ... ... 428
APPENDIX A.
Note on the principles upon which boundary dispates between the Bh£walpur StAtc
»ad the Dera Ghizi Khan District are to be decided.
•tains. Less than one-third of the total area is cultivated. Mr.
Fryer divides it into two parts, the Pachdd and the Sindh.
The true Pachad is the upland tract sloping down from the foot
of the hills to the bank of the present bed of the Indus, or to a
flat low-lying country, which appears at one time to have been
in the bed of that river, though now perhaps some way off,
and of a rather higher level. It is this alluvial country which
is the true Sindh, though the name is also applied to any part
of the Pach4d to which the canals from the Indus are extended.
The soil of the Pachad is hard clay, in a few places
covered wdth sand drifts ; that of the Sindh rests upon sand,
and varies everywhere in depth and quality as the soil always
does in the Khiidirs of Indian rivers. In parts, the Kachdd is
nothing better than a howling wilderness, and elsewhere it is a
waste of bare clay very scantily sprinkled with small bushes ;
but near where the chief torrents leave the hills, it is a well-
cultivated country, by no means to be avoided in the cold
season. The air is very light and pure ; the crops in a favora-
ble season are very fine and extensive, and the landscape,
©therwise tame, is relieved by the barren range of mountains
rising abruptly from the plain all along the horizon.
Very little can be said for the scenery of the Sindh ;
except near Dera Ghdzi Khan and one or two other places,
there are few date palms or other handsome trees, but little
grass grows, and the cultivation is rough and untidy -looking.
But that part of the Sindh which may be considered to be in
the present river bed, and which is subject to annual inunda-
tions, is very distinct from the rest, and not so ugly. It is
much more green and grassy, and is diversified by thick woods
of Poplar and by long sheets of water called Dhands which
form in old deserted channels of the river. Mr. Fryer men-
tions the fisheries of these Dhands which are held on annual
leases from Government. He also gives an interesting
account of the annual floods of the Indus, and of the embank-
ments which have been raised to check them. These floods
take off at certain points where the river banks are low, and,
if not prevented by embankments, run far inland, doing a
great deal of damage. The subject is a very important one.
4. Alum and salt are the only important mineral pro-
ducts of the district. They are both manufactured in Tahsil
RAjanpur, Mr. Fryer gives an excellent (Jescription of the
process. The most noticeable crops are indigo, which occupied
3-
39,632 acres in the year' of measurements, and poppy, vvhicb-
is grown for opium to a considerable extent in the B,tljanpur
Tahsii.
The great staples are wheat, jowdr, bAjra, and cotton.
Wheat covered near 35, the two millets 37, and cotton
near 8 per cont. of the total acreage under crop. Jowar is
much more grown than bdjra.
5. A sketch of the system of agriculture in force is given
in paras. 37 to 40 ; more information on the same subject will
be found in the chapters on assessments and sources of irri-
gation. Land is plentiful, but water is scarce. No crop can
be grown with the rain-fall, the average depth of which is less
than 7 inches per annum. But if the soil is good, a field
thoroughly soaked before sowing will give a crop ; if after-
wards aided by seasonable rain, it will be a very good one.
In the Pachad this soaking is accomplished by surrounding
each field with high embankments ; the torrents w^hich rush:
into the plains after storms in the mountains are diverted by
large dams from their natural beds, and tlirown out on to the
surface of the country. The water runs down the slope in
numerous channels made to intersect the net-work of field
embankments ; each field opens to catch the passing tide, and
closes when it has secured as much as it can hold. The villages
in the bed of the Indus obtain a similar soakinsf from the
floods due to the melting of the snows of the Himalayas in
the hot season. It is this rise of the river from May to Sep-
tember which fills the Inundation Canals upon which the
intermediate country, out of the reach of hill torrents and river
floods, depends for its irrigation. But as the period for
which they run, the dates of beginning and ending, and the
continuity of the supply, are always uncertain, wells are used
to supplement them. Wells alone can hardly be worked to a
profit. It is done in places, but the return is very small ; it
. consists of a few acres of wheat, the autumn crop of millet
going as fodder to the cattle.
6. Mr. Fryer gives some curious particulars about date
trees in his notice of fipontaneous products. They are assessed
with Revenue, and till this Settlement all those in Tahsii
Dera Ghdzi were considered to be Crown property. The
tract in Rdjanpur, where the wild ass roams, is, I believe, the
only home of this fine animal in the Punjab. I see that Mr.
Fryer does not mention among the feroB naturce, a stag of the
yj Samp deer genus, of which a few specimens are said to
survive in the thick woods on the banks and islands of the
Indus in the Rdjanpur Tahsil. Perhaps he considers the race
to be extinct, and by the most favorable accounts it must be
very nearly so. The Biloch horse is a well known breed ; the
Bilochi is as fond of his mare as the Bedouin Arab is said to
be. In Tahsil Sangarh there is another somewhat different
breed, also noted for. hardy endurance. The camels are not,
I think, in any way a noted breed, but there are great num-
bers of them.
7. I now come to Chapter III, in which Mr. Fryer
treats of the population, the principal tribes, and the familiefl
of most note. The increase of population by 29 pw cent, in
fifteen years, shown by the last Census, may of course be partly
nominal and due to an improved system of enumeratiou^
but there is no doubt that there has been a large genuine
increase from the causes mentioned by Mr. Fryer.
Only 15 per cent, of the population are Hindlis ; they ga
by the name of Kardrs, and are chiefly engaged in trade. Very
many now hold land, and a few cultivate with their own
hands. As they are the great money-lenders, the amount of
land in their possession is gradually increasing. Mr. Fryer
gives some interesting particulars regarding them. Fifty-
two per cent, of the population call themselves Jats, but they
are a very mixed race of no common history or common stock,.
80 there is little to be said of them.
Only thirty per cent, of the population are Biloches (but
they own 66 per cent, of the land to 16 percent, owned by
the Jats, and X 8 per cent, by other tribes). Mr. Fryer quotes
the opinions of many great authorities regarding the origin
of this interesting race, and comes, I think correctly, to the
conclusion that the different clans are not all homogeneous.
He gives a most interesting account of each border clan'
and of the history and character of the chiefs and their fami-
lies. It appears to be clearly established that these Biloch
clans of the border came up from the south within compara-
tively recent times, and drove out a Pathdn population which
previously occupied this part of the Sulimdn Range. At the
end of the chapter is a very complete sketch of the history
and peculiar customs of the Serai family^ descendants of th^
KAlhora Kings of Sindh ; also a notice of the other prihci^
pal families in the district, which will be useful to future
district Officers.
8. The fourth and sixth chapters contain the political
history of the district as far as it is known from before the
first Arab invasion to the present time ; statistics of the num-
ber of villages, towns, and municipalities ; and descriptions
and historical accounts of the chief towns.
According to Mr. Fryer, whose account shows a good deal
of research, and is, I think, very well written, the district in
early Muhammadan times seems to have had no separate his-
tory from Mooltan, to which SubA or Kingdom it naturally
belonged. About the middle of the 15th century, some 500
years after the commencement of Muhammadan rule in
Mooltan, the Nahrs, a branch of the house of Lodi, which had
formerly furnished Governors to Mooltan, and had lately seized
the throne of Delhi, established in Sitpur, which was then
Trans-Indus, — a government which was apparently independ-
ent of Mooltan, and which included Harrand and Dajil and
the rest of the south of the present Dera Ghdzi Khan
District. But soon after the Emperor Babdr expelled the
Lodi Kings from Delhi, and Ghdzi Khan Biloch, the founder
of the dynasty from which the district takes its name, took
the southern part of the district from the Nahrs. His family
held the government for 300 years, at first as Nawdbs under
the Mogal Emperors, but for the last 30 years under the Kings
of Khorasan. Early in the second half of the 1 8th century,
and soon after the extinction of this dynasty of hereditary
Governors, Harrand and Ddjil were granted by Ahmad Shah
Durdni, then King of KhordsAn and Kdbul, to the Khdn of
Kheldt ; the rest of the district remained under the rulers of
Afghanistan till the whole was annexed in 1819 by Mahardjah
E»anjit. Ranjit farmed it for a time to the Bahawalpur
Nawdb, and then sent General Ventura to govern it. Even-
tually it Avas put under Diwdn Sdwan Mai, and so reattached
at last to the Government of Mooltan.
9. The next three chapters contain a great deal of
information, but do not require much notice in this review.
To lookers-on it may seem strange that our Government,
which runs some risks to open out trade routes behind Burmah
and Kashmir, should permit old trade routes on its own Fron-
tier to bo closed by small clans of halT-starved, ill armed
moimtaiaeera like the Maris and Bugtls. But with the
Sindh, Punjab and Delhi Kailway, near at hand, and the Indus
running through its whole length, the district seems to have
sufficient outlets for its trade such as it is. The opening of these
passes, though it would no doubt be a very good thing for the
diBtrict, is not, I think, a matter of any general or imperial
importance. Seeing that the Land Revenue is only a little over
four lakhs, an export trade in grain, indigo, and opium alone
of nearly seven and a luilf lakhs appears rather large ihaa
small ; cotton must be another item of some importance.
Land changes hands frequently, but this is no new thing
in this country. Sales and moi'tgages seem to have been very
frequent under native governments when the Revenue was
collected in kind. A large proportion of the land sold is
bought by well-to-do landholders, not of the money-lending or
trading classes. Mr. Fr3'er s gtccount of the famous shrine of
Sakhi Sarwar is well worth reading. Apropos of the num-
ber of shrines of Muhammadan saints in the district, he
remarks that no body but a saint would care to live in many
parts of it ; may -be their numbers are also due to the fact that
amon^xst such sinners it was not hard to be a saint. The
Biloches and Jats of this part of the world have many virtues,
but appear to me to be very lax and unenlightened in matters
of religion. The story goes that a Biloch who was asked
why he never said his prayers, replied that his chief said them
for the whole clan. The Makdums and others, descendants of
these saints, are often notoriously men of most unholy habits,
but this does not appear to detract from their personal holiness
in the eyes of their neighbours. They say, if I remember right,
that a saint transmits his sanctity to his descendants without
renewal for fourteen generations. Hospitality will cover a
multitude of sins ; almost any crime will be excused in a man
who exercises it profusely.
The means of communication are, as Mr. Fryer shows,,
much improved ; but even now not much can be said in praise
of the roads : the hill torrents in particular offer great obstacles.,
to road-making, and so in a lesser degree do the canals and the
floods from the Indus.
10, The tenth chapter describes the sources of irrigation,
of which the most important are the Inundation Canals from*
Ihe Indus. The Masstiwah and FtiziUvah, which Mr. Fryer
mentions as at present owned and managed by private individu-
als, were excavated in 1861, 1862, and 18G3 under the auspices
of the then Deputy Commissioner Major Minchin, who gave a
great impetus to projects of the kind. Three or four other
canals were excavated or extended about the same time by
other parties, some of whom collect "Anwanda" or water-
rent from the irrigators, but the management of the canals is
in the hands of the Canal Officer. Some of these projects proved
very profitable to the projectors, others were financial failures*
Government has recently decided to buy out the rights of the
present holders of these privately-constructed canals, and has
directed certain offers to be made to them for the purpose.
The general policy of Major Minchin's concessions was to
grant to the excavators, in return for their outlay, first, the
ownership of unclaimed waste lands adjacent to the new canal ;
secondly, exemption from assessment of such lands for a term
of years ; thirdly, the right to levy "Anwanda" or water rent in
kind from landowners using the water of the new canal on
lands previously cultivated and assessed ; fourthly, the right to
levy for the same term, in addition to such water-rent, an
equivalent to the Land Revenue in kind on lands brought into
cultivation by the new canal, and previously uncultivated and
unassessed ( in other words an assignment of the Revenue of
such lands ).
It was originally intended that the management of these
canals should rest withr the excavators till the end of the
revenue-free term, and should then pass to Government, but, as
mentioned above, all but two are already managed by the Canal
Officers.
Whether the payment of water-rent to the excavators
would cease after Government assumed the management was
a point as to which ( except in the case of the Masstiwah )
nothing was said in the deeds containing the' terms of the con-
cessions, and no clear understanding: existed in the minds of
the excavators ; but Colonel Minchin has lately explained that
in making the concessions he understood that the right to
demand water-rent would be permanent.
In respect to the old canals made before annexation, I
think the dispute, whether they ought to be called Government
8
tjanals, was to some extent a battle of words ; the real part of it
tnay, I think, be summed up in the two following questions : —
( 1 ). In the case of land which has been always irri-
gated by one of these old canals, if the Canal Officer
permanently stops or reduces the supply by an
alteration, not made of necessity for maintenance,
but made for the general improvement or exten^
sion of the canal, then can the owner of the land
claim compensation or only remission of canal
charges under Clause (6), Section 32, of the Canal
Act?
{ 2 ). Is Government at liberty to charge an occupier's
rate not of the nature of the half clearance charge
hitherto collected, or has it in jany way pledged
itself not to demand more than Land Revenue at
ordinary half assets rates ( which includes owner's
rate), plus half cost of clearance ?
The first question was, according to Mr. Fryer, decided in
favor of the landowners.
In respect to the second, His Honor the Lieutenant
Governor decided that no pledge had been given. This is
undoubtedly true ; but looking to the origin of these canals, and
to the fact that hitherto the irrigators have paid nothing in
addition to Land Revenue, except half cost of clearance, it is, I
think, improbable that Government will ever see fit to change
its policy and make a larger demand. The idea which pre-
vails in the district, that the cost of clearance and maintenance
ought to be borne half by Government and half by the people, is
traceable to the arrangement made by Dlw&n Sdwan Mdl, the
Sikh Governor, when he abolished the cher system and under-
took to clear the canals by free-paid labor. In imposing
certain rates on produce in lieu of cher labor, he gave out that
they were intended to cover only half cost of clearance, and
that the other half would be paid by the State. At first these
rates did only cover about half cost, but by good management
they eventually covered nearly the whole. Nevertheless the
idea that the Government had undertaken to pay half
remained in people's minds, and led to adoption of the rule by
our Government at annexation and subsequently.
Apropos of paras. 158 and 159, I think it hardly fair to
quote the arbitrary diversions of canal water made in the
interest of the Mdnka extension as an instance of the policy of
the Canal Department. It was the Deputy Commissioner who
started the project, and what was done by Mr. Kir wan in
carrying it out, was not done in pursuance of any departmental
policy, or in obedience to any departmental orders, but in the
interest of the chief of the Leghdrls.
*
11. A very good account of the appearance, character,
and habits and customs of the people is given in Chapters XI
and XII, and at the end of the latter chapter is a description
of the system of Frontier management, which is well worth
reading. The contrast between the people within and with-
out the Frontier is illustrated by an interesting account of an
expedition across the border made by Mr. Fryer and Captain
Sandeman, the Deputy Commissioner.
Apropos of the constitution of the Biloch clans, my
opinion is that payment of Land Revenue in kind to or through
the Tdmandfi.r is not a matter of Biloch custom. Outside our
territory the Biloches, like the Pathdn clans, pay no rent or
dues for their land, either in cash or kind, to their chief. The
practice of cMlection in kind by the TdmandAr arose from the
policy of the rulers of this part of the Derajdt with whom
the clans were brought into contact when they descended
from the hills into the outer plains. They of course demanded
from the Biloches the " mahstil " or State share of the produds
of cultivated lands ; and when they felt strong, and times were
quiet, they sent their own agents to collect it ; but they often
found it necessary or politic to secure the assistance of the
chiefs of the clans, and for this purpose granted them cash
leases of the grain collections at favorable terms. The prac-
tice, however, did not, I think, amount to a regular system or
custom, the chief oftenest only got the lease of the villages
nearest his head-quarters, and sometimes he was conciliated
in some other way, as, for instance, by a jAgir or indm.
Judging from their holdings, the manner in which the
border clans entered the district must have differed consider-
ably. Some appear to have come down in force like the
Pathin clans of the Upper Derajdt, driving out entirely the
old proprietors, and dividing the conquered territory among
themselves on tribal shares. Others appear to have settled
10
»
down by degrees, and more or less peacefully, on land unoccu-
pied by the old proprietors. But the latter had to be sub-
servient, and to assimilate themselves a6 much as possible to
the clan, otherwise the Biloches would have made the country
too hot to hold them in troubled times.
12. As Mr- Fryer says in his Chapter on Tenures, the
feature in which they differ most from those prevailing gener-
ally in the Punjab is the absence of true village communities.
•
Till we defined the boundaries of the mauzahs or town-
ships, and imposed joint liability for the Revenue on the body
of landholders, village common property was, I think,
unknown, the unit of property was the well or patti in the
JSindh, and the band in the Pachad.
A land-holding family held so many wells or bands, or
shares in wells or bands, not a village or share of a village.
Each well or band may be said to have been a separate
estate. %■
A band is an embanked field, a well is a block of land
with fixed boundaries, generally of an acreage rather larger
than can be formed by one well, so as to give room for fallows,
and a little waste for grazing. A well estate without a well
in it is called a patti or a banjari well.
Private property originated in water, the scarcer article,
rather than in land. As cultivation could not be without
artificial irrigation, he who brought water to the land became
its owner. In the Pach&d he who put up an embankment got
the land it enclosed ; in the Sindh the sinker of the well got
the land round it, and the canal excavator got the " D^ " or
block along his length of excavation. Sometimes a man, like
the Sitpur Makhdtim, would dig a canal at his own cost, and
get a grant from the government of the day of all the waste
which he could irrigate from it.
In the Sindh the whole village areas are generally sub-
divided. There is very little conamon land, even where the vil-
lages contain large blocks of waste. The fact is, that cultivation
has had to move backwards and forwards over the tract, follow-
ing the wanderings of the river and the consequent changes^
not only in the surface of the country actually invaded by
the river, but also in the flow of canals and depth of water in
wells. Almost every village has had its time of prosperity in
11
.which its whole area has been parcelled out into well estates or
pattis, and the boundaries once fixed are known and recognized^
not only long after they have fallen out of cultivation, but even
after the land has been entirely cut away and submerged for
a time by the river.
Mr. Fryer gives in this chapter a very good account of
the different classes of tenants found in the district ; as might
be expected, an unusually large proportion ( nearly half the
total number ) have rights of occupancy.
'* Anwdndah *' is the name hero given to a share in the rent
or produce of a field taken by some person other than the
proprietor of the soil, in consideration of some improvement he
has effected. He may be the tenant who first erected the
embankment, or first rooted out the jungle, or he may be
excavator of the canal firom which the field is irrigated. The
" MuAjor4 '' of the Ddmdn of Dera Ismail Khan is a similar
right. In that district by- the-hie, custom gives the Latmar
and Jhurlband tenants larger nghts than they have here ;
they are usually allowed the status of inferior proprietors.
A great deal of land in this district is cultivated by men of
the classes mentioned in paras. 234, 235, and 236. As they do
not find their own oxen, they are not reckoned as tenants in
our records. This in a degree explains the large proportion
of land returned as " Khud-Kdsht," or farmed by the owners.
Mr. Fryer's conclusions in para. 239 as to the effect of
the Tenant Act appear to me to be correct.
13. I pass by, without remark. Chapters XIV and XV,
which describe the state of education and the cHmate. Statistics
are given, which will be useful to any one wanting information
on those subjects. Chapter XVI relates to madfis or remis-
sions and jdgfrs or assignments of Kevenue. The former are
very few, and not of large value, though that held by the
Sakhi Sarwar Shrine is of huge area. Up to this Settlement
there were only two large jAglrs in the district, that held by
the Mfdn S4hib Serai and the Kastir grant enjoyed by the
£sanily of the chief of the Mazdris. Th^ Kastir is an assign-
ment of half the "mahsul" or Government share of the produce
for the village held by men of the clan. It somewhat resem-
bles the " chahdram " allowances enjoyed in former times by
certain chiefe in the upper part of the Sindh S^ar Dodb. Final
12
orders have not yet been received on the recommendationB
made during present Settlement for the bestowal of liberal
indms on the chiefs of the border clans.
1 4 . The second Part of the Beport contains two chapterSy
of which the last is devoted by Mr. Fryer to the assessments
and to a notice of officers who served under him ; the first
describes all the other operations of the Settlement. The
decisions come to on all questions of any importance which
arose during the conduct of Settlement received the sanction
of the Financial Commissioner or of the Punjab Government.
It seems therefore unnecessary to do more than notice very
briefly some of the more interesting questions, and a few points
in which the procedure was peculiar. The only boundaries
ordinarily shown in a Thakbast map are those of the village.
In this Settlement, at the commencement of the survey,
the boundaries of the subordinate estates known as wells and
pattis were fixed and shown in the Thakbast maps. When
the field map was made, each well or patti was treated as a
survey block. This procedure had the advantage of clearly
defining the boundaries of these subordinate estates, and of
keeping together in field book, as well as map, the fields
belonging to each. The same principle was followed in the field
survey of KAngra, but this was the first district in which the
boundaries of subordinate estates were defined in the Thakbast
maps.
Registers of irrigation rights were prepared for each canal
and hill stream. This has been done in most recent Settle-
ments, but the work in this district was particularly heavy
and difficult. The registers were made under the supervision
of Munshi Chimman L^l, Extra Assistant Settlement Officer,
whose long acquaintance with the district especially quaUfied
him for this intricate work. As Mr. Fryer says, no better
officer could have been selected for the purpose.
Zailddrs were not appointed in the Pachdd which is the
country of two Biloch clans ; there 'the chiefs give the adminis-
tration all the assistance that is necessary. But in the greater
part of the Sindh country zailddrs were selected and worked
extremely well. Aid lambardArs were not appointed ; they
are certainly not required in districts in which there are rarely
more than two or three lambard&rs to a village.
13
» • ...
Some two hundred new lambarddrs were appointed
during Settlement, but this was mostly due to separation of
estates.
Mr. Fryer brought to light the fact that Oovemment had
inherited from its predecessors the proprietorship of many
well estates or shares therein acquired by escheat and forfei-
ture. The title of Government had been recorded in the
Summary Settlement records, but no rent had been exacted
from the occupants. On the matter being reported, it was
ordered that the occupants should be liberally treated; in some
cases Government has waived its claim entirely ; in others it
has admitted the occupants to part ownership, and has sold
the remainder, or has sold the whole at a low price, or fixed
a light rate of rent where the occupant could not buy and it
seemed harsh to evict him.
Waste lands in excess of the requirements of the people,
and to which no valid claim was made out, were demarcated
as Government rakhs.
All claims to these lands were decided by Mr. Fryer
himself. There are 80 rakhs with an areiet of 3,17,317 acres;
of these 34,129 acres were selected as suitable for strict conser-
vancy, and have been made over to the Forest Department.
In connexion with the rakh demarcation it was decided
that the Timi or cattle tax prevailing up to date for all cattle
in R&janpur, and for camels only in other Tahslls, should be
abolished everywhere, except as respects camela All cattle-
f razing in Government rakhs will of course pay something,
ut such fees are, properly speaking, rent K)r grazing, not
cattle tax. Except perhaps in the Mazdrl country, the zamf n-
ddrs are not large graziers, and the grass lands left them are
not very extensive. It did not therefore seem necessary to
maintain Timi as a mode of collecting the Land Kevenue.
The Judicial work of the Settlement was heavy ; 7,976
suits for rights were decided by the Settlement Courts of the
district. Forty-five per cent, of these suits, including all the
most important ones, were heard by the Settlement Officer and
his Assistants, and the remaining fifty-five per cent, by the
Farganah Superintendents, who in most districts dispose of
far tiiie greater part of the original case work. This was a
very satisfactory arrangement of business, except in so far as
14
it threw upon the Settlement Commissioner's Court an
unusual and rather burdensome amount of Appellate work,
most of which could have been best decided in the District
Appellate Courts, and would have got no further if the
Superintendents had heard the suits in the first instance.
I think with Mr. Fryer that looking to the difficulties he
had to encounter, the Settlement was effected quickly and at
a moderate cost. He shows that the expenditure from
Imperial funds will be met from the increased assiessment in
about two years and a qttarter.
From what I have seen of the measurements and records
of rights, I believe they will be found to have been honestly
made, and to be rather above than below the average in accu-
racy.
15. The greater part of Mr. Fryer's last chapter is
devoted to the assessments. After a description of the assess-
ment circles and an account of the Summary Settlements, he
gives some statistics intended to throw light upon the pressure
of the old assessment, and the present capabilities of the district.
He then proceeds to describe in great detail the modes of his
enquiries, and the method by which he worked out the new
assessments.
These $xe subjects which were treated at still greater
length in the Parganah Assessment Reports, of which my
reviews have been printed among the Government Proceedings
of September 1873. Most remarks I might have made I haVe
made there already, and I do uot think them worth repeating
here.
It will be seen that the new jama, or sum total assessed
as Land Kevenue, is in excess of the old jama by 32 per e^nt.
but about 7 per cent, of the increase is prospective, i. e., that
much of the demand is postponed for some years. Moreaver,
1 per cent, of the increase goes to zaild&rs, and a little more to
jdgirdArs ; and from the date of the new assessment liberal
grants have been made to the Ttimanddrs or chiefs of border
clans, most of whom were, up to Settlement, enjoying as large
or larger incomes from the lease of very lightly-assessed villages.
The actual increase to the Government Treasury is there*
fore only 11*40 per cent, immediately and 19*23 per cent, pros-
pectively. As far as th^ landholders a]i?e cQuceroiad^ th^ new
15
jama increases their burdens by 23 per cent, immediately and
32 percent, prospectively; and it must lalso be* borne in mind
that an increase of jama compels them to pay so miich more
on account of local cesses which are all levied «iS percentages
on the jama. Moreover, ttie pwcentage of one village cess
has been increased by 3 per cent., and the local rate cesa
of Rs. 6-4 per cent, was imposed after Settlement operations
oommenced. The landholders therefore appear to be paying
Already in one way or another a good third na^re than they did •
« few years ago. '
This increase of taxation, however, is nominal in the case of
r
landholders of the border villages of which the Ttimanddrs
formerly held the leases. For where grain payments to the
Tdmanddrs have been-'maintained, the new jamas are nomi-
nal, and the share of produce demandable from the land-
holders has been almost always considerably reduced; and
where grain payments have been abolished, the new cash
demand which the landholders will have to pay is lighter than
their old payments in kind.
The prospective increase will not affect the general body
of landholders ; all but a very small part of it consists of
Revenue the demand of which is postponed under the terms of
-concessions made to the excavators of certain new canals.
Where the landholders are not themselves the excavators,
they already pay an equivalent of this Revenue to the excava-
tors. The latter are in fact at present in the position of
madfid^s or jdgirddrs.
I think Mr. Fryer shows clearly that the new Settle-
ment is a very light one ; the resources of the landholders
have increased in a much greater proportion than the taxation ;
at the same time I think it not too light. The people have
greatly improved their style of living, and it would be difficult,
if desirable^ to make them reduce it again ; and, above all, there
is the great uncertainty of the harvests : the three great
sources of irrigation, the hill torrents in the Pachdd, the
•canals in the Sindh, and the floods in the river-side villages, are
all y&py liable ta faiL In- such a district a fixed assessment
for a term of years must be li^ht, or it will be sure to break
down;. I imagine that in this part of the Punjab nature is
BiorO' opposed to fixity of demand than in any other part of
India. I doubt whether we ought to have introduced the
16
principle, except on wells^ which often had a fixed cash
assessment before annexation. It was not the only possible
substitute for the ancient system of collection in kind. In
the Fachdd a cash assessment might have been imposed
on each bdnd to be levied only for ^ose harvests in which
the b^d got water and grew a crop. This is the system we
arejabout to try in the Ddmdn of Dera Ismail Elluui, where
the landholders have hitherto paid in kind to contractors.
In canal lands the Revenue might have been collected by
differential crop rates and annual measurements^ as is ijow
done in Dip41pur. In the river-side villages also there might
have been fixed acreage rates for SaiUlba cultivation, that is,
for land watered by floods, but the demand might have varied
according to the area annually cultivated. This is a system
which has prevailed in one or two places, and which we have
lately proposed to try in others where the fixed assessment
has broken down.
If these systems had been introduced in Dera Gh&asi
Khan at annexation, Government would, I think, have obtained
a larger Bevenue, and the people would not have been so deep
in the money-lender's books as many of them now are. On
the other hand, prudent and energetic men would not have
had the same opportunities of making their fortunes which
they have had under the system of village assessments fixed
for a term. Larger establishments would also have been
necessary, and District Officers would have ■ had to devote a
great deal more time to the subject of collection of the Beve-
nue than they have hitherto done, and for some time a good
deal of peculation would have been successfully attempted,
it was the difficulty about establishments and supervision^
coupled with the preference for a fixed assessment expressed by
all the leading men among the landholders, which determin^
us against a change of svstem at this Settlement. In the face
of these obstacles, and of the fact that it seemed possible to
secure a fair increase of Bevenue under the existing system, it
did not seem advisable to try experiments in a Frontier
district.
The only change we made was in the other direction, by
adding a lump sum to the Land Bevenue as an equivalent for
the canal half clearance rate. It was clearly not worth while
to maintain an unpopular system of annual assessment for the
collection of this small charge only*
17
16. In paras. 410 to 415 Mr. Fryer gives an account of
the leases of border villages formerly held by the Biloch
Ttimand6,rs, of the indmft now granted to them by Government
in place of those leases, and of the share of produce which he
proposed to fix as an equivalent to the cash demand in those
villages in which collections in kind by Ttimanddrs are to be
maintained.
After this Report was sent in, His Honor the Lieute-
nant Governor decided that the 10 per cent, allowed by
Mr. Fryer to cover the Ttimanddr's probable loss in convertinj
grain into cash was not a fair charge upon the zaminddrs, an(
directed the share of produce to be proportionately reduced.
I had been absent on leave .when Mr. Fryer's proposals on the
subject were originally sent up. On considering them it
appeared to me that they would afPect individual proprietors
unequally, and that a real equivalent in kind to a half assets
cash assessment could not be fixed without taking into account
in every case the different rates of " lich," as weU as the diffe-
rent rates of *' mahstiV prevailing for the land concerned, and
forming the proprietors' net assets. After consulting Mr. Fryer,
who was inclined to agree with me, I proposed to authorize
the TtimandAr to take from each proprietor an amount equal
to half the " mahsiil" and '^ lich " in lieu of the jama ; and in lieu
of cesses a sum of grain bearing the same proportion to that
taken in lieu of jama that the cash cesses do to the cash
jama. No orders have been yet received on these proposals,
so the matter is still undecided.
The date tree assessment is the subject of paras. 416 to
419. Mr. Fryer might have mentioned that by custom of the
country these trees are considered to be State property ; the
small share of the fruit or other allowance which the land-
owner generally received was rather a ground rent than a
proprietary share in the fruit of the tree. Though this share
of the fruit has now been fixed at one-fourth in all cases, yet
it still retains its old character. Trees cannot be felled without
permission and payment of a fee to Government.
17. Mr. Fryer ends his Report with a notice of the
officers who served under him. Mr. Tupper came late and
to learn the work, but very soon became a useful Assistant.
The Extra Assistant Settlement Officers, Munshi Hukm Chand
and Chimman Ldl; are two of the best Assistants a Settlement
18
Officer could wish to have. They made up for what was, in
my opinion, an otherwise weak establishment. I doubt
whether two other men so full of knowledge and experience
in Revenue matters could be found in the Punjab. I had to
review a great many of their decisions in appeal, and was better
satisfied with their work than with that of any other Extra
Assistant Settlement Officer under me. They are impartial
and very good judges of fact; and Munshi Hukm Chand in
particular writes excellent judgments. Sheikh Stiba and
Alif Din were, I think, the best of the Superintendents and
Deputy Superintendents.
In regard to the Settlement Officer himself. His Honor
the Lieutenant Governor, in his orders on the Assessment
Reports, expressed his concurrence in the Officiating Financial
Commissioner's high approval of Mr. Fryer's labors, and
remarked that he had spared no pains to acquire an intimate
knowledge of the district, and had evinced sound judgment in
his assessments. I think he has left a name which will be
long remembered in Dera Ghdzi Khan. The people liked
him, as he was accessible, genial, and a good linguist. His
popularity and local knowledge made him a power in the
district. Thanks to his discretion and Captain Sandeman's
cordial co-operation, no disturbance, conflict of authority, or
other avoidable difficulty occurred in the five years during
which Settlement operations were in progress,
I have, &c. &c.,
J. B. LYALL,
Settlement Commissioner.
No. 113 S.
Dated Lahore, 30th January 1877.
Fbok
W. M. YOUNG, Esquire,
Settlement Secy, to Fird. Conimr., Punjab,
To
L.. H. GRIFFIN, Esquirb,
Secretary to Government, Punjab.
1 am desired to submit Mr. Fryer's final report of the
first Regular Settlement of the Dera Ghdzi Khan district
effected by him, together with the review of the Settlement
Commissioner, Mr. Lyall, contained in his No. 38 S, dated
13th October 1875.
2. The report was received in the Financial Commis-
, . , . ^ sioner's oflfice on the 19th October 1875..
Delay in sabmission. .j ■% j.xi.r^iiT«i
' am was made over to the Central Jail
Press to be printed on the 9th November 1875 ; a complete
printed copy was promised by the 28th January 1876, but was
not in the Financial Commissioner's hands until 25th October
1876 ; since then the Financial Commissioner has been speci-
ally desired by His Honor the Lieutenant-Governor to submit
the report on the Peshdwar Settlement without delay, so the
review of the Dera Ghdzi Khan report has again been some-
what postponed.
3. The Financial Commissioner's remarks will be brief.
^ . .„ ^ ^ . ^ All measures of importance connected
BeTiew will be bnef. .,■• ,t _ ..-i . -^ i /. n ,.
With the settlement have been fully dis-
cussed in separate correspondence during its progress, and only
need a passing allusion in this review.
4. Mr. Fryer's account of the inundation canals of the
CttiiAifl. chA X. district, the records relating to which are
^ ^ described in paragraphs 285, 286, affords
an instance of one of the subjects for which the services of a
Settlement Officer were eminently required in Dera Gh&zi
Khan. Of the origin of these canals^ of the system of their
A 1
S\5
tnanagement, and of the position of Government with respect
to the constructors, little was known previous to the settlements.
The records which have been framed are very valuable ; their
excellence has been acknowledged by the officers of the Irri-
gation Departnaient, and ihe investigation of the subject has
resulted in the clearing up of many points and the decision of
many questions which urgently needed disposal. The Finan-
cial Commissioner will not go into the question raised by
Mr. Lyall m his 10th paragraph. When Government purchases
the proprietary right in the canals, its title to levy an occupier's
rate is undoubted ; in regard to other canals the question caa
be decided when occasion demands.
5. The mode in which land was originally acquired by
Biiuch tenures. Para- the Biluches in Dera Gh&zi Khan is not
graph 174. uulikc the process which went on in Pesh-
iwar, recently reported by Captain Hastings. There was
this difference, however, that the Biiuch clans invariably recog-
nized a leader in the person of their Tumandar, whereas the
Pathan tribes of the north had none. The custom of " Vesh"
prevailed in both cases after the occupation of the land. In
the PeshAwar district, with one exception, it has ceased, and
the Financial Commissioner has given his reasons in reviewing
the PeshAwar report why it was impossi-
^ " ' ble to maintain it under British rule.
In paragraph 219 Mr. Fryer explains why it is still preserved
in 29 villages of the Sasgarh tahsil. The cause lies in the
peculiar state of things arising from the irrigation of the
land by hill streams, and its wurthlessness without such irri-
gation. The streams frequently change their courses, and the
situation of the fertile lands is varied with such changes. To
maintain at any time the status quo in regard to possession of
this irrigated land by the several members of the tribe would
involve great inequalities. It is, morever, doubtful whether
the custom in Dera GhAzi Khan has not arisen in consequence
of this difficulty, instead of being, as in the Peshdwar district,
a remnant of the original communal condition uf the tribes,
6. The various classes of tenants which exist in the district
Tenants withright of oc are described in paragraph 222 56?. In
cnpancy. Paragraphs 222- thecorresDondence whichtookplaco on the
subject of tenant right, Mr. Fryer report-
ed that ordinarily the tenants who appeared to possess rights
of occupancy had not by custom the full rights of occupancy
21
defined m Chapters III, IV, V, and VT of* the Funjal^
Tenancy Act. He considered Idiat in the absence of any
decree or agreement to the contrary, a tenant recorded in the
settlement records as possessing a right of occupancy, would have
a presumptive claim to the full rights of a tenant, as defined in
Chapters III to VI of the Act, and that this presumption
would be greater than custom warranted*. His Honor the
Lieutenant-Governor ia your No. 189 dated 6th February
1872, ruled that the facts regarding each tenant's rights, as
by custom existing, should be entered in the records, and that
these entries W4;)uld tbett have the- force given to them by
Section 20 of the Land Revenue Act, 1871. The entriea
regarding tenant right made by Mr. Fryer will, if sanctioned
by the Local GlovewimeDt upon this report, be probably held
by the Courts, ia case of dispute, to be agreements between
landlord and tenant, recorded in the record o£ a r^ular settle-
ment sanctioned by the Local Governmenti
7. Mr. Fryer's assessment reports of the 4 tahsfls werer
AraessmentB. Chapter reviewed at the stage of operations now
^^^^^' prescribed for their submission by the
rules under the Punjab Land Revenue Act, by Mr. P. S.
Melvill, who was oflSciating as Financial Commissioner. After
the full discussion they then received, Mr. Egwton considers
that it would be superfluous ta make many remarks.
The Settlement Officer has collected and* arranged the main
features of the tahsil reports saas to present a general view of
the assessment of the district. The facts bearing immediately
upon the assessment are given in paragraphs 350-355 of the
report ; the estimates- on which it was framed ia paragraphs
382-386 ; and the results in paragraph 398; The result, as
affecting the people and Government respectively, is summed
up in paragraph 15* of Mr. Lyall's review ;: and in his conclu«
sions regarding the moderation of assessment the Financial
Commissioner concurs. As Mr. Lyall says, in a district,
where the crops are almost entirely dependent upon irriga-
tion, a large proportion of which is liable to fail, a fixed assessr^
ment for a term of years must be light. It did not fell to
Mr. Egerton's^ lot when tha subject was under discussion, to
record his views in regard to the adoption of a fluctuating assess-
ment in a district thus circumstanced, and he has no desire
to add to what has been said already. He has- little doubt
that a fixed assessment having been preferred^ the amount at
22
which it was fixed represents what could be fairly demanded.
In announcing the distribution of his assessment over the
different villages, the Settlement Officer had to make certain
reductions, which he justifies in paragraph 408 of his report.
The average rate per acre of cultivation at which the new
assessments fall is 1 annas 6 pie.
8. The final orders of Government in regard to the
Tumandar's inams. Para- proposals to which the Settlement Commis-
graph 410 lej-. sioner alludes in paragraph 16 of his re-
view on the subject of TumandArs' allowances, have been con-
veyed in your No. 1783, dated 11th November 1876. As
Mr. Fryer's mode of calculating the Government demand to
which the Tumandars were entitled had been acted upon for some
time, and the effect of Mr. Lyall's proposed alterations was not
large, it was thought best not to interfere with what had been
previously settled, especially as the alterations would have
involved the revision of the settlement record of proprietors*
liability to revenue (Khewat).
9. The settlement operations lasted 5 years and 3 months,
Period of duration and including 1 year, during which work was
cost of settlement. Para- stopped in two tahsils. The total cost
graphs 293-94. ^^^^ Imperial revenues was Es. 2,79,780,
which will be n.et from the increased assessment in two years
and a quarter , considering the extra expense involved in the
maintenance of the whole supervising establishment during the
year in which work was suspended in two tahsils ; this does not
seem excessive, and the benefits conferred by the settlement
are quite commensurate with the expenditure.
10. The excellent services rendered by Mr. Fryer have
already been recognized by Government.
notice ox OlUOeiS. mi tti* * 1 j^ * * t 1-
The £ mancial Commissioner has much
pleasure in adding his testimony to that of Mr. Lyall regarding
the sound judgment and ability which characterized his proceed-
ings, and his tact in dealing with the people. Mr. Fryer's
report, which wds punctually submitted, is interesting and well
arranged.
Mr. Tupper's assistance in the capacity of Assistant Set-
tlement Officer has been acknowledged by Mr. Fryer and by the
Settlement Commissioner, He rapidly mastered the work, and
distinguished himself by the ability with which he reported on
several questions connected with it.
23
The two Extra Assistant Settlement Officers, Hukm Chand
and Chimman L41, deserve prominent mention. Their work
was excellent. Hukm Chand has compiled a vernacular ac-
count of the district ; and Chimman Ldl, whose knowledge of
the people and their customs rendered him well fitted for the
duty, has been kept in the district as Extra Assistant Commis-
sioner, with the special object of supervising the management of
the inundation canals.
The cordial co-operation of the Deputy Commissioner,
Major Sandeman, in Mr. Fryer's proceedings, was productive
of the most beneficial results.
11. In conclusion, the Financial Commissioner recom-
mends that the records prepared by Mr.
^sai^onof Government p^^^^ ^^^ sanctioned Under Section 17 of
the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1871,
and the assessments and cesses, to which sanction has been
separately accorded, confirmed for a period of 20 years, the
term already fixed by Government.
No. 698, dated Lahore, 26th March 1877.
From — Lepel Gbiffik, Esquire, Officiating Secretaxy to GoTerninent, Pirn jab,
To — The Secretarj to Financial Commissioner, Ponjab.
I am directed to acknowledge your lettei No. 113,
dated 30th January, forwarding a final report of the first Regu-
lar Settlement of the Dera GhdziKhan district by Mr. Fryer,
and to state that any observations which the Lieutenant-Gov-
ernor may consider it necessary to make on the points raised
in the settlement, will be communicated later. The Lieutenant
Governor on this occasion would only desire to acknowledge
the excellent services of the Settlement Officer, Mr. Fryer, who
has after operations extending over 5 years and 3 months, com-
pleted an arduous work in a manner which the Lieutenant-Gov-
ernor is able entirely to approve. Sir Henry Davies entirely
concurs with the Financial Commissioner and Mr. Lyall in con-
sidering the proceedings of Mr. Fryer marked with sound judg-
ment and ability, and from personal knowledge of the district
and people, he is convinced that the settlement has been conduc-
ted, and the assessments framed, with the utmost care and con-
sideration, and that the people themselves are well satisfied
with the results.
24
2. The Lieutenant-Governor would further acknowledge
the services of Mr. Tupper, who for some time was Assistant
Settlement OtfJcer, and whose experience of settlement work
acquired in the Dera Gh^zi Khan district, has been found of
much service in the Secretariat.
3. The services of Extra Assistant Settlement Officers.
Hukm Chand and Ohimman Ldl, in the same manner deserve
special acknowledgment, and the Lieutenant-Governor desires
that the Financial Commissioner will communicate to them
his satisfaction at the manner in which they have performed
their duties.
4. Mr. Fryer has lately, on the deputation of Major San-
deman to Kheldt, been appointed to officiate as Deputy Com-
missioner of the Dera Ghdzi Khan district, of which he haa
shown so complete a knowlege, and the confidence of the
people, of which he appears to have justly gained.
No. 1436.
Dated Lahore^ 30th July 1877.
From
a L. TUPPER, Esquire,
Under-Secretary to Government, Punjab.
To
W. M. YOUNG, Esquire,
Settlement Secy, to Finl. Commr., Punjab.
My letter No. 598 dated 26th March last, acknowledged
on the part of Government the services of the officers en-
gaged in the first regular settlement of the Dera Ghdzi Khan
district. The Government of India in the Foreign Depart-
ment, having now intimated that the orders sanctioning the
issue of the final settlement report of the Peshdwar district
under the authority of the Lieutenant-Governor, are applicable
to the Dera Ghdzi Khan report, 1 am desired to record, in
continuation of the previous correspondence, the few observa-
tions \i hich it is still necessary to make.
2. Mr. Fryer's report is interesting and complete, and
was submitted with promptitude. The account of the past
history of the district shows considerable research, and the
chapters dealing with the social characteristics of the people
and the tenures of land have a special value in connection
with modern enquiries as to the origin and development of
proprietary right. The close original connection of property
with the sectional organization of the tribe, the suggestive
remark of the Settlement Commissioner that private property
originated in water, the scarcer article, rather than in land
and the peculiar local needs which may have produced and
which still preserve periodical re-distribution, are all points
illustrative of the diversity in the lines along which primitive
societies gradually tend towards the ultimate forms of proper-
ty. Looking merely to the question of tenure, the accelerat-
ing influence of the settlement has perhaps scarcely been so
pronounced in Dera Ghdzi Khan as in Peshdwar and Bannu,
where *' vesh" has either disappeared or is disappearing ; but
/
26
in the important subject of tenant right it has been found
possible to avoid any departure from the general tenant law
of the Punjab, another frontier district thus being finally
assimilated in this particular with the Cis- Indus portion of the
Province.
3. The contrast alluded to in your 5th paragraph be-
tween the Biluch and Pathan tribes has been observed in the
settlement proceedings. The tribal leadership of the Tuman-
dars has been acknowledged and emphasized, and their status
and emoluments have been most carefully considered and
placed on a definite footing. If it has not been practicable
here, as in the Peshdwar district, to end the system of collec-
tions in kind, at least equal care has been taken to gus^ the
interests of the less powerful members of the community.
4. The persistence of the tribal type of society in the
Dera Ghdzi Khan district, and some of the peculiarities in
land tenure which it presents, are no doubt in a great measure
due to its frontier position. But the circumstances which
raised the debate as to the adoption of a special method of
assessment were purely rural, and, being devoid of any poli-
tical significance and unconnected with the tribes as such,
might have had equal prominence in any other district in
India similarly situated as regards water-supply. In Dera
Ghdzi Khan and in the Daman tracts of the Dera Ismail Khan
district the crops are almost entirely dependent upon irrigation.
In the former case the choice has been made in favor of a light
fixed assessment for a term of years ; in the latter, preference
has been given to a fluctuating assessment, special local
circumstances which have been separately discussed at length
leading to the decision in either instance. It is therefore
obvious that the border situation, which is common to the two
districts, was not the determining cause in the adoption of a
special revenue system for a part of one of them ; and it is
noticeable that in Dera Ghdzi Khan, where some of the social
phenomena distinctive of the frontier are very marked, the
final decision was to follow the course of assessment which is
usual in the Punjab Proper. As regards the proprietary and
other rights in the inundation canals, which have formed the
subject of much correspondence, it is unnecessary to say more
than that the purchase of the Massuwah Canal was sanctioned
last January, and that the case of the Wur and Dhundi
Canals is still under consideration.
27
5. In matters of minor relative importance much useful
work has been done. The reorganization of the patwari es-
tablishment was Urgently necessary, and cannot fail to produce
^ood results. The assessment of date trees, the ascertainment
and disposal of the Government rights in numerous confiscated
and other wells, the investigation of the rakhs, and the trans-
fer of certain forest areas to Forest Department, were all
questions which naturally arose during the course of the
settlement, and were dealt with by the Settlement Officer.
In r^ard to the last point, a recent proposal is now before
the Lieutenant-Governor fUrther to reduce the area of which
the Forest Department will take charge ; and on this reference
separate orders will be issued
6. The remark in your 9th paragraph, that the total
cost of the settlement does not seem excessive, and that the
benefits conferred are commensurate with the expenditure, is ap-
proved. The pressure of new assessment is on all sides
admitted to be very light ; and the Settlement Commissioner
states that the prospective increase will not affect the general
body of landholders, all but a very small part of it consisting
of revenue, the demand of which is postponed under the terms
of concessions made to the excavators of new canals.
7. The records prepared by Mr. Fryer are sanctioned
by Government in accordance with Section 17 of the Punjab
Land Bevenue Act. The assessments and cesses are sanc-
tioned on the understanding explained in paragraph 22 of
this office letter No. 1233 dated 15th September 1873, that
should the canal project there referred to be carried out, the
assessment of canal-irrigated lands will be open to reconsidera-
tion.
A2
SETTLEMENT REJPORT
OF THE
DEE A GHAZI KHAN DISTRICT.
PART T.
CHAPTER I.
/
GENERA.L ASPECT OF THE DERA GHAZI KHAN DISTRICT.
1. The Dera Qhdzi Khan District lies between 69'' 42* and
70° 56'' of east longitude, and between 28° 2V
Poaition and boundaries. and 31° 04'' of north latitude. It is bounded
on the noi-th by the Dera Ismail Khan District,
on the east by the River Indus, on the south by Sindh, and on the
west by the Sulim^ range of hills.
The boundary between British territory and the independent
Biloch tribes who occupy the Sulim^n Hills is a straigJit line from
the Leri tower to the Gandhdri mountain, and thence to the Mdri
mountain. To the north of this point the British boundary is the
base of the first or lowest range of hills.
2. The district is 198 miles long, and its
average breadth is 25 miles. It contains an
area of 4,950 square miles, divided into four
Tahsils.* Of this area 1,662 square miles, or
33*5 per cent., are cultivated, and 3,290 square
miles, or 66 4 per cent., are culturable or waste.
Of the total area given above, 745 square miles
approximately are in the river bed."f- In 1857
the Revenue Survey of the district gave an
area of 6,531 square miles, but 1,011 square
miles of this area were hills which have not now
been surveyed.
3. The district is divided naturally into two distinct parts, one of
these is called the Pach^, from a local word
PhjBical featares. meaning west, and consists of the high rainless
tract running along under the Sulimfin range ;
and the other is called Sindh after the River Indus, and includes all
the lands within the influence of that river, and so capable of irrigation
either by means of canals, wells or by inundation direct from the river.
4. The Pachdd is a high arid tract generally level, but sometimes
rolling in sandy undulations called Rekh. It
The Pachid. is intersected by numerous hill streams and
torrents which are mostly diy, except in the
rains, when they flow often with considerable velocity. The water of
these hill streams is stopped by dams, and led off* by a complicated
B
Area
Tahslla.
• Bangarh
D. u. Khan
JAmpor
BAj&npor
Sqnore miles.
608
... 1.923
921
1,438
Totel
... 4.9G0
Tahsils. •
t Sangarh
D. G. Khan
Jdmpar
Hiij&Dpnr
Bqaaro miles.
228
170
71
276
Total
745
system of embankments to imgate the lands to which it can be con-
<lucted. There are altogether 201 hill streams and torrents, of which the
largest are the Kah&, in the Jdmpur Tahsil, and the Sangarh, in the
Sangarh Tahsil, both of which have a perennial flow. The next in
importance are the Vador and Sori streams, in the Dera Gh&zi Khan Tahsil,
and the Chdchar, in the Rijanpur Tahsil. The Fach^d is mostly
inhabited by Biioches organized into T6mans or tribes, and is partly
deserted during May, June, and July, when the Biioches drive off their
cattle either to the hills or to the moist lands on the river bank, whence
they return with the rain at the end of July or the beginning of August.
The wells in the Pachdd are from 250 to 300 feet in depth, so that there
is great scarcity of water when the hill streams run dry. For some
time water can be obtained by sinking wells in the beds of the hill
streams, but when this resource fails, the Pachdd is almost uninhabitable.
Of late years some wells have been sunk at selected spots by
Government, but the expense of sinking such wells is very great. At
Sabzil Kot, on the Rajanpur Frontier, an Artesian well has been sunk
to supply water to the Militia Post. It is 388 feet deep. There are
also wells at Kot Rum, on the Rajanpur Frontier ; at Ganair and Kiira,
on the Jdmpur Frontier; at Vador, on the Dera Ghdzi Khan Frontier;
and at Jhok Bodhii, on the Sangarh Frontier. Wells are being con-
structed at Thiil Hairo, on the Jdmpur, and at Sakhi Sarwar, on the
Dera Ghazi Khan, Frontier.
5. The Sindh tract consists of all the lands within the influence of
The Sindh. ^^® River Indus. It is far more thickly popu-
lated than the Pach^d, and is occupied by Jats,
Hindus, and miscellaneous tribes interspersed with scattered Biioches.
6. Besides the two main natural divisions of the district, there are
other minor ones, such as the Danda tract,
Minor natural divisions. which is formed by the high lands between the
Pach^d and the Sindh. It lies beyond the reach
of canals on the one side and of hill streams on the other, and cultiva-
tion in it is effected with much trouble and labor by means of wells.
Danda means a tooth, and the soil of the Danda tract is said to be as
hard as a tooth. Then there are the Kdlapdni tracts in the Jdmpur
and Sangarh Tahsils, so called because they are irrigated by the blue
black water of two perennial streams which descend from the hills, and
the Gharkdb tract, in the Rdjanpur Tahsil, which is yearly swept
over by the inundation of the River Indus. These, however, are minor
natural divisions, whilst the two great divisions of Pachad and Sindh
are universally recognized, and are most strongly marked.
7. The highest peaks of the Sulimdn range are Ek Bhai, opposite
Sakhi Sarwar, which is, according to the
Mount-ains. Revenue Survey of 1856 — 1859, 7,462 feet high,
and Dr^gul, opposite Harrand, which is 5,385
feet high. The Gandhdri peak, opposite Rojhdn, is also lofty, but its
exact height has not been ascertained. To the south of Drdgul is the
Mari mountain, the summit of which forms a large and fairly level
plateati. This and the Giigan-ka-Thal plateau below Ek Bhai
are now approached by good roads, and are occupied occasional!}^
in the hot weather months by officers from ll^janpur and
Dera Ghdzi Khan. The temperature of these higher parts of the Sulimto
hills is exceedingly mild, and the climate is quite bearable when the
heat of the plains is most trying. The Sulimdn hills are very bare of
vegetation. There are no large trees to be seen, and the few stunted
wild olive ( olea Europoea ) and acacia trees that are met with do not
suffice to relieve the general dreariness of the scenery. The hills are
formed of limestone and sandstone, with a thin super-stratum of
soil, which is bare, except when recent rains have promoted the
growth of ffrass. In the hills are many valleys of great fertility
known as "shams." These are mostly irrigated by perennial streams,
and their green crops fonn a pleasant variety to the generally
sombre hills. These valleys are but sparsely cultivated owing to the
unsettled state of the country.
8. The most important passes leading from the district through
Principal passes *^® Sulimdn hills are the Sangai'h, Sakhi
Sarwar, Eahd, Chdchar, and Sori.
The Sangarh pass leads into the Bozdfir country; the Sakhi
Sarwar pass into the Khatr^n and Luni Pathan country ; the Kah&
and Chdchar passes into the Khatrdn, Mdri, and Bugti countiy ; and the
Sori pass into the M^ri and Biigti country. The trade witl^ the
countries beyond those immediately at the head of these passes is now
mostly at a stand still.
9, Sir Alexander Bumes in his Gabul mentions the Sakhi Sarwar
The Sakhi Sarwar pass. P*®^' ^^^^^ describing the three great passes,
the Khaibar, the Gulairi, and the Bolan,
he says : —
"Intermediate to these lines there are also various routes some of
which have been used even by large bodies of armed men, but they
are not at present traversed by merchants. The one leading from
Dera Ghdzi Khan across the Sakhi Sarwar pass by Bori to Candah^r,
has been used in modem times by the kings of Cabul to obtain the
luxury of mangoes ; and I met persons who had seen the fruit arrive
by it at Candahdr from the Indus in eight or nine days. The
climate of Bori is described in very favorable terms, not only by
Mr. Elphinstone, but by all the natives I have interrogated on
the subject, and it was by this route that Bdbar passed up to
Ghazni with his army after the campaign of 1505 already alluded
to. His horse suffered from want of grain; but, as a caravan
route, this seems not to be inferior to the Gulairi pass, and to have been
deserted only of late years ; indeed it is used at the present time by
couriers to bring speedy information to and from India
From Dera Ghdzi Khan south to Ddjal and Harrand, there are
roads leading over the low hills to BAgh, Dddar, and the Boldn pass ;
these have been used by large caravans within the last twenty-five
years."
10. The Chdchar pass is also an easy one. Near BArkhiin two
The chichar i^asa. ^^^^ tablets Were found by Captain
bandeman, the Deputy Commissioner, m a
rock, from the inscription on which it appeared that the Emperor
Jehdngir halted and prayed there in 1010 A.. H. on his way to
Caiidahdr from Delhi. Elphinstone gives the date of Jehdngir's
journey to Cdbul at 1015 A. H. There may be some confrision
about the dates, but it seems clear that the Chdchar pass was once
extensively used.
11. There are altogether 92 passes leading from the district
The passes are held by These are all held by the Biloches, on whose
Biloches. country they adjoin, and who, in consideration
of certain allowances, are made responsible for all stolen property taken
through the passes of which they hold the charge ; the total amount of
the allowance made for the charge of passes is Rs. 4,737 per
annum.
12. There is a chain of forts along the Frontier road between
„ . . Vehowa and Bandowdni. The Mangrota,
Harrand , Drigri , Muhaminadpiir, and BandowAni
forts are held by detachments of cavalry and infantry from the Dera
Ghazi Khan and Rajanpur garrisons. The other forts, 22 in number,
are held by from thirty to two men of the Biloch Frontier Militia.
13. There are no forests properly so called in the district.
There are large areas of waste lands, principally
in the Rajanpur Tahsil, out of which Govern-
ment fuel preserves ( rakhs ) have been demarcated, but the timber of
these preserves is of a poor description, and there are few of the larger
trees in them. The Shisham ( dalbergia Sissii), the Ber {.zizypftus
jifjubd), the Sirrus (Acacicc apeciosa), and the Kikar ( Acaciu Arabicd),
are found in small numbers. The Leh ( tamarix), Bahn ( Populua
Euphratica), Sk\ {Salvadora oleoides), and Kaada {FrosopLs spicigtra)
are most abundant. There are altogether 80 Government preserves
which contain an area of 2,17,317 acres. The demarcation of rakhs
was one of the first duties made over to the Settlement. I shall therefore
return to this subject when describing the operations of the Settlement.
14. The River Indus forms the eastern boundary of the district.
^, „. _ , In the Sangarh Tahsil the river flows under a
The River Indus. ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^^ -^ ^j^^ remaining three
Tahsils the level of the river is to all appearance very little below that
of the adjacent country. The river is constantly changing its course.
At one time; the Sitpur Tahsil, which now forms part of the Muzaffargarh
District, was on the Dem Ghdzi Khan side of the river, and the former
heads of the Dhiindi, Kiitab, and Kadra canals can still be traced in the
Muzaifargarh District, whilst the canals themselves are now on the
Dera Gh^i Khan side. After the confluence of the Panjnad with the
Indus, a series of large islands known as Kachis Ghainbir, Mfichi,
Sabzani, Mohri, Mianwali, Parvi Shah, Shahwali, and Bhot, have formed
in the bed of the river. The river flows one year on one side and the
next year on the other side of these islands ; and, as the river is here
the boundary between the Dera Qhdzi Khan District and Bh^walpur
State, it follows that many disputes arise as to the ownership of land
^between the river villages on either side of the river.
15. No account of the Dera Qhizi Khan District would be com-
T«««j-*;^«.*^^*u«w;*^, plete without it mentioned the inundations of
the River -Indus, which take place between
June and August, and are often very hurtful to the district The
inundations are locally known as "ohal." The river usually rises about
8J feet in the inundation season, but it sometimes, when in flood, rises
even higher. The greatest floods on record are those of 1812, 1833,
and 1841 A. d., of which a description is given in Cunningham's
Ladakh, In 1841 the river is said to have travelled as far as Torbela
with a velocity of 11 miles an hour, and it rose twenty feet at Terti
one of the widest parts of the Shayor valley. In 1856 there was a
flood from which the people of the district still calculate their dates.
The Dera Gh&zi Khan Cantonment and Civil Station were swept away
by this floodj and it reached some ten miles inland, demolishing villages
and destroying the cattle and crop.
16. 'There were two periodical inundations in this district which
. have now been stopped by the erection of
eno c mrai a on. ^j^^ Kdla and Shah Jam^l embankments.
17. The K£l& inundation or Jalp& ran from the village of Kali
mi. TT'i^ • A ' ^^ ^^^ town of Jimpur. In 1857 this inunda-
TheKaU inundation. ^j^^ ^^ stopped by the KdU embankment,
erected by Government at a cost of Rs. 70,000. This embankment
covers 111 acres of land. It is 56,000 feet long, 70 feet broad, and the
loop line is 16,000 feet long by 80 feet broad. The Bahar Shah
embankment, protecting the town of Dera Ghdzd Khan, is 22,000 feet
long by 70 feet broad. This embankment was erected in case the
Kdld inundation should find an inlet below the K&14 b&nd.
18. The second inundation rose at Shdh J&mfl, and met the Rekh
inundation at the village of that name. The
^^ The Shto Jamil innnda- ^^n^^^ ^f Js^rpur, Kotla Moghlan, Babdlwdli,
Liindi, Dhing^na, and Muhammadpur, all suffer-
ed from this inundation, which was stayed by an embankment covering
32 acres and 16,000 feet long by 150 feet broad, erected by Government
in 1863-64 at a cost of Rs. 33,330. In 1865 this embankment was
raised 3 feet at a cost of Rs. 20,000. In 1872 there was a further
expenditure of Rs 27,545 incurred on a new embankment between the
villages of Liindi, Patdfi, and Shdh Jam&l, which was made to replace
that part of the embankment which was carried away in 1871. The
total expenditure on the band has thus been Rs. 80,875. When the
embankment gave way in 1871, having stood since 1864, the inundation
reached Rajanpur after joining the Rekh inundation. The villages
which were submerged by this flood lost the whole of their khaiif
harvest.
6
19. The Rokh inundation is still uncontrolled. The villasrea of
The Eekh inundation R^kh, Mehrew^la, Kotla Sher Muhammad,
Kotla Khodai, and Kotla Andanin, benefit by
this inundation, whilst Sikh^niw^la and Teri suffer considerably. This
flood loses itself in the D&mah Rakhs, which, were it closed, could be
brought under cultivation.
20* There is a minor inundation from Mithankot ; but the river
. has now receded opposite Mithankot, and
inor inun a ion, ^j^^ inundation did not rise last year. There
are inundations from Sabzdlni, and the country round Rojh&n is always
submerged when the river is at flood.
21. These inundations benefit the villages near to which they
take their rise, and in which they deposit
dation.^^ ''^'''^^ ^^ '''°'" s^l^' ^^^ ^^^y impoverish the villages which
they pass over after they have left their silt,
and in those villages in which the water remains stagnant, reh efflores-
cence always comes to the surface. The villages subject to the K^la
inundation between Dera Gh^i Khan and J^mpur have not recovered
from its effects entirely in the fifteen years that have passed since the
K41d dam was made in 1857. In 1871 Kh^nwah and other villages,
immediately under the place where the Shah Jam^l embankment
burat, benefited largely by the rich deposit which the river left;
but villages lower down, such as Kotla Moghl&n and Nurpur, will not
recover for years. The state of uncertainty in which the villages
protected by the embankment were in 1872, when they were perplexed
as to whether they should sow their kharif crops and risk the bursting
of the embankment, or desist from sowing and so risk the loss of their
crops, showed the value which the people set upon the maintenance of
such works. In any case lands subject to inundation and unprotected
by embankment can only grow one crop a year, the rabi. In
the sailab villages only the rabi crop is grown, and the crop depends
upon the amount of silt deposited by the river in the inundation
season.
22. The River Indus contains a number of alligators (vernacular
sans^r) and a variety of fish of which the best is
Fisheries. the'^roh." The fishermen on the Indus ai-ecalled
Mohinas. They work also as boatmen and sometimes as field-laborers.
Fish are caught in the greater quantities in the cold weather months
when the river recedes and leaves water in inlets called Dhands. The
best fishing is in the Hairo Dhand, in the Jdmpur Tahsil, and in the
Vang, Nurpur, and Rojhan Dhands, in the R6janpur Tahsil. The
Mohdnas run up reed villages on the banks of these Dhands in the
cold weather. FLsh are eaten by all classes, except the more orthodox
Hindus, but no system of curing ficsh is known. The lease of the
rio-ht to fish is sold yearly by auction. In 1871-72 the contract was
for Rs. 520, in 1872-73 it was sold for Rs. 477, and in 1873-74
for Rs. 440.
CHAPTER II.
PRODUCTS, METAL, MINERAL, AGRICULTURAL, SPONTANEOUS AND
ANIMALS.
23. There are no metals found in the district. Iron, copper,
j^g|.^g and lead are said to be procurable in the hills,
but there are no mines worked at present, nor
do I know of the existence of any.
24. Alum, salty saltpetre, Mult&ni mati,
MineralB. and carbonate of soda (sajji), are obtained in the
district
25. Alum is made in the Maz&ri country, to the extreme south of
j^ ^ the district. The shale is found in the low hills
near the Zangi, Aspalanji, and Sori streams ;
it is either black, with white veins, or white, and is called " pdh." The
alum miners are called " pdhi." The shale, when excavated, is put into
pans and mixed with water in the proportion of 20 s^rs of alum to
two ghar^ of water. This mixture is boiled for an hour, and then
drawn off into earthen pans, and 2 J sdrs of saltpetre added to it.
The solids are allowed to settle, and the liquor is then drawn oflF and
left to crystallize. It is once again dissolved, and the sediment is again
extracted, after which the alum is fit for the market. It sells at about
Rs« 3-8 per maund. There are 12 pans to each alum mine; and,
working only in the cold weather, 15 maunds of alum are extracted
from each pan. The alum made from one mine in a season is worth
about Rs. 630, from which rather more than one-half must be deducted
for working expenses.
26. In the UiLjanpur Tahsil earth salt is manufactured. The salt
g -^ is found in soil which is impregnated with
'* Kallar, " a common word applied to soil in
which any of such substances as salt, saltpetre or soda, are found. It
means generally soil which is mixed with a white saline efflorescence.
The method of manufacture is very rough. A platform is made, on the
top of which the salt-impregnated earth is piled, and round the plat-
form low retaining walls are built ; water is raised by a Persian wheel,
and discharged on to the top of the platform, and after oozing through
the earth on the top of the platform, runs into a reservoir, and thence
into vats. Round the vats are placed shallow pans built in with
mortar, in shape like ice pans, and into these the water is ladled. As
the water evaporates a crust of salt is formed, and the pans are filled
and refilled till at the end of some fifteen days they are full of salt.
The salt is then dried in the sun. Salt is made only in the hot weather
months, and, of course, only in fine weather.
The earth or " Kallar " from which salt is made is of three qualities
white, black, and brown. The proportions used are J white, J black
and \ brown. Of the salt manufactured half goes to the manufacturer
and half to the contractor. Some payment is also made to the owner
of the salt-producing land if a private individual.
8
The salt fetches about one rupee for sixteen s^rs, and the
monthly produce of one manufactory is about 100 maunds. It takes
from twelve to twenty men to work a salt manufactory. The men
usually employed are — one expert in " Kallar," three men to dig up
the " Kallar, " three men to load it on donkeys, and three to drive the
donkeys ; two men to attend to the pans^ one to pump up water, and
one to make the pans.
Earth salt is used in the district in the proportion of two-thirds to
one-third of the Salt Range salt, and it is largely exported into the hills.
It is more esteemed than fiah&dur Kheyl salt, and sells at 4 s^less for
the rupee.
Under the Sikhs the tax on earth salt was Rs« 8 per manu-
factory. In 1869 the lease of the right to manufacture salt was
sold for Rs. 22,000 for three years, or for Rs. 7,333 per annum. In
1872 the lease sold for Rs. 7,200, and in the two succeeding years for
Rs. 8,000 in each year.
Tlie salt is called Nun, and the salt manufacturers, who are a race
apart, are called *' Niinars." " Lun" is the Hindi word for salt.
27. The white efflorescence called "Kallar,** the same term by
g , which salt-impregnated earth is known, is used
^ ^' to make saltpetre. The best saltpetre is
made from mounds which contain the debris of fwmer towns or
villages. Saltpetre is made in a similar way to salt, except that the
water which has been passed through " Kallar " is boiled for twelve
hours before being exposed to evaporation.
The tax on saltpetre is Rs. 4 per pan. The contractor who pays
the license buys the saltpetre at Rs. 3 per maund from .the manu-
facturer, and sells it at the market rate, which has been as high as Rs. 6
per maund. Licenses are only tciken for some eight pans now.*
28. " Multdni Mati," a saponine drab-colored earth, something like
.*m, lit 'njr *i .» fullers earth, is found in the hills. It is used
as a medicine^ and also as a substitute for soap.
29. Sajji or barilla, which is a species of carbonate of soda, is
made from a bush called "Khdr*^ (^Salaola
^*"'- Grijffithii), The « KMr " is cut in December
and January, dried, and then put into a hole in the ground and burnt.
A cross stick is inserted into the ashes, which are then covered over
with earth for eight days, at the expiration of which term the sajji
is drawn out in a hard mass by means of the stick previously inserted.
The monopoly of manufacturing sajji sells at from about Rs. 150 to
Rs. 200 per annum.
^ . ,^ , , , 30. The rabi crops are wheat, barley,
Agncultural products, . . ^ . ,K ,__ , ' •' *
* ^ poppies, gram, turnips, taramira, and peas.
* The monopoly 'of maaufactaring saltpetre sold in 1871-1872 for Bs. ii, in
1872-1873 for Rs. 60, and in 1873-1874 for Bs. 6a
9
The kharif crops are indigo, jow&r, cotton, b&jra, rice, til, s&wak,
mung, mot, and the ordinary pulses, cardamoms, and tobacco.
31. Wheat is grown all over the district. It is sown pure or
^^^^^ mixed. JowAla or Goji is wheat mixed
with barley, and Khari is pure wheat. The
wheat of the district is liglit in the ear, aud inferior to that of the
Punjab proper. The best wheat is grown in the Danda or high dorsal
tract, where cultivation is carried on by irrigation from wells aJone.
The produce of wheat per acre varies from 20 to 5 maunds. The
average produce is 10 maunds, but in the Danda circle, where the ear is
fuller, it is 11 maunds 10 s^rs. Wheat is exported to Shik&rpur and
Sindh. Wheat is not grown in the Pach&d, unless when the rains are
too late to allow the kharif crops to be sown, or where the bands are
exceptionally good and favorably placed for irrigation.
32. Jow&r or millet is the staple food of the district, and the chief
crop grown in the Pach&d. It is grown between
• June and August, and the later-sown crops are
considered the best. Jow&r takes less water than most other cropH.
The average out-turn is 10 maunds in the Pachdd. In the Sindh circle
jow&r is grown for fodder, and is not a good grain-bearing crop. The
stalks are eaten like those of sugar-cane.
33. Cotton is grown extensively all over the district. In the year
^^^^ . in which the Settlement measurements were
made, 1871-1872, there were 43,014 acres
under cotton. Of this area 30,848 acres were in the Dera Ghdzi Khan
Tah^il, 7,777 in the Jtoipur Tahsil, 3,804 in the Sangarh Tahsfl, and
only 585 in the R&janpur Tahsil. In 1868 the area under cotton was
given by Mr. Bruce, Assistant Commissioner, as 19,619 acres. In the
District Returns the area under cotton in 1872 was given as 16,661
acres, and in 1873 at 15,487 acres. These areas would appear to have
been understated. Taking the average out-turn of cleaned cotton to be
one-and-a-half maunds per acre, the produce of the district is some
64,437 maunds. Of this I should say at least half is used in the
district.
34. The best rice is ^own in the Kdlap&ni Circle of Jdrapur
. ^^^ Tahsil, near Harrand. It is irrigated by the
Eahd perennial stream. The rice grown in
the rest of the district is mostly poor and of an inferior description.
The largest quantit}' is grown in the R&janpur Tahsil about Asni and
at the tail of the Dhundi Canal.
35. Indigo is largely grown in the district. It gives three crops,
j^^j The first year's crop is called '* Arop," the
second year s crop is called " Mundi," and the
third year's crop " Tremundi." In the third year the crop is generally
kept for seed.
The mode in which the indigo dye is prepared is somewhat
interesting. When the indigo is ripe, it is cut, and the night after it has
10
been cut, it is steeped in masonry vats. There are generiEilly six to ten
pairs of vats together, and the whole number is called " Eh^ra." When
the indigo is steeped, there are two men called *' Velloras " to stir the
indigo in each pair of vats, and a Jamaddr of " Velloras " over the whole.
The Jamaddr's duty is to watch the vats and say when the water
should be let off. Whether the indigo is sufficiently steeped or not is
told by throwing oil into the vat. If the scum sinks under the oil, then
the indigo is ready. The indigo is left to settle for a day, and aftet-
wards made into cakes called " bitti " by a man who is termed the
*' Vasai/* These cakes require to be polished. Indigo is inferior if -it
looks green, or if it is very dark in colour. It is important that indigo
should not be steeped too long, and that it should be steeped with well
and not with canal water, because the latter is "full of silt, which mixes
with and damages the indigo. Two vats produce on an average two
s6rs of made indigo. In 1878 indigo was selling at Rs. 30 to Rs. 60
permaund ; now in 1874 it is selling at Rs. 35-4 to Rs. 76-8 per maund
in Dera Ghdzi Khan. In 1873 indigo was unusually cheap. In 1874
the price rose slightly. But it is not so high as it was from 1868 to 1872.
The indigo plants after being steeped are called " kathi, " and are used
as manure. Lieutenant-Colonel Greenaway, in hia " Farming in India,"
says that only the leaves of the indigo plants should be steeped for dye,
as the stalks injure the quality of the dje. In this district both
leaves and stalks are steeped as a matter of course.
36. Poppies are grown near the town of Jdmpur and .in the
^ . Rdjanpur Tahsil. In the year of measurements
^ ' there were 673 acres under poppies in the
R&janpur Tahsil and 32 acres in the J^mpur Tahsil. Since the promulga-
tion of the new rules, by which poppy cultivation will pay a tax of
Rs. 2 per acre, I anticipate that the cultivation of this crop will fall off.
The mode of extracting opium from the poppy pod has been very fully
explained at paras. 35, 36, and 37 of the Shahpur Settlement Report, so
I will not describe it again. After the drug has been extracted, there is a
further harvest of seed, which is made into an oil called " Khash-Rhfe-
ka-Tel," The produce of seed is about 2 J maunds per bigah, and it sells
at from Rs. 2 to 3 per maund. One maund of poppy seed yields about
ten s^rs of oil, which sells at four s^rs the rupee. The /' khal " or oil
cake is sold to feed cattle. In 1873 an Agent of the Bengal Opium
Department was sent to buy^pium in this district. He bought three
maunds at Rs. 8 per ser.
37. Having now described the principal agricultural products of
Seasons of sowing, reaping, the district, I will proceed to give some
&c. accounts of the agricultural system of the dis-
trict. The first ploughing is called " Gher ^' in this district and " P^r "
in the Punjab proper. The second ploughing is called " Beil, " and the
third ploughing " Trel." The second ploughing is called " Dohr " and
the third ploughing " Trdhr" in the Punjab. Any further ploughings are
not known by particular names.
A " soh%a" or harrow is la this district called a " Mfili." '
11
Sowing is done either broadcast or else by means of a "nili" or
hollow stick, with a wooden cup at the top of it fastened to the plough
behind the share. Seed is placed into this cup, and passes through the
hollow stick into ridges made by the plough.
The " Rij " is the first watering of band. The " Jhal " is the water-
ing of a band up to the brink of the embankments.
The " Rel " is the last watering in which the water is allowed to
run over the band without being given time to stand.
In Pach&d lands there are usually two ploughings at intervals of
fifteen days. The watering called " Rij " is followed by the first plough-
ing. A second ploughing is only required where the soil is very stiff.
" Kapar " soil requires third ploughing. Sowing follows immediately
after ploughing. The sowing for the r^bi crop must be over by
November, and for the kharif crop, by July or August.
The crops are never weeded in the Pachdd. They mostly require
from two to thfee waterings. Cotton is sown in ridges. The seeds
are placed fifteen or twenty together at intervals of six feet and covered
over. Cotton requires one "Jhal" and four "Rel" waterings. It is
plucked at intervals of 12 days by women who receive one-eighth of the
cotton plucked as a perquisite for the plucking.
In well and can&l-irrigated lands sowing is done broadcast. Broad-
cast sowing is called " Chatah." The seed is then ploughed in and
ridges are formed to hold water, the field being divided into beds for
irrigation. Well lands are watered ten times if not assisted by rain.
The sowing for the rabi harvest must be over by the 1 5th of December.
There are two ploqghings before sowing. Cotton is sown at intervals
of one-and-a-half feet and covered over with earth. In well and canal-
irrigated lands the cotton is plucked every eight days, and the women
who pluck it receive one-eighth to one-tenth of the crop.
In Danda and Sail&b lands three ploughings are required, and a
fourth before sowing. Rice is sown in beds. These beds are well
manured, and the manure set on fire after being spread over the bed.
The young plants are placed out by hand Rice requires constant
watering for two-and-a-half months. Rice is reaped in September.
There is a couplet which says that rice watered every eight days will
ripen in sixty days.
In the Dera Gh^ Khan Tahsil the system is somewhat difierent.
In this Tahsil the first ploughing is callad " Pfir," as in the Punjab.
In the Chfihi-Nahri circle wheat is watered six, and in the Danda
circle ten times.
In the Danda circle sowing is always done by hand.
Near the town of Dera Gh&zi Khan fields of cotton ^are ploughed
between the plants after the first watering.
Indigo is sown between the 20th of Vaisfikh, 30th April, and the
16th of Jait, 26th of May ; at the most it can be sown up to tlie 15th of
12
Har, ^Ttli-QLJttne. Late sowings are liable to be damaged by an iusect
called " Tiddah." Land prepared for indigo is ploughed twice. The
seed is sown by hand and not ploughed in. The field is watered the
second day after the indigo is sown, and afterwards once a week.
Indigo ripens in three months. Indigo grows best in light
Drammun soils.
p/.f«>f{/^» «# ^w.r.« 8S« The area which one well can cul-
tivate IS, where two crops are grown in the
same year, ten acres.
The crops grown are —
Babi. Wheat 9 acres.
Vegetables 1
Total ... 10
n
u
Eharif. — Jowir
•••
3
tf
Bajra
Vegetables ...
Cotton
. • •
2
1
4
n
Total ... 10 „
The area cultivated by a well aided by a canal averages thirty acres.
Kharif crops are grown on one half and rabi crops on the other half of
the area in rotation. The khanf crop is always followed by a fallow,
but the rabi crop can be succeeded by a khanf crop. The spring or
rabi crop consists generally of —
Wheat 13 acres.
Turnips ... ... ... ... IJ „
Tobacco ... ... I „
The kharif or autumn crop consists of —
Jow&r ••• ... ••• ... 5 acres
j^aj ra «•• ... ... .•• 4.,,
vX)tton ... •■• ... ••• o „
or the area under jowfir may be increased, in which case the spring
wheat crop of the ensuing year will be smaller. In Banjri lands,
which are irrigated by canals alone, a crop is always followed by a
fallow of from one to three years in duration according to the quality
of the soil. In the Pach&d a band will grow a crop every year if
water can be procured for it. The size of bands varies from one to
twelve or more acres. In the Danda circle a well will only irrigate
some 12 acres, and a fallow of two yeara follows each crop.
39. The size of holdings differs in the various TahsQs and in the
. . ,, , . , ,. various circles. A man would be considered
Agricultural holdinga. ^^j^ ^ ^^ j^^j^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ forty bands, or two
13
httudred acres in the sail&b. A man holding four wells or twenty
bands would be considered well-tx)-do. About one-fourth of a well
would be the smallest holding, which would support a cultivating
proprietor, and give him an income of Rs. 8 per mensem. In the
Fachdd the number of bands that would be required to support a
cultivating proprietor would depend very much upon facilities of irri-
gation. Two bands, well irrigated, would suffice.
40. The system according to which the gross produce is divided
^. . . M A ^ ill this district is curious. Under former
DiTision of produce. . 1 1 i <• i . i ^
governments the share of produce taken by
the government was well defined, and was known as '' mahsul." This
share was usually one-fourth of the gross produce, sometimes taken
before and sometimes after deducting the pay of village servants, but it
varied on considerations of policy and of soil. The proprietor's share
was known as " lich," and was one-sixteenth of the produce remaining
after the '' mahsul *' had been deducted. The balance of the produce
went to the tenant.
The method in which produce is divided in this district will be
best illustrated by a description of what I saw myself at the division
ofprod\ice for mauzah Choti in May 1870. The share taken as
" mahsul " differs for well lands and for lands irrigated by hill streams.
On well lands the share at Choti is one-fourth, and on lands irrigated
by hill streams, the share is one out of three and a half. The first
well of which 1 saw the produce divided was the R&wanwilla. This
well contains an area of 35 bigahs, of which 22 were cultivated.
The total produce was 127^ maunds of wheat intermixed ivith
barley. From this one-fourth was separated for the *' mahsul." From
the remaining three-fourths the following items were paid :^
E&rdars, of whom there were two keep-
ing separate accounts as check upon
each other 15 topas.
The topa is equal to 4 s^rs.
Dharw&i
Potter or Kumh&r
Carpenter
Blacksmith
Winnower ( chh&ji )
Kotw&l
• • •
• • •
••• •• •
• • •
■ • •
•••
Mam&r, (corruption of Mirib,) or canal-
water distributor
The shrine of Sakhi Sarwar
Fakirs
• • •
••• tit •••
12J
If
15
n
15
n
11
»
14
9>
13
ft
1
>f
1
ft
1
tt
14
The rate is three topas per pat to the K&rd&r, and there are fixed
* rates at which all the other village servants are paid.* The " lich " or
'proprietor's dues taken from the " rabk^m " or balance of produce after
' deducting ** mahsiil " was 75 topas. The Tumand&r also received 15^
' sdrs as " hak Tumanddri."
The total produce left to the cultivator was 78 maunds 23 bAts^
The implements used in cleaning wheat are — the " Trangul," a
three-pronged fork made of wood, and the " Kurai " or shoveL The
landowner receives one-fifth of the straw. I saw the division of pro-
duce on lands irrigated by hill streams at the Kohar band. The area
of land cultivated was 82 bigahs, and the crop was 4^ pats.
The " mahsiil " was one share out of three and half or two-sevenths,
and the " lich " was one-eighth of the remainder. Besides this
the Tumand&r received 7 topas per " pat," " chiing," and 1 "chout "
per " pat siwai." The cesses paid to village servants were —
Dharw&i
• ■ • • • •
• • « • • •
•• • • • •
•• • • • •
• • • • • •.
• • • ••*■
• • • •••
12 iopaa
14 ..
14 „
6 „
1 „
14
if
Kardwa
K&rd&rs
Kotw&l
Syad
Winnower ( chh&ji )
Blacksmith . ... ^ . ••• 10^
Carpenter ••• . ••• ... ••• 14 ,,
The Tumanddr also received rupee 1 per pat called '* Tik."
The proprietor here took one-fourth the bhusa. The crop on this
band was the produce of a single fall of rain.
Two things struck me with regard to the division of produce, one
was that tenants in Dera Gh^zi Khan District must be very honest,
not to abstract any portion of the grain after it has been threshed and
before the grain is portioned out by the Dharwais. As soon as the
heaps are divided, the Dharw^ places earthen seals on each heap of
grain. It is also curious to see with what accuracy the Dharw&i can
appraise the grain in ieach heap. He can tell the amount of grain
contained in a heap almost exactly.
* The rates vary, but the most ordinary rates will be found in a foot-note to para.
415. Edrd&rs are not maintained, except in leased villages. Besides the rates given in
para. 415, which are nsnally paid from the gross produce, the following rates are paid
from the rabk&m or produce remaining after the " mahsi!!! " has been deducted :«-
Barber 4 topas per pat.
Blacksmiths ... ... ... 8 ,1 „ ,,
Shoemaker ... ••• ••■ 16 „ „ „
(^narity ... ... ... o ^^ f, n
Chaukid&r 1 n t, „
Total ... 82 topas per pat.
I did not enquire the rates at which the cesses I saw paid in the instance givejju
were fixed. The amount of the cesses entered as paid are what I saw set aside. The
rates do not agree with those ordinarily followed.
15
The -profit derived by the Tumand£r owing to his ]b^ing allowed
to receive the '* mahsul '' in kind and pay the •Government revenue ii^
cash must be large.
The '* mahstil " received would be 41 maunds of wheat, which at. 25
8^ per rupee would fetch Bs. 65.
The assessment of the band would be Rs. 8 at the most, but it
must be remembered that a band would not be usually cultivated
every year,
41. The spontaneous products of the districts are dates, munj grass,
_ ^ shaklo, a gum which is obtained from the
Spontaneous products. tamarisk, and which is taken dissolved in
water as a cooling drink, Isafghol ; the seeds of a plant which grows
in the Pachdd, and especially at Kot Easr&ni, in the Sangarh Tahsil,
are collected and sold for officinal purposes. The seeds are considered
cooling and emollient, and are given for fever and diarrhoea. The
" nilofar " or water lily, of which the root and seeds are eaten, is found
in some of the ponds of the district. "Nilofar" is called " bhen " in* this
district.
42. By far the most important of the sponticidous products of the
district are its date'tboes. Date trees are
* ^^^ always self sown, which' is ike' reason that I
class them amongst spontaneous products. The trees come to maturity
in five years when they stand singly, but in groves they are of slower
growth. These trees abound round the town of Dera Ghdzi Khan, and
are found almost entirely in the Tahsil of that natkie. In the other
Tahsils there are no date trees, with the exception of a few groves
near Harrand, in the Jdmpur Tahsil. Date trees are male and female.
There are also some trees called " Bogh," which are said to be neuter,
and which occasionally bear fruit. The male date tree bears no fruit.
It is distinguished from the female tree by the greater thickness of its
bark and by the uprightness of its leaves. Male date trees produce
their tendrils 10 or 15 days before the female trees. The date tree
prefers a rich soil, and will bear fruit until it is a hundred years old.
The wood of the date tree is not very hard, and soon decays; still it is
used very extensively for building purposes and for wells Dear Dera
Ghdzi Khan, where no more suitable indigeiious timbfer can be procured.
It is said to be tiie custom in Sindhto put a stalk of the male date
tree into the female when in flower, but no such custom exists in this
district. The natives say that the flowers of one tree are blown to
another, and that the female tree will not bear if far removed from a
male tree.
Date trees are usually scorched to improve their fruit-bearing
qualities.
A " Bogh " tree will bear fruit for one season after beiiig scorched,
and it is said that a male will bear fruit if scorched and watered
with milk and water. -
16
The finest date trees will bear a maund and a half of fruit, but the
average produce of a tree is not more than ten s^rs.
Dates sell at about one anna a s^r, so that a fair tree would b«
worth some eight or ten annas.
Date trees in this district are assessed with Land Revenue
where they stand detached from one another, and the fruit is sold by
auction where the trees stand in groves. The yearly Revenue from
dates will average about Rs. 15,000. The Revenue of all kinds assessed
on date trees in the first year of the present Settlement was Rs. 15,596.
I shall give an account of the date tree assessment when I come to treat
of the assessments of the district.
43. In the low lands on the banks of the river are found pig,
^^g^^^*** black and grey partridges, and hares,
naki^"*^ Pro^l^cte, FeroB T^^^rds lUjanpur there are a good many
tigers. In 1872 four were killed by a shooting
party from Bahftwalpur, and one was killed near Shahw&li by some
natives in the same year.
Towards the hills ravine deer are found. In the cold weather
many varieties of duck and teal, the Kulan (grua cinerea), thesand grouse,
and the obarah ( Houbara MacQueeaii ) frequent the district.
Below Rajanpur towards Sabzilkot and Bhandowini, herds of wild
donkeys are seen. The Biloches consider a wild donkey very good
eating. The wild donkey is said to be unbreakable, but Captain
Underwood, of the 4th Punjab Cavalry, had two at Riijanpur which he
broke into harness.
44. Camels, horses, bufialoes, kine, donkeys, sheep, and goats are
^ ^. . , the domestic animals of the district. Camels
Domestic aniniAis. rni i- x i»xt i*j.*x
are very numerous. The climate of the distnct
is favorable to them, and they are the only animals that can well be
used to carry burdens in the PachM tracts. Only male camels are
used to carry burdens.
The mares of the district are famous. The Biloches never ride
horses but only mares. They kill colts as soon as they are foaled,
unless of very good breed. The mares are noted for endurance, and
some are very handsome. A good Biloch mare may be purchased for
about Rs. 200 to 300, but a really fine mare will fetch as much as
Rs. 800.
The cows of the Maz&ri country are the best, and very fine bullocks
come from there. The Mazdri cows and bullocks and those of D^jal
are largely bred for exportation. Bufialoes are plentiful in the river
lands. They are grazed in large herds of from 100 to 300 heads. Sheep
and goats are most numerous in the Pachdd. They are grazed on the
low hills. The sheep kept are mostly the Dumba, or fat-tailed sheep.
17
There are 14,637 camels, 1,15,046 cows and bullocks, 8,577 donkeys,
25,^89 buffaloes, and 2,39,414 sheep and goats in the district according
to the Tirni enumeration of 1869rl870.
CHAPTER III.
STATISTICS OF POPULATION, WITH ACCOUNTS OF THE PRINCIPAL TRIBES
AND CASTES, AND OF FAMILIES OF NOTE.
45. The population of the district was 2,38,964 by the census of
^ , . ,. 1853, and 3,08.840 according to the census of
thrSn™rtak^rfn"'!85*^ 1868. The population per square mile was
compared with the popuia- 59*74 in 1853, and it is 62 on the area as now
tion aocorduig to the census ascertained. The population per square mile
^^ ^^ ' is considerably denser than that of the adjoin-
ing province of Sindh, which is, according to the last Bombay Adminis-
tration Report, only 42*9 per square mile.
The population has increased by 29 per cent, during the period
that elapsed between the two enumerations. The increase of population
is due to the settlement of many hill Biloches in the plains, to the
increase of canal irrigation, to the return of many inhabitants of the
district who emigrated to avoid the heavy assessments of the first
Summary Settlement, and, lastly, to the considerable natural increase
of population consequent on the state of peace which has been secured
to the district since annexation. The population is made up of
2,64,535 Muhammadans, 38,467 Hindus, and 1,124 Sikhs.
There are 84,176 adult male Muhammadans, 13,210 Hindus, and
750 Sikhs. 11,202 adult males can read and write. There are 1,73,318
agriculturists and 1,35,522 non-agriculturists. There are 62,139 houses,
which gives an average of 4*97 persons per house. The Muhammadan
population is principally of the Suni persuasion. There are a few
Shid followers of the Kalhora Jdgirdfir of R^janpur. The Hindus are
few in number, and there are very few Sikhs, who are mostly in
Government employ, or else Lab&nas.
The most important tribe of the district is the Biloch. The
whole number of Biloches in^ihe district is 92,590, or 35 per cent, of
the whole Muhammadan population. Of the Biloches 45,540 are said
in the Census Report to be organized into T6mans, and 47,050 are
entered as miscellaneous. The Qurchdni Tuman is omitted. According
to Mr. Bruce's memorandum on the district, the Gurch^ni tribe number
2,630 fightitig-men. A large number of Path&ns enter the district
every year, and take service as builders, brick-makers, hewers of wood,
and clearers of jungle.
D
18
rrinci hi t 'bes ^' ^^^ principal tribes in order of nutnber
nncip n s. ^^ according to the Census Report of 1868 :—
Jats ... ... ... 1,62,519
Biloches ... ... ... 92,590
Aroraa ... ... ... 33,024
Syads ... ... ... 5,324
Other tribes... ... ... 4,576
Pathdns ... ... ... 3,011
Khatris ... ... ... 2,038
Brahmins ... ... ... 1,483
Miscellaneous Hindus... ... 727
Hindu J&is ... ... ... 660
Khojahs ... ... ... 635
Siidhs ... ... ... 551
Lab^nahs ... ... ... 464
Bhdtids ... ... ... 410
Kdjputa ... ... ... 241
Moguls '... ... ... 171
HillR%uts ... ... 121
Bani^s ... ... ... 92
Bhotls ... ... .. 80
Christians ... ... ... 66
Gujars ... ... ... 36
Aiiirs ... ... ... xd
K&yaths ... ... ... 6
47. In point of numbers the Jats are the most important tribe
^^ j^^^ of the district. The Jats are, I imagine, many
of them descendants of the original Hindu
inhabitants of the district. Many of them are immigitints coming from
Mooltan, Muzaffargarh, and Bahiwalpur. Many of the Jats are inter-
mixed with the Biloches, and have adopted their manners, customs,
and dress. The Hambi Jats, for instance, live amongst the Gurchinis
and the Kachela Jats amongst the Legharis, and are reckoned almost
as part of these tribes. The Biloches will marry Jat women, but will
not give their women in marriage to Jats.
48. From a political point of view, the most importarit tribe
rp, g.j ^ in the district is, of course, the Biloch. This
tribe, intermixed with some Jats and Hindus,
occupies the border for its entire length. The Biloches are partly-
independent and partly subject to the British Government. Along the
border they live as yet in tribes under partly hereditary chieftains.
Beginning from the north the tribes are —
The Kasr^nis.
The Bozddrs.
The Lunds.
The Khosas.
The Khetrdns.
The Legh^s.
The Gurchinis.
The Biigtis.
The Dreshaks.
The Maris.
The Mazfiris.
19
The Bozd^r, Khetrdn, Bugti, and Mari tribes, are independent, and so-
are the Hadi&ni section of the Legh&ri tribe and the Durk^ni section
of the GRirchdni tribe. The Biloch tradition as to their origin is in
accord with that of most Muhammadan tribes, and is that they are
immigrants from Arabia. The story is that they fii-st settled in Kech
MekiSn, and afterwards migrated to Sist^n. The different tribes are
said to be descendants of one Rind, who led the fii*st Biloch colonists
from Arabia. The Ehetrdnis and Gurchdnis are not considered pure
Biloches. The Biloches are undoubtedly a distinct race, and this their
appearance and language place beyond question. Sir Henry Green,
formerly Political Superintendent of the Upper Sindh Frontier, says
that the tradition is that the Biloches came from Aleppo in the 12th
century via BaghdM, the banks of the Euphrates, and the northern
border of the Persian Gulf to Mekrfin, from whence they spread north,
intermixing with the Pathdn tribes. Sir Henry Green adds that when
travelling in Syria he found tribes bearing the same names as the
Biloch tribes, and similar to them in customs, habits, and appearance.
Elphinstone in his History of India, page 256, states " that at the
time of the first Muhammadan invasion the mountains of Mekrdn were
inhabited by Biloches, and those of Sulimdn by Afghans, as is the
state of things to the present day." The first recorded invasion of this
tract Elphinstone places in 44? A. H. (664? a.d.) when an Arab force
from Merv penetrated to K&bul and made prisoners of 12,000 persons.
The Afghans were certainly at one time in possession of part of
the Sulimdn range, as remains of their tanks and tombs are still to be
seen on the. Mari Mountain, which now belongs to the Giirchdnis.
49. Pottinger in his Travels in Bilochistdn and Sindh divides the
Biloches into three branches : the Narhoi,
BU^htaKnd ISdh" '" Ri°d. a?d M«ghsi. He gives a list of the Ri^nd
tribes, in which all the tribes located in this
district are mentioned. He describes the Dreshaks and Maz^ris,
whom he states to live in the hills as having the worst possible
character. They infest the roads, he says, and commit the most
atrocious robberies and murders upon travellers. The Kh^ of Kheldt
lives too far off to control them effectually. They are at continual war
with one another, and keep no engagements.
The Dreshaks now live entirely, and the Mazdris mostly, in the
plains. The Mazdris were at one time noted as pirates on the Indus ;
but, judging from their present habits, I do not think they ever can
have been boatmen. They probably confined themselves to robbing
boats moored to the banks for the night.
Pottinger does not consider that the Biloches can have come from
Arabia. Their language to begin with is a corrupt Persian, and con-
tains no Arabic. In the beginning of the 6th century of the Hijri
the Seljuk Tartars first appeared in Khor^to, and in ten years Toghrul
Beg wrested that empire from the Ghaznavis. This dynasty ruled for
\
20
one hundred and fifty years, and during all that time the Bilodies
are mentioned as residing in the district wnich they now occupy.
Pottinger gives no authority for the above statement, and proceeds
to surmise that the Biloches ai-e Turkomans. Their religion, manners,
customs, everything but language, which changed in Persia, resemble
tlmt of the Turkomans.
Account of the Biloches ^0. From Balfour's Cyclopoedia of India
in Baifoar*B Cyciopoddia of I extract the following account of the
^^^^ Biloches:—
"Doctor Cook supposes, lat, that the original inhabitants of the
country were Hindus, who fled from the conquering Mussalmdns, who
invaded Sindh, Lus, and Mekr&n, A. H. 93.
" 2nd. — ^That the Brahois were Tartar mountaineers who gained a
footing in the country, and ultimately supplanted the former, becoming
the rtuing races.
" 8rd. — That the Biloches came from the westward, but whether
they were Seljuk Tartars or Arabs from Aleppo is a matter of doubt.
t>r. Latham, however, classes the Biloch with the Persian, but con-
siders them as a modified form. He says east and south-east of the
proper Persians of ELirman come the Biloch of the Bilochist&n. If
Kask's great theory be the correct one, which makes all the fragments
of natives speaking a Tamuliau dialect, parts of one great continuous
whole, which spread in the earlier ages over India and Europe,
•underlying the more recent system of Celtic, Gothic, Slavonic, and
classical nations of Europe and the Indo-Germauic of India, as
the primary strata in geology underlie the secondary and tertiary,
but cropping out and being exposed here and there, are the fragments
of nations. Of Laps, Finns and Bajsques in Europe, and of the
Cutchwari, Coh^ti, Tudo, Ghond, Lar, and other mountaineers of
India ; if, adds he, I say, this theory be a correct one, then the
Brahoi, being of the great Tamulian family, would be the abori-
ginal inhabitants of the country. Thus the Kurd who inhabit the
l)asht-i-be-doulat doubtless came from Kurdistan, probably among
the followers of some Muhammadan invader of India, and perhaps,
laden with spoil, preferring on their return to stay where they now are
rather than continue their march to their own country, made choice,
of the Dasht-i-be-doulat. Again, many of the Jhalawdn tribes are
undoubtedly of Rajput origin, and, until lately, the practice of
infanticide prevailed amongst them."
" There are two languages spoken in Bilochistdn, the Baluchiki, a
Hindi tongue of the Arian or Sanskrit stock in which the Persian, Sindi,
Punjabi, and Sanskrit words recur, and the Brahuic, which belongs to
Scythic or Turanian or Tamulian stock. Near Bagwana is a cave in
the rocks filled with dried mummy — like bodies of infants, some of
which have a comparatively recent appearance. The Sacoe, who
formed part of Alexander s army, and whose country is stated by
Wilson to have been that lying between the paropanisan mountains and
the sea of Aral, still exist as a tribe of the Brahois of Jhalawiln. It is
21
not improbable that they accompanied Alexander aa &r as the south
of Sindh, and, returning with Craterus up the Mulla Pass, settled in this
present position. TheBilochi also have by no means a pure and
unbroken descent from any one source. Adopting Fottinget's theory,
that the main body were Seljuk Tartars driven out of Persia, as he
describes, yet undoubtedly many are of Arabic descent. Neither does
he think with him that the Biloches have no resemblance in any way
to the Arabs ; on the contrary, in many cases the outline of their
physiognomy is very similar to that of the Arabs of Egypt and Syria ;
and if such a BUoch was dressed in the Arabic dress, it would be
exceedingly difficult to detect his nationality. Others are Sindians,
who fled to the hills on the invasion of their countiy by the
Muhammadan. The original HindA inhabitants of the Man and
Biigti hills were driven out by their present occupants, but the natives of
of B^kh&n ( the Khetrans ), inhabiting the more mountainous district
to the northward, were able to hold their own."
" The whole are nominally subject to the Kh&n of Ehel&t, but his
power appears to vary with his popularity. "
51. If the Biloches were settled in Mekr&n before the first
Points of resemblance and Muhammadan invasion, they cannot be Arabs,
dissemblance between nor is it at all probable from other circumstances
Biloches and Turkomans. ^^^^ they are SO. , In their fondness for horses,
in their nomadic habits, and in their mode of life, also in their dress,
they resemble the Turkom&ns, as described by Vambery. On the other
hand, the Biloches, though mostly mounted, invariably fight on foot,
which the Turkomans apparently do not do. The Biloch lives in
subordination to an hereditary chief, whilst the Turkom&ns pride
themselves on being all equal. The Biloches wear their hair in long
curls like the cavaliers of the time of Charles the 1st. The Turkomans,
wear their hair short like other Muhammadans. The Biloches have
been some six hundred years or more separate from the Turkom&ns, so
•that, if they were originally Turkom&as, it could hardly be expected
that they would retain all the same characteristics now. My own
idea is that the Biloches are of Turkoman origin, but that they have,
as is said in the Cyclopoedia» a by no means homogeneous descent from
any one source.
52. I do not know what the derivation of the name Biloch is.
If you ask the Biloches, they smile and say
Bii^.''*^''"' ""' ^ '''^'' it IS a corruption of "Bad Log," and that
they are so called in allusion to their habits of
rapine. Thev also repeat some couplets of which they are rather proud
as showing their character in this respect. One is —
which means that God will not favor a Biloch who does not steal and
rob. Another is —
the meaning of which is that the Biloch who steals and murders secures
heaven to seven generations of his ancestors.
22
53. Major Minchin, formerly Deputy Commissioner of the District,
rt^i. j.i» «i t- *^^ ^^* Bruce,, late . Assistant Commissioner
tribel^ ^'^^'*"* ^^^^^ E^janpur, in their memoranda on the Biloch
tribes, have gone very fully into the history of
the separate tribes. Both these memoranda have been printed. I will
not therefore go over beaten ground a,min, but will content myself
with a veiy short notice of the different Biloch tribes located within
the British border.
54. The most northerly tribe within our border are the Easr&nis.
The Kasr&Dfs. ^^ Kasrdms live partly within and partly
without our border. The present Tumand^r
is Fazal Ali Khan. The tribe is a very po(H: one, and Fazal All Khan
is not able to support the same position as other Tumand^rs. Koura
Khan, of Tibi, was one of the chief Mukadams of the tribe. In
1868 Lieutenant Grey, Deputy Commissioner of Dera Ismail Khan,
went to Basti Azim to investigate a charge of murder against Koura
Khan's son, Jeh^ngir Khan, and was carried off into the hills.
Lieutenant Qrey was soon released, and Koura Khan fled to the Musa
Kheyl Path^ns. The Musa Kheyls were coerced into giving Koura
Khan up, and he was imprisoned. Koura Khan has now been
granted an in£m of Bs. 300 per annum, but the expent»*e8 of
Appealing against his sentence of imprisonment, fines, and the
temporary forfeiture of his estates, have greatly lessened his
influence. The Kasr&ni Tumanddr now receives an indm of Rs. 1,200
per annum granted to him at the present Settlement, and which is
•payable from the jamas of the Kasrani villages.
55. The Liinds occupy the country between the northern
boundary of the Khosas proper and the
The Liinds of Son. southern boundary of the Khosas of Mati
and Mahoi. The chief is Qhuldm Haidar Khan. There are
six sections of the tribe. The Lund tribe has only risen to importance of
late years. Fazl Ali, the father of tlie present Tumaud&r, went to
Mooltan with 200 horse. Fazl Ali excavated the Fazlwah Canal, the
lease of the lands irrigated by this canal having been granted to him.
The lease of all the Lund villages was entrusted to Ghul^m Haidar
Khan in 1865. At the present Settlement Ghul^m Haidar "Khan
received an in^m of Rs. 4,000 per annum. He will collect the jama
of Mauzah Sh&hdan Lund, which is his head-quarters, in kind. The
jama of this village is Rs. 2,405. The remainder of his in&m he will
receive in cash.
56. The Khosas occupy, the country from the Sakhi Sarwar pass
_ „, to the Lund boundary. They are one of the
The Khosas. ^^^^ powerful tribes on the border, and are
of about the same strength as the Legh&ris. The Khosas are divided
into six sections. The chief belongs to the B&teil section. Koura Khan
was Tumand&r when the Mooltan war broke out. He at once joined
Sir Herbert Edwardes, and his son Ghul&m Haidar attacked and took
!Dera Gh&zi Khan &om the K&rddr of Diw&n Mul R&j, Longa B&m,
23
who was aided by the Legh&ris. ^ G&uli&m Haidar Khan was the third
son of Koura Khan, and was recognized as Tiimanddr in supersession
of hLs elder brothers, Ahmad Khan and Barkiid^r Khan, men of very
dissipated habits, and unfit for any position of trust. Qhul&m Haidar,
however, died in 1870 before his fatner Koura Khan, who lived to over
one hundred years of age, and died in 1871. Secundar Khan, the eldest
son of Koura E.han.'s eldest son, Ahmad Khan, is now Tumand^ in^
trust for Ghul&m Haidar's son, Bahdddr Khan. The Khosas are very
independent of their Tumanddr, but have still a feeling of clanship; and
will turn out a very fine body of men when called upon. Ghulam
Haidar was the model of a Biloch leader ; but, if he had all the virtues
ofa Biloch chief, hehad also all the faults. He was brave to fool-
hardiness, but he was dissipated, and had an unbridled temper. . Many
tales are still told of his daring and eccentricities. He was immensely
admired by his Tuman, who would have followed him anywhere. At
the present Settlement an iniim of Rs. 5,000 per annum has been con-
ferred upon the Khosa Tumandar.
57. To the south of the Khosas come the Leghdri tribe. They
occupy the country from the Kurch pass, which
The Leghftria. ^ ^j^^ Gurchdni tribe's northern boundary up
to the Sakhi Sarwar pass, which is the boundary between tlie Legh&ria
and the Khosas^
The tribe is divided into four divisions. Alidnis, Hadidnis, Bogl&nis,
Hybatdnis. The Tumandar is Jamdl Khan, of the Ali^ni section of the
tribe, who resides at Choti, which is the head-quarters of the tribe.
The Leghdii tribe numbers some 5,000 fighting men, but the Hadidni
section live in the hills, which takes away about 1,000 men from the.
tribe. Jam&l Khan is very influential with theKhetrdns, and he also owns
Legh&ri B&rkhdn and very extensive lands beyond the border. These
lands are for a g]:eat part out of cultivation owing to the devastations
of the Maris. The I^ghdris saj'^ that they settled at Choti in the time
of the Emperor Hum^yun ousting the Ahmddnis.
The Tdlpurs, who were the last Amirs of Sindh, belonged to the
Leghdri clan. The Legh&ris are enemies both of the Gurch&nis and of
the Khosas. Bijur Khan, Gurch&ni, was murdered by the L^h^ris, and
when the Khosas took Dera Ghdzi Khan for Sir Herbert Edwardes,
the Leghfiris fought for the Sikhs, but were defeated.
Jam&l Khan is- an enterprising and liberal chief. He was the
main mover in the Dhundi scheme. The Mdnka Canal extension was
undertaken on his paying half the cost. The Nur Canal extension.
was also promoted by Jamdl Khan. He was an Honorary Magistrate,
but was deprived of his powers for his action in the Kirwan Canal
frauds case. Jam&l Khan, apaxt from his ancestral lands, has acquired
extensive estates in the Dera Gh&zi Khan, J&mpur, and R&janpui:
Tahsils.
Jam^l Khan has now received an immediate inam of Ra. 8,000 per
annum/ and & prospective, indm of Rs. 2^000 per annum, payable at the
expiration of tne M&nka lease.
24
68. This is a small Settlement of Lunds, Rinds, and Khosaa in the
rri. mi-. T / J mldst of tho Ourch&nis. Maz£r Khan is their
The Tibi Lands. TdmandAr, and did good service at the time of
the Harrand raid when his brother was killed. In return for this
Maz4r Khan was given the village of Muhammadpur revenue-free, and
allowed to collect his revenue in kind. At the present Settlement this
grant was increased to an in&m of Rs. 800 per annum.
59. The Ourch&ni tribe borders on the Leghiiri to the north and
on the Dreshak to the south. The Gurchtois
The Giirch.nf8. own the Man and Drfigul hills, and their
boundary extends further into the hills than that of any other
tribe. Their lands beyond the British border are uninhabited, and
cannot be occupied by any of the tribe owing to the feud between them
and the Maris, and the unsettled state of the country beyond our border.
The Ourch&nis number 2,600 fighting men, and are divided into eleven
branches. The Gurch^nis trace their descent to Qorish, son of Doda,
a Hindu said to have been the sreat grandson of a R^jah Bhim Sen, of
Hyderab&d. Doda was expelled from Sindh, and lost his way in the
wilderness. To restore him to life the Rind Biloches, who found him
in the desert, sent a young virgin to bring back warmth to his body.
Gorish was son of Doda by this damsel, and the Qurchdnis or Gorish&nis
are the descendants of this Gorish, and consequently not true Biloches.
The Jiskdni, Lishdri, Patdfi, and Sabzilni sections of the Gurch&ii tribe
are said to have been Rinds who joined the Gurch&ni tribe. The
Gurch&nis were notorious a* the worst behaved of all the Biloch tribes.
When Diwin Sdwan Mai built the Harrand Fort, the Gurchdnis broke
into it before it was completed, because the Sikh K&rd^ had caused a
Gurchdni woman to be maltreated ; subsequently to this the Gurch^nis
always maintained a state of war against the Sikhs. Chuta Khan, uncle
of Bijur Khan, brother of the present Tumand^, having usurped the
Tiimanddri during his nephew's minority, married the daughter of Jeldl
Khan Leghdri. Bijur Khan surprised and killed Chuta Khan, and thus
made the Legharis nis bitterest enemies. Bijur Khan was entrapped by
the Kird&r of Harrand, and sent in chains to Mooltan, and is said to have
been made over by Diwfin S&wan Mai to the Legh^s, who put him to
death. The Leghdris and the Gurchfinis are now only prevented from
falling upon each other by their both being subjects of the British
Government.
In 1848 A. D. the Gurchdnis went to the aid of Lieutenant (now
Colonel) R. Young, and were with that officer when he took the
Harrand Fort. In 1867 the Lishdris, one of the most turbulent sections
of this tribe, were settled in the plain, and lands were also given to the
Durkdnis and Patdfis. In the eame year a great raid was made on
Harrand by the Maris and others, and the Gurchlnis behaved exceedingly
well, being mainly instrumental in repelling this raid. For his services
on this occasion Ghulim Haidar Khan was restored to the farm of the
Nurwah estates, which had been confiscated by General VanCortlandt.
The chief has since held the lease of these five villages, the revenue of
which is reduced by Rs. 532, the amount which Ghul&m Haidar Khan
25
had previously been paid from their revenues. The improved position
of the Qurehdni Tumanddr has enabled him to bring his tribe con-
siderably under control, and it is now anything but the worst tribe on
the Frontier.
At the present Settlement the Qdrchdni Tumand&r's in&m was
increased to Rs. 3,000 per annum.
60. The Dreshaks are a considerable tribe, but they are much
scattered. They are found in both the
The Dreshaks. Rijanpur and the Jdmpur Tahsfls. The
head-quarters of the tribe are at Asni near Rajanpur, where the Canton-
ment now at Rdjanpur was formerly located. The chief of the tribe
is Miran Khan, who belongs to the Kirmdni section of the tribe. The
other sections are the Mingwdni, the Gulfaz, the Sarg&ni, the Arbdni,
and the Jisk&ni. The main division of the tribe is situated between the
Maz&ri and Gurch&ni tribes, but have no possessions in the hills. The
Dreshaks are said to have settled in the plains after the Mazfiris, but
they also trace their first settlement to the times of the N&hrs. The
Dreshaks were constantly at war with the Mazdris, and they joined the
Maris in expelling the Hasni tribe from the Nas&r plains. The Hasnis
have ever since been fugitives, and have never been able to form
themselves again into a compact tribe. Mahmiid Khan^ Governor of
Dera Gh&zi Khan, is related to have once sent an army against Asni.
The Dreshaks beat off the army of Mahmiid Khan with great slaughter,
and still show with pride the camel ^uns and other weapons which
are preserved in memory of Mahmud Khan's defeat. The father of the
present Tumanddr Miran Khan, Bijur Khan, was killed in 1857,
when endeavouring to repel a Mari raid with a very inferior force.
Bijur Khan's eldest son was also killed in this fight. Miran Khan enjoys
a pension of Rs. 1,000 per annum in recognition of his father's good
conduct on this occasion. The Dreshaks are said to take their name
from the Drekh^n stream on which they were located before they
left the hills. The members of this tribe are not so well off as those of
most Biloch tribes. This is owing to their being settled in the
Rajanpur j&gir, and, except in five villages which were leased to Miran
Khan in 1865 A. D. at Rs. 1,200 per annum, the Dreshaks had, wher-
ever they occupied lands in the jdgir, to pay revenue in kind to the
jdgirdar. The Rdjanpur jdgir has now been assessed in cash, and the
Dreshak Tumandix has received an infim of Rs. 3,000 per annum in
addition to his life pension, and to a Madfi grant in Rekh rakh, valued
at Rs. 361 per annum.
61. The Maz&ri tribe occupies the southernmost portion of the
The Maziria district. Their western boundary is the hills,
and their eastern boundary the river. They own
all the country between these limits up to Umrkot and the Fitok pass
on the north, and their southern boundary is also the boundary
between the Dera Qhizi Khan District and Sindh. The head-quarters
of the tribe are at Rojhan, and their country has been formed at the
present Settlement into 21 separate meh&ls.
E
26
The tribe numbers some 4,000 fighting men, and is, from its position
and numbers, one of the most important in the district The tribe is
divided into four sections, the Rustam^nis, the Bal^chanis, the
Masidanis, and the Sargivnis. The Tumandar belongs to the Bal^hdni
section of the tribe. The name of the Mazari is said to be derived
from the fact that when in Sistdn it was located on a stream called
the Mazdr. A tiger is called Mazar in BUochi, so that this may also
be the origin of the name. Hamal Khan Tumand&r is said to have
brought the Mazaris from Leri, whence they had migrated from Sistaa
to settle in the country they now occupy, and which was then held by
the Nlihrs. Eaim Khan Nahr resided at Kin, and he had quarrelled with
his relation Isldm Khan, governor of Bhagsar. The Mazdris sided with
Kdim Khan against Isldm Khan, and it was in return for this that Kdim
Khan allowed the Mazaris to settle in his country. Mitha Kh&n, son
of Hamal Khan, ejected the Chandias from their settlement in that
locality. Hamal Khan was nominally subject to the Amirs of Khair-
pur, to whom he agreed to pay half the " mahsul " or Government
share of produce in the Mazari country, receiving the other half
himself in Kasur. The Mazdri country was annexed by Diwdn S&wan
Mai in 1827 a. d. The Mazdris have been constantly at war with all
their neighbours, whether Maris, Dreshaks, Biigtis or Legharis, and it
was not till the British Government annexed their country in 1849 A. D.
that any stop was put to the plundering and reprisals of the Maz4ns
and their opponents. Sher Muhammad Khan is the nominal chirf
of the Mazaris, but Imd,m Baksh, his uncle, is the actual chief, and is
always held by the present Government to be the head man of tiie
tribe. Half the revenue of all lands in the Mazdri country is released
either to the chief or to the head men of the tribe ; consequently only
half the very moderate revenue of this large tract is paid into the
Government Treasury. The Maz&ris are still a very wild and nomadic
taribe. They take no pains to sow or attend to their fields, but subsist
principally by keeping flocks and herds which they m:uze along the
river banks in the hot weather, and in the low hilk duiing the cold
weather. At the present Settlement the Mazdri Tiimanddr received an
inam of Rs. 10,000 per annum, inclusive of his own share of the
Maz^ Kasur.
62. The Hindus of this district have all the appearance of a
down trodden and subject race. The Hindu
The Hindfia, ^ remains in the district show that the Hindus
were once the dominant race, and we know that a Hindu dynasty
reigned at Kheldt before it was conquered by the Brahois. Under the
Muhammadan dynasties the Hindus were only tolerated at all because
of their usefulness as traders and accountants. They are called by
the common name of Kar^r, which is applied to all the Hindus of
whatever caste. The name Kar&r is said to be synonymous with Arora.
In Cunningham's History of the Sikhs, page 11, there is the
following note : —
" In the Lower Punjab and in Sindh the whole Hindu population
is included by the Muhammadans under the term Kar&r, In the Upper
27
Punjab the word is used to denote a coward, or one base and abject ;
and about Mooltan it is likewise expressive of contempt as well as of
a Hindu or trafficker. In Central India the Kai'drs form a tribe, but
the term there literally means dales-men or foresters, although it has
become the name of a tribe or class in the lapse of centuries. Professor
Wilson somewhere, I think, identifies them with the Cirrhadae of the
ancients, and indeed Kerdt is one of the five Prusthas or regions of the
Hindus, these being Cheen Prusth, Yavem Prusth, Dukshem Prusth,
and Kerat Prusth, which last is understood by the Indians to apply to
the country between Ojein and Orissa (compare Wilson's Vishnoo
Pooran, page 175 note, for the keratas of that book). Further, the
Brahminical gonds of the Nerbudda are styled EAjgonds, while those
who have not adopted Hinduism continue to be called " Kirreea Gond "
a term which seems to have a relation to their unaltered condition."
Whilst subject to the Muhammadans, the Hindus were allowed
to ride nothing but donkeys. They were also forbidden to weiar
turbans. Even now, in spite of the efforts of the Sikhs during their
supremacy to do away with these signs of social degradation, a Hindu,
unless he be in Government employment, seldom wears anything but a
skull cap or rides anything but a donkey. The Hindus are also very
lax in their religious observances, and will drink out of a skin, and will
also use the same vessels as Muhammadans. There are a few Hindu
families of high position in the district, but this position is mostly
official, and was first gained under the Sikhs. In deeds of the Muham-
madan period a Hindi! is always mentioned as " Mati-ul-Isl^,'' or
subject to the followers of Isl&m.
63. The most notable family in the district is that of the Mifin
S^hib Ser^i,a descendant of the Ealhora Kings
f h^KShoralLily. ^^ ^indh. The head-quarters of this family are
at Hdjipur, in the Jdmpur Tahsil. The founder
of the family was, according to Captain Goldsmid's Memoir on Shik&r-
pur, one Jdm Juujar. This J^m had two sons, Ddud and Muhammad.
Viud was the founder of the D^iidpotras, now Naw6b of Bhfiwalpur.
Muhammad's son was Ibr&him, who was also called Ealhora Endn.
The seventh in descent from Muhammad was Adim Shah, who flour-
ished in 1500 A. D. This Adim Shah was disciple of a famous Syad
of Jfimpur, and succeeded to his master's position as a religious leader.
Adim Shah was put to death at Mooltan, and one Aga Muhammad,
Eotwdl of Mooltan, brought Adim Shah's body to Sakkar, and there
built him a tomb. Adim Shah's grandson Ali&s was the first Ealhora
who endeavoured to become a worldly as well as a religious leader. The
third in descent from Ali^ was Nfeir Muhammad. N&sir Muhammad
gained considerable influence, and became the leader of a band of free-
booters. He was imprisoned by the Emperor Aurangzeb, but waa
released. Nfisir Muhammad has three sons. Din Muhammad, Y^
Muhammad, and Mir Muhammad. Din Muhammad rebelled against the
Governor of Sewi, and became the de facto ruler of great part of Sindh.
The prince Mouj-ul-din was sent with an army from Delhi to punish
28
Din Muhammad. The Ealhoras submitted to the prince, but Dm
Muhammad was imprisoned. Y&r Muhammad took refuge with the
Khdn of Khel&t. The Rb&n of Khel&t gave Y^r Muhammad assistance,
and restored him to the position which Din Muhammad had held.
Y£r Muhammad defeated the Governor of Sewi, and took possession of
that province to which he added in every direction. The Khdn of
Khelat now ceased to assist Y^r Muhammad, saying that as God was
on Ydr Muhammad's side he did not need earthly allies.
Mouj-ul-din had now succeeded to the throne of Delhi as Jeh^ndar
Shah (a. d. 1712), and Y&r Muhammad hastened to pay him allegiance.
Mouj-ul-din conferred on Ydr Muhammad the title of Nawdb and the
post of Governor of Sewi. The title of Khuda Y&r Khan Abbiiai
was next bestowed upon Yfir Muhammad, who died in 1719 A. D.
64. Nur Muhammad, the younger of Y£r Muhammad's sons, but
the most able, succeeded him. Nur Muham-
inJ^nShikS^uf.*^''''^'^^ mad and his son, Siidik Muhammad, attacked
Shik^rpur, and by a compromise obtained
possession of one-sixth the town. In 1726 Nur Muhammad commenced
an attempt to get the whole of Shik&rpur into his own hands. He also
waged war against Khel&t, but made peace when the Elhan of KheUt
gave his daughter in marriage to Muhammad Murid, son of Nur
Muhammad.
65. When Nddir Shah annexed all the possessions of the Delhi
throne west of the Indus, Nur Muhammad took
pufcha^r iS""^ ^"^^""'^ ^^^ opportunity, which occurred during NAdir
Shah's absence at Delhi, to purchase Tatta for
3 lakhs of rupees from its Governor. Niir Muhammad now ensconced
himself at Umrkot, where he had built himself a fort. When Nddir
Shdh returned irom Delhi, he marched through Dera Ghazi Khan on
Umrkot. Nur Muhammad made a timely submission, and was con-
firmed as Governor of Tatta, and given the title of Shah Kiili, but lie
was made to pay a fine of 1 crore of rupees, and to pay an annual
tribute of 12 lakhs of rupees. Nddir Sh^h also carried oft' Nur Muham-
mad's sons, Muhammad Murid and Ghuldm Muhammad Shah, as host-
ages to Herdt.
66. When Nddir Shah was assassinated and Ahmad Shah
Revolt of Ndr Muham- Abddli reigned in his place, Ahmad ^ Shah
mad Kaihora under Ahmed conciliated Nur Muhammad by couferriDg ou
bhah Abdiii. hini the designation of Shah Newdz Khan. As
might be expected, titles did not compensate Nur Muhammad for the
lieavy tribute exacted from him, and no sooner did Ahmad Shah march
on Delhi, than Niir Muhammad revolted. When Ahmad Shah returned
unsuccessful from Delhi, he fell upon Shah Newdz, who escaped to
Jessalmir, where he died.
67. Niir Muhammad was succeeded by his son Ghuldm Shdh.
Ghuldm Shah retook his father's ancient
1 ^^''JZ.^Khan*^^'"'*'®" possessions, and it was he who made the
duces Qaiai Knan, r . ^. , . * _.
last Ghdzi Khan prisoner.
29
Mohammad Sarfar&z was son of Ghul&m Shah.
68. Ghuldm Shah was the last of the Kalhora kings. His brother,
S&dik Ali, was dispossessed by the Tdlpur
Overthrow of the Kalhorft. fomiiy^ the ancient Vazirs of the Kalhoras
Timiir Shah, King of Khor&s&n, 'gave an-
other brother of GhuUm Shah's, Abdul Nabi by name, a j^gir at
Leiah, but Zam&n Shah gave this j^u* to one Muhammad Khdn, a
follower of MazafTar Khan Sadozai. Muhammad Khan attacked
Abdul ^iabi, and took the j^r from him, killing Abdul Arif, eldest
son of Abd^ Nabi (See Mackenzie's Settlement Keport of the Leiah
District, page 24 ).
69. In 1792 A. D. Abdul Nabi went to R&janpur, where Timur
Shah gave him the j&gir still held by the
tb^B^^";" S^'"'*^ *^"?"y.V^^t^ Nabi'3 son was Tdj Muhamm,^.
and Taj Muhammad s son was Ahmad Yar,
father of Khfin Muhammad, who died in 1871> leaving a son, Ata
Muhammad, the present Mi&n Serai.
The present jdgird^r gives the date of the expulsion of his family
by the Tdlpurs as 1772 A. d., and states that when Ahmad Shah failed
in an endeavour to conquer the T&lpurs, the present j^gir was given
the family. The jigir was then valued at Rs. 40,000 per annum.
N^ir Kh&n Brahoi, gave the family one-third of the revenues of Mauzah
H^jipur, Tahsil J&mpur, in Kasur. When R&janpur was governed by
the Naw&b of Bh&walpur,h6 confiscated one-third of the j%ir. Mah^r&jah
Ranjit Singh fixed a nazardna of Rs. 4,500 per annum on the jagir,
which Diwan S&wan Mai raised to Rs. 9,000 per annum. The British
Government fixed the nazardna at Rs. 3,000 per annum, and con-
tinued the j&gir for life only ; but it has been continued from father
to son up to the present time. There are 35 villages included in
the j&gir.
70. The eldest son of the j&girddr, always on his father's death,
. . , J , takes the title of Shah Newdz. The family is
tio^S? '^^ ^^ 1^^^^ ^ ^^^^ ^^ *^® Mian Sahib Serai.
Serai is said to be a common appellation for
natives of Sindh. The males of the family never cut their hair, and never
shave their moustaches. This has led to a story that the founder of the
Kalhora family was a disciple of B&ba N&nak, and there is a couplet
which says :—
" Sikh Serai donon Bhdi,
B&ba Ndnak put banai
Another account is that Adim Shah, to keep up his attention
when at prayers, used to tie himself by the hair to a beam, and wore
his hair long, so that it might be useful for this purpose. Hence arose
the habit of never cutting the hair.
71. The Serais are all Shi&s, and have many followers in Sindh. They
Beliffion of the Serais *^® their hair in a knot on the crown of the(
head instead of at the side of the head, as the
1 »»
30
Sikhs tie it The Serais abjure the use of tobacco. The head of the
family still maintains its dignity by sitting on a " Gadhi," and never
rising whoever enters the room. Till the death of the last Shah
Newaz, a pair of kettle drums were always played whilst the Mian
Sihib remained upon the " Gadhi."
By their own account the Serais are descended from the prophet,
and the first of the family who settled in Sindh was Adam Shah, who
came direct from Arabia.
72. Besides the Tumanddi's and the R&janpur J^rd&r, there are
Rural notables. ^?*^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^^^Y ^^ influence in the
district.
73. In the Sangarh Tahsil only Massu Ehiln, Nutk&ni, Mehr
. Men of position in the ^^^^ of Baati Azim, and KouraKhin, Kasrini,
Sangarh Tahsil. are entitled to chairs.
Massu Khan is grandson of Azad Khan Ntitk^ni. This Azad
Eh&n was son of Ali Akbar, son of Massii Khdn. Azad Khan, Ali Akb^r.
and Massu Khan, were Nawdbs of Sangarh from about 1198 A. H. till
the Sikh rule commenced. The Nutk^nis are Biloches, but they are
not now organized into a Tuman. Massii Kh&n lives a good deal at
Dera Gh&zi Khfin. He has performed the pilgrimage to Mecca, and
is reputed to be very wealthy. He has no sons, but two nephews.
One, Massu Khan, is Kotw&l of Dera Gh4zi Khan, and the other,
Aligour, was employed in the Bhdwalpur State.
Mehr Shah is a Syad, who lives at Basti Azim. He is the Pir of
the Legharis, and has followers in Sindh. Mehr Shah was a great
sportsman, but he is growing old.
Koura Kh^, Kasrdni, is the head of one of the sections of the
Kasrani tribe. He has always endeavoured to sot up his own authority
against that of the Tiimand^r. Koura Khan's exploit in carrying off
Captain Grey, Deputy Commissioner of Dera Ismail Khan, has been
related in the account of the Kasr&ni tribe.
74. In the Dera Ghizi Khan Tahsil, Ahmad Shah, of Pir Adil ;
Dinan Shah, of Marhatta; Ghuldm Mustafa;
De^ahLiCiah'^Bli Ali Baksh; and Abdul Rahim Sadozais; the
chief Gus^ins of the two Hindu temples;
Chimman L&l, banker ; Fir Muhammad, Popalzai ; Mi&n Fatah
Muhammad Dh& ; Niir Mujdwar, and Kh&dir Baksh Ahmd&ni, are
entitled to chairs. Ahmad Shah, of Pir Adil, is guardian of the Pir
Adil shrine. He owns a good deal of land, but is not remarkable in
any way. Dinan Shah, of Marhatta, is more famous for having mn
away with the wife of Koura Khan, the Khosa Tumand&r, than for
sanctity. Dinan Shah is a great sportsman in his own way. He is a
considerable landowner.
H&ji Muhammad Kh&n Sadozai settled at Dera Ghdzi as town
K&zi. His son afterwards held the same appointment. Ghulim
Mustafa, who was at one time a ress&ldar- of police, is grandson of
SI
Bilji Muhammad, and Ali Baksh is his great gmndson. These
Sadozais are related to some of the good Sadozai families of Mooltan,
which fact has procured them some consideration.
The Gusdins are not remarkable. Baldeoji is the greater man.
He is priest of the temple of Gopindth. Dharni Dhar is priest of the
temple of Shdmji.
Chimman Lai is the head of the wealthiest firm of bankers in the
town of Dera Gh&zi Khan.
Pir Muhammad, Popalzai, a very old man now, is an ex-Tahsfldfir
of the time of the Bah&walpur Naw&bs.
Fatah Muhammad Dh^ is the descendant of a holy man, who is
said to have come from GhaznL He is a very improving landlord,
and is much respected. Fatah Muhammad lives at Mi^n-ki-Basti,
in the village of Jhok Utra, and never leaves home, but is always
represented by his son Ahmad Bakhsh.
Niir Mujdwar is the representative priest of the Sakhi Sarwar
Shrine. Ehddir Bakhsh, Ahmd&ni, was a Jam&ddr in the Cavalry.
He is an Ahmdfini Biloch. The Ahmddnis are a numerous, tiiough
scattered Biloch tribe.
75. In the J&mpur Tabsil Koura Khan, Jatoi, and Midn Akil
.^. , ^^ Muhammad, of Basti Pan&h Ali, are entitled to
Jtop^TahT ^^^^«- ^^^^* Khan's father did good service
at Mooltan, and the son is a large landowner.
Mian Akil Muhammad is the Pir or spiritual guide of the Gur-
ch&ni tribe. Ahmad Khan, Patdfi, of Lundi ratafi, is a very large land-^
owner and a very respectable man, but only recently obtfiuned a chair.
His son, Ali Muhammad, generally represents him.
Ahmad Khan's property was attached for arrears of revenue at
the first Summary Settlement. Now he is one of the richest men in
the district
76. In the R&janpur Tahsil the Bozd&r family of Mehrew^la and
, . . , Kotla Sikhftni and the Kalhora family of
B«S.«tS°° " Rfijanpur get chairs. The Bozd&r family is
descended from the Bozddrs, who occupy part
of the hills on the boundary of the Sangarh Tahsil. Two brothers
who settled at Dera Ghllzi Khan in the time of Gh^ Khan the lY,
are said to have founded the family. The sons of these two Bozdto who
settled at Dera Ghdzi Khan took service under the Makhdum of
Sitpur, who gave them the lands in which the villages of Kotla Niir
Muhammad Khan and Kotla Ali Muhammad Khan, now known as
Bakba Nabi Shah, are situated. The Bozd&rs afterwards attached
themselves to the Amirs of Sindh. A Bozddr, called Nur Munammad,
is said to have been ambassador from the Amirs to Ranjit Singh at
Lahore. Mir Ndsir Khan gave Y&r Muhammad Bozd&r a pension of
Rs. 1,000 per annum, and the family still has the Sanad granting the
pension.
32
When the British annexed the districti the Boid&ts took dervice
under the new Oovemment Now Nur Muhammad Ehan Bozddr,
who has risen from the post of Jamad&r of Police, is a N&zim in
Bah&walpur on Bs. 500 per mensem. Nur Muhammad was for a long
time Tahsild&r of R&janpur, and is much esteemed in this district
Hdji Muhammad, Bozd&r, is a Tahsildir in Bah&walpur. Im&m Bakhah
Bozddr, of Mehrew&la, brother of Nur Muhammad, was at one time
Than&d&r of Mithankot. The Bozd&r family owns land in Mehrew41a»
Kotla Sikhdni, Eot Mithan, Eotla Nabi Shah, Gujarw&li, and B&ghon*
They acquired a good deal of land by the favor of the Makhdums of
Sitpur, with whose present representative they had a veiy intricate
suit during the present Settlement^ and they have purchased land
largely.
The Ealhora j&gird&r family has been separately noticed.
R£nja Kh^ Nahr, of Bh&gsar, does not get a chair, but he is a
worthy old gentleman, and a descendant of the N&hrs who were at one
time governor of Sitpur.
The Makhdum, Shekh Rdjan Bakhsh, lives at Sitpur, in Mucaffar^
garh. He is descendant of Shekh lUjan, who founded B&janpur, and
owns a good deal of land in the Bajanpur Tahsil, though he does not
now reside in the district.
CHAPTER IV.
WSt HISTORY OF THE DISTRICT SO FAR AS KNOWl^.
77. There are several remains of old Hindu colonies in the district
The most noticeable of these are found at
Hinda remains. Sangarh, at the Dilurai, near Jdmpiir, at Har-
rand, and at Mfiri, in the Bdjaupur TahsO.
78. At the time of the first Muhammadan invasion, Elphinstone
f th d' . *^y^ ^^^^ " ^^^ mountains of Mekr&n were
trict^at the^first Maham * inhabited by Biloches, and those of the Sulim^n
mndan invasion according by Afghans. With respect to the plain, if we
to Elphinstone. YnsLj judge from the present state of the popu->
lation, those between the Sulimdn and Mekr&n mountains and the
Indus were occupied by Jats or Indians."
79. The first appearance of the Muhammadans in India was in the
According to General year of 44 the Hijri ( A. D. 664 ). From General
Cunningham. Cunningham's Archaeological Report for 1863-64
it seems that the then inhabitants of the district were Jats. General
Cunningham says that ** when the Muhammadans first appeared in Sindh
towards the end of the seventh century, the Zaths and Meds were the
chief population of the country. But, as I have already shown that the
original seat of the Medi or Med colony was in the Punjab proper, I
33
conclude that the original seat of the Jatti or Jat colony must have been
in Sindh. With the Meds they at first gallantly opposed the advance of
the Arabs, but afterwards they were induced to join the foreign invader
against their rival brethren."
80. The remains found in the district show that its original
Hindd Jata supposed to inhabitants were Hindus, and they must be the
be the ancestorn of the Jats ancestors of the numerous Jats who, under
now settled in the district, different names, are still found intermixed with
tlie Biloches on the border, and settled separately all over the district.
81. The first Arab invasion of India under Moh^lib penetrated to
The first Muhammadan Mooltan, but was more of the nature of an
invasion. exploration of the country than of a permanent
invasion. In the reign of the Ehalif, Walid Muhammad E&sim, nephew
of the Khalif, conquered all the kingdom of Rdja Ddhir, which seems
to have extended from Karachi to Mooltan. The Muhammadan conquests
remained in their possession for only thirty-six years.
82. In the time of Sabuktagin, one H&mid Ehdn, Lodi, deserted
The Lodfs. ^^^ ^^" ^^"g ^°^ J^^^®4 ^^® Hindtis in return
for a cession of the province of Mooltan. When
Sabuktagin was victorious over the Hindus, Hamid Khdn submitted to
him, and was continued as governor of Mooltan. In 395 A.H. (1004 A.D.)
Abdul Fateh, Lodi, the grandson of Hdmid Khdn, allied himself to
Anang Pdl against Mahmiid Ghaznavi, and Mooltan was laid seige to
in consequence. Abdul Fateh submitted, but, revolting again, was taken
prisoner to Ghazni in 401 A.H. (1010 A.P. )
83. In 582 A.H. (1186 A.D. ) the house of Ghazni was expelled by
The district after the the house of Ghor. This district was during
expulsion of the house of this period part of the Siibah of Mooltan. Ndzir-
^^^^^ ud-din Kabdchi was governor of Mooltan under
the slave kings. In 622 A.H. ( 1225 A.D. ) Ndzir-ud-din was defeated
in an attempt to secure his independence, and drowned whilst crossing
the Indus on his retreat.
84. Mooltan and Dera Gh&zi Khan remained subject to Delhi till
Mooltan reduced by 800 A.H. (1398 A.D.) when Mooltan was reduced
Tamerlane's nephew. by Jfir Muhammad, nephew of Tamerlane.
85. After the decay of the house of Tughlak, and during the
*, ,x J X,- X / government of the Syads, Mooltan had become
Mooltan under the Lansras. P, ij. j r-^-i c kt i.jc hi
^ independent under a family of Afghans called
Langd.
86. Behlol Lodi succeeded to the throne of Delhi in 856 A.H.
The Lodia ascend the ( 1452 A.D.). Behlors grand-father had been
throne of Delhi. governor of Mooltan, and he was descended from
the Lodis who governed Mooltan in the time of Mahmud Ghaznavi.
Behlol would have reduced Mooltan, but he could not find time to do so.
It was at this time that the N&hrs, who are a branch . of the house of
P
34
Lodi, established themselves in the southern part of this district. Isan
Khdn, brother of Behlol, was governor of Sitpur and Kin. The
Nahrs of Harrand and Dajal are said to be descended from Bahddiir Khan,
brother of Abdul Fateh, Lodi, who was made prisoner by Mahmiid
Ghaznavi. Bahddiir Kh^n settled at Harrand. The Harrand branch of
the Nahr family was never independent. It was subject first to the
Mooltan branch of the family, and latterly to that branch of the family
which settled at Sitpur.
87. The Lodi dynasty was overturned by Bdbar, but the Lodis of
The Loais or Nahrs ex- Sitpur remained in power until 887 A.H.
pelled by Ghazi Khin/ (14^2 A.D.), when Ghazi Khan, Mehr^ni, forced
them to retreat to Barkh^n, and seized both Harrand and DajaL
88. There is a story that the N4hrs sent an agent to Delhi to
Trick played the Nahrs by complain of the action of Ghazi Khdn. An
Ohazi Khdn. emissary was sent from Delhi to enquire into
the matter. The emissary went to Dajal to see whose tombs were there.
Gh^i Khdn had taken the precaution to knock down the N^hr tombs
and put up sham ones of his own family. The consequence was that
the Nahrs obtained no redress.
89. The Nahrs are now represented by Rdnja Khan, of Bh&gsar, a
Present representatives very respectable old gentleman. There are
of the Nahrs. Nahrs at Kasmore and Harrand, and there is also
a colony of them at Barkhan. Nahr means a tiger in Sanskrit, and is a
name given to the Lodis on account of their rapacity.
90. The origin of Gh^zi Khan, Mehrani Biloch, is given in some
fragments of the history of Mooltan, the Derajdt,
Origin of Ghizi Khin. ^^^ Bhdwalpur, translated from Persian
manuscripts by Lieutenant (now Major-General) R. Maclagan, and pub-
lished at page 559, Vol. XVII of the Journal of the Asiatic Society.
Malik Sohrdb, a Biloch, came from Kach Mekrdn and entered
the service of Sultan Hosain, Governor of Mooltan, in 874 A.H. (A,D.
1469). Malik Sohrab was followed by many Biloch settlers, amongst
whom were Hdji Khan and his son Ghazi Kh^n. During the weak rule
of Sultdn Hosain's grandson Mahmiid, Ghazi Khd.n seized on the
government.
The town of Dera Ghdzi Khdn was founded by Hdji Kh&n, father
of Ghazi Khan. It was not till his time that the Dera Ghdzi Kh^n
District acquired its present name. I have hitherto named the district
Dera Ghdzi Khan in writing this account of it only for want of another
name to designate it by. Glidzi Khan died in 900 A.H. (1494 A.D.), as was
shown by the date on his tomb at Churatta. The stone on which this
date was given has been removed by some mischievous person. He was
succeeded by his son Haji Kh^n.
91. For fifteen generations successive Gh^zi Kh^ns and H5ji
Khans ruled at Dera Ghdzi. Each Ghdzi Khaa
du^irwhVh Gh^rKS "^"i^d '"'^ ^^-^ Hfiji Khfin, and each Hdji Khan
dynasty reigned. named his son Uhazi Khan. Ihe village round
the town of Dera Ghazi is thus called Haji
35
Gh^i. In 1700 jL0., towards the close of Aurangz^b^s reign, one of the-
Ghazi Kh^ns rebelled, and was defeated with difficulty by Prince Mouj-
ul-din. Governor of Mooltan {ScoU^a Aurangz^b ). Major Pollock, in his
account of the Dera Ghazi Khan District, says that there were twenty
generations of Ghdzi Khans. I think fifteen generations more probably
correct, as the family was in power only from 887 A.H. ( 1482 A.D. ) to
1183 A.H. (1769 A.D.), or for 2dG Hijri years. Fifteen generations would
give each Ghazi or Haji Khan only twenty years of power. The Persian
manuscript translated by General Maclagan gives only 10 Ghclzi Kh^ns.
The last died in 1172 A.H. (1758 A.D.) when Ahmad Shah appointed Koura
Mdl governor. Koura Mai was succeeded by Ghulam Shah, Kalhora,
who governed for sixteen years. This account does not mention Mahmiid
Kh&n Gujar, who was governor under the Kalhoras and under Ahmad
Shah.
92. Mahmiid Khiln Giijar was wazir of the last Ghfci Khdn. Thisr
Mah dd Khk Gih* Mahmud was the son of one Yusaf, a grazier. He
™ ^ ^*'* entered the service of the last Ghdzi Khdn but
one, and became wazir. Mahmud Kh^m offered to bring in the Kalhoras
during the minority of the last Ghdzi Khdn. In 1183 A.H. (1769 A.D.)
the Kalhoras took Dera Ghdzi Khan and appointed Mahmud Khan
Gujar governor under them. I have given an account of the Kalhora
family, now Jdgirddrs of Rajanpur, separately at paras. 63 to 71.
The last Ghazi Khdn died six years after this in 1775 A.D,, and
left no direct heirs. There is a couplet which gives the date of the death
of the last Ghdzi Khdn : —
"Jo GhAzi Khan az dunyd raft mahrdnr,
Musalir be watan manl ast mazlum.
Khard Tdrikh we guft ast ]>ishno,
Znfirja bishmari ai y&r mdsUm.''
When Ghazi Khdn died, a traveller and an exile and oppressed, a
wise man told the date of his death, which hear, count the date of his
death — oh my friend !
93. In 1151 A.H. (1739 a.d.) Muhammad Shah had coded all the
country west of the Indus to Nadir Shah. The
thrkin^^T/khSn.""'" kings Of Khorfein were therefore the actual
owners of Dera Ghazi Kh^m for thirty years before
the Ghdzi Khdn dynasty ct^ased. They asserted their rights against the
Kalhoras, but continued Mahmud Khdn as governor, giving him the title
of Jfin Nisfir Khan.
94. Mahmud Khdn was very active in bringing the district under
Character of Mahmtid cultivatioiK He excavated the Nur, Manka,
Khan and decay of the and Muhammadwah Canals, and also the !Nur
^^J*^"* Branch of the Dhingdna Canal. He was a large
landowner, and owned lands as far south as Bhdgsar. Mahmud Khan
was succeeded by his nephew Barkurdar, who was superseded by gover-
nors sent direct from Khorasan. The Gujars then settled in Muzaffar-
garb, and are not represented in this district at the present day.
36
95. Nddir Shah was killed in 1747 A.D., and Ahmad Shah, Ahd&\\
T> th fNAd' sh h OF Dutfini, succeeded him. The Biloches were
^' * * then independent, being subject only to their
own native chiefs, but they were made to pay allegiance to Ahmad Shah,
and were also liable for military service.
96. In 1758 A.D. Timiir Shah, son of Ahmad Shah, Durfini, was
Ahmad Sh4h, Durini, gives expelled from the Punjab by the Marahtas under
the Dajal and Harrand iidka Ragoba. Nasir Kh^n, Brahoi, Rhdn of KheWt,
to Nasir Kh4ii Braiioi. revolted from Ahmad Shah just as he was about
to march to the recovery of the Punjab. Ndsir Khan was defeated. After
his defeat he joined Ahmad Shah against the Marahtas. In return for
the aid so timely rendered, Ahmad Shah bestowed the Harrand and Dajal
lUka upon him.
97. In 1187 A.H. (1773 a.d.) Ahmad Shah died and was suc-
Contcntions in the family ceeded by his SOU Timiir Shah. Timur Shah
of Ahmad Shah, and rise of died in 1793 A.D., and was succeeded by Zeman
the Barakzais. ghah. This was the Zem&n Shah who had
Painda Khdn, Barakzai, the father of the Barakzai Sard&rs, put to death.
In 1800 A.D. Mahmdd Shah, half brother of Zemdn Shah, put out the
eyes of Zem&n Shah, and usurped the throne with the aid of Barakzais.
Shah Shuja, brother of Zemdn Shah, defeated Mahmud Shah, but was in
his turn defeated and deposed by Mahmud Shah. Shah Shuja recovered
his power, and retained it till 1809 A.D., from which date the Barakzai
rule commenced really, though not nominally, in Afgh&uist&n.
98. In the manuscript translated by General Maclagan, the gover-
Govemors of Dera Ghizi ^^^ ^^ ^^'^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ Duranis are
Khan under the DuranU. given as follows : —
Under Timur Shah.
Zem&n Khfin, Dur&ni, for three years.
Musa Khdn, Atakzai, for nine years.
Samandar Khdn, Badozai, for one year.
Under Zemdn Shah.
A'zad Khan, Barakzai, for two years.
Samand Khdn, Popalzai, for two years.
Shekh Karar-ud-din, for one year.
Ibrahim Khdn, Popalzai, for one year.
Samand Khdn, for three years.
Abdul Jabdr Kh^n, for three years.
HabibuUa Kh&n, Sadozai, for two years.
Zemdn Khan, Barakzai, for three yeai*s.
Under Shalizddah Mahmud.
Samandar Khdn, for two years.
As General Maclagan points out, the total period during which gover-
nors were appointed in Zemdn Shah's reign, amounts to seventeen years,
37
whereas Zem&n Shah was only seven years in power. Probably the reigns
during which these governors served have been incorrectly stated.
99. In 1819 A.D. Ranjit Singh annexed Dera Ghdzi Khan,
The Sikhs annex Dera Muhammad Zem&n, the Khoras&n Governor,
Gh4zi Khfcn. having evacuated it.
100. Ranjit Singh farmed the district first to Sddik Muhammad Ehdn,
Nawdb of Bh&walpur, for 4 lakhs of rupees a year,
thlN^wlb oIbw^^^^ a^^ «• nazarr^na of 1 lakh. The district then
included Kot Mithan and Rujh&n. In 1827
A.D. the Nawdb conquered Ddjal and Harrand. The Nawdb was super-
seded in 1830 A.D. when General Ventura was appointed to govern the
district. The governors for the Bhdwalpur Nawiib were Ghulam Kadir,
D&im Khdn, and, lastly, Edim Khdn.
101. General Ventura held charge of Dera Gh&zi Ehdn for two
General Ventura succeed. J^ars, and has left a good reputation in the
ed in charge of the district district. In 1832 Diwdn Sdwan Mai, Governor
by Diwdn S4wan Mai. ^f Mooltan, took the district in farm. Sdwan
Mai's K&rd&rs were : Jaw&har Mai, Rang Rdm, Kirpa Rdm, Bahadar
Chand, R&dh& Eishen, Longa R&m.
102. Diwdn Sawan Mai's administration was most able. He promot-
Ability and good govern- ®^ cultivation and commerce, and did more for
ment of D£wdn S4wan the district than any previous governor of it.
*^*^' Diwdn Sawan Mai's character is so well known
that it would be useless to enlarge upon it further.
103. In 1849 A.D., Miilraj, son of Sdwan Mai, was taken prisoner
Revolt of Mtilrdj and ^^^r ^^^e siege of Mooltan, and Dera Ghiizi
annexation of the district Khan was annexed by the British Government.
by the British.
104. General VanCortlandt was the first Deputy Commissioner, and
Deputy Commissionei-s held charge of the district from 1849 to 1854
since 1849 AD. A.D. Captain ( now Colonel ) Pollock was
Deputy Commissioner from 1854 to 1856, and again from 1857 to 1859,
Colonel Graham having acted in 1857. Major Minchin was Deputy Com-
missioner from 1860 to 1866 and in March 1866 Captain Sandeman was
appointed Deputy Commissioner, and still continues to hold the appoint-
ment. Major Shortt held charge of the district for seven months in 1869
whilst Captain Sandeman was on furlough.
CHAPTER V.
ANTIQUITIES.
105. There are no antiquities in the district, with the exception of
. ,. .,. the Hindu remains mentioned in paragraph 1
Antiquities, - . , • u j. r a r
o; the previous chapter.
38
CHAPTER VI.
THE NUMBER OF VILLAGES AND THE NAMES OF THE PRINCIPAL TOWN*
106. There are now 675 mauzahs or townships and 80 rakhs in the
^ t * n district; of the 675 mauzahs the greater number
The number of villages. i. • -n x. ^ j. tx ■ * ^.u
contain villages or hamlets. It is not the
custom in this district for the agricultural population to live much in
one village. There are houses on most of the wells in the Sindh in which
the proprietors of the wells or their tenants live, and in the Pachad there
are scattered encampments made of wicker work and reeds, or of matting,
in which the Biloches live whilst they graze their flocks, or in the
season in which they have to cultivate their bauds. As the pastures
become exhausted, or as the agricultural seasons change, these encamp-
ments are moved. According to the Census Report of 18G8 there are
380 towns and villages in the district, classified thus : —
List o/iowTis and number of villager.
Containing less
than 200 inha-
bitants.
From 200 to
600.
From 600 to
1,0(10.
Prom.1,000
to 2,000.
From 2000
to5,OOU.
From 5,000
to 10,000.
From 10,000
to 60,000.
TotaL
116
M
78
67
81
4
1
880
The town of Dera Ghazi Khan contains 20,123 inhabitaLts, JAmpur con-
tains 7,796, Choti 7,300, Dajal 5,653, and Rojhdn 5,602. Choti and Rojh^ln
are scarcely towns. They consistof a main village and of a number of scat-
tered hamlets. I think that they have been incorrectly classed amongst
towns. The towns containing less than 5,000 inhabitants most worthy
of note are Mangrota, Tounsa, Kotla Moghl^in, Harrand, Rajanpur, and
Mithankot. I proceed to give a short account of the principal towns.
107. Mangrota was the Tahsil town of the Sangarh Tahsil. It is
Mancrrota ^'^ miles north of Dera Ghazi Khan. The popu-
^ ' lation is 4,424. It was founded by Niitkdni
and Bozddr Biloches. In Ak bar's time there were two townships, north
and south. The south or Nutk^ni town was carried away by the Sangarh
stream, and the present towns are east and west. Mangrota is at the
mouth of the Sangarh Pass. There is a fort here held by a detachment of
Cavalry and Infantry from the Dera Ghizi Khan Garrison.
108. Tounsa is two miles from Mangrota on the main road to Dera
rp^^j^g^^ Ismail Khan. The population is 3,348. It was
founded 300 years ago by Munga Khiln, Chacht
The town is on the bank of the Sangarh stream. There is a famous and
handsome shrine here. The Tahsil was transferred here from Mangrota
in 1873.
39
Tounsais a very sandy place and very warm. There is a couplet—
Tounsa wak Mangrota ra chiin aakhti,
Bdz bd Dozakh chira praddkhti.
The meaning of which is that, after making Tounsa and Mangrota,
there was no need for Qod to make Hell. The guardian of the Tounsa
shrine says that the couplet means that the sanctity of the Tounsa shrine
does away with the terrors of Hell.
109. The site occupied by Dera Ghdzi Khan is said at one time to
, . have formed part of the bed of the river. Gh&zi
Khdn, Mehrani, founded the town 400 years ago.
He was a great cattle-owner, and was attracted by the grass. Dera
Ghdzi Khan has always been the head-quarters of the governors of the
surrounding district. Latterly, under Captain Sandeman, a main bazaar
has been erected. In it there is a fine Town Hall and many well built
houses. The shops are all built on a standard plan. A serdi is now
being built at the entrance of the town. Near it are the dispensary and
school, both thriving institutions. There used to be a fort in the town,
which was levelled after annexation. The Tahsil and Thdnah are on the
site of the fort.
The town is contained in the boundaries of mauzahs Baksha Araien,
Sakhira Araien, H^ji Ghazi, and Drahma. There is pacca road round
the city with a good avenue.
The principal buildings are Ghdzi Khan's mosque, which is said to
have cost Ks. 50,000 ; Abdul Jabfir's mosque, which was built in 1235 A. H.
by Abdul Jabiir, who was governor of Dera Ghazi Khan, and cost
Rs. 32,000. It was turned by the Sikhs into a Dharmsala. There is one
well held revenue-free in support of this mosque.
The Chutaw^la mosque was built by Chiita Kh^n Gujar in 1265 A. H.
The Sikhs made this also into a Dharmsdla. H^ji Muhammad Sadoz^i's
mosque. — It was built very long ago with red mortar. This too was
converted by the Sikhs into a Dharmsdla There are two wells held
revenue-free by this mosque.
The Quldlewdla mosque, built by Muhammad KhAn Giijar, and
repaired by a dyer called Ghuldmi. There are two tombs. — Shah Kam^l
and Naurang Shah, and four Hindu temples : Gopindth, Nauniat Rdi,
Shamji, and Nur Singh.
The present Katcherj' is on the site of Ghdzi Khdn's garden called
the Noulukha.
There are not many large traders in the town. Chirnan L^l is the
wealthiest Banker. The chief traders came from Shik^rpur originally.
Sir Alexander Burnes in his " Cabul " says that merchants always
spoke of Dera Ghdzi Khan and Shikdrpur as the gates of Khords^n.
At one time the trade of Dera Ghdzi Khan was brisk. It had a thriving
silk manufacture, and also a manufacture of coarse white cotton cloth.
Sir Alexander Burnes says that in 1836 there were 128 weavers of
40
coai*se cotton cloth» 112 silk weavers, and 12 cutlers in the town. There
were 1,597 shops in all. I have counted the shops now in 1873, and
there are 1,829. There are only 89 weavers of cotton cloth, 22 silk
weavers, and 6 cutlers. Imported cloth, silk, and cutlery have displaced
the native products. There are 26 shops in which brass vessels are
made, and 32 men engaged in their manufacture.
The town is pleasantly situated, and the Kastun Canal flows past it
on the east. Along the canal are numerous gardens thickly planted
with mango trees. The banks of the canal are also covered with trees,
and there are many pacca bathing gh&ts which in the hot weather are
thronged with bathers. In the hotter months a regular fair is held every
Sunday on the banks of the canal. The Canal Department recently
deepened the canal, and this has caused some inconvenience to the
bathers. The city is only two miles from the river Indus, and is now
surrounded by a dam to keep ofif the floods.
A cavalry regiment and two infantry regiments of the Punjab
Frontier Force occupy the cantonments, which adjoin the civil lines,
and are a mile distant from the town to the west. The old cavalry
cantonments and the civil lines were east of the town, and were
destroyed by the flood of 1857 A.D. The present civil lines adjoin
the cantonments.
110. J^mpuris the chief town of the Tahsil of that name, and is
32 miles from Dera Oh^zi Ehan. It was
™^^' founded by one Jim, a Jat, about 600 years ago;
the population numbers 7,796, and there are 1,599 houses and 250 shops.
This is the second town in the district. Wood-turning is the employ-
ment most followed, and wooden toys are largely manufactured. The
Jakkars were at one time the most influential family here, but they
have now fallen into decay, and their lands, including the Eiria Q&mu-
wfila canal, from which the lands were irrigated, are mortgaged.
111. This is a small but ancient town near J&mpur. It was
K ti M hM founded in 1100 A.H. by a merchant of
^ ^ ^S ' Ispahan, who is said to have been a farmer of
the land revenue. The population numbers 2,884, and there are 110
shops. There is a water-course which divides the town into halves^
The descendants of the founder of the town take a fee of one rupee
per marriage from all residents.
112. One Ddud, a grazier, first settled here. He camped under a
jj,. , J41 tree, whence came the name of the town,
Ddud Jfil or D&jal. D^jal at one time belonged
to the Nahrs, from whom it was taken by Ghdzi Kh&n, and it afterwards
formed part of the Harrand-Ddjal lUka, which was subject to the
Khanate of Kheldt. D^jal was once a thriving town with a large trade
beyond the border. It is now much decayed and trade has deserted it.
The well water of D^jal is not drinkable, and the supply is from the
Kah^ stream which runs into a tank. In dry seasons, and when the
Kah& is taken up for irrigation purposes^ there is great scarcity of water
41
here. The native say ttiat scarcity of water and scarcity of shade are
the chief characteristics of D&j&L
113. This is now only a village. It is said to have been founded
„ , by a Greek named Hara Ndchus, who was killed
by Pralfid, an incarnation of vigilance. Sir
A. Barnes says that Harrand was founded by Hari, a slave of Alexander.
Harrand was given in j^gir to Abdul Fateh, Lodi. The fort at Harrand,
which was buUt by the Sikhs, and finished in 1836 A.D., cost Rs. 40,000.
114. Rijanpur was founded by Makhdum Shekh Rfijan 128 years
j^. ago. Rajanpur is the head-quarters of the
' Assistant Commissioner in charge of the Rdjan-
pur sub-division. A Cavalry Regiment and two Companies of Infantry
are stationed here. There is a dispensary at Rajanpur. A racket court
and swimming bath were built by the officers of the 3rd Punjab Cavalry.
115. The town of Mithankot was formerly on the banks of the
Mithankot TiYer Indus, and, from its position at the point
of confluence of the Panjnad or five rivers of
the Punjab, it commanded a large trade. The Assistant Commissioner
of Rajanpur was stationed here until 1863 A.D., when the town of
Mithankot was destroyed by the river. A new town was laid out
which is five miles from the river, and has consequently never thrived.
There is a very fine shrine at Mithankot sacred to one Akil Muhammad.
116. Rojhdn is the capital of the Mazdri tribe, and was founded
^ .j^^j^^ by Bahr^m Kb£n Tvmanddr fifty years ago.
The present Tumand^r, Imfim Bakhsh Khdn,
has founded a separate village. He has also built a fine court-house
for his own use as an Honorary Magistrate, a mosque and handsome
tombs to the memory of his father and nephew. Woollen rugs and
nose bags for horses are manufactured here.
117. There is a Municipal Committee of the 2nd class at Dera
Municipal Committees. 2^^' Khdn, and one of the 3rd cla.ss at Jdmpur.
Three members of the Dera Ghdzi Khan
Municipal Committee, Ghul&m Mustafa, Abdiila Makwal, and Ladu Rdm,
have the powers of Magistrates of the 3rd class. The towns at which
octroi is levied are : —
Dera Gh&zi Ehan.
Dajal and Nowshera.
Jdmpur.
Harrand, with Tibbi Liind and Basti Panah All.
Hijipur.
Tounsa and Mangrota.
Rdjanpur.
K6t Mithan.
Rojh&n,
Fdzilpur.
G
42
The income and expenditure from octroi dues for the years 1871-72,
1872-73, and 1873-74 have been as follows :—
Tegble Bhawing ihe income and txpendiiure from octr(d due$.
Nahb op Towk.
1
Izrcoicx.
ExPBvniTUxx.
Tahbil.
•
04
*
!>•
00
iH
25,831
•
CO
i
00
22,328
2
t
eo
g4
00
21,878
•
eo
•
04
r*
00
32,755
■
CO
00
D. G. Khan ...
1
1
Dera Gh&zi Khan •
22,800
24,295
Sangabh ...
Totmsa & Mangrota
1,252
1,330
1,300
923
1,060
1,871
Jampub
J&mpur ...
3,066
3,062
3,515
3,408
2,188
3,401
•
D&jal and Nowshera
4,300
2,148
4,030
4,935
2^490
2^12
Harrand^ Tibbi and
Basti Panah All...
796
624
700
695
972
626
Hajipor
1,080
775
1,250
482
768
390
Bajakpub
Bikjanpnr
2,336
2,400
3,125
2,337
2,265
2,875
Kot Mithan
1,972
1,855
2,125
2,646
1,702
1,404
Bojh&n
1,287
850
900
1,245
892
756
F&zilpor
Total
527
42,447
633
36.006
- 700
40,445
53S
39,08]
550
476
45,622
38,306
118. There are distilleries at Dera Qh&zi Ehan, Mangrota, and
B&janpur. The following statement shows the
thSontquo^^ '"" '^^^^^ fro"^ distilleries, the number of shops
licensed for the sale of liquor, and the places
where they exist ; also the income and expenditure fpom the &bk&n fees
of all kinds : —
1
^
II
s
&«dft»sa
•
1
i
MMnOU^XDIWIl
<(§ ==
S. 5838
i
iiSJIss
1
3
1
■*1»P
J , —
•
30=.=,
3
.
<i| "
1
15''
s
|»S=i»s
is
K
1
S
■Nnnn^»l"oH
- ~ -
— -
-
-
-
s
^
1
s
S
1
n
1
!
mnnvMimiioaiii
al "
1
l=«
S
5881===
1
1
1
^
^ « .0
2
«sa.
s
gossooes
-
*
3
1
<!i "
1
g333
'•
5.5S»5SJ
s
li
1
■»IH>njOH|<IRIK
" "-
-
"— l-l—— "-
-
-
s
,!"
?
«nnp»toH
d ^ "
:
i : ■ ■
■
;:;::::
;
3
1
^ eeeeee
' ,
1
•oMnmuit^Mi
d «"■==
1
SS«i
3
15111==
1
1
1
^
■iWP
-i 2»— "^
2
2»»"
*
2=»-»»*
«
-
-
•
d 1!-'"=
5
SS"
S
S.S3I8>«
S
^
1
1
1
■"WBonjoeqnios
rl 1-
-
"
s
i!
1 E ; n : ; = i e i = i i ; i : • i
1 I
i
1
S ! 3 3 si
I'
I
i
1
1
III-
i
3
a
S
\
44
The income from licenses for the sale of opium and drugs is shown
below : —
1
iNCOUB.
Tohsil.
1
I
1869-70.
187071.
1871-72.
1872-78.
1873-74.
Dera GhiUi Khan ... .
Jampur ... |
liajanpor
Saiigarh
3,000
500
1,225
410
8,900
426
1,040
515
4,950
650
1,050
400
4,500
780
1,110
450
6,067
688
1,102
688
Total
5,135
5,880
7,050
7,240
7,336
CHAPTER VII.
THE TRADE AND HANUFACTURES OF THE DISTRICT.
119. Up to the time of the Sikhs, E4filas used to enter India
from Ehor4s&n through this district. The Ch4-
FrlntfeVpas^^s char and Sakhi Sarwar passes were the most
traversed by Kafilas. The Mangrota or Sangarh
pass was also used, but not to any very great extent. The easiest
pass is the Ch^char, by which Harrand is only some fifteen
marches distant from Candah^r. By this pass fruits and woollen
goods used to come from (Jabul iu exchange for sugar and cotton
cloth. In 1844 A.D. the Biloches took to phmdering E&filas along
this route, and since then it has been almost deserted. In former
days the Biloches used to make a good profit by escorting Kifilas.
The Qiirchdni Tumandar has told me that he himself received Rs. 700
for escorting one Kdfila. Of late years the Deputy Commissioner,
Captain Sandeman, has endeavoured to bring back traffic to this route ;
but until the Maris and Biigtis become more settled it is not likely that
merchants will again resort to it. Some traffic has been established
with the Biloch and Pathdn tribes immediately beyond the border,
and small Kafilas move backwards and forwards through the Ehetrto
country and the Sakhi Sai'war pass to and from Eh£n, Si^f and Bdr-
khdn. If it were desired to protect K&filas following this route to
Oandah&r, military posts should be established in the Sham and at
Bdrkh^n. When the D^jal-Harrand Ildka belonged to the Brahois, and
also when it was subject to Bhdwal Khdn, a garrison was maintained
at B^rkhdn, and the fort which the garrison occupied is still standing.
B^rkhan was first abandoned by the Sikhs.
120. The river trade of the district formerly had its centre
The riyer trade ^^ Mithaiikot, whence molasses, cotton, indigo,
wheat, &c., were shipped to Sakkar and Bom-
bay. Mithankot was carried away by the river in 1863, and a new town
45
wa^ then built, which is five miles from the river. Commerce has now
left the town. Boats cannot approach Mithankot, for between the old
river bank on the Mithankot side and the river there is a considerable
kachi occupying the site of old Mithankot. Most of the once prosperous
merchants of Mithankot have either left the town or are bankrupt
The river trade is now mostly carried on fi*om the town of Dcra
Gh&zi Khan itself.
tj 1. ^ «4.i, T^^— 121. The boats used on the Indus
Boatu lued on the Indai.
are —
1. The Zohrak. This is the common cargo boat of the country.
2. The Dtindi.
There is but little difference between the two boats, but the Zohrak is
the largest. The Zohrak costs from Rs. 500 to Rs. 1,000, and carries a
cargo of from 300 to 800 maunds. The number of boatmen required
to man a Zohrak varies from six to nine. The Dundi costs from
Rs. 80 to Rs. 200, and carries from 50 to 200 maunds. A Dundi is manned
by three or four boatmen. The bottoms of river boats are made flat,
with a slight curve at both ends, the advantage of which formation is
said to be that when the boat strikes a sand bank she revolves, whereas
a flat-bottomed boat without a curve would show her broadside to the
sand bank, and be more difficult to get off into deep water.
122. The chief trading town of the district is now Dera Qh&zi
Trade of the different Khan. Indigo, opium, dates, wheat, cotton,
towns, exporu and imports, barley, millet, ghi, and hides are exported by
river, and earth salt across the hills from Rdjanpur. Alum is found at
R&janpur, and it is hoped that a considerable export trade in alum may
be established. The value of the opium exported averages Rs. 24,000
to Rs. 25,000 per annum, that of the indigo exported more than a lakh
of rupees. Grain to the value of about 6 lakhs of rupees is exported
annually ; also brass vessels from Dera Gh^ Khan ; wooden toys from
Jdmpur, and cloth for coverlets and cotton dans from Ddjal. D^i&l
was a thriving town when the Chdchar pass was open. It still carries
on some trade with the hills, but has much decayed. The Ddjal potters
are famous, and do a good amount of business. The principal imports
into the district are sugar, fruits from Cabul, gram, which is little grown
in the district, woollen goods, English piece goods, and broadcloths,
metals, salt, and spices. Sugar is imported, mostly raw, to the value of
some Rs. 80,000 per annum.
123. Agricultural laborers are usually paid in kind. A common
rtr « 1 V fi^l^l laborer can command 3 annas to 4 annas
Wages of laborers. , p i_- i j i» it. ma i
^ a day for his work, and for the silt clearance
of canals 4 annas a day are paid by Government. Carpenters and
masons get from 8 to 10 annas a day. A blacksmith gets from 6 annas
to one rupee a day. The only landless day laborers in the district are
the Kotdnas, who are sweepers converted to Muhammadanism. They
work as village servants, and are employed to winnow grain. Under
46
the Sikhs ft common laborer was paid !•} annas « day, and a carpenter
5 annas to 6 annas. Blacksmiths were paid by the piece. Laborers
employed on canal clearance were paid Rs. 3 per mensem, half in cash
and half in kind.
124. Amongst the Muhammadans accumtdated ca[»tal is uivested
either in the purchase of land or in mortgages
Aecamalated capitaL
on land. A Muhammadan will not lend
money at interest. Land in this district is highly marketable, and
dianges hands very freely. Amongst the Tumans there is an indisposi-
tion to part with land, otherwise it is freely sold and mortgaged. The
large number of sales and mortgages of land is no doubt due to the
little value land had previous to our rule, to the over-assessment with
which we commenced our administration, and, most of all, to the laige
quantities of land many land-owners held in excess of their require-
ments. Hindus lend money freely at interest, but tiiey also have a
jgieat desire bo acquire lands, whether by purchase or by mortgage.
The rates of interests are —
For large transactions, with security, 12 per cent.
For petty transactions, and large transactions with indiffisrent
security, 24« per cent.
For petty transactions, without security, \ an anna per rupee per
mensem, which amounts to 37^ per cent, per annum. There is a large
banking establishment at Dera Qh&zi Ehan, but loans are chiefly
conducted through village shop-keepers.
125. There are only 140 incomes, which, when the income-tax
was in force, were rated at more than Rs. 500
^'^^^' per annum. Under the income-tax of 1872
<mly Rs. 2,280 were realized from the whole district.
126. The number of deeds registered in the district during the
years 1871-1872 and 1872-1873 is shown in
Begistratioo.
the following statement : —
Deeds relating to immovahle property.
«
Description of deed.
1871-72.
1872-73.
Number of
deeds.
Aggregate
value.
Number of
deeds.
Aggregate
value.
Deeds of gift
Deeds of sale (Rs. 100
and upwards)
Deeds of sale (less
than Rs. 100) ...
Deeds of mortgage ...
Other deeds
17
468
619
1,083
1
1,234
1,36,216
27,501
1,47,217
100
9
516
635
1,069
28
14,278
1,62,815
29,312
2,71,879
3.143
Total
2,138
3,12,268
2,257
4,81,427
47
Deeds rdaUng . to movable property.
.
1871-72. ]
1872-73.
Descripti<Mi of deeds.
Number of
deeds.
Aggregate
value.
Number of
deeds.
Aggregate
value.
Deeds of sale ...
Bonds ...
Other documents ...
3
247
240
825
36.822
40,523
11
196
204
2,187
40,994
21.143
Total ....
490
78,170
411
64.324
W1IC8.
127. Under the Sikhs the s^r was equal to 96 rupees Ninak
Shdhi. In 1850 the s^r of 80 tolas was intro-
Djcal weightg and mea- j^^^ j ^^^ ^y^^ district. Four years ago the
s^r of 100 tolas was introduced, and the sir now
mostly in use is that of 100 tolas.
The local measure is given in the table below. Its origin is not
known, but it appears in deeds 200 years old, and it is so univeraally
followed that there is. little chance of its being superseded. There is
some difference in the relative weights of the difiercDt measures in use
in the different TahsHs of the distiict, but the measures are all known
by on^e name.
Table of Local WeighJts a/nd Measures. ,
Name of
meaaore.
Weight in
district 84r8
of 100 tolaa.
W4\gU in gtandard sirs of 80 toUu,
Tabsfl
Dera.Gh&si
Khan.
Tahsfl
Jtopui.
Tahsfl
FULjanpiir.
Tahfifl
Sangarb* .
Ohotai ...
\\ chtkB ...
14 chtkB* ...
l\ chtkB* ...
IJchtkB* ...
1 chtk.
Pitt
6 ,» ...
Of ,1 .«.
6J „
5* „ • ...
4 „
Paropt
H sto ...
1 8^ 9 chtks
1 8^r 9 chtkB
1 B6r 6| chtkB
iB^n
Topa
« » ...
^i !».
6J ,1
5 „ . 10 „
4 „
Pal
20 „ ...
26 „
26 „
22| 86;
16 „
Ohoot
2maund0...
2 mdfl 20 p^rs
2 mdfl 20 B^rs
2 mda 10 b^tb
1 md 24 Bdr
Bhora
8 » ...
10 „
10 „ .:.
9 It •••
6 „ 1« M
Pat
82 „ ...
40 „
40 >,
86 „ ...
26 » 24 „
* And afractlon added.
48
4 Ohotais ... =1 p£u.
4 Pdus ... =1 paropi.
4 Faropis ... =1 topa.
4 Topas ... = 1 pai.
4 Pais ... =1 chout.
4 Chouts ... =1 bhora.
4 Bhoras ... = 1 pat.
The initial capacity of the chotai changes in different places ;
but, whatever the value of the chotai, the higher denominations stand
to it in the same ratio, 4 chotais are always equal to 1 p&u, though the
chotai is not always of the same value.
The yard of the district contains 45 inches.
The land measure is given at paras. 265, 266, and 267.
CHAPTER VIII.
SHRINES AND FAIRS.
128. From the number of shrines scattered about the Dera Gh&zi
Khan District it would appear to have been in
rea^'oOaS!^ * *" ^7S'->r^^ days a favorite resort of saints. This
I ascribe to the unattractive nature of this
district, which contains many places admirably adapted for the residence
of those who desire to mortify the flesh. The most renowned saint of
the district is Sakhi Sarwar ; and if the renunciation of self is really
one of the virtues by the exercise of which pious Muhammadans become
Saints, Sakbi Sarwar well deserves his high place amongst holy men, for
the spot selected by him is the last place that any one, who in the least
regarded his personal comfort, would choose as an abode.
129. Sakhi Sarwar is said to have been the son of Hazrat Zen-
uldbdin, wh(J migrated from Baghdad, and
Sakhi Sarwar. settled at Sialkot, 12 miles east of Mooltan, in
650 A.H. (1220 A.D.). Hazrat Zenuliibdm had two sons, one was Saidi
Ahmad, afterwards known as Sakhi Sarwar ; the other was Khdn Doda,
who died at Baghddd, and was not famous. There is a shrine to him
between Dera Ghdzi Khan and Sakhi Sarwar at a place called Yador.
130. Saidi Ahmad studied at Lahore, and from there went to
Dhokal, near Wazirabad, in the Gujrat District.
Siddi^AhmiS!^^'' ^^ Whilst at Dhoukal, he saw a mare, the property
of a carpenter, and asked the carpenter for it.
The carpenter denied having a mare, whereupon Saidi Ahmad called to
the mare, and it came up to him of its own accord. Saidi Ahmad then
told the carpenter to sink a well, which he did^ and the descendants of
49
the carpenter ajre the guardians of the well, at which a fair is held every
year in June to Sakhi Sarwar's honor. After this Saidi Ahmad, by his
father's order, went to reside at the foot of the Sulimdn range, and settled
at the place now called after him. Shortly after retiring into the
desert, Saidi Ahmad performed another miracle. A camel belonging to a
caravan, which was going from Khor^isan to Delhi, broke its leg. The
leader of the caravan applied to Saidi Ahmad, who told him to return to
where he had left the camel, and he would find it sound. The merchant
did as he was directed, and was rewarded by finding his camel recovered.
On arriving at Delhi the merchant published the miracle, and the
Emperor heard of it. The Emperor, anxious to enquire into the miracles,
sent for the camel, and had it killed. The leg was examined and found
to have been mended with rivets. The Emperor convinced of the
miracle, sent four mule loads of money to Saidi Ahmad, and told him to
build himself a house. Sakhi Sarwar shrine was built with this money.
One G^nnu, of Mooltan, now gave his daughter in marriage to Saidi
Ahmad, who had miraculously caused two sons to be born to him.
131. Gdnnu endowed his daughter with all his property, and it
was for his generosity in distributing this pro-
Sakb'f wi^^ "^""^ ""^ P^r^y ^ *'*^® VooT that Saidi Ahmad obtained
the name of Sakhi Sarwar, or the bountiful lord
or chief. Sakhi Sarwar now visited Baghdad; on his return he was
accompanied by three disciples, whose tombs are shown on a low hill
near Sakhi Sarwar.
m
132. The present guardians of the Sakhi Sarwar shrine are the
descendants of three servants of Gdnnu, who
Sakhi .sLw^li^'shrine.^^ attached themselves to Sakhi Sarwar. These
were Kulung, Kahin, and Shekh. Sakhi Sarwar
limited the number of the descendants of these three men to 1,650, which
number has been strictly observed ever since. This number is thus dis-
tributed: —
Descendants of Kulung ... ... 750
Descendants of K^hiji ... ... 600
Descendants of Shekh ... ... 300
All the offerings made at the shrine are divided into 1,650 shares, and
it is said to be a fact that there are never more or less than 1,650 Mujdwars
or descendants of the three original keepers of the shrine. This number
includes women and children. It is not,however,a fact that there are never
more nor less than 1,650 Mujdwars, as I ascertained when the village
pedigree title deed was prepared. The Mujdwars in excess of the
Inquired number absent themselves in rotation as pilgrim-hunters or
otherwise.
133 The Mujfiwars are all equal, and an infant gets the same share
Division of income ^^ ^^^ proceeds of the shrine as an adult. The
Muj^wars, after the. annual fair, which is held
H
50
in April, almost all disperse over the Punjab as pilgrim-hunters. It is
only at the great annual fair that the treasure box of the shrine is
opened and its contents distributed. Throughout the year the shrine is
the resort of mendicants and devotees, but the mendicants usually receive
nothing more substantial from the shrine than an order upon some wor-
shipper of the saint given under the seal of the shrine. This order, when
presented, is paid or not according to the respect in which the shrine is
held by the presentee. When Mr. Bull, the Assistant Secretary to the
Lahore Municipality, was attacked by a fanatic, an order from the Sakhi
Sar war Mujdwars was found upon his assailant. This at first gave rise to
a suspicion that the guardians of the shrine were in some way implicated
in the murder. The order had, however, been granted merely in the
ordinary course. One of the chief peculiarities of the shrine is that it
ia venerated equally by Hindus and by Muhammadans.
134. The shiine is built on the high banks of a hill stream, and a
handsome flight of steps lead up from the bed
Description of the shrine, ^f ^j^^ ^^^^^^ ^ ^y^^ gj^j.j^^ rj.y^^^ ^^^^ ^^^
built at the expense of two Hindu merchants
of Lahore. The buildings of the shrine consist of Sakhi Sarwar's tomb
on the west, and a shrine to B^ba Nanak on the north-west. On the
east is the tomb of Mussamdt Bibi Bhai, wife of Sakhi Sarwar, and a
Thakar Dwdra. The shrine of Sakhi Sarwar is thus a curious mixture of
Muhammadan and Hindu architecture. Diwfin Sawan Mdl endeavoured
to stop Hindus from frequenting Sakhi Sarwar, and fined all who
attended at the fair Re. 1-4 each.
135. Traffic has, as has been already stated, left Sakhi Sarwnr <rf
. late yeara owing to the turbulent nature of the
ar air. tribes located along it. Captain Sandeman, the
Deputy Commissioner, has now taken advantage of the annual fair to
endeavour to re-establish a trade with Candalidr and the intermediate
country. In 1872 a horse fair was held, andRs. 820 were distributed in
prizes. Horse races, for which the Biloches have a gi^eat taste, were
also held. Rs. 18,000 worth of goods were imported from Manchester
and sold at the fair, which was largely attended by representatives of
all the border clans. In 1873 the fair was repeated ; Rs. 1,000 were given
by Government as prizes for the best horses shown. There were horse
races again, for which the entries were larger than in the previous
year.
With a little encouragement the Sakhi Sarwar fair will become a
success, and the Sakhi Sarwar pass will again become a trade route if
only the security of caravans can be guaranteed.
136. The Legh&ri Tumand&r is considered the military guardian
of Sakhi Sarwar, and receives 4 anas per horse
gu!^,^ tt ^^' O'* «»°»el. 2 anas per donkey, and 1 paropi ( 1 s^r
9 chitdks) per bullock load of grain sold at the
£Ebir,
61
Sakhi Sarwar is revenue- 137. The village of Sakhi Sarwar is
*ree, revenue-free in perpetuity. Its area is —
Cultivated ... ... ... 1,817
Abandoned ... ... ... 2,561
Culturable ... ... ... 13,542
Waste ... ... ... 23,992
Total ... 41,912
Irrigation is from the Sakhi Sarwar stream, and is very precarious.
138. I have given a somewhat detailed account of the Sakhi
Sarwar shrine, as it is tho most noted in the
saEit ^"^"^ * *^^- district. Sakhi Sarwar, as a saint, is also
typical of the other saints of the district, though
he is the only Muhammadan saint whom the Hindus professedly
venerate.
139. There are numerous other shrines. First comes that of
r^. m „^ „i.„-„« Muhammad Sulimdn Shah at Tounsa. This
Tne TouQSft Bhrine. • ^i i i i i • • i i t i^ • i t^
IS the handsomest shnne m the district. It
was built by the Naw^b of Bhdwalpur in 1272 A.H. as a mausoleum
to Sulimdn Kh^n, his Pir or spiritual guide, whose tomb it contains, at
a cost of Rs. 85,000. A dwelling house round the shrine was built by
Ohul4m Mustafa, of Mooltan, at a cost of Rs. 10,000. There is also a
tykhdna or under-ground dwelling place and a ser^, which cost
Rs. 33,000.
140. The Dera Din Fanah shrine, about 5 miles from Tounsa,
The Deitt Din Pauah is more famous though not so grand as the
8M»ie. Tounsa shrine.
141. The shrine of Pir Adil, 9 miles from Dera Gh&zi Ehan, is the
rrv^ T>' a;im u • site of a fair, second in importance only to the
The Pit Adil shnne, o i i • o r ' t»^ * j -i j • j. j
Sakhi Sarwar fair, rir Adil was so designated
because, so the story goes, his son killed a goat whilst out hunting.
The goat herd attacked the saint's son, who inadvertently killed him.
The goat herd's mother demanded justice from Pir Adil, and he, at her
demand, put his son to death.
142. There are several minor shrines, that of Hasn Shah at
Minor shrine BoghMni, in the Sangarh Tahsil, and of Niir
Muhammad, at Hdjipur, in the J&mpur Tahsil.
At Mithankot, in the Rdjanpur Tahsil, there is a rather famous shrine
of Akil Muhammad.
143. There are two dhands or inlets from the river Indus, that
RiiPr«d dhandi. ^^ Taran Imdra, in R^janpur, and that of Ldlgir ,
in Dera Ghazi Khan, which are held m
veneration, ^he T4ran Imdm Dhand was once occupied by the tomb of
52
a saint, and the L&lgir Dhand is famous, because one B&M L^lgir is
said to have diverted the waters of the Indus from the place now
occupied by the Dhand. Thei'e are several fine Pipal trees round the
Dhand, and it is. overgrown with the lotus plant.
144. In the Liind country, about six miles from the Sori pass.
Sacred sulphur sprinir there is a sacred sulphur spring, which is
resorted to by those who are afflicted with skin
diseases.
' 145. At every shrine and holy place in the district there are one
Annual fairs ^^ more annual fairs held ; some of the fairs are
only local, but some are attended by every
body who can get the opportunity. Women as well as men, dressed in
their best, and mounted on gaily trapped camels, resort to these fairs.
The amusements are horse racing, wrestling, dancing, singing, and
riding in meny go-rounds. The year before last an enterprising man
started a merry go-round worked by a crank at Sakhi Sarwar, wb.ich
caused a great seasation. Even the chiefs were seized with a desire to
ride, and did so to the great delight of their retainei-s. These fairs
serve to break the dull monotony of the countryman's life, and are the
only public amusements in the country. I have always found it neces-
sary to let the settlement give way to a large fair. The zammdar will
abandon a long disputed suit sooner than remain in Court when such
a fair as the Sakhi Sarwar is in progress.
146. The dates on which the various
held!**' on which fairs are f^j^ ^^^ j^^j ^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ j^^ jgy^ ^^
dates were as follows : —
Sakhi Sarwar fair 6th to 11th of April.
Tounsa fair 23rd March ( 2 days).
Pir Adil ... 16th March.
Dhand Mlgir fair 12th March.
Hitjipurfair ... ... ... 12th June.
Tiirau Imam fair 16th, 23rd, and 30tli of March,
6th of April.
Mithankot fair ... *.. 2lHt of August.
20th of October.
31st of January.
10th of Mai'ch.
CHAPTER IX.
HOADS, BRIDGES, FERRIES OR OTHER MEANS OF COMMUNICATION.
147. There are one thousand two hundred and seventeen miles
of unmetalled roads in the district, including
^°**^- the military road, which runs through the
53
district from north to south along the Frontier. Before annexation
there were no regular roads in the district. There were, however,
beaten tracks, the chief of which now forms the district section of the
great road from Dera Ismail Khan to Sakkar. On this road there
are staging bungalows at Retra, Tounsa, Ahmd^ni, Shah Sadr-dm,
Dera Qhazi Khan, Kot Chiita, J^mpur, Muhammad pur, Fazilpur,
Riijanpur, Murghai, and Rojhdn. This road is mostly bridged, but
is often impassable when the hill streams come down between Retra
and Ahmdani and between Muhammadpur and Rajanpur. The latter
section of the road is now being raised and bridged.
Another principal line of communication is that from Dera Gh&zi
Khan to Mooltan, which crosses the Indus at the Kureshi ferry.
There are many minor roads, such as that from Dera Ghazi Khan to
Vador, from Kot Chuta to Choti, and on by the frontier road, that
from Jdmpur to D^jal and Han-and, at both of which places there are
staging bungalows, and that from Rajanpur to Mithankot.
The only metalled roads are the roads immediately round the
stations of Dera Gh^zi Khan and Rdjanpur. The village roads have
been every where improved and carefully mapped at the present
Settlement. Road-making is very expensive in this district owing to
the number of canals and canal cuttings which have to be bridged in
the Sindh portion of the district, and to the numerous hill streams
which intersect the country in the PachM.
The income from the road fund for the last three years has beeu—
Rg.
1871-72 ,.. ... ... 6,238
1872-73 .,. ... ... 6,446
1873-74 ... ... ... 3,187
148. Besides the bungalows mentioned, there are bungalows at
the principal Frontier posts : Mangrota, Drigri,
Bungalows. Tozdni, and Bhandow^ni. There are also
bungalows for the Canal Officers at Khdrakw&la, Bahir Shah, Paiga,
Jhok, Shah Jamal, Billew^la, and Rajanpur.
149. During the first years of British administration the roads
were very unsafe, and the monotony of journeys
Highway robberies. ^^^ ^f^^ ^^^j^^^ ^^ highway robberies. Even
from Dera Gh&zi Khan to Kot Chiita the jungle had to be cleared for
two hundred yards on each side of the road, so as to deprive lurking
highwaymen of shelter. Now a traveller may journey any where
with safety, except in the southern parts of the district, where the
Mazdris and Gurch<1nis still allow themselves an occasional highway
robbery. Below Fazilpur there is much jungle, so that in that direction
there are more facilities for highwaymen.
The Frontier road is not always safe, and a Hindu merchant, with
valuable commodities, would do well to avoid it.
64
150. The first telegraph line from Mooltan to Dera Gh&zi Elian
TAi*.i»r«nh ii-nAfl ^^ constructed in 1858, and the line from
leiegrapn lines. ^^^ ^j^^. ^^^ ^ R^janpur in 1859. This
latter line is connected with the Frontier telegraph line which runs to
Edwardes-abad on the one side, and to Sind on the other. The line to
Dera Ismail Khan was not constructed till 1860. There are two
Telegraph offices, one at Dera Ghazi Khan and one at R&janpur.
151. There are three imperial postal lines, one from Dera Gh&zi
Postal lines Khan to Mooltan, one from Dera Gh^ Khan to
Dera Ismail Khan, and one from Dera Gh^
Khan to R&janpur and Mithankot. The district post runs to the
different police th&nas, and follows the lines shown in the plan ( No.
Ill), in which the roads, telegraph lines, and postal lines of the district
are shown. The following statement shows tne ferries of the district
and the amount for which the ferry contracts have been sold for the last
five years : —
Staiement showing ike ferries in the Dera Ghazi Khan District,
Amount
FOB WHICH
[ LEASED.
Name of Ferry.
1869-70.
1870-71.
1871-72.
1872-73.
1873-74.
EuTeshi and Gujrat
Kinjar
...
3,706
2,150
3,200
2,000
I 9,060
8,750
8,760
Onokhar
...
750
710
500
685
640
Bet Sowaiyi
••.
660
510
45<)
440
605
DhiLriw^a
...
676
650
420
640
700
Shergarh
• an
750
660
650
720
650
Hohr Jangi
. • •
600
680
660
680
690
Ghdli
...
1,060
890
800
800
810
8hahw&la
• • •
850
760
660
650
780
Batah Legb&ri and S^i Mi&ni
676
620
630
820
796
Bekh
-V
Hehraw&Ia
Kotla Sher Muhammad
Kotla Andan!in
Kowshera
N&rpur
...
Wang
Vithankot
). 3,476
3,700
3,676
3,460
8,000
Bangala
Dera Bhdi
8abz&ni
Thiil Ndsir
Kojh&n
Kin
Shahwdli *
J
■ 1 1. :■■ ■. ■ .i.iSJt
No bridge of boats over the Indus has as yet been established in this
district. At the Kureshi ferry, which is the most important in the
district, a treadle boat is maintained for heavy traftic, and an iron row
* At this ferry there is a Police Force conMsting of 38 men at a monthly cost of Bs. 200 ( eanctloncd bj
BoGzetary to QoYernmenb Punjab's N o . 8001 of 11th May 1871).
55
boat for carrying the mails and for crossing European passengers.
Another treadle boat is much required, and it would be very desirable
that it should be worked by steam. A bridge of boats could be con-
structed in the cold weather, but would hardly pay its expenses.
CHAPTER X.
IRKIGATION CANALS AND OTHER IMPORTANT SOURCES OF IRRIGATION.
152. The lands of this district without irrigation, whether by
f i • t* canals, hill streams or wells, are unproductive.
urces o mga ion. ^j^^ rain-fall alone would not suffice to mature
any crop whatever. To supply the place of the rain, which the climate
of the district denies, the abundant waters of the river Indus are at hand
on one side of the district, and on the other the superfluous rain-fall of
the hills can be utilized without any considerable engineering difficulties.
153. There are fifteen main inundation canals which have their
heads direct from the river: —
Inandation Cftnals.
The Massuwah.
Fazlwah.
M&nka.
Kot Ddud.
Shorii.
Eastiiri.
Dhing&na.
E&dra.
S&hiba.
Chibri.
Eiria G&mu.
Son.
Niir.
Dhundi.
Eiitab.
The vexed question of the treatment of land irrigated by the
thirteen canals out of the above number, which are under the control
of Government, has been one of the most difficult which has had to be
decided during the course of the present Settlement. The Massuwah
and Fazlwah Canals belong to private individuals, by whom they are
at present managed. All the remaining canals are managed and
controlled by the officers of the Irrigation Department.
154. An enquiry made into the respective rights of the people
and the State in the inundation canals was
iDcanai7™'^^'"*^"^^*" Ordered in 1870, and an abstract of the report,
which contained the result of the enquiries*
•Settlement Officer's No. ^^^n made wiU best serve to explain the
29 of the 23rd of January complicated canal system of the district,
1871.
155 The Dera Gh&zi Ehan District is so arid that in those parts
of it which are beyond the reach of hill streams
-ilT.T'JjlJ^ilfS "^"^ or of river floods, some method of irrigation
were fiiBt excayatea, . . . • . j j • i. i° -xi.
must have been introduced simultaneously with
56
the first attempt at cultivation. Whether canals or wells were firat
used for irritration purposes, is not known. There can, however, be
little doubt but that canals must have. been excavated at a very early
date. There are no village communities in the disbict who would
have naturally united to dig canals. The whole of the appropriated
land is held in parcels by separated proprietors, and there is no such
thing as common land. It therefore fell to the governors of the district
to collect the owners of separate estates, and to combine them for the
purpose of cairying out the excavation of canals. The first step
taken, when the digging of a canal was determined upon, was to
collect all the owners of land whose estates would come within the
influence of the proposed canal. Each landowner was compelled to
excavate a portion of the canal equivalent to the extent of his holdincr,
and if any portion of the land which -the canal was intended to irrioate
was unowned, it was bestowed on any outsider who would come* in
and take up a share of the excavation proportionate to the share of
land allotted to him. If a landowner refused to take part in canal
excavation, the penalty was the forfeiture of his land. The governor of
the day assisted, more or less, materially in the excavation of canals by
providing food for the laborers whilst engaged on their task, but, whether
he assisted materially or not, it was usual for the governor to under-
take the direction and supervision of the work of digging the main
canal. When the main canal was once dug, the people were left to
make branch canals and canal water-courses for themselves, and they
were also left to arrange the division of water through panchdyats or
committees of delegates appointed by themselves ; compensation for
land taken up for canals was never either demanded or paid. Land,
although taken up by a canal, was still held to belong to its original'
owners, and the banks of the canals were held to be the property of
the persons through whose lands the canals passed. Diwdn Sdwan Mai
was the first to interfere in this matter by prohibitino* the cuttint^ of
shisham trees on the canal banks without a license.
156. The annual canal clearance was done by the whole body of
Canal clearance and the ^^^^ irrigators. Each well estate contributed
difiFerent eystems by which the labor of one man called " Cher, " and each
the cost of clearance haa banjar estate, or estate without a well, the
**®" ^®^^®^- labor of half a man. This system continued
until Diwan S^wan Mais time. Diwdn Sawan Mai introduced the
•* h^il Cher " system, under which the canal clearance was undertaken by
government in consideration of the payment of a certain rate. This sys-
tem, in different forms, has been continued down to the present day, tlie
government having been responsible for the canal clearance, reimlmrs-
ing itself by the levy of rates or of a commutation for rates. The mode
in which these rates'should be levied was the subject of considerable
controversy, of which the details will be found in the chapter which
treats of the assessment,
157. The canal clearance question has been satisfactorily settled.
Are the inundation canals but there has been another question of equals
Govenunent canals I if not of greater, importance raised in connec-
tion with the inundation canals of the district, and this (Question is as
to how far these canals can be considered Qovernment canals.
158. The management and control of the irrigatioD canals has
always rested with the government of the day,
system?*'''''* '"^ *^^ "^"^ ^^ ^«^ accordingly assumed by the British
Government at annexation. Under native
governments little or no interference was ever made with the distribu-
tion of canal water, and alterations were never introduced into the
system of a caiial by which the course of irrigation was changed, or irri-
gation taken from some lands and supplied to others. Since the Canal
Department has assumed charge of the canals it has held that the canal
water should be supplied in such a way as to irrigate the lai*gest possible
area, and, in pui*suance of this policy, alterations have been made in the
canaJ system, which, although beneficial on the whole, have been
prejudicial to the rights of old irrigators, and have been looked upon as
an invasion of vested interests. I will give an instance of what occurred
on the Mfinka Canal to show why these alterations were distasteful to
the people.
159. In 1863 the Mdnka Canal was extended so as to supply the
Leghari villages at the tail of the canal.
Bion! '^^'" Government paid Rs. 29,000 towards this exten-
sion, and Jamdl Khdn, the Leghdri Tumandftr,
contributed an equivalent sum. The canal was lengthened for 12 miles.
When the extension was completed, it was found that the head of the
canal would not carry enough water to provide the increased irrigation
for which the canal had been extended. Four branches of the Mdnka,
the Wang, the Shorid, Kot Chiitaw^la, the Dhori, and the Lunda, were
then shut off from the Mdnka Canal, and the water they used to receive
was sent down to irrigate new lands at the tail of the canal. The
Wang and the Shorid Kot Chiitawdla Branch Canals were now supplied
from the Shorid Shambew&la canaL The Shoria Kot Chiitawdla Branch
retained a head from the M&nka Canal, from which it was to be supplied
in case of failure of supply from the Shorid Shambew&la CanaJ. Thel3hori
branch Canal was tailed into the Fazlwah private canal, the owner of
which need not supply the Dhori with water unless he likes. The
Dhori, however, retained a subsidiary head from the M&nka Canal. The
Liunda Branch Canal was closed altogether, on the grounds that it did
not repay the cost of its maintenance. The Shorid Shambewdla Canal
had now two additional branches to supply, so nine villages at the head
of.that canal were told to dig canals for themselves from the river, as
they would no longer receive water from the Shorid Shambewdla. They
dug three small canals, only one of which is now in existence. One
was taken up for a fresh alignment of the Shorid Shambewdla Canal in
1868. This was the Kiria Khdwar Canal, for the damage done to
which compensation was awarded when the Lieutenant Governor
visited the district at the end of 1873. The other failed to work, and
was again made a branch of the Shori& Shambew&la. The third is
still in use, but it does not flow weU.
I
58
It will easily be imagined ihat the irrigators whose mxpplj ef
water was stopped^ or to whom a substituted supply was given oonse?
quent on the extension of the Mdnka Canal, would fail to see the
justice of a measure by which they were made to suffer for the good
of others. When it is remembered that theae men or their ancestors
shared in the original excavation of the Manka Canal, and had ever
since shared in its annual clearanoe, it is no wonder that they should
have been discontented when they found themselves shut off fFom ^
canal in which they looked upon themselves aa having vested interests,
160. In February 1871 the Lieutenant (Jovemor visited Dera
Oh&zi Khan^ and directed that all claims to
FeSy^STiT"* compensation for injuries due to alterations of
canals should be heard by the Settlement
Officer, and that compensation should be awarded where necessary.
Compensation was awarded in the Kiria Kh^war case, but in other
cases it would have been very difficult properly to appraise the injury
done. The Shorid Shambew^la Canal has much improved during the last
four years, so that the villages transferred to it have not a less area
irrigated now than they had in 1863. The real loss occurred in the
years which immediately succeeded the Mdnka Canal extension, and it
cannot now be ascertained. At the Conference under discussion the
Lieutenant Qovemor finally decided^ after consulting with ofScera of
experience and local knowledge, that there was no i-eason to doubt the
powers of the Government to assume, as it had done, the direct
management of the Derd Qb&zi Khan canals. That the Government
had a perfect right to manage the canals is certain, and it is now
admitted that the Government in the management of the canals is
bound to continue a supply of water, as far as lies in its power, to lands
which are already irrigated ; also that in cases where the supply of
water from a canal may be cut off by the arbitrary act of a Canal
Officer, even though it be for the advantage of the community at large,
the injured party must be compensated. No more can, in my opinion,
be fairly demanded*
161. Careful records of all rights of irrigation have been prepared
under the orders of Government at the present
prS^" at"fhe^ "^^t Settlement Eveiy field which was irrigated at
Settlement. Settlement has been shown m a separate map
which has been made to show all the lands
irrigated on each canal; every field has also been entered in a register. I
trust that these registers will prevent many disputes in futiure.
162. The Canal Act YIII of 1873 has now been passed, and the
Honorable the Lieutenant Governor has resolved
ms^ ^"^"^ ^""^ ""' that, while it is essential that the executive
administration of the canaU should rest primarily
with the officers of the Canal Department, it is at the same time expedient*
under the peculiar circumstances of the District of DeraGhizi Khan, thai
the District Officer should possess greater power of control over the pro-
ceedings of Canal Officers than is necessary elsewhere. He thinks^ however,.
so
thai tbe l^equirements of the case will be sufRciently met by providing
that^ qud the Dera Qh^ Klian District, the Deputy Commissioner,
ftnd not the Commissioner, shall exercise the appellate powers referred
to in Sections 32 B, 33, and 84 of the Canal Act. This arrangement will
enable the District Officer promptly to correct erroneous or objectionable
orders of the Canal Officer, and at the same tiiae leave the executive
administration of tiie canal primarily in the hands of the department
responsible.
163< In the Pach&d the hill streams are even more valuable to the
rr-n .4^^... people than are the canals in the Sindh. In the
depth at which the springs lie precludes the use of wells for irrigation.
Cultivation is carried on entirely by the water of hill streams. The
largest of these streams are the Kah&y which enters the plains opposite
Harrand, and the Sangarh, which coines down from the plains near
Mangrota. The Yador stream, which is called after Yador, a village
Itbout 12 miles from Dera Ohfizi Khfin, and the Sori streams, which
Waters the lands of the Lund Tuman, are the next i^ importance.
164. The Kali& and Sangarh streams are the only ones which have
Perennial 8trtr«ni. ^'^y V^^^^^ ^o^. «^^d this perennial flow does
not extend for many miles from the gorges
through which they enter the plains. The Eab4 water reaches to
Muhammadpur about 14 miles from where it leaves the hills, and is
carried on to D&jal, a distance of 28 miles, but only suffices to provide
drinking water to that town. The Sangarh perennial water only reaches
some ten miles. The remaining hill streams of the district only run after
rains in the hills. When the rain in the hills is very heavy, they come
down very suddenly and with great velocity. The larger hill streams
wre called " nain, " and the smaller " larih, ** ** ch6r, " and " parah."
165. On every stream there is a net-work of distributaries, which
are generally called after those who excavated
Difltribntariee. them. Thus the Lish^riwah is the distribu-
tary of the Lishdri section of the Gurchfini
tribe. To supply water to these distributaries a dam is placed in the
main stream, and as each successive distributary is supplied, its dam is
broken down. These dams are made of earth and stones bound together
with the boughs of trees and with bushes, and are erected in the order in
which the distributaries leave the main stream. If the distributaries
are at a low level, dams are not required, but few distributaries are at so
low a level as to be capable of being supplied without dams. These
dams are not always built so as to check the course of a stream ; some-
times they merely turn the course of a stream without arresting it.
There are two kinds of main distributaries, one is called " tror, ** and has
no right to water unless the dam which is placed to prevent water from
entering it bursts. These are the low level natural distributaries, which
would absorb all the waters of the stream if left open. The other is
eaUed '* wab» " and haa a right to water in its turn.
60
166. On every distribatary there are one or more b^ds or fields
surrounded with earthen embankments made
orffinkVrfi^eid^^ ^ ^^^^? .^*^*i^^- These blinds have each a
right to irrigation for a fixed period. The mouth
of the band where the water enters it is called " vat," and each bdnd
has a " vakra".or small channel down which water is turned, from the
main distributary by means of a dam. Amongst binds as amongt dis^
tributaries irrigation is from head to tail, and the b&nds are irrigated
consecutively.
167. The hill stream water is mixed with a fertilizing silt washed
cMi.j -x ^vM X down from the hills. By filling a bdnd to the
Silt deposit of hill Btreame. ^f its. embank mente, and letting the silt
settle before running out the water, a greedy zamindar can benefit his
own bind to the detriment of the b&nd to which his water has to
pass. A b&nd so treated is called " matiy&."
168. When a bfind has been irrigated and the water let off, it is
sown broadcast, and the seed is then ploughed
binds!*"" cultimting j^^ r^j^^ ^^.^p j^ ^y^^^ ^^^^ ^ ^^^^ ^p j^^ ^ ^^^
which has a tenacious soil, one thorough soaking
will produce a crop, but usually two waterings, or, if possible, three are
required. When the hill streams come down between the middle of
May and the end of August, kharif crops are sown. If rain does not
come tiU September or October, wheat or mustard are grown. Rabi
crops do not succeed in thie Pachdd unless there is rain in the winter.
If a bdnd bears one good crop in four or five years, the average is con-
sidered a good one.
169. " Dagar " lands are those which are irrigated not by hill
"Daear'Mand streams but by the drainage of low sand hills;
cultivation in " Dagar " land is very precarious.
170. Mund b&nds are those at the head of a hill stream which
Miind and Find binds *^® irrigated first. " Pdnd" btods are those at
the tail of the streams. The " P&nd " bands
are not often irrigated. If the streams come down in great force, they
sweep away the embankments of both "Miind" and " P4nd " b^nds, and
if the streams come down with slight force, the water does not reach
the " Pdnd." A project of regulating the hill streams by means of
masonry dams and sluices has been suggested by the Superintending
Engineer of Irrigation, and plans have been suggested for the control
of the Eahd stream. I believe that it would be feasible to control some
of the hill streams.
171. The hill streams are at present managed by "mamdrs"
Managtment of hill streams. ^VV^}^^^ by the people themselves. In cases
01 disputes or where Government interference
is necessary, the Tahsilddrs are held to be the responsible officers.
There is some complaint of oppression by the more powerful zamind^rs,
who appropriate to themselves a larger share of water than they have
a fair claim to. All rights of irrigation in hill streams have now been
61
necorded, but many of the irrigators are anxious to havia Oovemment
D^ro^hs appointed to manage the bill streams. The duties of these
D^ogahs would be to see that. the rights entered in the hill stream
recoi:d were respected, to settle disputes regarding the distribution of
water, to superintend the clearing of channels and the repair of dams.
A Ddroffah to be worth any thing must be a man of character and local
knowledge, and should receive not less than Bs. 50 per mensem. The
appointment of .D&rogahs to manage some of the hill streams will be
recommended.
CHAPTER XI.
THE PEOPLE, THEIR PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS, DRESS AND ORNA-
MENTS, FOOD, SOCIAL CUSTOMS AND CEREMONIES ON OCCASIONS
OF BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES.
172. The Biloches are usually tall, spare men. They have
. . long oval faces, hair worn long in curls, full
of thriwScbes."*^'*™*^*^ beards arid whiskers, and the moustaches shaved
according to the Muhammadan custom. They
are frank, good-humoured men, who can appreciate a joke and laugh
heartily at it. They are hardy and temperate, capable of undertaking
long journeys on very poor food, and they are exceedingly docile and
obedient to their chiefs, whom, until certain disturbing elements crept
into their relations amongst themselves, they implicitly obeyed and
treated with every sign of respect.
173. The Biloches are divided into tribes or Tumans, and the
Tribal orffaniaation Tumans are subdivided into sections. Over
the Tuman is the Tumand&r or chief, and
over the section is the Mukadim. No business of importance can be
transacted by the Tiimand^ without the advice of his Mukadims,
and the Mukadims ordinarily would not give their advice without
consulting the elders of the sections they represent. Amongst the
independent tribes the Tumand^ is a sort of limited monarch. He is
the chief judge and the leader - in war. He cannot declare war or
peace without the advice of his council, but when war is declared, he
is charged with the conduct of it. Every member of a Tuman is bound
to render military service to his Tumanddr. This obligation cannot
be legally enforced by Tdmand&rs who are subject to us. It is almost
invariably rendered voluntarily,
174. One of the chief causes which has preserved the tribal
Causes which have pre- organization amongst the Biloches who are
sewed the tribal organiza- subject to US may be referred to the manner of
^^^^' their original settlement in the district. When
the Biloches came down from the hills and settled in the plains, they
parcelled out the lands they acquired according to their sections, and
the sections divided the lands amongst their own members. The
62
Tumand&r retained A oonsiderable private estate for hlftmelf a&d hb
family ; and, where the Tumanddr is influential, he stili retains the right
to provide for the cultivation of waste lands and of lands deserted by
their occupants. The Tumand&rs also usually receive some payment
in kind from all the members of their Tiiman ba an acknowledgment
of their position^ All but two Ttimandirs had up to the present S^t*
tlement retained the right to collect in kind from all or part of their
Tdmans. The T6mand&rs received the '* Mahsul " or authorized Uovem^
ment share of the produce, and in return paid the cash assessments
It was this right to collect in kind which most served to preserve the
hold of the Tumand&rs over their Tumans, and, by giving the Tumandto
full granaries, it enabled them to exercise that liberal hospitality
which is regarded by the Biloch as the greatest of all virtues. Hospi-
tality alone would not give a Biloch influence if he had none of the
other qualities of a chief, but no qualities of mind or body would secure
1^ chief power with his tribe if his doors were closed to tne members of
it.
175. A Biloch wears along "jima" like a smock frock down to
the heels, ** pyj&mas " or loose drawers, a long
«^ i2^.. ' ^"^«°^^ « chaddar " or scarf of cotton doth, shoes narrow
at the toe, or sandals of leather or grass. Th6
Biloch wears nothing but white. He has an objection to colors of any
kind, and will wear nothing colored except his " chuga " or overcoat.
On account of their prejuaice against colors, Biloches will not accept
any service which involves wearing uniform* A 'Bilochni or Bilocb
woman wears a red or white cotton sheet over the head, a " chola " ot
long shift resembling an English night gown, which reaches down to
the ankles, and is fastened behind between the shoulders. The " chola'
is embroidered round the neck with silk. She also wears red or white
** pyjamas," but no petticoats. The hair is worn in a long queue.
Men wear no ornaments except a ring*
The women wear ordinarily —
Kangan •#•
•*•
•««
••. bracelets;
I^ath
«••
•••■
••• & nose-ring;
Hasi
•••
•••
•#. a necklet ;
WAlidn ...
•>••
•tftf
«.. ear-rings;
but very poor women Wear only a nose-ring and bracelets, fiany
women possess also some of the ornaments shown below, ivhich are
worn occasionally.* All Biloch men of full age carry swords, and
generally also shields made of leather and studded with silver or brass.
In the scabbard of the sword is stuck a knife. Many Biloches have
matchlocks, but they do not carry them ordinarily.
* Tika, a forehead ornament ; Damni, a necklet ; Bodi, a hair pin ; Wiliin, ear-rings ,
Takma, a charm ; Wali, long pendant ear-rings ; Nasbian, necklet ; Ddki, bracelet ; Katmaii
Fhfilm&la ; Chopkali ; Chandan H&r ; Necklets ; Zanziri, a chain from nose to head ;
Angtishti, ring ; Chtdri4n, braceietB ; Aret^ a ring with tf looking glass ui it woA^ otf^ tlie
I h^^q ih ; Baiiihanrt an, annlet l Ptoeb>r K«iAn^ aflklaML
6$
176. Tho staple f<>ocl of Biloches is Jowir or B£jra flour baked
p^j into chap&tia« Wheat flour is only eaten bv
the well-to<-do. Meat is eaten freely when it
wa be obtained* A Biloch usually carries a " katora " or brass drinking
Tesael, an iron plate for cooking chap&tis on, and an iron tripod on
which, the plate ia rested. On expeditions the method of cooking is
very simple. A stone is made red hot, and a lump of dough is pasted
round it The cake thus made looks like an apple dumpling with a
stone in the centre where the apple ought to be. This cake is called
" Kik" and my experience of it is that it is very indigestible.
177. A strictly Biloch custom is that by which any Biloeh
The custom of chebar traveller is asked by those whom he may
chance to meet for the "chebar." The
^' chebar " means the latest intelligence, which the traveller is bound
to communicate forthwith. The interrogator in his turn reports the
news he has gained to the first person he meets, and thus all sorts of
intelligence is quickly spread amongst the Biloche&
178. The Biloches have usually no fixed habitations, but wander
Houses. about with their flocks and herds, making
encampments for themselves where there is
ffood pasture or where they happen to cultivate. In this district the
Biloches are more settled, and some of them inhabit mud houses
congregated together in villages. During the hot weather months they
leave their houses and resort to the hills or to the river bank, and do not
return to their homes till rain falls. In the more exposed parts of the
distrioi a Biloch lives in a tower, access to which is had oy a ladder.
The upper story of the tower is alone occupied. These towers are
meant as places of refuse in ease of attack, and are falling into diause
aoongst the subjecii Biloches.
179. From their mode of life it is not possible for the Biloches to
o^i -««« ^« -«.«.^« seclude their women. The chiefe alone con-
oeclusionQz women. • * •. . i i • xi.
aider it neceasary to do so, and even in the
families of the chiefs women are allowed to mix in-doors with the men
of their own feunily^ orer whom they often exercise considerable
influence.
I8(K Kvery Kloch keeps a mare either of his own or in partnersh i p
„., . ^ with a friend. A mare is considered to consist
BJ«ci»n««* of four parte or legs, and is sold at so much a
leg". TlftO' owner of one leg keeps the mare for three months in the
year. It is common for a Bifoch to own shares in several mores.
181.. Every Bilocji, when attending hiis Tuinandfir, is entertained
lC*uit9ii«Qce o£ BUoctaes ^t his TumandSr's expense. On a journey a
when, in attendance on tho Biloch burdens himself only with a little flour^
Timandto. and,if he has fifitf to go, witb a goat-skin of water
whicU be sliogs umder tha saddle.
84
182. The Biloch tactics in war are never to attempt an attack
Biloch tactics in war. ^^^ ^^ enemy can be surprised or is in
inferior numbers. The Biloch always fights
on foot. This is the reason that Biloches always ride mares* A mare
is easily tied up, and is not likely to betray her master by whinnying, ad
a horse would do. Bumes gives a Biloch proverb illustrative of this
custom : —
''A man with his saddle on a mare has his saddle on a horse ; a
man with his saddle on a horse has his saddle on his head."
The rule of Biloch war is never to molest women or children, and
women may go out safely when their male relations are in the midst of
war. Boys are considered fair prey as soon as they assume the " toga
virilis " in the shape of a pair of " pyj&mas."
183. Amongst different tribes the murder of a member of one
tribe by a member of another tribe must
co^^LT^^ »1w« ^ ^'^-^g^d ^y «»« murdered man'a
relations. A tally is kept by each tribe of the
lives they owe to, and are owed by, other tribes. When the tally
becomes complicated, it can be settled by giving one girl in marriage for
each life due, or by the payment of cattle, as mav be agreed upon.
Amongst members of the same tribe a murder may be commuted by
" wanni," the bestowal of a girl in marriage to one of the murdered
man's relations, or by " banni," the gift of a *' bind " or field.
184. Adultery is very severely punished. A woman taken in
. , ,. , ,. adultery is made to bans: herself, and even now
Adultery and divorce, ., / ,. . R, i -n j -i? i^
the adulterer is usually killed if caught.
Amongst the hill tribes and the Gurchdnis a man is allowed to marry any
unmarried girl he can entice away, provided that he gives either another
girl or else land to his wife's relations. There is no custom of divorce
amongst Biloches.
185. On the birth of a son cakes of flour and sugar are distributed
amoDgst the parent's relations. A " moula *' reads
birtST"''''''^" attending ^^^ ^^j^^ ^j. Muhammadan confession of faith
into the child's ear. Before the child is suckled,
water is dropped from the point of a sword into its mouth. This latter
ceremony is supposed to make the child valorous in future life. On
the sixth day the child is named, and a certain number of sheep are
roasted and eaten by the relations. When a child is seven years old,
its hair is cut at the door of mosque. At eight years old a boy is
circumcised, and a feast follows the celebration of that rite. The birth
of a daughter is not attended with any ceremonies.
186. Betrothals take place at any age, and are usually between
cousins. If this cannot be managed, then
Ceremonies attending be. t^trothals take place between stranffefs.
trothals and mamages. iJ:^: i ^ fi: u x ^u i 7t r xu ^r
Fifteen days after the betrothal the father of
the betrothed boy goes to the house of his future daughter-in-law's
father, and presento his future daughter-in-law with a suit of clothes
65
and a ring, also with some ornaments, which are returned before marri-
age. The marriage day is then fixed. On the wedding day a procession
goes from the bridegroom's house to the bride's. The procession is
composed of drummers, of men on horseback carrying lances, and of
gaily caparisoned camels. A dinner is given by the father of the
bride, and the marriage ceremony is read by a " moula." Aftyer the
ceremony the bride and bridegroom's heads are placed together. The
bridegroom is dressed in red, and the bride in white with a red jacket.
The following ornaments are given the bride : —
Anklets and bells ;
Bracelets ;
Earrings ;
An armpiece ;
Nose-ring ;
Necklet ; and
Clothes.
Oothes are also given to relations. Money is never paid for a brhie.
A married girl is called " kow^r," and the bridegroom " got." A
girl is usually married at the age of twelve. The bride lives for
seven days after marriage with the bridegroom, and then returns
home for a time, which is not fixed. Horse-racing and dancing are the
chief amusements at weddings. Wealthy Biloches also engage dancing
girls^ and give illuminations and fire-works.
187. The funeral of a Biloch is attended by all his male relations.
The corpse is wrapped in a shroud and buried
txiu!^!'''''^ attending j^ ^ j^^j^^ ^^^^ q^ y^^ ^^^ ^ ^^^^^ ^^^^
place, no bread is baked in the deceased's house.
Turbans are distributed to the dead man's relations. The bed clothes
and cooking utensils are given to the Pir or spiritual guide of the deceased.
On the seventh Friday, and on the fortieth day after the decease,
a feast is held in the dead man's'honor. At the feasts of " AshfirA " and
" Shabkadar " food is given to relations and distributed in charity. At
the feast of " Ashiird " the graves are leeped and repaired.
188. The customs of other Mtihammadan tribes resemble very
closely the Biloch customs, to which the miscel-
m^^^Sb^l''*^^'' ^''^*°" laneous Muhammadans endeavour to assimilate
them. The Syads alone retain distinctive cus-
toms and ceremonies of the same character as those followed by Syads
in other parts of the province.
189. The Hindu customs are mostly similar to those that prevail
elsewhere. When a Hindu boy is six days old, a
ceremonies. '^'^''"'^ ^"^ »^^ ?^r^^> * ^^^S^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^ holding
pens and ink, are placed under his head. When
a boy is fifteen months old, he is taken to Sakhi Sarwar or to the shrine
of Shamji to have his head shaved. Betrothals are usually reciprocal,
and a girl's name is changed on her marriage. When a Hindu is dying,
a lamp is set burning, and it is kept alight for ten days after the
K
1
66
Hindu's death. If possible, one bone from each limb of the deceased is
carried to the Qanges. If it is not possible to carry the bones to the
Ganges, they are thrown into the Sakhi Sarwar stream. Now that the
Ganges is easily reached, it is considered a blot on a Hindu to throw his
dead relation's bones into the Sakhi Sarwar stream* The ashen of the
deceased are thrown into the Indus. 108 jars of water are poured out
under a pipal tree to the deceased's memory, and all the deceased's sons
shave their heads and faces.
190. Hindu men dress in a coat reaching to the knees, loose
Hindii dresB pyj^^^JMis, generally colored, a scarf, and a skull-
cap. The women wear a petticoat, boddice,
and a scarf over the head. Besides the usual ornaments, the women
wear a curious silver ornament called a '^ chilki " round the waist.
191. The Hindu's food consists of chap&tls and ghi ; some Hindus
- will eat mutton, and most will eat fowls and
fish. Nearly all drink spirits. The women
never eat flesh.
192. The Hindus of Dera Gh&zi Khan are generally worshippers
of Vishnu, but they also worship the river
^ Hindd worship of the j^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ a legend that a warrior once
rose from the river to protect them from
Muhammadan oppression. This warrior was called Vadera Lai, and he
is worshipped all along the river Indus from Dera Gh&zi Khan to
Shikarpur as Vadera Lai, Dulan Lai, Darya Sfihib, Ulail Parak, or
Khwdja Khizar. His history is contained in the Umrgit.
CHAPTER XIL
CHARACTER OF THE PEOPLE AS REGARDS INDUSTRY, LITIGATION,
CRIMEy &C.
193. The Biloches are robust and manly, but they look upon war
.as their trade, and despise agriculture and the arts
arac ro e peop o. ^^ peace. Some Biloches now cultivate their
own lands themselves, but these are the men who have lost tbeir
tribal organization. The Khosa tribe is the most industrious of the
organized tribes, and at the same time it is the tribe which, next to the
Giirchani, bears the worst character for lawlessness. Major Pollock,
in his memorandum on the Biloch tribes, says that " it is rare to find a
Khosa who has not been in prison for cattle-stealing, or deserved to
be ; and a Khosa who has not committed a murder or debauched his
neighbour's wife, or destroyed his neighbour's landmark, is a decidedly
creditable specimen ; and if, added to this, he be out of debt, he is a
perfect marvel." Major Pollock wrote thus in 1859. Since then the
Kliosas have improved in one respect — they are all well off, and it is
now rare to find a Khosa in debt. They are very apt at murders still*
67
and are in thin respect the worst tribe in the district. In 1873 they
committed 10 murders within and without the border. They are
besides the most litigious tribe in the district. During the Settlement
the Khosas brought more land suits, and pursued them more
pertinaciously than any other tribe. I'he Lish^i and Fatdfi sections
of the Gurcn&ni tribe are the rivals of the Khosas in misconduct.
In 1866 Major Minchin wrote of them : — " The Lish^ris are the worst
behaved on the whole border. They are nearly always fighting with
the Bugtis, Maris, and £hetrdns, and then rushing into the district, for
shelter. The robberies which often occur in the Mithankot subdivision,,
particularly in the dense jungles about Fizilpur, can nearly always be
ti*aced to them or the Pat^s. When any thing happens to displease
any of the sections, they at once go oflf in a body and join the Maris."
The Lish&ris and Pat&fis have since 1866 been given lands near Harrand,
and are now fairly well off. They have therefore ceased to behave
as badly as formerly. Last year, 1873, they committed two highway
robberies, but this was looked on rather as a temporary relapse into
bad ways than as a continuance of their old habits.
The Biloches are, on the whole, an easy people to manage. They have
BO fanatical prejudices against British ofScers. and, if kindly and firmly
dealt with, easily become much attached to those officers with whom
they are brought into contact. As a body, the Biloches are exceedingly
well affected. The Jats and Hindus of the district are well behaved,.
and not more litigious than their fellows in other parts of the province.
194. The subjoined table gives the number of cases^and persons
o* *. .. « . ^ brought to trial for bailable and non-bailable
Statistics of dime. r*. ° j . . t_ i i.
offences during the last seven years : —
Statement ahowvag the number of cases and of pei^aons brought
to trial for bailable and non-bailable offences for seven years.
Number of cases bbouoht to ,
NUHBEB OF PEBSOXS BBOUOHT TO
m
TBIAL.
TBIAL.
Year.
Non-
bailable.
Bailable.
Total.
1
For non-
bailable
o£Eences.
For
bailable
offences.
TOTAI.
1867 ...
683^
781
1,464
1,122
1,359
2,481
1868 ...
682
882
1,464
1,011
1,691
2,702
1869 ...
625
990
1,615
1,164
1,823
2,987
1870 ...
656
1,013
1,669
1,143
2,104
3,217
1871 ...
54a
1,218
1,768
972
12,371
3,343
1872 ...
600
672
1,272 1
573
637
1,210
1873 ...
861
764
1,625 1
775
644
1,419
G8
The more heinous offences which have been committed during the
last seven years are shown in the following statement. Murders are
most frequently the result of jealousy about women, but some are still
due to old blood feuds.
Statement of heinous' of encee.
Offences against coin
and stamps.
MUBDEBS.
1
::::::: Dacoitl.
1
Criminal trespass and
house-breaking.
•
43
Seceiying and dealbg
in stolen property.
Year.
::::::: | By thugs.
1
••■
1
...
...
• a •
...
...
to • ' ' I '' I 1 By robbers.
•
g
00
• ••
•
00
1
-3
o
13
11
14
6
7
13
6
1867 ...
1868 ...
1869 ...
1870 ...
1871 ...
1872 ...
1873 ...
6
•••
10
2
4
6
4
...
6
1
1
3
7
6
182
187
189
268
177
267
144
626
452
487
682
379
608
607
3
87
27
23
22
45
57
195. The amount and value of civil litigation for a series of
Civil litigation ^^® years is shown in the subjoined state-
ment : —
Statement of civil litigation for five years.
Year.
Number of suits
instituted.
Value of suits
disposed oi
1869
4,395
1,63,816
1870
4,707
1,60,679
1871
6,436
1,85,672
1872
6,298
1,62,462
1873
6,800
1,80,129
69
196. There is a new Jail which has been lately constructed at
j^ a cost of Rs. 1,03,619, exclusive of prison labor,
on the radiating principle. It is in charge of
the Civil Surgeon.
The following table gives statistics regarding its population for
three years : —
TahU showing the Jail population for three years.
i
1870
1871
1879
I
776
868
748
I
S
432-83
S48-70
284-59
740
814
M6
3
m
86
40
09
I
14
26
I.
a
^5
U
27
8
8
So*
&I
I
11
10
1 1
13
11
11
8
II
121
66
65
8
1010
10 2
Pi
^•s^
0-77
0-80
0-81
4»
all
262-62
190*99
278-78
I
I
I
I
g
I'
10
89
81
The prison labor fund amounted in 1871-72 to Rs. 90, in 1872-73
to Rs. 1,066, in 1873-74 to Rs. 679.
The manufactory fund yielded an income of Rs. 2,506 in 1871-72
of Rs. 2,977 in 1872-73, and of Rs. 4,729 in 1873-74.
Adminifitratire stafE.
197. The administrative staff of the
district consists of —
Deputy Commissioner.
2 Assistant Commissioners (one stationed at R&janpur).
1 Extra Assistant Commissioner.
4 Tahsild&rs.
7 Honorary Magistrates (four Tumand&rs and three City
Honorary Magistrates).
District Superintendent of Police.
Two Civil Surgeons. Two of the Regimental Surgeons^ one
at Dera Gh^zi Khan and one at Rdjanpur, perform the
duties of Civil Surgeon at those stations in addition to
their ordinary duties.
197 a. There are 10 thAnas : Tounsa, Dera Gh&zi Khan, Tdrti,
p^j.^ Kot Chuta, Jdmpur, D&jal, Harrand, F&zilpur,
Rijanpur, Miihankot. The Tumand&rs are
honorary police oiBcers, and responsible for the police administration of
their own tribes. The Eiiosa TumandAr manages the Y&ru thina, and
TO
the Gurchini Tfimanddr's son is Thanaddr of Harrand. In the oUicr
Tumans there are no th^nas.
The subordinate Police Force maintained is shown in the foUowiDg
statement : —
Statement showing the stihordinate Police Force.
Insfectobs.
Deputy
Insfectobs.
SSEOBAHTS.
Constables.
•
•
I
• • ■
•
-2
CO
1
•
I
bD
■*»
1
•
1
3
•
I
CO
6
Mounted.
Foot.
•
9
1
60
1
Foot.
1
OQ
1-1
•
OB
fH
2
•
1
1
4
m
1
•fa
CD
13
•
1
■s
19
1
00
•
9
I
a
-3
J
• ••
188
96
393
198. Under Native rule the administration of justice was carried
. . on in a very rough and summary manner.
nnliStivS ^'"'^''^ Civil suits for money were generally conducted
by the nearest Gtovemment official, who received
a percentage on the amount awarded to the successful litigant Suits
regarding inheritance, divorce, marriage, adultery, and such like, were
made over to the K&zis, who gave written decisions called " fatwas " in
accordance with Muhammadan law. Diwin Sdwan Mai used to receive
written petitions, and either dispose of them himself or hand them over
to his k^rd^rs for disposal. Another usual tribunal was the '* panchay at."
Criminal cases were disposed of by the Governor himself. Murderers
were usually punished by fine, rarely by death. It was never con-
sidered murder for a husband to take the life of his wife's paramour
and of his wife. Offences against property were punished by fine or
mutilation. There was no regular prison. Prisoners were kept in the
stocks. The State did not maintain prisoners. They were left to be
maintained either by their own means or by charity. A percentage
was levied by the State on all stolen property recovered. In Biloch
Tumans the Tumanddr was the head judicial authority. Murders were
settled on the " wanni " " banni," woman or land principle. Cases of
theft were met by restoration of property. If there was a doubt as^to the
accused's guilt, he was tried by ordeal. The common form of trial by
ordeal was to put the accused into the water. A man stood by the water,
and shot an arrow from a bow. If the accused could keep his head
under water until a friend could run for and bring back the arrow, his
innocence was established. If not, he was guilty. Trials are still held
in this fashion amongst the independent Biloches^
71
199. Since British rule was established, the district has been,
„ ^. ... until recently, under the same laws as the
Frontier regulations. i. i? xi "^ • -vt i j.«
rest of the province. Now a new regulation
for the peace and government of the Frontier has been passed by the
Viceroy and Grovemor General under 33 Vic, Chapter 3, Section L It
is unnecessary to transcribe the Frontier regulations here.
The purport of them is —
L That members of Frontier tribes acting in a manner
hostile to the British Qovemment may be detained,
and their property confiscated. They may also be
debarred from entering the district.
II. No new hamlet, village, tower or walled enclosure may
be erected within five miles of the Frontier without
the Commissioner of the Division's sanction.
Ill, Village communities may be fined for colluding with,
harbouiing prisoners, or for suppressing evidence.
IV. Any person having a blood feud may be directed to reside
in such place as may be desirable.
V. A village may be removed from the Frontier on payment
of compensation*
VI. Trials may be made with the aid of a council of elders,
who shall have the power to award fines.
VII. The Deputy Commissioner, Magistrate of the District,
has power to try certain cases ordinarily triable by a
Court of Session.
VIIL In cases of adultery, the woman may be punished as well
as the man.
200. These regulations should add greatly to* the good govem-
Protection of the bonier, ment of the border. Even before the regula-
tions were issued, a great advance had been
made in this respect. In 1857 there were 422 sowdrs of the regular
cavalry stationed along the Frontier. Now there are 113.
201. The system of Frontier administration on this border differs
Frontier administration ©i^tirely from that in force in Sindh. In Dera
Qh^i Khan the Frontier is mainly held by the
Biloches themselves. In Sindh it is held by the Sindh Frontier Force,
the Biloches being all disarmed. In Sindh it is considered that to
employ Biloches against their brother Biloches from beyond the border
engenders blood feuds, and leads to reprisals. The experience of this
district does not sustain this theory, for the Biloches employed to
guard the Frontier are looked upon by the hill Biloches much as the
police are looked upon by their fellow natives in non-frontier districts.
202. To show how efficient the Biloch guard of this border is, I
The Harrand raid ^^^ ^^^ *'^® combined Mari, Bugti and
Khetrdn raid of 18C7, when twelve hundred
72
hill Biloches, led by Qhul&m Hosein, a Mashori Bugti, came down upon
the Harrand border. Two hundred and fifty of the raiders were killed,
and the rest defeated by the Qurch&ni and Tibbi Lund tribes who were
on the alert, and were aided towards the latter part of the fight by a
troop of the 5th Punjab Cavalry from Harrand,
203. Captain Sandeman, the present Deputy Commissioner, has
Good d ratand' ff be- *^ excellent understanding with the chiefs of
tween the^Deputy Comrnia- the independent hill tribes. The Bozd£r,
Bioner and the indepeudent Khetr&n, Man, and Bugti chie&have all a certain
^^^®^*' number of sow&rs in the service of Government,
by means of whom communication with these chiefs are kept up, and
notice is received of any intended raids by the more turbulent men of
the tribes. So thorough is the confidence which the hill chiefs have in
the Deputy Commissioner, that he is enabled to make excursions into
independent Bilochestdn attended only by Biloches selected from both
within and without the border. As a result of these excursions, intelli-
fence was received of the presence of coal fen the border oftheLuni
^ath&n country just beyond the Khetrdn boundary. The coal was
examined in July 1874 by Mr. Ball, of the Geological Survey, but was
found to consist of numerous seams not more than 9 inches to 10 inches
thick, which would not pay for working (see Appendix C).
204. The facility with which the country of the independent
tribes can be explored has enabled us to arrive
^e^mochii^^^ ^""^^ *^ * ^^^^y ^^^^^^ id^ of ^^® primitive and
^^ ®^ warlike character of the half savage hill men.
It may not be out of place therefore if I give an account of an expedi-
tion I made with the Deputy Commissioner in March 1871, and
relate the impressions which I then formed regarding the character
of the Biloch, as he is seen when still removed from the influences of
civilization.
205. Starting from Drigri we went through the Ch&char pass
into the Phulk&ri plain, which, though it is
Ex^dition to Bdrkhin considered to be beyond our border, belongs in
^^ reality to one of our own tribes, the Gurch£nis.
From the PhulkAri plain we marched through the Sham, Paliwar, and
Bhor plains to the Khetr&n village of Mat. We then crossed the
Tikal and Dowla hills to Birkhlin, where we encamped at N^Lhr-ka-kot.
Bdrkhdn is situated in a very fertile plain, which is well watered by
the K^a stream which comes down from the Jendrin hills, which form
the barrier between the Biloch and Path^n tribes. At Mat and also
at Ndhr-ka-kot there were wide fields of wheat, and cultivation is capable
of being largely increased.
206. The Khetrdns are a peaceable and unaggressive tribe, but
are kept in a state of constant anxiety by the
Character of the Khet- jjaris. As we approached Mat through a goi^ge
^^^' which leads into the small valley in which it is
situated, we saw the gleam of swords from a small look-out tower situated
73
•
on a rock at the end of the gorge. We sent on those Khetrffns who
were with us to reassure the garrison of the little tower, who were
blowing the fuses of their matchlocks and making ready for an
onslaught from a supposed party of Mari raiders. Only three months
before the date of our visit to Mat, twelve Khetrtos belonging to that
village were grazing cattle in a valley behind the village. The Maris
surprised and killed the graziers, and carried off 180 head of cattle in
sight of the village. The villagers were too few in number to venture
down from the ridge on' which the village stands to the assistance of
their son& and brothers, who were butchered before their eyes. We had
a few of the dreaded Maria with us, and they were gazed at with peculiar
interest by the people of Mat.
At Bdrkh&n there is a steep hill like a pinnacle, on which sentries
are always posted to give the alarm in case of the approach of a party
of Maris. In every field there is a mud tower to which the farmer can
escape when the alarm is given. The entry to the tower is by a liidder
to the second storey, and the farmer draws his ladder up after him.
Many of these towers had been abandoned, as being too far from the
head village and from the reach of aid in case of necessity. There is a
fort at B^rkhan, which belongs to the LeghAri Chief Jam^l Kh^u, who
owns Legh^i Barkh^u.
The BhAwalpur Nawdb kept a garrison here when he held th^
Harrand-Dajal Il^ika.
207. From Barkh&n we rode for 14 miles through a splendidly
fertile plain, irrigable throughout, to a low
Charaxjter of the Mans, ^^^^^ ^^ j^j,j^ ^^,j^j ^^^ j^^^^ rpj^j^ ^.^^g^
was formerly the boundary between the Leghari lands and those of tlie
Hasni tribe. The Hasnis formerly occupied the Nasson plain, but were
expelled by the Maris, and have taken refuge with the Khetrans. The
chief of the Hasnis, a man called Towakli, lost his father, two brothers,
and a son at the hands of the Maris. The ruined homes of the Hasnis
are still to be seen in the Nassou plains, and were pointed out to me by
Towakli. We next reached the Chat plain, from whence we again
entered the Phulkdri plain and crossed the Mari mountain to return into
the Dera Ghdzi Khan District. The Paid war, Bhor, Miiranj, and Nassou
plains are all culturable, and there are men to cultivate them, if only the
different tribes could be induced to refrain from molesting each other.
The Maris are the strongest tribe on the border, and there is no tribe
which can hold its own against them. The Bugtis are finer men,
and said to be more courageous than the Maris, but they are not so
strong in numbers. None of the other tribes can stand single-handed
against the Maris.
208. It is not often that the Biloches meet each other in fight,
tribe to tribe. The ordinary rule is that small
plund'Sng'eS^ildon?' Pf^ies of a tribe go out on a marauding expe-
dition. These parties are called " chapaos, and
their object is to murder and plunder only those enemies whom they
can surprise. The consequence is that the Maris themselves suffer from
L
74
the present anarchy. It is only when they have been exasperated
beyond bearing that they assemble a "lashkar" or army to punish a tribe
which has been retaliating on them by sending "chapdo " for " chapio*
and when a "lashkar " is assembled, those for whom it is intended generally
contrive to be out of the way. I believe that all the border tribes
would be glad to see the British Government come in with a strong
hand and enforce order. The Maris are elated with their successes in the
Bol^n pass and in Eachi, which have considerably enriched them ; but
if they once saw that they had to deal with a power which could not
be outraged with impunity, they would soon settle down. To the
other tribes any protector would be acceptable.
^ ^ ^ , ^ ^, 209. The wild hill men see the Biloches
JeptSfnt »J1Se de! ^^ within our borfer sleek and well-to-do,
pendent BUoches. and they contrast their own condition with
that of our subjects.
The hill man is lean, hungry, unkempt, clad in filthy rags and
sheep-skins, in constant fear of his life, never able to call the cattle,
which form his only wealth, his own. The plain Biloch irom within
our border has a suit of English cotton cloth, a good mare to ride, and
is prosperous and free from anxiety. The element of danger has a charm
of its own to the Biloch as to all wild tribes, but it is a charm which
the stern realities of hunger and privation are fast dissipating. The
hill Biloches live from hand to mouth, and are often reduced to great
straits. Most of them grow no crops, but live by keeping herds of
cattle, which they graze in the numerous plains of their country.
When grass is scarce, and the graziers are scattered, comes the season
for " chapfios." Of course the victims of a " chapdo," if they escape with
their lives, can join a return " chapfio," but a "chapdo" must, I should say,
be very profitable to repay those who join one for the trouble and
fatigue they undergo. The members of a '* chapdo " have to travel long
distances by night, lying concealed by day, and they have no food but
what flour they can carry with them, which they dare not light a fire
to bake. They often end by falling into an ambuscade themselves, or
by finding their intended victims too much on the alert for an attack
to be ventured. Again a raid, though successful, is not always remu-
nerative. On our way back from B^rkh&n we met a party of Maris
returning from a raid on the Luni Pathdns. The Maris were hslf
starved and worn out with fatigue, having been out for three weeks.
The plunder was about sufficient to give a third of a bullock or cow to
each man after deducting the one-fifth share of the plunder ( panjak )
which must be paid to the Tumanddr.
CHAPTER XIIL
TENURES.
210. The ordinary forms of land tenure in the district are, besides
Ordinary forme ol land those everywhere recognized, such as original
tenure. possession or purchase : —
76
I. Patckir, — This fonn of acquisition of land is a peculiar one. It
refers to the original distribution of land amongst
a tribe. " Pat " means land, and " Chir " means to
divide. " Pat-chir *' is division of land, and means
acquisition of land by original tribal division.
II. Dah. — This form of acquisition of land arises when lands are
portioned out amongst co-sharers. For instance,
the new cultivation of the M&nka and Dhundi
Canals was given out in " Daks" or parcels to each
contributor to these canal extension schemes.
III. SU. — '* Sil *' means a brick, and is a term applied to proprietor-
ship gained by sinking a well in waste lands.
The owner of the well generally owns the land in
which it is situated.
IV. Adhldpi, — This is a very common form. The proprietor of a
well estate not possessing a well gives half his
land in proprietary right to an outsider who sinks
a well, and thereupon acquires the proprieUiry right
of half the well and of the lands attached to it.
The " adhl&pi " share is variable, but is generally
half; sometimes it is only one-fourth of the well.
V. Ghasab. — This is the term applied to a forcibly-taken possession.
VI. Poria, — This is a proprietorship acquired by manual labor.
One-eighth or some smaller share in a well may
sometimes be bestowed in return for jungle clear-
ance or such like. This tenure only prevails in
parts of the district thick with jungle, and where
tenants are not easy to come by.
211. Most Sindh villages are mere collections of wells grouped
together for Revenue purposes, but not really in
aJpSlli*^uI^e8^ ^^y ^^y ^^i* together. The tenure is thus I (
Bhyachdra. Wells and bands are often very / ^
minutely subdivided into snares or " sams " for the purpose of computing
the measure of proprietary rights. Each well is supposed to consist of
eight bullocks. A man owns one leg or more of a bullock, or one bullock
or one yoke of bullocks in a well. Sixty-four shares can easily be
reckoned in this way ; when the number of shares exceeds sixty-four the
shares are expressed in " sams " and in fractions of " sams."
212. The partition of wells and bands is not very common in this
^ . , district Out of 13,727 well estates,* 12,210 are
DiTiBion of holdings. ^^^^ ^ common, and only 1,517 are divided.
* In well esUtes are indaded plots known as weUs, though no wells may exist in
76
The number of well estates divided and undivided for each Tahnl is
as follows : —
Tahsa
Well estates
divided.
Well estates
undivided.
Total
8angaTii ... ... ••• ••• ...
Dera Gh^i Khan
Jampur ... .•• ••• ••• »••
R^janpor ... ... ... ... ...
31
1,129
199
168
854
8,140
844
2,372
885
9,269
1,043
2,530
Total
1,617
12,210
13,727
Bands cannot easily be divided, because the system of hill stream
irrigation requires that each baod should be surrounded by embankments.
These embankments take up a good deal of space, and to subdivide
a band would necessitate the construction of embankments for each
division of the bdnd. This, besides entailing a waste of land, would
be very expensive, and would make irrigation difficult. Divided lands
are called " Singbhan " and undivided lands " Vichar " in this district.
213. Rent or proprietary dues are known by many names : " Lich,"
. ^ ^ (" Khdti-Bhutdri '' in Sangarb, ) « Jholi," and
Bent or proprietary duos, i Tobra." o ' /
" Lich " is usually one-sixteenth or one-seventeenth ( sol sat&ri )•
" Lich " is paid often according to private agreement.
"Jholi."— This is the amount of grain that the proprietor of land may
carry oflf in his sheet or scarf. The share is often included in " Lich/*
and usually represents one-sixty-fourth of the produce.
" Tohra!* — This is the amount of grain which a proprietor may carry
off in his mare's nose bag ; every man of any position rides a mare, and
has its nose bag attached to the saddle.
Value attached to landed
property.
214?. This is an essentially agricultural district, and every man
endeavours to be the owner of some land. Even
the Hindu traders are always ready to advance
money on land, and thus in time to become
landed proprietors.
215. The origin of proprietary right in this district is somewhat
* . i. • vi. poculiar. It was never sufficient for a man
in^hliu^^^^^^^^^ merely to occupy a piece of land. It was also
necessary that a certain amount of capital or
labor should be expended on the land. In the Pach4d tract there were
embankments to be made to intercept the hill streams, and in the Sindh
tracts the colonist had to sink a well, or else to join with others in cutting
a canal from the river. Lands, even up to the present day, may be
acquired by reclamation and by the expenditure of capital in sinking a
well. The acquisition of proprietary right by the first method is now
unusual, and mostly gives only an occupancy right, but lands ard
77
frequently acquired by a man with sufficient capital to sink a well, and
thereby obtain the ownership of half the lands irrigated by the well.
216. There are no village communities in the district. Every
village is made up of separate and indepen-
in toe'distSjt.'''*"^'''''*''* ^^^^ landowners, bound together by no common
interest in the land, but only associated together
for Revenue purposes, and, in former times, for mutual protection.
Where the custom of "Vaish" prevails, it does not extend to
whole villages. In the Pach&d, where all the lauds belong to members
of the same tribe, it might have been expected that we should find / 1^ /j
common interests in the land ; but, even in the Fach&d, nothing of the kind If
exists, except in some villages in Sangarh, where the custom of /- %
" Vaish," or periodical transfers of land, prevails. The lands of each village
are said to have been parcelled out to the members of the tribe by the
Tumanddr when the tribe first settled in the plains. Each member of
the tribe has held his lands ever since in complete independence.
217. I think that this state of things is a very natural one. In
the Punjab Proper, lands can be cultivated with-
l.?/grm o? the dttri'i" out any great expenditure of capital or labor.
In this district considerable individual exertion
or expenditure of capital were necessary before lands could be cultivated,
and every man's holding depends upon himself. Every man would be
anxious to secure for himself advantages gained by the labor or expen-
diture of himself alone, and the needful stimulants to enterprise would
have been wanting to men living in a community.
218. Of the total area of the district 19,28,404 acres are held
Division of land amongst ^Y Biloches, 4,84,982 acres by Jats, 2,20,066
the different tribes inhabit- acres by Kar^rs ( Hindiis ), 1,08,648 acres by
ing the district. Sj^ads, 41,224 acres, great part of which is
waste, by the " Mujdwara " or priests of Sakhi Sarwar, and 23,685 acres
by Pathilns. The Biloches hold 66 per cent, of the total area, the Jats
16 per cent, and the Hindus 7 per cent, of the total area, exclusive of
Government preserves. The areas held by all other tribes are small.
219. In the Sangarh Tahsil the custom of "Vaish" or periodical
The custom of "Vaish" distributions of land prevails in 29 mauzahs,
or periodical redistributions of which all but two are in the PachM circle,
of land still found in the « Vaish " signifies a division of land for a term
Sangarh Tahsil, ^^^jy rjrj^jg ^^j,^ jg f^^^ ^j^^ y^^^j. ^ twenty-
four. The custom* of "Vaish" is probably due to the fact that lands
irrigated by hill streams are of very different value.. The lands with
the greatest facility of irrigation are the best, and the lands least
easily irrigated the worst. The hill streams too are liable to change,
and lands do not always retain the same character. The proprietors by
dividing lands only for a time consider that they secure to each pro-
prietor a chance of holding good lands in turn. Besides this all the
proprietors have a common interest in the maintenance of diuns
whidi they may use tjiemselves some day.
78
All proprietary rights follow the '' Vaish/' There are 489 hoIdingB
now subject to " Vaish " in Sangarh.
220. The whole of the co-proprietors who transfer their lands by
Manrier of recording pro- " Vaish ' have been recorded as co-proprietors of
prietaiy rights in lands each b&nd subject to the custom. Some land-
subject to •* Vaish." owners have mortgaged the lands in their
temporary occupation, the mortgagee undertaking to transfer his mort^
gage to whatever lands may fall to the mortgagor when a firesh
division takes place.
221. I consider this custom of "Yaish" an objectionable one. Sap-
posing a man to be in possession of poor lands
no inducement to expend capital in improv-
ing the lands, but would bide his time till he, in ms turn, obtained
good lands, and neglect the poor ones in the meantime.
222. The tenants of this district are known as "Mundennfir/
^ . ,. . ,. "Butemir,"«Jhuriband,"«Kuhm£r,""Latin«r;
Designation of tenants. .cf^^^^^;. «Rdhk," "Khadina,*' « Lichain/
" MiAdi"
223. The ^ Mundem&r " tenant is one who in the Sindh lands
clears jungle and brings land under cultivation.
teS^ ""' * " Mfindemir '' rj, j^^ u Miindemdr" tenant exercises the following
rights : —
(a). He cannot be ejected as long as he continues to cultivate.
(6). The occupancy right is heritable in the direct line,
(c). He can cut self-grown timber for agricultural purposes.
224. The following rights are not generally reco^ized, but they
are claimed in some cases, and their admission
rew ^^i^''''* gencraUy ^y, particular landlords, or by the general body
' of landowners, is regulated by local custom : —
/. The right to sink wells. — A tenant cannot sink a pacca well
without his landlord's permission, but he can sink a
kacha well, though his doing so gives him no claim
to compensation. The right to sink even a kacha well
is not admitted universally.
IL The right of the landlord to eject on payment of compen-^
sation, — This right does not exist. . It was, however,
once awarded a landlord in a suit to eject a tenant
who had been out of possession of the greater part of
his holding for three years. This suit was tried in the
senior Extra Assistant Settlement Officer's court.
III. The right of subletting, — There is much difference of
opinion as to the existence of this right. The correct
view seems to be that a tenant may sublet his holding
temporarily, but not permanently.
79
IV. The right of buildhig hoTises. — A "Mundemdr" tenant
has this right ; but if he vacates his holding, he can
remove only the building materials he has paid for
himself. This is the general rule.
F. The right of transfer. — This right is denied in most cases.
Where it is admitted, it is provided that before any
transfer of tenant right can be made to an outsider, an
ofifer of the right must be made to the landowner.
VI. The right of inheritance to rights of occupancy in the
direct line is unquestioned. It is not allowed to females
or collaterals, but the practice on this point has been
very loose, and any heir of a deceased occupancy tenant
able to cultivate has ordinarily been allowed to do so.
This is owing to the scarcity of tenants in the district.
225. If an occupancy tenant's land is carried away by the river, he
loses all claim to it. In the Maz&ri country
cS^^awv br^Triyen"^ tl»e tenant can reclaim his land when it is again
thrown up by the river.
Tenant may be ejected for 226. A tenant with rights of occupancy
cultivating inferior crops. may be ejected if he wilfully cultivates inferior
crops.
227. In some cases a " Mundem&r " tenant is only admitted for a
Tenants for a term. *^"^. ^^ y^^^ ** ^^S^^ ^^^f^- ^t ^^^ expiration
of this term, he may be ejected.
228. A tenant who has broken up land is supposed to have there-
" Anwfoda." ^^ acquired a right to " anwdnda," which is the
share of produce considered to belong to the
improver of the soil, and is calculated only on the cultivator's share of
the produce. This right to '* anwdnda " may be sold, or it may be realized
from any tenant substituted for the original improver, but, whenever
sold, it must be offered first to the owner of the land.
229. A ** Butem&r '' tenant is the same as a " Mundemfir." In the
^ Sangarh Tahsil a " B6tem4r " tenant exercises
tem nan . ^^^^ ^£ ^j^^ rights of which the enjoyment by
occupancy tenants is doubtful in the rest of the district.
230. The " Latm&r " tenant is a tenant who erects embankments for
,tT i. ^ n s. * irrigation in the Pachdd. His rights p-re the
Latmiir tenants. undisputed rights of a "Mi\ndem^r" tenant,
It is, however, very usual for a '* Latmdr " tenant to take out a lease for a
term of years. In mauzah Odddi, Tahsil Dera Qh^zi Khan, the custom,
as regards " Latm&r " tenants^ was proved to be that they could not be
ejected until the band which they had embanked had obtained one good
supply of water and borne one good crop. The position of a '^ Latm&r "
tenant is mostly governed by local custom.
80
231. The " Jhdriband" tenant is only found in the Sangarh Tahal.
The JhOribaad tenant. T^^ *?^^^^ P^y^ ^^^ landlord ^a " nazardnah "
in cash or in kind, and the landlord marks out
the tenant's land by tying down the bushes — Jhuriband. These tenants
are found in Bet or river lands, and their rights correspond with those
of the " Butemfir. "
232. The " Kuhmfir " tenant in Sangarh corresponds to the " Adh-
«i K/Ti n »» '^P^ ' proprietor in other tahsHs. The "Kuhm^"
The " ii m r tenant. j^^ however, only a tenant, and his tenure lasts as
long as the pacca brick or wooden well he has sunk lasts. The " KuhmarV
heirs in the direct line succeed him. The proprietor receives only " lich "
from the " Kuhm&r," and the " lich " payable is fixed at the commence-
ment of the tenure.
233. The " Churait " tenant is a tenant-at-will, and can be ejected at
The •* Churait " tenant. the close of the agricultural year. The " Churait"
tenant pays " anw^nda " as well as " lich " and *' mahsdl. "
n.^ ««.u, ... * 234. The "R4kh" is a paid laborer, a
The Rdhk tenant. ^^^^ ^^^^ servant. The«R4kh" is sometimes
paid a share of produce.
235. The *• Khadina " tenant is found in the Sangarh Tahsfl, and
is a paid laborer. His clothes are found by hia
The "Khadina" tenant, ^^aster, and he is expected to give them up if
he leaves his service.
236. The " Lichain " tenant is found in the Sangarh TahsQ. The
mx, « T • I. • I. * 4. bullocks used by the " Lichain " are the land-
The "Lichain* tenant. i i, i i^i « t • i • »> • i i ii»
lord s, and the " Lichain receives only half or
one -third the gross produce after deducting " lich " and " mahsul."
If the " Lichain " tenant receives one-third produce, he is paid Rs. 2 to 5
per annum. These tenants have to find an amount of seed equal to
their share of produce. A " Lichain " tenant is sometimes given a cash
advance by the proprietor, and cannot throw up his holding until he has
repaid it.
237. The " Middi " tenant is, as the name
The « Miadi " tenant. j^p^^^^ ^ ^^^^^ f^^ ^ ^^
238. Tenants mostly pay in kind. The share of produce paid varies
_ ^ . _ , ^ . from half to one-seventh. The share usually
Rent paid by tenants. ^^.^ .^ one-fourth, but it varies according to the
character of the country, the facility of obtaining tenants and other consi-
derations. " Lich " is always paid in addition to the larger "mahsul"
share of produce, and is almost invariably one-sixteenth to one-
seventeenth of the produce after deducting " mahsiil. " In addition to
" mahsul " and " lich," a share of produce called " jholi " and " tobra" is
sometimes paid. This payment has been described at para. 213, and
is usually one pai per pat or 20 sdrs on every 32 maunds of grain.
239. There has been much correspondence as to the method in
Method in which the le- which records of tenant rights should be framed
cordfl have been framed as in the district. Occupancy tenants in this
regards tenant right. district have not by custom the ftdl rights oi
81
occupancy, as defined in Chapters III, IV, V, and VI of the Punjab
Tenancy Act, and, in the absence of any decree or agreement to the
contrary, under section 2 of that Act I considered that the tenant might
at any time claim rights under the Act, and would, if he obtained a
decree, be admitted to all the advantages attendant upon the status of
an occupahcy tenant.
The Lieutenant Governor has ruled, vide the Secretary to (Jovem-
ment Punjab No. 189 of the 6th February 1872, to the Secretary to
Financial Commissioner Punjab, that the facts regarding each tenant's
rights are to be recorded, and the entries concerning tenants are to
form part of the record of rights framed under Section XIV of Act
XXXIII of 1871, the Land Revenue Act. The entries will then have
the force given to them by section 20 of that Act. These entries may
be contested in the Civil Courts in cases brought before the Civil
Courts. I presume that if a tenant is found to have rights ot occupancy
on the gi'ounds given in section 8 of the Act, he will be admitted to all
the rights of an occupancy tenant, whether the whole of these rights
are recognized by custom or not.
Nnmber of tenants in 240. The whole number of tenants in the
the district. district is 29,146—
In Tahsil Sangarh .,. ... ... 8,822
Dem Ghdzi Chan ... 7,295
Jdmpur ... ... ••• 4,191
Bdjanpur ... .•• 13,888
n
»9
Total ... 29,146
of these 18,274 have rights of occupancy, 94 are tenants for fixed
periods, 3 are conditional tenants, and 15,525 are tenants-at-will. Of
the whole number of tenants only 250 pay rent in cash.
The rents paid by the different tenants in the district are shown in
Statement 11.
CHAPTER XIV.
STATISTICS OF EDUCATION, SHOWING THE NUMBER OF COLLEGES AND
SCHOOLS OF THE VARIOUS GRADES, WHETHER PUBLIC OR PRIVATE,
AND THE ATTENDANCE DURING THE PAST FIVE YEARS.
241. Education in this district has always been 'at a low ebb. A
Biloch would show more respect to a wary cattle-
the d^trict. ®'^"^*'^'' ^"^ lifter or to a good swordsman than to the most
renowned scholar. All the book-keeping is
done by Hindus, who write in a barbarous character called " karraki,"
which is so complicated that one " Kerar " can seldom read another's writ-
ing. About one-thirtieth of the adult population can read and write ; of all
u
82
the Tiimandirs only Mazfir Khan, of Tibbi Lund, can sign his name. The
Tumandars are now beginning to take an interest in education and to
send their sons to school.
Kumber of schools. 242. The schools in the district are«-
1 Zillah School at Dera Ghiizi Khan.
3 Town Schools at Jan)pur, Choti, and Mangrota.
1 Anglo-Vernacular School at Bdjanpur.
25 Primary Schools.
5 Branch Schools at Dera Gk&zi Khan.
132 Indigenous schools.
Total 166 Schools.
The total number of bovs on the school rolls at the close of the
year 1873 was 1,594, of whom 775 were Hindus, 812 were Muhamma^
dans, and 7 belonged to other religions. The average daily attendance
of boys was 1,295.
The annual total expenditure on education was Rs. 14,000. The
sum collected in fees was Rs. 531-14-1. The Zillah School cost
Rs. 4,459-14-10 per annum, and had 92 boys on its rolls, and an average
daily attendance of 60. All the boys were being instructed in English.
There were 132 indigenous schools with an attendance of 1,313
boys, of whom 405 were Hindus and all the rest Muhammadans. In the
indigenous schools the Kur4u is taught to Muhammadans and Shashtri
and book-keeping to Hindus. The indigenous schools are self-support-
ing.
In the Government Schools Hindus and Muhammandans pass
through the same course. The Zillah School was established in Novem-
ber 1856, and has had very fair success. English is one of the principal
subjects taught, and several students have attained a sufficient proficiency
in English to be employed as clerks in Engliah offices.
The sources from which income is derived for the support of the
schools is as follows : —
Rs.
From the one per cent educational cess on the
Revenue of the district 4,426
From fees ... •., .•. ... ... «•• 531
Per mensem. Per annum.
From the District fund .•. 669 8,028
„ the Municipal fund ... 125 1,500
M subscriptions ... 52 624
„ the Provincial fund ... 135 1,620
Total •.. 981 11,772
83
CHAPTER XV.
CLIMATE OF THE DISTRICT, AND STATISTICS OF DEATH AND DISEASE.
The climate of the district is exceedingly dry. The rain-fall in
J. . ^j „ the Dera Qhdzi Khan Tahsil for the last seven
years is shown in the statement given below : —
Average rain-faU of the Dera Ohdzi Khan Tahsil.
Years.
p*
<
• a •
1-0
i
<
September.
•
1
O
1
a
1
•••
r
1
01
2 February.
ad
0-2
1
1866-67
*a a
1-6
1-2
• ••
• ••
• •■
4-2
1867-68
2-2
01
01
0-1
10
1-8
• • •
• a •
M
0-6
1-2
0-6
8*8
1868-69
1-5
• • •
• ••
1-2
aa •
• aa
01
f*
0-7
0-7
0-8
20
70
1869-70
0-7
• ■ •
0-9
5-8
1-8
11
0-2
.a.
•••
0-1
• • •
0-2
10-8
1870-71
.. a
• • •
1-9
9»*
2-4
• • •
aa a
a ■ ■
0*2
..a
10
aaa
6-6
1871-72
0-7
0-4
0-7
1-6
a. a
• • •
*••
■ a a
••■
.•*
• a.
• ••
3-3
1872-73
Total
Average ..
»
a. .
a. a
■ a.
• • •
2-8
2-9
0-3
...
• •a
• • .
..•
1-7
...
aaa
• ••
7'7
■ •a
• ■ •
*a •
• a •
.• .
a..
aaa
.• .
47-3
6-75
The average rain-fall for seven years is 6'75.
I have procured a statement of the rain-fall of the four Tahsfls as
it has been kept by the Executive Engineer Indus Canals, from 1864-65
to 1871-72, which I subjoin : —
Statement of rain-fall at the principal stations, Dera Qhazi
Khan District.
Year.
Dera Glijlzi
Khan,
J&mpnr.
Bajanpnr.
Sangarh.
1864-65 ...
816
...
*••
1865-66 ...
6-30
...
.. .
1866-67 ...
8-20
8-20
6-20
1867-68 ,.a
8-76
16-40
15-92
1868-69 ...
...
• •a
• !•
18G9-70 ...
10-85
4-80
b-96
9-27
1870-71 ...
650
4-00
8-90
1-40
1871-72 ...
d'20
2-28
2-30
1-30
84
These statements wil) serve to show how extremely variable the
rain-fall is. In the Dera Qh&zi Khan Tahsil the highest rain>fall in
nine years was in 1869-70, when 1085 inches fell, and the lowest in
1806-67 and 1871-72 when there were only 3*20 inches. In the
8angarh Tahsil 15-92 inches of rain fell in 1867-68, and only l'3<)
in 1871-72.
244. From the beginning of May to the end of August the beat
is intense, whilst from November to Februaiy
Temperature. ^y^^ ^^jj j^ j^^^^^j^ ^^j^ r^,j^^ q-^jj Sui^eon has
furnished me with a statement showing the maximum, medium and
minimum range of the thermometer for all the months of the year 1872.
The thermometer was kept in a ward of the Cavalry hospitsd at Dera
Gh&zi Khan, and as the observations were necessarily sometimes left to
the Native Doctor, its accuracy is not certain.
Statement showing the range of the thermometer far all the
months of the year 1872.
Months.
Maximum,
Medium.
Minimum.
January
6S
■
67
47
Febmary
7S
66
65
March
90
76
61
April
91
79
68
May
107
90
74
June
112
98
86
July
102
93
85
August
100
89
78
September
99
87
76
October
92
78
64
November
8S
71
66
December
89
64
40
June is the hottest month in the year. In July and August there
is generally a flight fall of rain^ which serves somewhat to reduce the
temperature.
86
245. The district is not unhealthy. In August and September
, . 1. J fever is very prevalent, but the statement of
nate number of deaths in those months. The
prevalence of fever in August and September is due to the change of
temperature between night and day. Hot days are followed by cold
nights. In the months of June and July a scorching wind called '* Jhalla "
blows in the Pach&d, and is dangerous to human life.
The subjoined tables give the statistics of mortality for a series of
five years. They were furnished me by the Editor of the Punjab
Gazetteer, The registration of deaths in the Dera Ghdzi Khan District
is not very accurate : —
I. — Total deaths from all causes.
1868
1869
1870
1871
1872
i
o
1
i
1
1
1,628
2
15
3,230
1
35
4,188
1
130
2,828
1
724
2,670
•
I
I
o
Ikjttbibs.
31
91
169
77
68
-8
p
OQ
bO
8
6
6
1
p
34
43
25
28
23
in
5
a>
OQ
22
38
28
29
24
CD
J
H
o
® s
,p
•4S
TS g
O
Total
aU
338
2,059
579
4,008
638
5,091
397
3,492
361
3,877
Ratio of deaths peb
1,000.
0-01
00
3
i •
O so
O •*
0-06
0-11
0-42
2*34
10-66
13-56
916
8-64
0-30
0-55
0-25
0-22
PC4
7
13
16
11
12
11. — Deaths from all causes in each month.
Year.
•
1
822
•
149
•
i
<
6^
154
1
212
'p
141
160
o September.
J
S
6
1
1
S December.
CO
1
1868
176
120
178
171
2,059
1869
281
254
249
831
548
267
239
182
228
397
598
439
4,008
1870
524
897
380
882
345
801
260
270
418
788
659
472
5,091
1871
847
312
389
261
268
295
178
165
210
264
367
491
8,492
1872
438
867
840
824
878
889 192
227
231
291
376
824
8,877
86
J/. — Death-rate per 1,000 in towns and rural circles.
DEATH-BATB PER 1,000 OP POPULATION PER ANNUM.
Name of Rnral Circle or Town.
Annual death-rate.
1869.
1870.
1871.
1872.
Dera Gh&zi Khan Cantonment ...
••«
24
25
21
Bera Qhfai Khan
27
26
26
20
Choti ... ... •••
8
6
6
e
J&mpnr ... ... ••.
12
17
16
23
^ajai ••. .•• •*. ...
22
65
24
31
R&janpnr Cantonment ...
•■•
...
••.
••.
Bojh&n ... ... •••
7
11
11
9
Boral circles ... •••
•••
...
10
11
For the District
18
16
11
13
CHAPTER XVL
AMOUNT OF LAND REVENUE ASSIGNED, WITH NOTICES OF THE PRINCIPAL
JAGIRS.
Ma&fi grants.
246. The total amount of Land Beveniie
assigned in mafifis is ... Rs. 3,088
In perpetuity
During the maintenance of shrines
During the pleasure of Government
For a term
For life •••
•••
•••
•••
••• M
7
••• »>
1,885
8
••• »
527
9
••• W
1
••• W
667
2
••• w
3,088
Total
There are only 20 acres ma4f in the Sangarh TahsU, life ma&Gs to
the extent of Rs. 218 having been resumed. The whole assigned
revenue of the tahsil is Rs. 20.
In Dera Qhdzi Khan the area of the revenue-free village of Sakhi
Sarwar, 41,912 acres, has now been measured for the first time. In
Jfimpur the village of Makwalw&h, which contains an area of 5,503
87
ftcres, has been assessed, as the term of its exemption from assessment
has expired.
In Rajanpur there are only Bs. 276 assigned, though there are
maifis worth Rs. 2,261 per annum in the Rajanpur jdgir.
24!7. The meaning of the word " Kasur " is the same aa that of
"Kasr," and it signifies a diminution from the
••Kastir" grants. Government assessment made in favor of an
individual or set of individuals. The "kasur" grauts in this district are
most numerous in the Rdjanpur Tahsil. Thei*e are 54 "kasur" grants in
the Rajanpur Tahsil and six in the J^mpur Tahsil, whilst in the Sangarh
and Dera Ghazi Khan Tahsils there are no such grants. The value
of the "kasiir " grants, according to the revised assessment, is Rs. 9,094 : —
Tahsil Sangarh ... ... ...
„ Dera Gh&zi Khan ... ...
„ Jampur ... ... .,. 1,103 12
„ R&janpur ... ... ... 7,990 4
Total ... 9,094
of the Rajanpur " kasur " Rs. 7,975 are in favor of the Maz&ri tribe
Of this sum Rs. 2,201 have been included in the Tumandar s inam
leaving Rs. 5,775. The M4zdri " kasiirs " date from the time that Hama
Khdn, the Maz&ri Tumandar, at the first settlement of the tribe in the
plains, agreed to pay half the " mahsul" of the Mazari lands to the Amirs
of Sindh. ihe MazAri " kasur" consists of a remission of one-half the
assessment of ninteen villages, one-third the assessment of two villages.
The Mazaris also hold one-fourth and one-eighth the assessment in
parts of two villages, which I have not reckoned, as they are held on
a different tenure from the other Mazdri " kasurs." The only
" kasur " holder in Jampur is the Midn Sdhib Serdi, Kalhora, who
has a grant of one-third the revenues of mauzah Hdjipur and its five
mahals.
248. There are j^rs valued at Rs. 426 in the Dera Ghdzi Khan
Tahsil in favor of the Sakhi Sarwar shrine,
^^^^' Abdul Kh^lik and Abdul W6hid and Bdba
Birgir. These are commuted pensions. In Tahsil Jdmpur Ghul&m
Haidar Eh&n, the Gurchdni Tumanddr, holds the village of Darkhdst.
Ghulam Haidar Kh^ assessed at Rs. 513 per annum in jagir. In
Talisil Rajanpur the Rdjanpur jdgir is held by the Mian Sahib Ser&i.
The 33 villages composing the j^gfr have been assessed at the present
Settlement at Rs. 13,715 per annum ; out of this sum Rs. 3,000 '' nazar-
dnah " were payable to Government, but have been remitted in lieu of
Rs. 3,000 which nearly represent the assessment of the five Dreshak
villages situated in the jdgir, which have been assigned to Mirdn Khdn«
the Dereshak Tumandar, in indm. There are " kasurs " amounting to
Rs. 381-8-0 in the j^gir without reckoning " kasurs " to the value of
Rs. 558, which were held by Mir&n Rhdn, but which I have proposed
to strike off and reckon as part of his in&m. Less these sums and
88
Rs. 108-12-0 zailddri, the value of the Rijanpur jigir will now be
Rs. 10,224 per annum.
Formerly the j%irddr used to collect in kind, and his average collec-
tions amounted to Rs. 15,230 per annum ; out of this he had to pay
Rs. 3,000 per annum as "nazaranah" to Government, and Rs. 1,000 per
annum to the Superintendent of the jagir, so that he received Rs. 11,230
per annum. The j^girddr thus sujflfers a loss of Rs. 1,000 per annum
by the substitution of cash for grain collections. On the other band,
he gains Rs. 366 per annum owing to the increased assessment of
mauzah Hajipur, and there is no doubt that the average collections in
grain from the j^gir would have declined, as the j%ir was suffering
considerably from the j^gird^r s mismanagement and rack-renting. As
it is, I have assessed the jagir at Rs. 1,562 more than the amount of
Rs. 12,153 proposed by the Officiating Financial Commissioner, and
approved by the Punjab Government. This assessment I consider not
too high. By the orders of Government dated the 14th of March
1874, it was made optional with the landed proprietors in the jfigir to
pay either in cash or in kind to the jdgird^r. Proprietors paying
Rs. 528 out of Rs. 3,395 agreed to pay in kind in mauzah Rajanpur
itself, but the jagirddr refused to collect in kind from a part of the
village only, and the proprietors who first agreed to pay in kind have
since refused to do so. The rest of the jdgir villages preferred to engage
for their assessment in cash. The Rdjanpur jdgir is subject to a charge
of one-third of the revenue for the maintenance of the junior members
of the jdgirddr's famil}'-.
89
SETTTJEMENT REPORT
OF THE
DERA GHAZI KHAN DISTRICT.
PART II.
CHAPTER XVII.
THE SETTLEMENT.
249. The Settlement commenced nominally in April .1869. I arrived
in the district on the 29th of March 1869, but
Settlemenr''"'"''* ^^d no establishment. The Superintendent of
Dera Gh^zi Khan joined on the 1st of April
1869, and the Superintendent of Jdrapur on the 8th of June 1869. The
Superintendents of Rdjanpur and Sangarh did notjoin till the 1st December
1871 and the 1st September 1869 respectively. The Extra Assistant
Settlement Officer, Munshi Hukm Chand, did notjoin till January 1870.
250. In November 1869 the Superintendents of Sangarh and
J^mpur were reduced with all their establish-
lish^enVoTtw^o Tahsfis.'' ' ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^^® financial crisis. The work
not having been properly begun till the Superin-
tendents joined, only two Tahsils were actually under Settlement previous
to November 1870.
251. By the end of the official year 1869-70 the boundary
w V 1 f ri h Ti demarcation was nearly complete ; 80 village
close^of 1869?70.^ ^ * *^*'^® deeds had been prepared and 25 rakhs
demarcated.
252. The boundary demarcation had to be very considerably revised
Bcundary demarcation ^^ *he succeeding year. The Settlement Corn-
revised owing to separa- mission er, on inspecting some of the boundary
tion of mabAls. maps, found that in many cases several separate
mahdls were contained in the same mauzah. In some cases a mauzah
would consist of a number of wells grouped together and of a number
of other wells separated from the mauzah to which they belonged
by one or two other mauzahs. For instance, Nurpur was made up
of lands lying together and of lands in mauzah Jdmpur, whilst mauzahs
Kotla Moghldn and Bdbulwdli intervened between the two. Accordingly,
he directed that these mah^ls should be separately demarcated. This
involved the necessity of revising most of the Thakbast maps. Three
hundred and four new mahdis were formed.
253. Besides this, owing to the peculiar tenures of the district, it
-,, , . , ^ , was determined at the close of 1869 that
Slteleton sketch maps. ii. ix-l i_ijt_ ^ ji?
skeleton sketch maps should be prepared for
every well-irrigated village showing the boundaries of every separate
well. It had l^en ascertained that every well was in reality a separata
N
90
estate, and it was considered desirable to have a separate boundary map
for each such estate. In this map, besides the boundaries of wells, all
the more striking features of the country, such as canals, roads, and
village sites, were shown. By the close of 1870 these maps had been
prepared for the two Tahsils under settlement. The separate pre-
paration of these sketch maps took a year, and was, in my opinion, a
mistake. A skeleton sketch map of the nature I have indicated is
more useful and more likely to be accurate than a mere boundary map;
but if the skeleton map is prepared, it is useless to prepare a boundary
map also. All the infoi-mation given in the sketch map is repeated in
the field map, so that as boundary maps had been prepared here, the
sketch maps should have been omitted.
254 The Financial Commissioner had, however, in January' 1870,
directed that field measurements should not be
^Fiejd measurements post- commenced till the Revenue Survey of the
district, which was undertaken in October 1870,
was complete. The Settlement Commissioner then considered that the
preparation of skeleton sketch maps would be a step towards the field
maps. The limits of holdings^ well estates, waste lands, lines of roads, and
canals, would all be shown, and all that would be required for the field
maps would be to plot oflf sections of the sketch maps and fill in the fields.
Another reason for the preparation of these sketch maps was that they
would bring to light the existence of sub-estates having well-defined
limits and purely separate fiscal organizations. The sketch maps did
facilitate the preparation of the field maps, but not to such an extent as
to make their separate preparation repay the labor expended upon it.
255. In November 1870 establishments were again sanctioned for
Work recommenced in the Jampur and Sangarh Tahsils, and by the
ibc Jampur and Sangarh end of the year work was fairly started in
Tahsils in November 1870. Sangarh. Fazldin, Superintendent of Jampur,
did not join till the 21st of February 1871. The former Suprintendent
of Jampur had been transferred to Dera Ismail Khan as Tahsilddr^ and
did not rejoin.
256. Great difiiculty was experienced from the want of patwiLris
when the Settlement was first commenced. In
of p"atwlrf8.^'' *^° '''''"^'' August 1870 their number wa3 increased to
125, and the entertainment of ^100 patwaris'
assistants was sanctioned at the same time.
257. 2ailddrs were appointed for each Tahsil of this district. The
A ' t ' nt f idArs. zaiidars of Rajanpur were appointed in Decern-
ppom me o zai ^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^j^ Prinsep, the Settlement Com-
missioner, Captain Sandeman, the Deputy Commissioner, and myself.
The zaildsirs of Dera Qh&zi Khan were appointed in December 1870 by
Captain Sandeman and myself, and those of Jampur by the same officers
in March 1871. It was only in Sengarh that I appointed the zailddre
without tlie assistance of the Deputy Commissioner, but the appointments
I made in that Tahsil were concurred in by that officer.
91
258. In the Sangarh Tahsfl there are 19 zaildfirs. In the Dera
Number of zaQd&i-s. Gthdzi Khan Tahsil there are 15, in Jdnipur there
are 20, and there are only 13 in R^janpur. I
append a nominal list of the zaildars, with a sketch map showing each
man's zail (plan No. IX). The difference in the numbers of zaildiirs is
due to the fact that no zailddrs were appointed in villages, which formed
part of a Biloch Tiiman. Besides, only men of note and good character
were appointed. It was therefore sometimes more convenient to group
two zails together than to appoint two separate zailddrs.
259. The zaildars were exceedingly useful during measurements
and attestation, and are admitted to be the
taild^fs.'""''''^ "^"^ ^^ most influential men in the circles to which
they have been appointed,
260. The appointment was much coveted. Where there wcro
several claimants whose claims were almosc
co^ter'^ '"''''*' equal, one of the claimants was chosen by vote.
261. No Aid lambarddrs have been appointed in this district. In
'AiA 1 ^u «,!'«« the Lahore District I noticed that the practical
Ala lambaraars* /¥../»!• iij^- ^
effect of placing one lambardar m a superior
position to the rest is that the subordinate lambardars leave all the
work to the aid lambardars, and give themselves no trouble about, and
take no interest in their duties. ' The result is that where several lam-
bardars are required, several men receive " pachotra " as lambardar^ but
every thing is done by a single lambardar.
-^ .,,^ , ^. 262. The zailddr'is remuneration has been
XhezaildarsreTnunoration. r% i . ^ .^i xi i^-
fixed at 1 per cent., to be met by a reduction
from the new jamas.
263. The lambardars will receive the usual remuneration of 5
^ , -^ , .. per cent, on the jama. At the Summary Settle-
Lambardar's remuneration. ^ *'f-o>i i i. ijc o^.^r i,
ment there were 784 lambardars in 3b7 raauzahs.
Now there have been 982 appointed in 675 mauzahs. As far as possible,
former incumbents were reappointed to the post of lambarddr, and
new lambardars were admitted very cautiously only where increased
representation seemed to be urgently required.
264. In November 1870 the prohibition against the commence-
Field measurements com- ment of field measurements was withdrawn.
tuenced in Novemijer 1870 It was hopeless to wait for the completion
and finished in March 1872. of the Revenue Survey, which by the close of
1870-71 had only been finished in the IWjanpur Tahsil. By November
1870 I had organized the new patwdri staff, and was able to finish the
field meaauremeqtB by March 1872, that is, in sixteen months.
265. The land measure adopted in this Settlement was the same
as that adopted in the Amritsar District and
thI'*diBtrict^^^ adopted in ^^ ^^ie Canal Department, and it is the one
which was ordered to be universally adopted
by the Settlement Commissioner's No. 232 of the 8th of May 1863, to
92
the Director of Canals, Punjab, with the Financial Commissioner's sanc-
tion (Financial Commissioner's No. 1565 of the 2nd of May 18G3 ).
The scale is —
1 Karram = 5 Lineal feet.
3 Karrams = 1 kin = 15 do.
1 Kdn square = 1 marla = . 225 Square feet.
20 Marias = 1 ksm&l = 4,500 do.
8 Kan«s = 1 ghumfio = 36,000 do.
Proportion of ghumio to acre 1 to 1'21.
266. The people at first looked very suspiciously at the new
The local standard. measurements. The local standard is a bigah,
exactly equal to half an English acre, and the
people thought they would be over-a,ssessed owing to the reduced size
of the bigah. I explained to them that the area for assessment would
be calculated in acres, and after a time they understood that they had
no real cause for complaint.
Scale of the local-bigah. ^. ^^'^' I regretthat I did not adopt the local
bigah as my standard of measurement.
The scale would then have been —
1 Karram = 5*50 Lineal feet.
3 Karrams = 1 k&a == 16*50 do.
1 Kdn square = 1 marla = 272*25 Square feet.
20 Marias = 1 kan^l = 5,44500 do.
4 Kandls = 1 bigah = 21,78000 do.
2 Bigahs would equal exactly one acre.
It would have been better to have adopted this measure, and thus
have kept up the local' bigah, but many zaminddrs are now able to
calculate the. difference between the Settlement and the local bigah, and
those who cannot make the calculation can easily get it made for them.
The advantage of the bigah adopted is that the " karram " is exactly
5 feet instead of 5*50 feet.
268. The total area measured by the Settlement staff is 31,16,093
Area as ascertained by acres. The total area of the district by the
Settlement Survey com- Revenue Survey measurements, which were
pared with area ascertained completed in the cold weather of 1873-74, is
by revenue Survey. , 31,69,428*54 acres. The difference is only 1*71
per cent., which is not appreciable, and might easily have been expected
when it is remembered that the two Surveys took place in different
years, and that the area of the district is annually altered by the action
of the river Indus. The Settlement Survey did not include lands
situated beyond the Frontier road, except when the presence of cultiva-
tion rendered it necessarv to cross that line.
269. For the Settlement establishment the most arduous stage of
the Settlement is the measurement, and it is
compS"'^''*'' ^'''''^^^ particulary arduous in a district like Dera
' Qh&zi Khan. From April to August the heat in
93
the district is very great, and in the Pachid there is no water to be had.
In September and October fever is very prevalent, and the Survey
parties suffered much from exposure. Considering the area surveyed, the
measurements were, I think, got over quickly.
270. During the measurements it came to my knowledge that
Government was recorded as a co-sharer in
^Government propnetary ^^^^ ^^y^^ ^ j ^j^^^^ beyond the Land Revenue
to which it was entitled under any circumstances.
Government derived'no possible advantage from its proprietary rights.
271. I reported this in May 1871, and proposed that the Govern-
ment rights should be sold by auction, or that a
of SriK ^^^^"^ ^'^"^ ^^^""^^ ^® ^^""'^^ ^^^™ ^^^ occupants
of Government lands, or else that Government
should realise rent in cash from the tenants on its lands at the rates
ordinarily paid by neighbouring wells. Where the government rights
had long been dormant, I recommended that they should be abandoned.
272. The Financial Commissioner directed me to submit a com-
prehensive report on this subject, with a view
nia^tS?^ "^^^ ^"'^ "^^ ^' ^ ttie carrying out of my proposals. I there-
upon prepared a detailed statement for every
well in which Government owned proprietary rights, in which I showed
the share held by Government, whether the land was cultivated or not,
the assessment on it, the method in which the share was acquired by
Government, and the manner in which I proposed to dispose of the
rights of Government. This enquiry was completed by the end of March
1872.
wnc^bTJlL^'''"^ '^"^" ''''^ 273. My proposals were-
(1). Lands unclaimed or waste should be sold by auction.
(2). Lands cultivated, but which the occupants refused to purchase,
should be sold by auction.
(3). Upset prices should be fixed by valuation committees for
cultivated lands which the occupants might desire to purchase. In case of
refusal to purchase, the lands should be sold by auction. If the occupants
should offer to pay a certain sum, and of their own accord to buy out
the rights of Government, the sum, if sufficient, should be accepted.
(4). When lands had long been in possession of the same cultivators
and they could not afford to purchase at the prices fixed by arbitration,
a fixed rent should be realized from the lands in addition to the Land
Revenue.
(5). Where the occupants had sunk wells or made any material
improvements, I proposed to surrender half the land owned by Govern-
ment in accordance with the " adhl&pi " custom of the district.
(6). Where the rights of Government had been long in abeyance,
I proposed to surrender them. These proposals were sanctioned by the
H
Lieutenant Governor, who at the same time directed that aU caaos of
long possession should be dealt with liberally.
274. The method in which the Government rights were acquired
Method in . which the is Somewhat Various. In the Edjanpur Tahsfl
Government rights were the Government was heir to Naw^b Mahmiid-
*°^"^'^^' Khdn, GCijar, who owned the lands through
which the Kadra Canal passed, and granted half of them to the excavators
of that canal, retaining half. In mau}^ cases the Government rights
were acquired from Revenue defaulters, and in some cases bv forfeiture
under former governments. In mauzah Rdnja, Tahsil Dera Ghdzi Khan,
Jialf the village belonged to Government, and was confiscated in tBe time
of the Nawabs of Bhawalpur for some offence, for whicli the former pro-
prietors, Makbul Muhammad and Nur Muhammad, Eoreshis, who
were in the service of the NawAb, were put to death. The Government
owned half of mauzah Kahiri, Tahsil K&janpur. The method in which
this half village was acquired is not known.
275. I now proceed to relate the manner in which I disposed of
the Government rights. Shares in five wells
Go^?^^t*rightT " containing an area of 16 acres had been carried
away by the river. Shares in eleven wells con-
taining 206 acres were released. Shares in six wells containing 20 acres
were included in the Government rakhs. Shares in thirty ^five wells
containing 811 acres were released on the payment of fixed suras to
Government by way of " nazar&nah." Shares in fifteen wells containing
an area of 905 acres were sold at prices fixed by myself in cases where I
considered the sums fixed by the valuation committees too low, Sharos
in five wells containing an area of 51 acres were sold at prices fixed by
arbitrators. Shares in fifty-one wells containing an area of 830 acres
were sold by auction.
A fixed rent was declared payable by the occupants of ninety-seven
wells containing an area of 2,783 acres. The total area dealt with was
D,G26 acres, and the total number of plots 225.
The sums realized were —
Rs.
By payment of " nazardnah " 2,414
By sales at prices fixed by myself 3,055
By sales at prices fixed by arbitrators 1,373
By auction sales 10,514
•i»»"
Total 17,356
The sum fixed as rent is mostly Rs. 6-4 per cent. This low sum
was fixed, because in mauzahs Kahiri, Bhdgsar, Eddra, Kotla Hasn Shah,
and Rdnja, are all bad villages, and I considered that a nominal payment
of rent to keep alive the rights of Government was all that was required.
In mauzah Abdiila Shahid I fixed an annual rent upon the Govern-
ment half of three wells, and in mauzah Kotla Mirdn a sum of Rs. 6 upon
the Government halves of two wells.
95
The sum that Government will receive as rent amounts altogether
to Ks. 790-10 per annum.
276. The occupants of Government lands paying a rent fixed for
Occupants of laud on ^he term of Settlement will be considered as
whicb rent has been assess- tenants, and will be recorded as having rights
eil will be cousidered teu^ Qf occupancy only where they can claim them
^'^ ^* under the Punjab Tenancy Act.
277. Of the sum realized by the sale of the Government rights,
Rs. 1.5,732 have been paid, and Bs. 1,624
re^S^''* ""^ '*^^ proceeds ^^^ g^j,j p^^y.,ble in instalments. The last of
these instalments will be payable in June 1875.
278. These proceedings were approved by the Lieutenant Governor
in a letter No. 807 of the 21st of June 1873,
f J p''!f^l!'In!rr^!ri'I ^^ from the Secretary to Government Punjab, to the
Secretary to the r inancial Commissioner.*
279. Shortly after the measurements, and as soon as I could get
^. ^ . the statistics compiled, I prepared and submit-
Tne assessment returns. . j .\ x i. i • i. t *ii x j.
ted the assessment retums> which 1 will treat
of separately.
280. The attestation of the records was commenced when the
AttoBtati measurements were finished. I did try to have
.the attestation made simultaneously with the
measurements, but I found it impracticable to do so. As the patwfiri
finished each village survey, he could commence the attestation, but the
munserim, who would have at least six survey parties under him, could
not supervise the field survey of some villages and the attestati on of
others at the same time. The Sadr munserim and superintendent also
could not devote that amount of time to attestation which is essential
to correctness if they had to supervise measurements at the same time.
The plan I adopted was to divide each Tahsil into circles, to each of
which a munserim and a certain number of patw^ris were told off. As
soon as the patw^ris attestation was complete it was checked by the
munserim, whe sent notice to the Sadr munserim that the village was
ready for his attestation. The Sadr munserim's attestation was followed
by that of the superintendent. Thus all the attestation was done within
a few miles from the homes of the landowners. To prevent the deten-
tion of the zammddrs, I arranged that the village should be subdivided
ill to sections of such size that the attestation of each section could be
completed in a day. There was little or no trouble in procuring the
attendance of the zamindftrs, who soon understood the system of attesta-
tion iti force, and found too that if they did not attend on the day fixed,
they were compelled to lose their turn for attestation.
281. An increased establishment for this Settlement had been sanc-
tioned in November 1871, when Chimmun Ldl
Jn«rea8o ol establish. ^^ appointed an additional Extra Assistant Set-
tlemeut Officer, and charged with the preparation
M^^—^pw^ I ■ ■ ■ ■ I ■ ^^m m m ■ P^^— I ^ M ■ I I ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■■■■■■ ■■ ■■ I ■ ■■ ■ ^ - - 1 ■ ■ ■ ■ * ■■■»■■■■■ .11 . , ^
• Tbe zamindars of moazah K&nja who were co- proprietors with Government have
since bought out the Hghts of Qovenimoat forBfi^. S}320.
96
of canal and hill stream records; so that there were thr^ munserims and
six naib-munserinis for each Tahsfl, except Sangarh, which is a small
Tahsil, and for which there were two munserims and four naib-munserims.
At first there were only two munserims and three naib-munserims for each
Tahsil. In the Dera Gh&zi Kh&n Tahsil there are 189 villages without
counting rakhs, so that 23 villages fell to each munserim for attestation.
The size of the villages is very varied, and circles were therefore regulated
by the size of the villages. The village of Bdtil, for instance, contains
58,322 acres, of which 12,984 acres are cultivated and 22,617 acres
abandoned. It was measured in 26 plots.
282. The system of attestation at first pursued was very tedious.
The attestation was entered on a separate sheet
^System of attestation f^^ ^^^^i holding in the form of question and
answer, and every holding was attested by the
patwdri, munserim, sadr munserim, and superintendent, in full. When it
was ruled in April 1873 that sadr munserims rank as Deputy Superin-
tendents, I was able to do away with the sadr muuserim's attestation.
The final attestation became either the Deputy Superintendent's, with a
reference to the Superintendent in cases of disputed entries, or else the
Superintendent's.
The attestation was completed for the whole district in June 1873.
The whole number of holdings in the district is 1,10,093, of which
53,382 are in the Dera Oh^i Ehan TahsiL
283. In the compilation of Settlement records the ordinary form
of record was diverged from in one or two points
cofd^opted^''^^^"'^''* "' ^ s"^^ ^^® peculiarities of the district. A
column was introduced into both the Ehasrah
and the Khewat to show the source from which irrigation is derived,
whether from canals or from hill streams. The entries in these columns
merely show ths name of the stream or canal, or branch stream or canal,
from which iirigation is derived. For more detailed information the
register of irrigation rights in the canal or stream indicated must be
consulted. The Khewat of canal and well-irrigated villages is arranged
according to irrigation. A village being irrigated by one or more canals,
the first well shown in the Khewat is the well which has the first right
of irrigation from the main canal. After the wells on the main canal
come the wells on the different branch canals given in the order in
which they stand with reference to the head of the canal. In villages
not irrigated by canals, the Khewat follows the ^nealogical tree. The
holding of the first man whose name is shown in the tree comes first, and
80 on till the end of the tree. For sailab villages the record is made in
two parts — one shows the lands not liable to the action of the river,
and the other, lands likely to be affected every year by alluvion or
diluvion.
284. When the skeleton sketch maps showing the boundaries of all
Well t te tfl wells were prepared, I took the opportunity to
prepare also well statements. In these state-
ments are shown the proprietarys share contained in each well and the
97
mode in which these shares were acquired. A short account of the
construction and capabilities of the well is also given. This is a very
useful statement, as it gives fuller information than the Khewat can be
made to contain, and it shows all the information regarding well estates
in one place instead of separately for each holding, as is the case in the
Khewat where the well is divided. Another considerable advantage
which the well statements confer is that in the Khewat only the present
occupants of a well are shown. If ever the shares in a well should be
contested, it will be very useful to know how these shares were acquired,
who were the previous occupants of the well, and how the previous
occupants lost their rights. All this information is given in the well
statements, and I found it most useful at attestation. The well state-
ments were prepared and attested very carefully. I have checked them
closely myself, and I think they can be relied on for general accuracy.
^85. The registers of irrigation prepared in this Settlement for
each canal and each hill stream show the whole
righto!'*^" ""^ irrigation ^^^^^ of irrigation and the rights of every field
to water. A plan of the whole canal or stream
is given. This plan is a reduced tracing of the field survey maps of all
the villages through which the canal or stream passes. The numbers of
all the fields separately irrigated are shown on this plan, and the share
of water and mode of irrigation is entered in the register. The dams
in use on canals are shown in the plan, and the particulars of the right
to construct them and to irrigate from them are shown in the register.
On the hill streams there are several kinds of dams. The largest dams
are those used to distribute the water to the different branch streams.
These dams are sometimes permanent and sometimes they are
removable at specified times. Then there are the dams on branch
streams used to supply the embanked fields. As soon as the fields
they irrigate are watered, these dams are broken down in regular succes-
sion. Then again there are dams thrown up to prevent water taking
advantage of natural depressions of soil to lam out of its prescribed
channels, and thus irrigate lands that have no claim to irrigation. These
dams are never removed unless they are broken down by the force of
the stream, and then they are repaired with as little delay as possible.
The small supply channels by which every band or embanked
field draws its water from the main or branch streams are carefully
shown.
The system of clearance is given for canals and hill streams alike.
The Government clears only the main canals and branches, and all the
distributaries are cleared by the irrigators. On the hill streams the
main channels are usually not cleared at all, and the distributaries are
often left to nature. When dams are of common benefit to any number
of irrigators, all such imgators have to contribute to their repair. The
number of pairs of bullocks or laborers to be contributed by each irri-
gator have been shown. The form of the irrigation registers was
approved of by the Financial Commissioner and also by the Chief
Imgineer of Irrigation ( Secretary to Financial Commissioner's No. 3857
o
98
of 28tb May 1872, and Chief Engineer of Irrigation's No. 1918 of 9th
May 1872 ),
286. The registers were prepared under the orders and super-
vision of Extra Assistant Settlement Officer,
Registers prepared under Chimman Lil, whose home is in this district
At.uKn<^t oK This officer's long previous acquaintance with
Chimman L4L the system of irrigation in force m the district
led to his appointment as Extra Assistant
Settlement Officer, and to his being placed in charge of the preparation
of the registers. No better officer could have been selected for this
purpose.
287. The tribal records of custom were prepared for all the
different tribes in the district either in a
t^^T^L^^' "" ^'^ general volume showing the different customs
prevailing in the several tribes in parallel
columns or, if the customs of the tribe were very distinct, in a separate
volume for each tribe. General volumes were prepared for each Tahsil,
and separate volumes for the Liind, Legh&ri and Kho8& tribes, and
for the Biloch tribes of the Jdmpur Pach&d.
The method adopted in preparing the tribal records of custom
was to summon all the zailddrs, rural notables, heads of villages, and
all the members of tribes, who were willing to attend, to propound
previously prepared questions to them, and to note their answers sepa-
rately for each tribe ; recording any examples given, any decided cases
quoted, and any exceptions to the general prevailing rule. The
answers were taken down in the presence of the Superintendents and
Extra Assistant Settlement Officers in the manner pointed out to them
by myself, and which they saw in operation when the first record was
prepared. After the answers had been recorded, they were in most
instances read out to the representatives of each tribe by either
Mr. Tupper or myself, and their correctness was certified to before us.
The records of rights are arranged in eleven heads.
I. — Rights of sons.
II. — Rights of daughters,
III. — Rights of widows.
IV. —Partition.
V. — Limits on alienation.
VI. — Adoption.
VII. — Pre-emption.
VIIL— Rights in land.
IX. — Enclosure.
X. — Riverain Law.
XI. — Rights of tenants.
Mr. Tupper translated all the tribal records of rights ; and aa he
took a great interest in their preparation, I hope on a future occasion
to be able to submit a note by him on these papers, which he has
promised to write when reUeved &om the special duty on which he ia
now engaged.
99
288. These papers were prepared for each separate village ia
the manner laid down in rule 33 of Chapter IV
U?:i.^nS^atirp.^f' of the rules under the Punjab Land Revenue
Act.
Completion of tlie Settle- 289. The records were ready for the whole
ment records. district by July 1874.
The order in which the Settlement records were completed was —
Tahsil Sangarh June 1873.
„ R&janpur Sept. „
„ J&mpur ... ... Oct. ,,
„ Dera Gh&zi Khan .». Nov. „
The fairing of the records was finished in the following order.
Tahsil Sangarh June 1873.
,, R&janpur ,»• ... Sept. ,,
„ J6mpur June 1874.
Dera Gh&Bi KTian ... July 1874.
The original field maps have in all cases been retained with
the Government copy of the Settlement records.
290. Copies of the entries in the Settlement records were given
^ *. . ., *«. . for every holding in the district to the pro-
Copies of the entries m -xi. ixj j. i. ±t
the Settlement records pnetor or to a selected proprietor when there
given to all proprietors and were several proprietors of the same holding,
occapancy tenants. q^q^ ^Iso to every occupancy tenant. The
giving of these copies of the records is a great safe^ard for the correct-
ness of the Settlement entries. In the Sangarh Tahsil there were
mistakes in the records of three villages, which were at once pointed out
to me by the village proprietors when they were fiirnished with copies of
the Settlement records^ which they examined and found to be incorrect.
291. Sanction to the assessment was received in October 1 873, and
The announcement and the assessments were all announced by March
distribution of the assess- 1874. The distribution of jamas was finished
"^^"'•- by July 1874. There wsre no less than
1,088 petitions given me in connection with the distribution of jamas ;
of these 409 were given in the Dera Ghfizi Elhan Tahsil, in which I
found the distribution of assessments particularly difficult owing to the
litigious character of the people in that Tahsil, in which a considerable
quantity of land is owned by Hindus. It would have been considerably
easier to decide objections to the distributions of the assessments had
the season allowed of my remaining in camp. As it was, only one
appeal was, as far as I am aware, presented to the Settlement Commis-
sioner against my orders.
Jadicial w k ^^^' ^^ Judicial work of this Settlement
was fairly heavy. 7,976 suits for rights were
disponed of—
100
733 by the Settlement Officer.
419 by the Assistant Settlement Officer.
2,457 by the Extra Assistant Settlement Officers.
4,367 by the Superintendents.*
The number of rent suits and suits under the Punjab Tenancy Act
decided was 190. There are few disputes between landlords and
tenants in this district, which accounts for the small number of this
class of cases instituted. The number of revenue cases disposed of
was 37,340. Of this number 400 related to irrigation rights, and 8,702
to mutation of names. There have been only 361 appeals against
the Superintendent's Judicial decisions instituted throughout the
Settlement. The number of appeals is thus 8*26 per cent, on the
suits decided by the Superintendents ; 23 appeals were dismissed
without calling on the respondent ; 69 were remanded for a fresh
decision: in 69 appeals the ordei*s of the lower courts were reversed,
and 200 appeals were dismissed. I decided 193 appeals, and the
Extra Assistant Settlement Officers decided 168.
There were 38 criminal cases tried in connection with the Settlement.
^ i. « xu o 1.0 J. 293. The expenditure on this Settlement
Cost of the Settlement. i_ i_
has been —
Rs.
From Imperial Revenue 2,79,780
From Settlement fees 1,40,680
Total ... 4,10,360
This is less than a year's revenue. The expenditure from Imperial
Funds will be nearly met by the increased assessment in two years and
a quarter. The expenditure from the Imperial Revenues falls at 4
anuas 4 pies per acre on the cultivated and abandoned area, and at 1 anna
5 pies per acre, on the total area of the district. The total expenditure
falJs at 6 annas 6 pies per acre on the cultivated and abandoned area,
and at 2 annas 1 pie per acre on the total area. The expenditure at
first sight seems somewhat high, and it might have been rather less had
skeleton sketch maps not been prepared. When it is remembered that
the present Settlement is the first regular Settlement of the Dera Ghizi
Khan District, and that a great deal more work has been done than is
usual in Settlements, — I allude to the irrigation records and the well maps
and statements, — the expenditure will not seem so high. From Novem-
ber 1869 ^o November 1870 work was stopped in two tahsils owing to
the financial crisis. This undoubtedly increased the cost of the Settle-
ment, as the Sadr ofiices were kept up to supervise the Settlement of
two tahsils when they were capable of supervising the work of all four
tahsils.
* By a notification of the Government of India, No. 3348 of the 9th September
1870, the Btamp on all suits instituted in tlie Settlement Courts was liked at 8 anas, and
the stamp duty oa appeals in such cases was reduced to one-fourth of the rate prescribed
by Schedule I of Act JII pf ).870.
101
294. The Settlement was completed by the end of July 1874
Completion of the Settle- though the canal records and some miscellane-
meat. OU8 work caused the retention of part of the
establishment in the district till September 1874. The Settlement
broke ground in April 1869. The Settlement thus lasted for five years
and three months.
295. The demarcation of the rakhs in this district had been under
Rough demarcation of reference since 1865. In that year Major
rakhB made in 1866. Minchin, the then Deputy Commissioner of the
district, demarcated 25 rakhs. Of these 1 was in the Sangarh, 15 were
in the Dera Qh&zi E.ban, 3 in the J^mpur, and 6 in the Bajanpur Tahsil.
The demarcation was very roughly made, and no proper boundary pillars
were setup. Maps of the rakhs were made only in the Rdjanpur Tahsil.
296. In April 1866 Mr. Birnie Browne, Deputy Conservator of
Beports of Forest Offl- Forests, reported on the waste lands that were
cere. available for rakhs, and in July of the same year
Doctor Stewart, Conservator of Forests, Punjab, submitted an exhaustive
report on the rakhs of the district. Doctor Stewart stated that there
were 1,00,816 acres of land, which it was proposed to take up for rakhs.
Much of this area had then been broken up for cultivation, and it was
urgently necessary that the rakhs should be demarcated.
'297. Doctor Stewart named the trees existing in the district
Trees most commonly The trees most commonly found are stated by
foand in the district. him to be—
1. The tamarix ( leh ).
2. The prosopis spicigera ( kunda or jhand ).
3. The Populus Euphratica ( Bahn ).
4. Salvadora oleoides ( Jdl ).
5. Salvadora Indica ( Jhit ).
6. Capparis aphylla ( Karin ).
7. Calligonum Polygonoides (Phog).
The leh, bdhn and kanda are generally found along the banks of
the Indus, and the J^l, Jhit, Karin, and Phog inland under the hills.
298. Besides the above trees, the Shisham ( Dalbergia Sissoo ),
Trees that can be grown. ^^^ ^iris, ( Acacia Speciosa ), the Ber, ( Zizyphus
jujuba), and the Kikar (Acacia Arabica),
can be grown with a little trouble. In some places the Shisham, the
Ber, and the Kikar grow wild. Near DAjil there are a great many
Ber trees, the fruit of which is much valued.
299. The Secretary to Government Punjab, in his No. 509 of the
Demarcation of rakhs 4th of September 1867, to the Secretary to the
carried out at settlement. Financial Commissioner, directed that the
demarcation of waste lands in the Dera Gh^i Khan District should be
at once commenced. Subsequently it was ordered that the demarcation
of waste lands should stand over till the Settlement commenced.
Accordingly the demarcation of waste lands was one of the first matters
}
102
taken np when the Settlement was begun. The demarcation was com-
menced in June 1869, and I reported its completion in April 1871.
Number and area of 300. The number of rakhs demarcated is
raUu demarcated. 80, and their total area is 2,17,317 acres.
These rakhs are thus distributed : —
Tahsil Ifumber. Area.
Sangarh
14
... 32.891
Dera Qhfizi Khan
22
... 64,478
J&mpur
8
... 23,248
lUjanpor
36
... 96,700
Total 80 ... 2,17,317
301. The Punjab Government, when directing that waste lands
Respect had to estab- should be demarcated, also ordered that no
lished rights. established rights should be infringed, and that
every consideration should be shown to the just claims of the people,
and also to their real wants and necessities.
The spirit of these orders has been fully acted up to.
In every case in which a claimant to rakh lands could show that the
lands which he claimed had ever been entered in the Summary Settle-
ment records, or had been cultivated within a period of twelve years, his
lands were returned to him, and in many cases lands were made over to
their original possessors, even though they could not legally claim them,
if it was found that they had been deserted in days of over-assessment, or
if there was some other valid reason why the claimant's case should be
considered : such as that his lands had been carried away by diluvion,
and there was a probability that, if no rakh had been demarcated, he
would have obtained possession of the lands which were included in the
rakh.
302. There were 475 claims instituted to rakh lands. In 210 cases
d *^® claimants obtained all or part of the lands
^^'^^"^ ' *^ '' they claimed, and in 265 cases the claims were
thrown out.
All these claims I decided myself, and no part of the Settlement <^
waste lands was entrusted to my subordinates.
303. Owing to the rakh demarcation having been long delayed, the
. . , , waste lands demarcated had become much
Cultivauon in rakhs. interspersed with cultivation. I did my best to
induce the cultivators to settle in one part of the rakhs and leave the
rest free, and was sometimes successful in inducing them to do so, but
103
not alwaya There is still an area of 2,935 acres cultivated in the rakhs.
This area is thus distributed : —
TaheUs, Area cidtivcUecL
Sangarh ••• ••• ••• 11
Dera Gh&zi Kh&n 158
J6mpur ... ... ... 679
Rdjanpur 2,087
Total 2,936
304. The total area released from the rakhs during the progress of
„ . ., , , the Settlement was 12,549 acres. The orders
How far the orders regard- « ^i , r j tnii • j ^^
Ing the release of rakh lands for the release of 4,197 acres were earned out
were carried out in the Set- in the Settlement records, but 8,352 acres
tlement records. which were released from the rakhs were neces-
sarily not excluded from their boundaries owing to the release not
having been sanctioned till after the Settlement records were complete.
The Bet Mohri rakh, containing an area of 4,748 acres^ was not released
till the orders of Government, directing that the rakh should be
i^bandoned, were received in June 1874, and from the Bet Sountra rakh
1,923 acres were released with the sanction of the Settlement Commis-
sioner in July 1874. The release of so large an area from the Bet Sountra
rakh was made in accordance with a decree of 1868, which was not
brought to notice till Settlement was near its close.
305. His Honor the Lieutenant Qovernor, in his Resolution No.
Bakha to be handed over ^^ of the 2nd of January 1874, directed that the
to the Forest Department. Deputy Commissioner, the Settlement Officer,
and the Sub-Assistant Conservator of Forests should select the rakhs to
be made over to the Forest Department, care being talien that the rakhs
selected should be indisputably the property of Government, unencum-
bered with vested rights, and otherwise suitable for transfer. The Sub-
Assistant Conservator of Forests did not attend the Committee held for
the selection of rakhs to be handed over to the Forest Department for
strict conservancy. The following areas were selected for the purpose
by the Deputy Commissioner and myself: —
Tahsil Acres.
Sangarh ... ... ... 2,304
Dera Ghdzi Khan ... ... ♦9,000
B&janpur ... ... ... 24,825
Total 36,129
This selection was approved of by Government. In the J&mpur Tahsil
no rakhs were selected pending the decision of the claim of the share-
holders in the Dhiindi and Nur Canals to the three best rakhs in that
* Of this area 2,000 acres f onmng part of %h» Bet Mohri raUi bavo siiiM bMa rvlMMd,
under tbt ordea«of ClgyenimMil»
104
Tahsil on which a i*eport has been submitted in accordance with the
orders contained in the Resolution quoted. With regard to the
Maz&ri rakhs it Las been arranged to appoint Imam Bakhsh Rhdn
the Maz&ri Tumand^r, a Sub- Assistant Conservator for the tract in
question, and to grant him as remuneratian one-half of the royalty fees
demandable. Im^m Bakhsh Khdn is to arrange for the conservancy of
these rakhs under the orders of the Deputy Commissioner, who should
be guided by the advice of the Forest Officers. All other rakhs are to
be under the control of the Deputy Commissioner.
306. The most important question connected with the GJovem-
Grazineduefl men t waste lands is that of whether grazing
dues should be levied only from the owners of
cattle grazing within the limits of the Government rakhs, or whether the
grazing in the rakhs should be free to all, and all cattle should be taxed
by enumeration without respect to the fact of their grazing in the
Government rakhs.
S07 When this district was under the
Khortfa a'd sZ ™ie«" "'1^ of the Kings of Khorfcfin. a cattle tax was
charged : —
Buffaloes
8 annas
Cows
2 do
Sheep a.nd goats ...
1 do
Camels (female)
1 rupee.
The Sikhs continued the tax merely remitting that charged on cows.
Tax remitted at annexa- 308. After annexation the tax was discon-
tion, except in the Raj anpur tinned on buffaloes, COWS, sheep and goats,
Tatisfl. except in the R^janpiir Tahsil.
The tax ou camels was continued throughout the district, but ex-
cept in R^janpur, the Tirni cess was considered to be included in the
village jamas. The tir.ii in R^janpur was realized up to 1868^1^ leasing
the right to collect grazing fees. The average realizations were Hs. 1,075
per annum. Since then it has been realized by enumeration ef cattle.
The system of selling the right to collect grazing fees from cattle
grazing in the rakhs fell into disrepute owing to the misconduct of some
of the Rdjanpur contractors.
309. In October 1869 I was directed to arrange the assessment of
the grazing tax for the whole district on the
A new cattle tax a-^essed y^ ^ f ^j^^ arrangements that existed previous
at the present Settlement. ^ •xxiT/^j
to annexation. The grazing tax to be fixed
was not intended to be permanent^ but was to be reconsidered when the
rakhs were demarcated.
I reported my proposed grazing tax assessment in March 1870.
The enumeration of qattle I adopted was that made by Captain
Sandeman, the Deputy Cotnmissioner, in 1869, but I checked it by
making over a list of their cattlo to all the lambard&rs, and directing
them to inform me if the numbers of their cattle had been - over-esti-
105
mated. The number of cattle as finally accepted was assessed at the same-
rates as were in force before annexation, and the contract for the amount
assessed upon each Tillage was made over to the lambarddrs.
310. The amount which I estimated the tax would yield was
Bs. 31,415 per annum, including the tax on
Estimated and actual camels. The actual realizations were in 1871-72
yield of the tax. ^ 25,308, excluding the Tumanddrs' villages.
311. When the rakhs were demarcated, I suggested that the cattle
nowvi ^^ should be abolished, and that in lieu of it the
insteS^fTcat^ proposed gyg^j^ ^f gelling by auction the right to collect
fees from cattle grazing in Government rakhs
should be introduced. My proposal was sanctioned, but the Deputy Com-
missioner could only get a small amount offered for the lease of the rakhs
in three Tahsfls. In Rdjanpur he did not attempt to sell the lease.
In 1872 the Punjab Government agreed to the continuance of the
tax by enumeration.
312. The system of realizing a cattle tax by enumeration, as opposed
Objections to a cattle tax ^ ^ S^^'^'S tax realized only from cattle graz-
as omiosed to a grasing Ux, i^g ^^ Government rakhs is, m my opmion, open
to many objections.
It is a departure from the system which generally prevails in the
rest of the province. It is harassing to the people, who have to submit
to the periodical enumeration of their cattle.
The tax falls upon people who keep cattle in their own homes and
never take them into the Government rakes, as well as upon graziers,
who live by grazing herds of cattle in the rakhs. For these reasons
I considered that a cattle tax should not be levied by enumeration
generally. For camels the system of levying the tax by enumeration
is of long standing, and as camels are mostly kept away from the river
and the rakhs by men who make camel-owning their profession, I do not
think that the levy of the tax by enumeration should be discontinued.
313. The views I have expressed in the last paragraph having been
endorsed by the Officiating Financial Commis-
lv^t^J7aUon*a^^ef ^^^J^^^' «^« Lieutenant Governor in p^ing
ordersonthe proposed assessments, directed that
grazing dues by enumeration should be abolished, and dues be taken only
in the case of cattle grazing in the Government rakhs. The existing
system was directed to be maintained in regard to camels, upon which
a tax of Re. 1 per head is still to be continued.
314. In 1863 Captain Minchin, who was then Deputy Commis*
The patw4r£8 reduced from sioner of this district, proposed to adopt a new
103 to 46, and dharwais system of keeping village accounts in this
appointed. district. Up to 1863 the patwAri system was
in force in this as in all other districts of the Punjab^ and the village
P
accounts wete kept by One hundred and three patwfiris, who were thus
distributed : —
Tahsil
Nurnher of patwdrfs.
Sangarh
•«• •«• xo
Dera Gh&zi Khan
• ■ • •• • 9\j
Jam pur
• •• ••• iuD
B^anpur
• •• •«• 1.4
Total ••• 103
Captain Minchin proposed to dismiss all but forty six of these patwaris,
and to distribute these forty six as follows : —
TahaU. Number of patwdria.
Sangarh .... ... .«. 8
Dera Ghazi Khan 20
Jdmpur 10
Rdjanpur 8
Total ... 46
Duties of the patwdria 315 The forty six patw&ris were to be
retained. remunerated by a 2 per cent, cess on the jama
The forty-six patwd-ris thus retained were to compile the usual
annual patw&ri's papers from accounts and statements which were to be
furnished by a class of men called " dharwdis.**
316 The dharwfiis are indigenous in parts of the district. They
The dhorwAfs, T ^^«^^y ^^^^^ in the Biloch Tumans, and are
the men whom the lumandars employ in the
division of crops. As a general rule, the " dharw^s " are weigbmen, whose
duty it is to divide produce. Many villages pay their jama in kind
either to the Tumanddrs or to influential lambarddrs or others, so that
the office of dharwais was still in existence in 1863, except in some
villages where the proprietors had jointly engaged for the payment of the
Government revenue.
317. The new system was that a dharwdi should be appointed to
The new Byst^m, eveiy village, whether he previously exists
m that village or not, and be responsible for
keeping four papers — The jamabandi, revenue roll ; the khateoni, record
of landholders ; the naksha ddkhil khdrij, register of mutations of land ;
and the rozn^mcha, diary.
From these papers the patwfiris, under each of whom a certain
number of dharw&s were to be placed, should prepare the village annual
papers.
318. The dharwdis were to be paid by a fixed rate on produce t4)
Remuneration of ^® levied from the landowners, and would thus
dharwiis. remain the servants of the villages*
107
319. Sir Donald McLeod, when Financial Commissioner, in the
Views of the late Sir Annual Revenue Administration Reports of
Donald McLeod on this 186 0-6 1,1 86 1-6 2, and 1862-63, had regretted that
question. after the annexation of the Punjab the village
accountants previously in eiistence, who were called dharwdis or weigTi-
men, had been done away with. This, Sir Donald remarked, was inevit-
able, as the dharw^s could write only in hieroglyphics of their own,
and the creation of a body of village accountants acquainted with Persian
was necessaiy to carry out the Settlements that were then commenced in
the province. These patwdris had, Sir Donald considered, become purely
servants of Government with no connection with the people. Sir Donald
McLeod mentioned that the system of restoring the village dharwais
had been tried in the Ferozepore District and been found a failure ; but
still he strongly recommended that it should be tried in the Dera Ghazi
Khan District.
320. The Lieutenant Governor sanctioned the introduction of
The new system intro- the new system experimentally, and Captain
duced in 1864. Minchin Started it in 1864. After eighteen
months trial Captain Minchin reported that the new system worked
exceedingly well. Two hundred and seventy-nine " dharwais " had been
appointed for three hundred and seventv-one villages, and all the TahsiU
d4rs reported favorably of the dharwdis. The only blot in the report
was that the papers for 1864-65, owing to various causes, had not been
submitted. Some of the dharwdis were said to be old and useless,
but they would be replaced by new men.
321. The then Financial Commissioner, Colonel Lake, did not
gather that any special advantage had resulted
The Financial Commia- from the new system, as described in Captain
thTBystem. ''''* ^^^'''^'' Minchin's report, nor did he consider that the
new system was shown to be superior to the old.
The returns for 1864-65 had not been received, and much of the infor-
mation recorded by the "dharwdis" was avowedly incorrect. The Lieute-
nant Governer wrote that great results were hardly to be expected in a
short time, but favored the scheme and suggested that Captain Minchin
should introduce it in the Bannii District, and that the Settlement
Commissioner should try to adopt it in the districts then under Settle-
ment.
322. In 1866 Colonel Lake visited Dera Ghazi Khan, and reported
favorably on the dharwdi system. He con-
Colonel Lake, Financial sidered that its advantages were —
Commissioner, reports upon / % mi i n ^^^
the •* dharwiis " in I86G. (1). That the dharwai was the nominee
of the community whose accounts he kept.
(2). That he kept the accounts in a language with which the
people were familiar.
323. In May 1869, shortly after I took charge of this Settlement,
I reported to the Settlement Commissioner that
iiSe« afsefu^ent. *^ ^ *he Settlement could not possibly be carried out
by the agency of dharw&is. The dharwdis
108
were ignorant men, who knew only the Hindi character, and there were
not above 50 or 60 men really efficient. I also found that, excepting the
Tumanddrs, the great majority of the people considered the dharwii
system a great burden on them, and that the dharwdis cost the people
more than the patw&ris had done. I proposed, as a temporary measure,
that 125 patw&ris should be employed instead of 46, and that 100
dharw^is should be discharged.
Later on in the year I reported that 172 of the dharw&is were
totally incompetent. When the dharw&is were first engaged, any man
who could read and write Hindi was appointed. In J^mpur I found
two blind and five crippled dharw&is ; many of the dharwdis could
read no writing but their own, and often they could not even read that-
Besides this great abuse had crept in owing to the permission given to
dharwdis to levy their own pay by rates in kind. The dharwdis weighed
the produce themselves, and took what they liked ; and so long as their
exactions were not very grievous, the people submitted, on the under-
standing that the dharwdis would make common interest with them
against the Government officials. It was consequently almost hopeless
to get any correct' information upon village aiSairs from the dharw&s.
324. In September 1870 the Lieutenant Governor's sanction was
Sanction received in Sep- received to the proposals submitted for raising
teniberl870 to an increase the number of pat wdris from 46 to 125, but as I
ofthepatwiri agency. ^^s then on leave in England, the new patwdris
were not entertained till my return in November.
In addition to 125 patwdris, 100 patwdrfs assistants were allowed
to be engaged for the period of Settlement.
325. In forwarding my proposals for sanction, the Financial
Views of the Financial Commissioner gave expression to his views
Commissioner on the dhar- on the dharwdi question in general, and
wai system. wrote : —
"I think that the dharw^ system, which it is proposed to
maintain hereafter, and which is advocated in the memorandum of Sir
Donald McLeod, is one which it will be impossible to maintain. The
services which are required from a patwdri under our system are very
different from those which the ' dharwdi ' has to perform for the village
landholder. The patwdri has to prepare annual papers, which require
considerable skill. He has also to furnish statistics of various kinds,
and to keep accounts of village expenditure, all this by order of
Government, and not at the bidding of the villagers. It is quit^
impossible for him to perform his duty both to Government and to the
people unless he is a man of some capacity and education. An inferior
man may do what the people require, but he will not be able to meet
the demands of the Government officials, and we must either give up
the attempt to obtain annual papers or statistics, or we must employ an
agency which shall not he quite so subservient to the interests of the
people as might in theory seem desirable."
109
Question of the oontinnanee 326. The Lieutenant Oovemor directed
of the dharw&is ordered that the question of the agency to be employed
l;^*^".S:S^n*to;X:.' for keeping village accounts whether patwdri
of the Settlement. or dharwai, should be settled at tne con-
clusion of the Settlement
Present arrangements. 327. I have now divided the district into
155 patwdris* circles : —
23 in Tabsil Sangarh.
60 „ Dera Gh&zi Khan.
34 I, Jdmpur.
38 „ R&janpur.
The average number of villages in each circle is four. The average
for different Tahsfls is —
Tahsil Sangarh ... ... 6
„ DerauGh&zi Khan ••• ••• ... 3
„ Jdmpur ••• ••• 4
„ R&janpur ••• ••• ••• ••• 4
In the Pach&d circles the area of villages is very large as compared
with their jamas. The extent of some of the villages in Tahsil Sangarh
rendered it necessary that I should recommend the increase of the
patwdri cess in 15 circles and 108 villages to 6^ per cent.
The average pay of the patw&ris will now be-
ns. a« p.
In the Sangarh Tahsil ... 120 per annum.
In the Dera Gh&zi Khan Tahsfl ... 145 13 „
In the J&mpur Tahsil ... ... 119 11 „
In the 'R&janpur ,, ... ... Ill 2 „
The patw&ris are to receive Rs. 3,000 per annum, or an additional
allowance for the annual canal measurements which they are to under-
take. Including this allowance, the patw&ris will receive-^
Bs. 1. p.
In the Dera Gh&zi Khan Tahsil ... 155 5 per annum.
In the Jampur Tahsil ... 139 1
In thp B&janpur TahsQ ... 132 8
The average pay of the patw&ris for the whole district will be
Bs. 137 per annum. In the Sangarh Tahsil there are no canals.
It seems unnecessary to retain the dharw&is any longer. The
Settlement records which have now been prepared would be quite
useless in the hands of dharw&is ; aud if annual papers are in future to
be prepared on the basis of the Settlement records, it is out of the
question that the dharw^ system can be maintained. Another reason
which renders the abolition of the dharw&i system inevitable is that it
is proposed that the annual canal measurements shall in future be made
by the patw&ris.
KoTB.— The arrangementB I proposed were Banctioned by the Secretary to Gorem-
ment Panjab's No. 1370 of the 10th of August 1874, aud the abolition of the dharwii
system was also approved.
110
CHAPTER XVIIL
ASSESSMENTS.
328. For the purposes of assessment I formed the district into
. . , circles. These circles followed, as far as pos-
. AsBesBment circles. ^jy^^ ^j^^ physical conformation of the district.
329. The most important circle is the ch&hi-nahri. The ch£hi»
rm. v^v v • • 1 nahri circle runs all through the district It
The chihi-nann circM. ,. . ., o* n_ i.» r xi. j* j. • x j
lies in the Smdh portion of the district, and
is irrigated by wells and by inundation canals.
The average depth of the wells is 20 feet to water and 13 feet
below water. The aepth of water varies 5 feet from west to east
according to the distance from the river.
There are 4,862 wells in use and 2,270 out of use in the chdhi-
nahri circles ; of these wells 3,347 are in use in the Dera Ghazi Khan
Tahsil, 750 in the Jtopur Tahsil, 497 in Rdjanpur, and 268 in
Sangarh. The largest number of wells out of use is 352 in Rajanpur.
The cost of a well varies considerably, but averages about lis. 300 to
Rs. 350. The water of the wells in this circle is almost invariably
sweet.
In this circle the wells are assisted by the inundation canals,
which are fifteen in number, and which will be found described in
Chapter X.
•
330. The kharif crop is grown entirely by canal in-igation.
Cultivation ia the chihi- Welh are only used if the canals fail, in which
nahri circle. case SO much of the crop as is within reach of
the well water can be saved.
The rabi crop is grown by well irrigation, assisted by a first
watering from the canals. After the land has been flooded from a
canal, it is ploughed and sown, and it is only when the seed is in the
ground that well irrigation commences.
Well irrigation by itself is not considered remunerative. The
reason is that canals leave a fertilizing silt deposit, and that lands once
irrigated by a canal do not require the same amount of well irrigation
as lands imgated by a well alone. Another reason is that where there
^re no canals, only a small kharif crop can be grown, and there is thus
no straw on which to feed the well-cattle during the operations neces-
sary to raise the rabi crop.
331. Besides the lands irrigated by wells and canals there are
,, g . . „ . , lands in this circle cultivated from canals alone ;
"^^^ *° . * such lands are called " Banjri " and the rule, is
that they are cultivated only once in three years if the soil is poor, and
once in two years if the soil is a good one.
Taking a given area of 20 acres of a description that can be culti-
vated after a fallow of one year, or once in two years if five acres only
Ill
were cultivated in the year of measurements, 15 acres would be culti-
vated in the succeeding year.
3S2. The process of assessing " Banjri ** lands adopted by me was
Assessment of ** Banjri " to take the'whole " Banjri " area, cultivated and
iftiids. fallow, and assess only that proportion of the
area which I know would be cultivated every year, a haU* or one-third
as the case might be.
Soils in the chUii-nahri 333. The soil of this circle is divided into
circle. three qualities —
" Milk and ghfo.''
" Rapar " or " Kapai\"
" Dramman."
The quantity is decided by the distance of sand from the surface.
*'Milk" lands take three, "Rapar" and "Kapar" five, and
"Dramman" seven waterings. The lands are nowhere of uniform
good or bad quality, but every description of soil is found in every
mauzah, and sometimes in every separate well. Chdhi-nahri lands are,
except in some villages near towns, " ekfasli," and bear only one crop a
year.
Kharif crops are usually grown on one-half the area of a well, and
rabi crops on the other. Lands which have grown a rabi crop can be
resown with a kharif crop, but a kharif crop must be followed by a
fallow,
334. The sailab circle runs along the banks of the river Indus,
^ M^v . , and extends throuojh all the Tahsils. It is
The sailab circle. • • j. j i. • j x* j i. i l'
irrigated by mundation and by percolation
from the river Indus.
In the Dera Gh&zi Khan TahsQ there are some villages which
stretch from the river to the hills, but the villages in the sailab circle
are mostly within the influence oJF the river. The action of the river
Indus is very rapid. The sailiib circle is consequently much affected
by alluvion and diluvion. The kacha lands, which are subject to be
carried away frequently by the river, have been measured separately.
The assessment of such lands will be liable to change every year.
The fertility of sailab lands depends entirely upon the quantity of
Bilt deposited by the river. "When first left by the river, alluvial lands
are generally worthless sand. The next year when the river rises, it
may leave a deposit on the lands, which will enable them to grow
"Samiika" or some light crop. The next year, if the river leaves a
fresh deposit, the lands become rich, and can be cultivated continuously
for five years, at the end of which period, if the silt has not been
renewed, the land loses its fertility, " Reh " crops up, and the land
becomes choked with weeds.
In the higher lands of this circle there are wells, which are either
pacca or made of logs of wood. There is also irrigation by " Jhal&rs "
112
both on the banks of the river and on the banks of '' dhands " or inleto
from the river. The only crop grown is the rabi,
335. The remaining circle which rans throug^h the whole district
The Pachiidcircle. ^ ^^^ Pachfid. The Pachid circle is at a higher
level than the rest of the district, and runs all
along the base of the Sulim&n hills, which form the western boundary
of the district. The Pachdd circle lies beyond the reach of canals, and
water is at too great a depth to allow of wells being sunk for irrigation
purposes. Cultivation is dependent upon the irrigation of hill streams ;
some of these streams have their sources far away in the hills, and afford
a fairly certain supply of water ; some are mere drainage channels, and
are fed by the rain that falls on the low hills under the Sulim&n range ;
their supply is very precarious. The assessment of Pach&d lands
depends entirely upon the hill streams on which the lands are situated.
The hill streams usually run in June, July or August, so that the crop
ordinarily grown is the khanf. When rain falls late, or where there is
perennial irrigation, as at the heads of the Sangarh and Eah& streams
rabI crops are also grown.
The soil of the Pach&d circle is usually a rich clay. The only
difficulty is to procure sufficient irrigation.
33G. Danda circles have been formed only in the Sangarh and
The Danda circles. ^^^ ^^hdzi Khan Tahsils. The Danda circle
proper is the high dorsal tract between the
C!h&hi-nahri and the Pach&d circles. It lies beyond the reach of canals
on the one side and of hill streams on the other, and is cultivated by
wells alone with much trouble and labor.
The soil of the Danda is hard, whence the name of the circle.
Danda is said to signify land as hard as a tooth. The water of many
of the Danda wells, especially in the Sangarh Tahsil, is brackish. As a
rule, land in the Danda circle can be cultivated only once in three or
four years. Each well has its area divided into three or four separate
blocks. One of these is cultivated every year in rotation.
Danda lands take one-fourth more seed than the lands of other
circles, and require from eight to ten waterings. The wheat of the Danda
circle is, however, considered the best in the district. Water in the
Danda circle of the Sangarh Tahsil is, on an average, only 18 feet
from the surface. Wells in this circle of that Tahsil cost only Rs. 25t).
In the Dera Qh&zi Khan Danda circle water is 28 feet from the surface,
and wells cost as much as Bs. 500.
The rabi is the chief crops grown on Danda lands, but some
kharif crops, such as turnips, are grown for fodder for the cattle.
In the J&mpur and R&janpur Tahsils there are no Danda circles.
In the J&mpur Tahsil the reason is that the hill streams reach further,
and in the R&janpur Tahsil that the canals reach further than they do
in the other Tahsils. In Sangarh the hill streams reach the Danda lands,
but the Danda villages have no regular share in the hill streams, and
113
then there are wells used for irrigation in them, while there are no
wells in the Pach&d proper.
337. There are two circles peculiar to the Wmpur Tahsil, the
The Kilij^i circle. Kfilapdni and the Dagax. The KdWpdni circle
contains 9 mahals, which are irrigated wholly or
partly by the pei^ennial waters of the Eahd stream. This circle differs
much from the Pachdd. It is more fertile, and grows both rabi and
khaiif crops. The fields irrigated by the perennial streams do not
require to be embanked. The circle is at the head of the Kahd stream,
80 those lands which are irrigated by the flood waters of the stream are
almost certain of irrigation. The embankments on the stream itself are,
however, liable to be carried away when the stream is in flood. The staple
crop grown with perennial irrigation is rice. The rice of the Harrand
ilaka, which is the ilfika which receives perennial irrigation, is famous.
338. The Dagar circle contains only five mah&ls. The distinctive
The Daffar circle feature of this circle is that it is irri gated only
by the drainage of the low sand hills amongst
which its cultivated lands lie, and has no share in the waters of any hill
stream.
The Gharkab circle. ^^^' ^^ ^^^ R&janpur Tahsil there are two
distinctive circles, the Ghark&b and the Nahri.
The Gharkiib circle consists of villages, which, though not subject
to the immediate action of the river, are inundated when the river rises.
The principal flood comes from mauzah Rekh. The Gharkfib villages
are not subject to alluvion and diluvion. The inundation in the Dera
Ghazi Khan and Jdmpur Tahsils has been stopped by the Kdla and
Shah Jam&l embankments, otherwise there would have been similar
circles in these Tahsils,
340. The Nahri circle consists of 23 mahals, all of which have been
The Kahri circle. brought under cultivation since the Dhiindi
Canal was extended in 1865. This circle lies
west of the chdhi-nahri circle, and its soil is mostly inferior, " Rapar "
and " Rapar,* a sandy soil, with a thin coating of clay. The circle is
irrigated by the Dhiindi Canal, and contains only seven wells, of which
three are out of use. The whole circle is revenue-free for twenty years
from 1865, the lands which form it having been given by Government
in proprietary right to a number of zamindar capitalists, who paid part
of the cost of the Dhiindi Canal extension. The patis or shares of
lands assigned to the capitalists lie at the tail of the Dhiindi Canal, and
irrigation, especially in the more western patis, is exceedingly uncertain.
Rice is the chief crop grown in these patis, and its cultivation is carried
on by hand labor.
The assessment circles 341. The assessment cirdes above described
arranged tahsUwar. stand as foUows for each tahsil : —
Tahsil Sangarh.
The Saildb circle.
The Ch&hi-nahzi circle.
The Danda circle.
The Fachlul circle.
lU
Tahsil Dera Ohdzi Klian.
Tlie same circles as in Tahsil Sangarh.
Tahsil Jdmpur.
The Pach&d circle.
The Kdl&p&ui circle.
The Sailab circle.
The Chdhi-nahri circle.
The Dagar circle,
Talisil Edjanpur.
The Sailab circle.
The Gharkab circle.
Tbe Chihi-nahri circle.
The Nahri circle.
The Pach^d circle.
342. There have been three Summary Settlements in the district
TheSummary Settlements. 1^%^^^^]"^?!^^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^e^^ u Vi o'.^
Sambat 1910 ( 1853-54 A.D. ), and Sambat 1916
( 1859-60 A.D. )
3i3, The first Summary Settlement was based on the estimated
average produce of the three years preceding it,
^The first Summary Settle. ^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^|^^ district. The share
of produce assumed was the share known in
the district as " mahsiil " or the Government share of produce, and the
price current of the years on which its value was deduced was very
high. The jama assessed at this Settlement was —
Rs.
Tahsil Sangarh
« « •
57,770
„ Dera Gh^i Khan ...
...
1,95,775
„ Jdmpur
•• •
* 06.388
„ Rdjanpur
• . •
89,035
Total ... 4,38,968
Sir John Lawrence, in his Secretary's No. 196 of the 9th of March
1854?, wrote as follows regarding the fii*st and second Summary Settle-
ments. I quote his letter in extenso : —
Co2)y of a letter from Sir John Lawrence when Chief Commissioner,
regarding the break down of the first Summary Settlement,
34!4j. " The Chief Commissioner, having visited a large portion of
the Dera Ghazi Khan District, and ascertained that, notwithstanding
the very considerable reductions which had been given in the late Sum-
mary Settlement, much discontent still continued amongst the agricul-
turists, de(5Brmined to go over the assessments with the Deputy Commis-
sioner. This was accordingly done, and, as far as possible, in the
presence of the complainants. Mithankot appeared to be the pai^nah
in which the people were most discontented.
♦ Subseqently enhanced to Rs. 1,03,484 on the transfer of two villages from the
MuzaHargarh District, and the coufiscation of a maafi grant.
115
" 2. The district may be divided into two gi-eat tracts — that lying
along the banks of the Indus, where, though wells are to be found, the
cultivation mainly depends on the autumnal flooding, and lands along the
foot of the mountain range-, which depend for their irrigation on the
hill streams.
** 3. The soil of Dera Gh&zi Khan is geiierally a tenacious clay/
fertile if well irrigated, but almost perfectly sterile without water. The
people appear to be indolent and improvident, but rather docile than
otherwise for Muhammadans. The Biloch race, which is the dominant
one, hardly cultivate at all themselves, bat live on the profits derived
from their lands as proprietors. They are, as is well known, a hardy
and predatory race. Nine-tenths of the culturable area, and perhaps
more, is Ijnng waste. The country requires both population and irriga-
tion before the waste can be brought under cultivation. There is now
much greater peace and security than have probably ever prevailed ; but
the country is to a considerable extent open to depredation from the tribes
in the adjacent hills. Much of the poverty and desolation still apparent
have been caused by the inroads of those tribes. In various places the
eourse of old canals and the sites of ancient villages can be traced.
" 4. With such a soil in such a locality^ and with such a people,
careful attention is essentialy necessary, not only when making the
assessments, but at every harvest, in order to ascertain how the assess-
ments work : the people have very generally expressed a desire during
the last two years to revert to the old system of payment in kind. It
doubtless suits their improvident, indolent habits, and has the advan-
tage of being adapted to the uncertainty of the harvests.
" 5. But after visiting a large portion of the district and duly
weighing its peculiarities, the Chief Commissioner can see no reason why,
under careful and vigilant supervision, a money assessment should not
become as popular, and work in every respect as well, as it has done in
other parts of the Bengal Presidency.
" 6. The evils of the systems of' bat&i * and ' kankut * are notori-
ous ; they make the Govenament officers the corn-factors of the country ;
they keep the people in a state of pupilage; they necessitate the employ-
ment of a host of narpies, and corrupt both the people and the public
servants.
"7. A money assessment appears not to have received a fair trial in
the district ; the assessments were originally fixed too high ; sufficient
margin was not allowed for the oscillation of prices and the variations
of seasons, hence an assessment, which origiDally pressed heavily on the
agriculturists, became unbearable when prices fell consequent on the
general prosperity of the Punjab, while the averages of the harvests in
the distncts were inferior. There is little doubt that cultivation has
decreased in Dera Ghdzi Ehan during the last three years. Reductions
which would probably have proved amply sufficient, if promptly
granted, coming too late, have not given adequate relief. It is essentially
necessary that the land revenue be at onco put on a proper footings and
116
that the people be made as contented as they are in other parts of the
Punjab.
" 8. The assessment for 1853-54 by the " kistbandi " appears to be
Bs. 4,55,504 ( fractions omitted ) ; the late reductions are estimated at
Ks. 71,534. On this a fui-ther abatement of Rs. 25,151 has been given,
making a total reduction of Bs. 96,685, or upwards of 20 per cent.
" 9. The data on which this has been done is that prepared by
the Deputy Commissioner, corrected by summary crop examination of
the different TahsQd&rs in presence of and with the assistance of
Mr. Van Cortlandt.
" 10. The southern part of the district is the most lightly assessed,
for there the landed proprietors have enjoyed in many instances a
kind of 'malik^ni' or 'talilkdari' allowance under the name of
* Bhar&t ' or ' Kasur, ' and as they are a numerous and warlike body
essential to the security of the country in the event of incursions from
the hillmen, these privileges should be maintained. At a rough estimate
the Chief Commissioner considers that eight annas per cultivated bigah,
two of which are about equal to an acre, is ample tor lands watered by
the hills streams, and twelve annas for those flooded from the Indus. The
rate should vary also with reference to locality. Thus lands which get
the first flooding from the hills are the best of the class ; those which
lie most remote are usually the worst.
"11. The inundations from the Indus are perhap more capricious
and uncertain than from most rivers. K the water lies on the surfisu^,
leaving a deposit, the fertilizing effect is of course great. Where the
water rushes over the soil, as is the case where the latter has a fall, or
where the floods rise high, much damage ensues ; the good soil is often
converted into sterile sand. The ' Julpa,' a few miles north of Dera
Gh&zi Khan, has in this way done great damage.
" 12. It will sometimes also happen that flooded land remains too
long under water to admit of cultivation. All the evils and uncertainty
of alluvion and diluvion appear to be in full force on the banks of the
Indus. The local officer's particular attention should be directed to
the circular which the late Jooard issued on this subject.
" 13. The land irrigated by mountain streams should also require
great attention. The chief cultivation appears to be in the kharif
season : the surface of the land is covered with a net- work of curveil
embankments, all of which are connected together.
" 14. The hill streams are directed into the nearest fields, and, as
they are filled, the water is allowed to pass on to the adjacent ones. In
this way a large area receives a thorough saturation in a favorable
season, but many of these hill streams fail to a greater or lesser extent.
Unless rain falls on the hills, the fioods do not come down. For the
last three years the supply of water has been deficient. Without water,
as has been already observed, there can be no cultivation.
" 15. In a country such as is here described, great care and prompt
action are necessary. If our officers are too rigid in their demands, the
117
country will be depopulated and the people driven away ; if too lax, the
legitimate interest of Government must suffer.
" 16. A money assessment is perfectly bearable if our officers are
equal to their duties and responsibilities. Directly the season will
admit of it, the European officers should take a rapid tour through
their district, and verify the report which the Tahsilddrs should have
already prepared. Minute and searching scrutiny is not necessary.
Very ordinary observation will convince them of the accuracy of these
reports. A cursory glance will show the state of the crops, whether
the mountain streams have come down or not, whether the Indus has
wasted or irrigated the soiL The circumstance, that the district has
four officers, two at Dera Ghizi Khan and two stationed at Asni, should
facilitate this supervision.
" 17. If no calamity has occurred, the revenue can be easily col-
lected ; if a failure has taken place, a half, one-third or a quarter may
be suspended ; if the ensuing season is favorable, such suspension could
be made good, but if two failures occur in succession, it will probably
be expedient to remit the balance.
" 18. The Chief Commissioner, in conclusion, requests that the
returns for the revised Summary Settlement of the district may be care-
fully prepared and furnished to your office, in which should be included
every village in the district, whether the assessment has been revised
or not ; this will form the new rent-roll, and show the land tax as it
will stand for the future."
345. The above letter contains a good account of the peculiarities
Sir John Lawrance's ^^ ^^^ district and of the reasoDS which make
letter shows why a fixed a fixed assessment less easy to work in this
assessment is difficult to than in most other districts. Sir John Law-
work in this district. ^ ^^^^^ ^f^^ weighing aU the objections to a
fixed assessment, deliberately decided in favor of it. The reductions
made in consequence of Sir John Lawrence's letter were very consider-
able.
The second Summary ^ ^*^' The second Summary Settlement, as
Settlement finally adopted, stood as follows : —
Rs.
• TahsflSangarh ... ... 40,448
Dera Ghdzi Khan ... 1,66,771
Jdmpur ... ... 75,797
RAjanpur ... ... 65,799
99
»>
ft
Total ... 3,48,815
The second Summary Settlement was thus a reduction of 2053
percent, on the first. At the second Summary Settlement measure-
ments were made. The measurments were very rough, and usually
only the cultivated area was measured.
118
3i7. The third Summary Sefctlemeat was again a reduction on
the second. Many villages in the Dera Gh&d
sJttemeut'^ B^immary j^y^^^ rj^^y^^ j^^ suffered by the Kala inunda-
tion, which was not stopped till 1857. ITie
measurements of the cultivated lands were revised at the third Sum«
mary Settlement, but I do not think that they were in any way
superior in accuracy to the measurements of the second Summary
Settlement.
The assessments of the third Summary Settlement stood as
follows : —
Rs.
. TahsU Sangarh ^.. ... 36,686
1,55,104
71,064
66,631 .
„ Dera Gh&zi Khan
„ J^mpur
„ Rdjanpur ...
Total
3,29,485
^*
There was a reduction of 881 per cent, upon the second Summary
Settlement, and a further reduction of 7 per cent, upon the first Sum-
mary Settlement without counting the Rajanpur j&gir,
348. J cannot here categorise all the mischief done by the first
EdlB thftt resulted fwm Summary Settlement Many villages had to
the first Sumiuarj Settle- be taken under direct management, and many
™®"*^- had to be farmed ; but the real extent of the
evil done can never be fully known.
Many landowners deserted their lands. Several of these land*
owners reclaimed them when the assessments were lowered, but many
had parted with their lands for sums just sufficient to pay the
Gpvernment demand for one harvest. The over-assessment of the
first Summary Settlement resulted partly from the sudden substitution
of cash for grain collections, and partly from the mistake of taking'the
average prices of so short a period as three years, in which period
prices ran high, as the standard of prices from which to fix the vsJue of
the Government share of the gross produce of the district.
349. The third Summary Settlement has worked remarkably
well. There have been a few balances, but
Sammarsetfle.ient*'''"* remissions have been given in only two villages.
one in the Dera Uhazi Khan and one m the
Rdjanpur Tahsfl, owing to deterioration of soil. The bursting of the
Shah Jamal band in 1871 would have affected the assessments of the
Jdmpur Tahsil had it not been that the assessments were framed before
the band was made. The failure of the Dhing/ina Canal for three years,
1870, 1871, and 1872, will, unless the canal works well during the present
season, be a possible element of disturbance hereafter. The villages on
the Dhingana Canal have had no remissions hitherto^ and many oi thenk
have suffered considerably.
* Including Bs. 11,425, the nominal aBsessment on the Rajanpur jaglr.
119
350. Sales and mortages of land are, as I hav6 said, ante para. ] 24,
•Sales and mortcacres, ^^^'^ f^'^^"®^^ ^^ ^^^^ district. These are due
** to the extravagance of the landowners or to
temporary causes, such as failure of canal-supply, and not to the pressure
of the revenue. The prices realized by the sale of land are very various.
The average price of " dofasli " lands near the town of Dera Ghazi Khan
is Rs. 208 per acre, and of" ekfasli " lands in the Dera Gh^zi Khan Tahsil
Rs. 66 per acre. Lands near the city have fetched Rs. 100 per district
kanalj or Rs ,800 per acre. In the Sailal) circle the average price is Rs. 35
per acre, in the Danda Rs. 7, and in the Pachiid Rs. 17-8.
In the Sangarh Tahsil the price of land varies from Rs. 6 to Rs. 150
per acre. In the Jimpur Tahsil land near the town will realize as much
as Rs. 235 per acre, whilst , poor land with uncertain irrigation in the
Pach&d is sold at 1 rupee per acre. In the Rdjanpur Tahsil land is
plentiful, and consequently cheap. Land will fetch Rs. 12 per acre in the
Chahi-nahri circle, Rs. 7 in the Gharkdb circle, and Rs. 5 in the Saihtb
circle. In the Pachdd circle land is very cheap. In fact it is hardly sale-
able at all. The soil of the Pach&d circle of Rajanpur is veiy poor.
351. I have had an abstract made out showing the average price
Prices of land as ascer- of ^^"d sold and mortgaged according to the
t ai ned from application s for deeds of sale a n d m ortgage wh ich passed th rough
mutations of names. ^^q Settlement courts in 1872 in cases in which
mutation of names was applied for. According to this statement the
average price realized was in cases of sale : —
Tahsil. Price per acre, A rea sold.
Sangarh 6 8 1,313 acres.
Dera Ghazi Khdn ... 22 8 1,3()0 „
Jdmpur 10 6 7 345 „
Rajanpur ... 5 10 3 l,li)*J „
The average price for which land was mortgaged was —
Mortgage inoney Area mort-
Tahsil. per acre. gc^O^^d-
Sangarh 18 9 9 345 acres.
Dera GhSzi Khan COO 1 >o.-;
Jampur 15 4 5 4:]2 ,,
Rdjanpur 4 15 li 1,035 ;,
Tliis statement only shows the Pales and njortgages, of wjiich
notice was given to the Settlement Courts. There were many siiles
and mortgages of which information would not bo received by the Settle-
ment Courts till after the close of the year in which they took place.
352. To compare the area of the third Summary Settlement with
Statistics of area. the area as ascertained at the present Settle-
ment, I have prepared the table, which I give as Statement VIII.
The increase on the total area is 17,89,774 acres, or 161*7 per cent.
The increase on the waste area is 4,06,529 acres, or 173'33 per cent.
The increase on the maiifi airea is 33,588 acres, or 19317 per cent. The
increase on the culturable area is 9,79,205^ or 408*3 per cent. The
120
increase on the abandoned area is 33,672 acres, or 10*42 per cent. Tlie
increase on the irrigated area is 1,17,153 acres, or 81'1 per cent. The
increase on the unirrigated area is 2,19,637 acres, or 124*9 per cent.
The increase on the total cultivated area is 3,36,790 acres, or 103'4 per
cent. The increase on the cultivated and abandoned area is 3,70,462
acres, or 57'1 per cent.
For the purposes of comparison, the area of the Summary Settle-
ment is next to useless as regards the waste and culturable areas, which
were not measured at the previous Settlements with the slightest
pretence to accuracy. The rakh area, which was not measured at the
Summary Settlement, is not shown as part of the area found at the
revised Settlement. The malifi area of the present Settlement is
increased by the inclusion of mauzah Sakhi Sarwar, which is entii*ely
exempt from assessment, and which was not measured at the Summaiy
Settlements. The increase in cultivation and irrigation, as now shown,
should be approximately accurate, and we know that the extension of
canals since the last Summary Settlementand the erection of inunda-
tion dams, together with the normal development of the district, have
increased cultivation very largely. The Massuwah, Fazlwah, and
Dhori Canals have been excavated since the last Summary Settlement,
whilst the M&nka, Dhundi, and Nur Canals have been very largely
extended. So much waste land has been cleared since 1859 that the
appearance of the district has been altered.
Area of the present Set- 353. The unassessed area, is now 2384
tlement. per cent, of the total area.
The culturable area is 41 per cent, of the total area.
The irrigated area, in which is included the chahi-nahris, chahi and
kaldp&ni area is 40*24 per cent of the cultivated area 26*21 per cent
of the cultivated and abandoned area, and 9 per cent, of the total area.
The cultivated area is 23 per cent., and the cultivated and abandoned
area is 35*16 per cent, of the total area.*
354. The jama of the district for the year 1872-73, which preceded
Jama of the district for ^^® Submission of the new assessments, exclu-
the year preceding the new sive of the date tree assessment of the Dera
assessments. Qh&zi Khan Tahsil, and after allowing for
two transfers of area between this district and the Dera Ismail Khan
District, and to alterations of the rent-roll owing to the grant, lapse and
resumption of madfis, and to alluvion and diluvion, stood as follows : —
Rs.
Talisil Sangarh ... ... ••. 37,055
Dera Gh&zi Khan ... ,.. 1,53,118
J^mpur ... ... ... 70,295
Bdjanpur ... ... ... 55,809
^ Total ... 3,16,277
Rijanpur jdgir ... 11,425
Total ..• 3^77^
• Note— By abandoned area is meant the area lately thrown out of cultivation.
ft
it
121
This gives a rate of 7 annas 8 pie on the present cultivated area,
and of 5 annas on the present cultivated and abandoned area, as against
a rate of 15 annas 7 pie on the former cultivated area, and of 7 annas
8 pie on the former cultivated and abandoned area. Of this jama
Ss. 3,14,015 were realized after allowing for alluvion and diluvion,
adding Bs. 166 on account of resumed ma&fis, and deducting a
Eension of Ra, 1,200 per annum granted to the Maz&ri chief from the
md revenue on account of the reduction of his appointment as
Ris&ld&r of the Frontier Militia. The following statements show
the balances of land revenue for the last five years and the revenue
from all sources for the last five years : —
Statement showing the balance of revenue and the amount of
revenue to he realized for Jive years in the Dera Ohdzi Khan District.
S3
1869-70
1870-71
1971-72
1872-73
1873-74
o o
a>
.a
-a
i
3,11,833
3,13,110
3,12,139
3,16,277
3,14,015
3,08,178
8,08,995
2,96,730
3,11,999
3,12,931
a
I
13
3,654
4,116
15,409
4,278
1,084
3
Paeticulab of balances
o a
o
400
12,560
456
535
716
60
27
531
438
I 0)
I
800
300
• •
111
■i
a
•fH
a
o
2,939
3,356
2,522
3,284
Pbbcbntagb
on dbmands,
00
a
o
o
o
00
8
•a
99 010
99 010
95 05
981071 5 7
100 00 5 6
I
I <
o
00
§
o
o e3
00
87
•• •
400
12,560
456
122
If
o
>
ft;
?3
CO
1^
Pi
I
CQ
00
>
03
n
o
CO •«-•
<
bO
li
o
to
oc
OB
0^ d
•
o
o
o
. o
o
o
o
o
cs
o
#
^"^
«s
-^
1^
CO
t-
C4
b-
o
00
"*»«
00
^
00
tH
(O
©4
l-l
Od
•<•
»
*k
.
•o
"^
o
»H
K.
o
t*
Oi
o»
00
C9
CO
CO
a»
ao
CO
ao
aa
CO
o
CO
to
aO
lO
oo
00
O
©«
o
00
00
o
CO
00
lO
o
CO
CO
o
C4
o
00
s
o
o
CO
14
OO
CO
«
CO
CO
00
o
J
5S
oo
o
CO
CO
•<
"^
ri
CO
r-«
»»
H
-^
•iih
o
ao
oo
s
CO
CO
CS|
•^
CO
•«
»\
H
CO
CO
CO
CO
CO
0)^ «50
Oi
00
"^
t-H
ao
•
1
>
C4
t*
CO
o»
CO
CO
of
o
1— 1
00
CO
s
Cs«
C4
ps
C4
ei
^
•9;nqiJX
fl
•
•
•
•
•
*
•
m
•
•
•
•
•
•
"*j
h)
eve-
per.
CO
O
a
fc«-
ao
•
£2
r^
CO
fc^
rH
00
f-4
rH
esi
o
P o
l-H
CO
C4
CO
f— 1
1-4
fM
1-<
F-4
•^
CO
CO
CO
CO
CO
« d
hJ fl
o
■
CO
00
I
o
00
C4
I
00
CO
t
OO
CO
oo
123
355. The coercive processes necessary for the realization of the
Coercive processes reqnir- l^i^d levenue for the past six yeara have
ed for the i-ealization of the consisted merel}' in the issue of " Dastaks " or
iiuid revenue. demands in number as follows : —
Year, Summonses of demand.
1868-69 ... ... 674
1869-70 ... ... 450
1870-71 ... ... 730
1871-72 ... ... 1,282
1872-73 1,299
1873-74 741
The severer processes have been unused.
356. Before entering upon the discussion of my proposed assess-
ments, and of the manner in which I elicited •
caSSSrig^^TS *l^e°^' I '^ ^^^^}^ *he various methods of
assessing canal-inigoted lands which were pro-
posed for this district.
357. Hitherto the assessment of the district had been a fixed one,
TT^i* * * t- and in addition to it k certain sum has been
nail cost of ciearaiice. , , .i»iTri/» ii» i
charged on account of the half cost of canal
clearance. From annexation up to 1857 this half cost of clearance was
realized in a fixed sum with the jama. The sum was calculated from
the average collections made on this account by the Sikhs, and called
** Hasil Cher " or commutation for the labor of canal clearance.
358. The sum realized by the Sikhs was one rupee per " pat " on
grain, one rupee per maund on indigo, and a
KiviT.^'^Lr^'pw^Ll^® few annas per bigah on cotton and other culti-
mkLs as cost of clearance. .. _f. o. .1.1. v a* - .
vation. This cess is said to have been sufficient
to cover nearly, if not quite, the whole cost of canal clearance under the
Sikhs. Whether the " HasJl C9ier " did or did not cover ths cost of
clearance, the conditions on which it was levied were that on con-
sideration of receiving it Government should clear the canals by free
labor^ and bear any extra clearance charges which the rate levied did
not suffice to pay. In cases of sudden emergency, such as the bursting
of canal banks, or the silting up of a canal head, forced labor might still
be resorted to. This was called " Chikar Cher."
359. In 1857 it was found that the fixed sum for which we had
Chief Commissioner's commuted the clearance charge did not actually
Jf pay ^f2i th^^cSIt ^of ^ov®^ ^^^ *'^® ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ clearance. It was
clearance. therefore ruled (Secretary to Chief Commis-
sioner's No. 2026 of the 3rd of November 1857) that the people should
in future pay half the cost of canal clearance. The letter in which this
order was contained further stated that : — " In addition to the above
payment^ which will be compulsory, no demand on account of water-rate
wUl be made."
360. In 1868 it was found that the method by which the half
cost of clearance was realized bore hardly on
trTat^^^sW."^'*'"' '"■ some irrigatora, whilst others escaped paying
anything at all. This was owing to a faulty
124
system of collection. The sum to be realized was distributed over the
jama. The consequence was that the whole sum was paid by the
owners of assessed lands, and that the owners of newly-cultivated lands
escaped altogether. To remedy this state of things it was determined
to realize an acreage clearance rate of four annas per bigah for flow and
two annas per bigah for lift irrigation.
361. In 1870 these rates were raised to 5 annas per bigah for flow
and 2| annas per bigah for lift irrigation,
in 187a '***' ^^^^<^ because it was said that the lower rates did not
suffice to meet the half cost of clearance.
The Secretary to Government, in his No. 668 of the 19th of October
1870, stated again that the "abi&na" was fixed at an amount which
only covered ute half cost of clearance.
362. In 1872 it having been represented that the increased rates
of " abidna " produced a sum considerably in
lowe^^inT872?***' *^*"' ®^^« ^^ ^^® ^*^^^ ^*^^ ^^^ ^^ clearance, the
rates were reduced to what they were in 1868
(Secretary to Government Punjab No. 113 of the 29th of January
1872, to the Secretary to the Financial Commissioner). In his letter
reducing the rates the Secretary to Government wrote : — " It was
undoubtedly the intention of Government that the rate levied should
not be of the nature known as " abidna '* in the other districts of the
Punjab, but it should be solely to meet half the legitimate expense of
clearing the inimdation canals."
• 363. The reason why a rate of the nature known as " abi&na "
in other districts of the Punjab should not be
..iSMteVXpUed levied in this district will, I hope, be dear
to the district irom my account of the excavation of these
canals ( Chapter X ). It is that the people
have certain interests in the canals which Government has not been
unwilling to consider.
364. It has, since 1857, been the declared intention of Govern-
ment to levy only an equivalent for the half
t/ievroX*hHiflh^^^^ cost of clearance from those who use canal
of clearance. water in this district. Since the substitution
of an acreage rate for the " Hdsil Cher," the
intentions of Government have not been properly carried out.
365. From a statement furnished me by the Executive Engineer
Payments made by the Indus Canals I find that for the ten years,
people on account of balf 1861-62 to 1871-72, the average cost of canal
coBt of clear^ce between clearance has been Rs. 59,330. According to
^^^^ *" * the intentions of Government, only one-half of
this sum, or Rs. 29,665, should have been realized from the irrigators.
As a matter of fact, however, during the same ten years the annual
average payment made by the zamind^rs was Rs, 88,1 75»
125
366. Daring the years that '' &bi&Da " has been collected, the actual
Annual demand on ^^ ^^^^ ^^ clearance, as compared with the
account of « toiina " sinoe " &bi&na " collections placed in parallel columns,
^^^®' will show how much the collections have been
in excess of the expenditure.
Ji(U/ the aetval east of Amount of
Tear, clearance, as per Exeo^itiot dbidna demand,
Mnginter's iUxtemenU
1868-69 42,997 45,083
1869-70
1871-72
1872-73
1873-74
••
••
23,189 52,546
81,538 85,047
69,047 71,846
61,820
The large sums expended on canal clearance in the years 1872-73 and
1873-74 were due to the failure of the Dhing&na Canal, which necessi-
tated a new head being cut for it in both years, the river having receded
fi-om the previous head. The M&nka and Shorid Canals were also
widened, and in the first of the two years a new head had to be cut to
the Kastiiri Canal.
367. The irrigators complained loudly of the excessive demand
Objeotions of the irriffa- ^*^® hom them on account of water-rate, and
ton to the present system, declared that they were in reality, though not
in name, paying an <' abi&na " of the same des-
cription as the "abi&na" paid in other districts of the Punjab.
Besides this the people strongly objected to having to submit to
annual measurements made with a view to determine the "abiiina''
demand. Annual measurements, however fairly made, were considered
by the people an infliction, and the annual measurements, which were
made by a temporary establishment entertained for the purpose by the
Canal department, were said to be made use of by the measurers for
purposes of extortion.
368. The Financial Commissioner suggested to the Settlement
Proposed method of as- Commissioner the feasibility of introduc-
sesBing the canal-irrigated ing into the Dera Ghdzi Kh&n District the
lands of this district, method of assessing canal-irrigated lands
which has been introduced into the Dip^lpur Tahsil of the
Montgomery District. He proposed that the half cost of canal
clearance should be included in the land revenue, and that it should
be shown as a matter of account what proportion of the land revenue
was due to land revenue proper, and what to canals. The Financial
Commissioner proposed that this consolidated revenue should be realized
by an acreage rate, and that annual measurements should be made to
ascertain the area irrigated. This seemed to the Financial Commis-
sioner the only way oi realizing a full revenue without risk of breaking
down the villages.
The people met this proposal with strong objections. They
disliked the idea of annual measurements and fluctuating assessments.
To meet these objections the Settlement Commissioner suggested that
if the share of revenue due to weUs and to hixim, or unirrigated
126
cultivation were shown separately from the share due to canals, annual
measurements would not be necessary, as in case of proved failure of
canals that proportion of land revenue which was due to canals might
be remitted.
369. There is no b&rdni cultivation strictly so called in the
^, , , Chdhi-nahri circles. The only cultivation
asS^T^rS,^*'^ '* that could be 80 classed is either « sailfib " or
" rod kohi," which two descriptions of land are
influenced by river and hill stream irrigation respectively. It would
on this account have been necessary to assume a bdr&ni rate, and it
was difBcult to apportion the share of land revenue due to canal
irrigation separately from that due to well irrigation. Besides this the
people were, as I have said, opposed to annual measurements, and it
was doubtful whether the existing district, tahsil, and patwari
establishment could undertake extra labor which would be devolved
upon them by a system which would render one-third of the cultivated
areaof the district, upon which half the total land revenue is dependent,
liable to annual measurements. These considerations led me to adhere
to the existing system of fixed assessment, and the Settlement
Commissioner was, after consideration, of the same opinion. I further
proposed to fix the charge on account of the half cost of canal clearance,
and include it in the land revenue for the term of Settlement.
370. When the Officiating Financial Commissioner, Mr. Melvill,
Plan o£ oBseBsment visited this district in February and March
adopted for canal-irrigated 1873, in order to review my proposed assess^
^^^^^' ments, he, after consulting the Commissioner
of the Division, the Settlement Commissioner, the Deputy Commis-
sioner, the canal officers, and myself, came to the conclusion that the
method of fixed assessments was the best suited to this district. This
was the opinion of all the civil officers consulted, but not of the two
canal officers. The local Government at first refused to accept a fixed
annual sum for clearance charges, or to sanction the discontinuance of
annual measurements for the purpose of levying an acreage rate for
Eroviding half the cost of clearance ; but finally it was resolved by His
[onor the Lieutenant Governor, when he visited the district in
December 1873, that a lump sum of Rs. 45,000 per annum should be
assessed and collected over and above the land revenue, and accepted in
lieu of an acreage rate. The amount of the fixed half clearance charge
should be subject to reconsideration at the end of five years. Measure-
ments of the canal-irrigated area should still, it was resolved, be made
annually for statistical purposes, but they should be carried out by pat-
w&ris if fitted for the duty. The sum of Rs. 3,000 per annum, which the
Canal Department had previously expended on measurements, is now to
be distributed amongst the patwaris as an additional allowance.
-371. A system of fixed assessments has now been sanctioned. A
-^ _^ . ^, . portion of the revenue derived from canal-
Part of the revenue of*..,, ,, , . j.ii/^ i
canal-irrigated lands credit- irrigated lands has been assigned to the Canal
edtothelxrigatiou Depart- Department as a matter of account. The cul-
"*®'^*' tivation of Chfihi-nahri lands does not alto-
127
geiher depend upon canals, as rabi crops can be raised by well irriga-
tion. The cultivation of " banjri " lands depends solely upon canal
irrigation. Two-thirds of the revenue of Chdhi-nahri lands and tho
whole of the revenue of the " banjri " lands have accordingly been
credited to the Canal Department in addition to the Rs. 45,000 which
represent the half cost of clearance.
372. A project for a new canal is now under discussion. Pro-
Aflsessment of lands newly vision has therefore been made, at the offici-
irrigated from canals during ating Financial Commissioner's recommenda-
the term of Settlement. ^^q^^^ f^^ ^]^q assessment of lands newly irrigated
during the term of Settlement. " Should a new canal be projected and
inade by Government during the term of Settlement, there can," wrote
the Officiating Financial Commissioner, " be no hesitation in saying that
it should be brought under the full operation of the C^anal Act, occu-
pier's and owner's rates being levied as on other canals made by the
Government. Should the capacity of an existing canal be increased by
Government, and irrigation be thereby extended to lands not now
receiving irrigation, then I would recommend that such lands be
assessed at irrigated rates for the remainder of the term of the Settle-
ment; but I would deprecate any attempt to levy any additional
revenue on account of water taken from existing canals of which the
capacity is not increased by Government to land which was not
irrigated at the time of Settlement measurement, such land being in a
village of which a part was irrigated at the Settlement. Should water be
conveyed from one of the present canals to a village, no portion of which
was irrigated at the time of the Settlement measurement, I recommend
that the lands irrigated thereby shall be assessed at iiTigation rates for
the residue of the currency of the Settlement. In short, the only
circumstances under which I would advocate periodical measurements
are when a new canal has been constructed by Government at its own
expense."
The Officiating Financial Commissioner's recommendation was
acceded to by the Government ; and when the Lieutenant Governor
visited the district, I was directed to draw up a memorandum for the
future guidance of officers in assessing lands of villages not now
irrigated, but which may hereafter be irrigated from existing canals.
373. After considering the revenue rates, and comparing them
Rates to be used in with the rates actually applied, I drew out the
assessing lands of villages subjoined average rates to be used iu assessing
w3"l^gatfon"«Tbe ^''^^l^t villages uuirrigated at Settlement, to
extended during the term wbich irrigation may be extended during the
of Settlement. term of Settlement.
In the ChAhi-nahri circles throughout the district —
For Chfthi-nahri lands Re. 112 per acre.
For banjri lands „ 1 4 " „
In the Sailab circles throughout the district —
For Chahi-nahri lands Re. 112 per acre.
For banjri lands „ 1 8 „
128
Banjri lands in the Sail&b circles do not requiiie as many fallows as
the banjri lands in other circles, because they are assisted by deposits
from the river.
In the Danda circles throughout the district —
Ch^hi-nahri lands Re. 1 8 per acre.
Banjri lands „ 1 ^ »
In the Pachdd circles throughout the district^-
Chihi-nahri lands Be. 1 4 per acre.
Banjri lands „ 12 „
The rates for the Qhark&b circle in the I^janpur TahsU should be
the same as those of the Ch^hi-nahri circles.
In the Nahri circles of Bdjanpur, which consists of poor lands, the
Pach&d rate should be followed.
For iirigation by lift, and for rabi irrigation, the charges should be
half the above rates. The rates proposed are inclusive of clearance
charges.
373 a. The Lieutenant Governor, in his Secretary's No. 55 of the
13th January 1875, to the address of the Secretary to Financial
Commissioner, sanctioned a uniform rate, as proposed by the Financial
Commissioner, for both Ch&hi-nahii and banjri lands as follows : —
Rate.
Circle,
Ch&hi-nahri
SaUdb
Danda
•••
•••
•••
Gharkdb ...
Nahri, R&janptir
Pachdd
...
Rs. Ah. p.
12
1
10
12
•8
8
These rates are to be exclusive of, and not inclusive of, clearance
charges. Cei-tain rules have also been issued by His Honor the
Lieutenant Governor in the Irrigation Department on the 14th of
August 1874, by which, if the supply of canal water to any village is
increased at the cost of Government by the construction of new channels,
or the reopening of old ones, such supply wiU be given, on the under-
standing that the villagers agree to pay for the increased irrigation at
irrigated rates, and uiuess the people undertake to clear such channels
themselves, clearance rates will be charged for clearance by the Canal
Department.
374. In assessing the district I had three estimates to guide me—
Manner in which the ^^^ produce estimate, the plough estimate,
present assesBments were and the revenue rates estimate, all of which
worked out. I ^nVL describe. These estimates I kept before
me in assessing, but I relied more on the estimate of the value of the
lands of a village formed by myself, and by those of my subordinate
officers who had had long experience of the district, than upon the
129
circle rates. General rates can never enable an assessing officer i»
dispense with that careful personal inspection of each village which is
absolutely necessary to enable him to determine how closely the circle
rates can be adhered to in each particular instance. In this district -
particularly villages which, when superficially observed, appear to be
of a very similar character, are really made up of soils of very various
values. Again, many villages with similar descriptions of soil possess
very dissimilar advantages of irrigation. One village may have a large
area iiidgableby flood, whilst the next village can only obtain irrigation
by lift, or one village may be more favorably situated for hill stream
irrigation than another. In either case the village with the least
facilities of irrigation may possess a better class of soil than that with
the greatest facilities. All these matters require to be known before
it can be told how far the general rates are applicable to individual
villages.
Cash rents are scarcely known in the district, and therefore
formed no guide in assessing.
375. To elicit produce rates it was necessary first to determine
^_,„^ .. *«- the average produce per acre for each crop and
Produce rates. - i ^/^ii • i. j* • • r 'i m
for each of the mam sub-divisions oi soil. To
enable me to do this I made a series of experiments, cutting crops and
weighing the grain upon the spot, in order to ascertain the actual gross
proauco. With the results of these experiments in my hand, I called
a meeting of all the zammdars of the district, and got them to agree to
a table of produce per acre, which I drew up in three classes : —
(1). For "milk" and "ghds" lands.
(1). For " rapar " and " kapar " lands.
(1). For " dramman " lands in each circle.
This table I give as Statement XVI.
Qtosb produce as asoer- , . ^^\ The gross produce per acre a^cer-
tained by experiment. tamed by actual experiment IS given in
Statement III.
The highest yield per acre of jowiir was 37 maunds 9{ s^rs in the
Bajanpur Tahsil. The crop, on which the above experiments were
made, was manured and well irrigated from a canal.
The medium yield per acre was 16 maunds 20 s^rs, as observed in
the Sangarh and Rdjanpur Tahsils. No manure was used to these
crops, which were irrigated from hill streams.
The lowest yield per acre was 4 maumls 26 s^rs in the Sangarh
TahsQ without manure. The highest yield of wheat per acre was
25 maunds per acre of canal and well-irrigatad manured land. The
average yield w^as 17 maunds 35 s^rs of canal and well-imgated
manured land. The lowest yield observed was 4 maunds 20 sdrs.
The average yield without manure was 10 maunds.
S
130
The highest yield of bdjr& observed was 17 maunds 30 s^rs. The
average yield was 7 maunds 10 s^, and the lowest was 3 maonda
22 s^rs.
The yield of rice in the KSl&p&Di circle of Jdmpnr was found to
be 20 maunds per acre. An acre of barley on light soil> irrigated and
manured, produced 11 maunds SOs^rs.
cl.«Bea of produce. ^. , ?77- The different crops ff^wn in the
district were arranged into four classes accord-
ing to their order of value : —
In the first class were placed—
Tobacco.
Vegetables.
Poppy.
Bhang.
Mehtri.
Pepper.
Tn the second class were placed —
Wheat.
Gram.
Turnips.
Tdr&mira.
Rice.
In the third class were placed —
Mustard seed.
Udas,
Coriander.
Myrth.
Safflower.
Sugarcane.
Cotton.
Jowir.
Indian com.
Bdjra.
TU.
Barley.
Linseed.
In the fourth class were placed —
Peas.
Moth.
Miing.
Kiiria.
Chora.
China.
Canary seed.
S^wak.
Samuka.
378. There are 66,827 acres under first class crops, or 10 per ceni
Actual area and percent- ^^ ^^e whole cultivated area. Under second
age of tx)tai cultivated area class crops there are 6,43,642 acres, or 8208
under each class of crop. p^j, ^^^^ Under third class crops there are
31,265 acres, or 47 per cent., and under fourth class crops thwe are
20,535 acres, or 3*1 per cent.
An abstract of the area under each class of crops, and of the total
value of each description of produce, is given in Statement IV.
379. Having determined the gross produce of each crop per acre,
Difficulty experienced in ^be next point was to apply it to the area
determining the actol area under each crop. The measurements extended
under crops. Qy^P jg months, SO that in some instances the
131
The price current
raU crop, find in some instances the kharif crop, was standing at
measurement. The previous crop had to be assumed from the stubble.
I am not certain that mistakes were not made in entering the area
under stubble, and that some lands were not reckoned as having been
cultivated at the previous harvest, which had really not been cultivated
since the year which preceded the measurements. It is difficult to say
whether stubble has been six months or 18 months on the ground.
880. The next step taken in order to find
the value of the gross produce was to fix a price
current.
The number of years fi?om which an average price current is to be
struck is fixed at twenty by the Financial Commissioner's Book
Circular No. 21 of 1871.
381, The average price thus obtained was considered by myself
Prices current reduced in ^^^ ^7 ^^^ Settlement Commissioner to be too
the Dera Ghdzi Khan and high in the Dera Gh&zi Khan and Jdmpur
J&mpur Tahsfls. Tahsfls. The prices current taken were those
of the towns of Dera Gh&zi Khan and J&mpur, which are consider-
able trading towns. The prices realized in 1868, 1869, and 1870 were
unusually high, and prices have since fallen. I therefore reduced the
price current as follows in the Dera Gh&zi Khan TahsQ : —
Sera, Chks.
S^ra. Chka,
Wheat ... 22 8 per rupee to
Jowir ... 29 4 „ to
Bdjra ... 25 12 „ to
Rice ... 26 10 .. to
Peas Be. 1 per acre to Rs. 8.
S^ra. Chka.
}i
25
85
29
40
4
Barley ... 27 12 per rupee to 29 2
In the Jdmpur Tahsil the prices current as first found and b&
reduced are as follows : —
Wheat
Jowdr
Bajra
Rice, best
Rice, common
Barley
Sarshaf
Asun
Tobacco
Sdra. Chka. S^ra Chka.
22 6 per rupee to 29 11
28
23
9
26
9
28
29
11
23
10
25
9
8
7
}>
»
>9
»
t9
»
»t
if
to
37
10
to
35
8
to
28
to
40
to
40
to
28
to
32
to
13
5
In the Rijanpur and Sangarh Tahsils, where there are no large
markets, the prices current might safely be accepted.
132
Prodace-estimate jama.
382. The jama of the district by the
produce returns came out as follows : —
Tahsfl.
Chakla.
Share of produce
assumeil to repre-
sent the jama.
Estimated jama.
Rs.
Sangarh
Chahi-Qahri
ith.
9,710
„
Sailab
ith.
1,929
i»
Danda
ith.
12,000
>»
Pach&d
ith.
44,694
Total ... 68,333
Dera Gh^zi Khan ...
Ch&hi-nahri
ith.
2,02,392
>»
SaU&b
Jth.
30,182
>t
Danda
-Ith.
10
28,753
>>
Pachid
ith.
73,246
Total... 3,34,573
Jdmpur
Chdhi-nahri
ith.
1,01,062
>»
Sailab
ith.
9,523
»»
Ealapanl
ith.
14,772
>»
Pachid
ith.
82,226
»i
Dagar
Ch&hi-nahri
Jth.
1 s
ith.
172
Total ... 2,07,755
Rajanpur
28,407
»»
Nahri
J-th.
1
4,996
»>
SaUdb
ith.
79,290
>)
Gharkab
ith.
23,546
»>
Pachdd
ith.
4,225
Total ... 1,40,464
Grand Total for the
District 7,51,125
383, I assumed ^th the gross produce as the Government share as
Reasons for fixing ith general rule, because, taking the proprietors
as the usual Government g^are of the produce to be ith + 1th of the
share of produce. ^ 16
remainder, the proprietor's gross share is ^ILths or nearly l?.ths.
.133
The Settlement Commissioner has laid it down to me as a general
rule that where rents are paid in kind the Government share of the
net assets should not be one-half. Rents paid in kind are subject to
deductions on account of the pay of village servants, and a further
deduction should be made to allow for the difference between bdzdr and
village prices. The share of Government being half the net assets
where rents are paid in kind, it should, the Settlement Commissioner
considers, be T^h the gross produce where half the gross produce is paid
as rent.
The usual share paid in this district is ^^ths, so that ifyth is the
proportion to take where the proprietor receives half the gross produce,
J-|^j ths, or as nearly as possible rth, is the proper share to take where
the proprietor receives only ^ ths of nearly Ath. Where the proprie-
tor's share is 50, Government should take 20 ; where the proprietor's
share is 297, the share of Government should be 12o. I have, therefore,
assumed jth as the share of Government in the produce of this district,
lowering the share where the proprietor receives less than l?ths of the
gross produce. In all cases the Government share of produce is calcu-
lated by the same process as that which I have here explained.
384. The plough estimate was calculated from the actual number
of ploughs in a circle as enumerated by the
The plough estimate, "dharwlis. " The average area cultivated by
each plough being known, the average produce
of that area Vras calculated, and the plough estimate was considered to
be that share of the produce of one plough which could be claimed by
Government.
In each circle the cultivated area, which was of a different descrip-
tion to that which gave its name to the circle, was subtracted, and the
number of ploughs required for that area calculated. For instance, in
the Chdhi-nahri circle of the Dera Gh^i Khan Tahsil, it was calculated
that 374 ploughs were required for the Sailab area and 65 for the
Pachdd area of that circle. There remained 11,152 ploughs, which were
considered to belong to the Chahi-nahri area proper.
385. The plough estimate is not very reliable. Ploughs are not
1 1 b f k '^^P*' ^^^^^^^y ^ ^^® circle as they would require
f rom'' one'cirde to another" ^^ be for a correct plough estimate to be framed.
The ploughs in the Pach&d circle are very apt
to be taken into the Ch&hi-nahri circle aud Sail&b circle and back.
There is a great deal of mutual accommodation amongst the
zamindars of the district. All the ploughs of a village will work
together, and plough first one man's field and then another's, and so on
through the village.
In the Nahri circle of Rdjanpur rice cultivation is carried on by
hand.
134
The piough^stixnate jama. '®^' ^® plough-estimate jama came out
as follows : —
TahBil.
Circle.
Kamber of ploughs.
Estimated jama.
Rs.
Bangarh
Ch&hi-nahrf
• ••
971
9,710
SaU&b
• • •
251
1,757
Danda
• • •
1,186
10,665
Pach4d
Ch£hi-nahri
• • •
3,548
85,480
Total ... 5,955
57,612
Ders Ohisi Ehan ...
11,591
1,89,305
SaU&b
• • •
2,811
35,817
Danda
•• ■
2,597
23,148
Pacbid
Chabi-nahrl
4,478
31,780
Total ... 21,477
2,80,050
JtopuT
3,190
51,040
SaUib
• • ■
565
6,780
KiiUpani
• • •
264
5,214
Pachid
• • •
2,840
89,050
pagar
Ohihi-nahri
* • •
• • •
69
486
Total ... 6,918
1,02,570
Rajanpur
1,704
20,427
Nahri
■ ••
212
8,084
Saildb
■ ■ •
4,244
45.971
Ghark&b
• • •
1,683
19,919
Pachid
• • ■
807
4,301
Total ... 8,650
92,702
Grand total 43,000
5,32,934
387. The revenue rates were based on a calculation of the produce
Revenue rates how deter- ^^ ^^ ^rea sufficient to contain all the crops
mined. grown in each distinctive part oi a circle m
their proper proportions. The produce of the different soils per acre
was taken from the table of average produce per acre used for the
produce returns, and the price current followed was that fixed for each
TahsQ,
135
The produce of a given number of acres havinej been found, I
divided the result by the number of acres, and then took that share of
the remainder which I had fixed as the Qovemment share of produce
for the circle as the revenue rate.
388. It would have been simpler to take the total produce of a
^ , ^ . ,. circle and divide it by the total number of acres
General rates not appli- , u.- j.* -l !l t u j. j. i i
cable to a whole circle. under cultivation, but I could not take a general
rate and apply it to a whole circle. I required
separate rates for each different class of cultivation. For instance, in
the Ch&hi-nahri circle, I required a dofasli, and an ekfasli Chdhi-nahri
rate, a Banjri and a Ch&hi rate. The Pachdd and Saildb rates I could
take from the circles bearing those names.
389. I give the calculation by which the dofasli rate was fixed
Calculationg used for for the ChShi-nahir circle of Dera Gh^ Ehan
eliciting the dofasli rate. |^ an exemplar : —
DOFASLI AREA ASSUMED 10 ACRES.
Crop.
Area.
•
Produce
per acre.
Total
produce.
Price current.
Value of crop.
• 1
"^ 1
Wheat ...
1 acre ...
Fodder consumed by cattle. ^* ^^' ^'
Rs. As. P.
n
8 acres ...
15 maunds
120 maunds
1 9 7
191 14
(
Vegetables
1 acre ...
Rs. 40
Rs. 40
• • a
40
^
Jow&r
1 acre ...
Fodder consumed by cattle.
»i
1 acre
( Sold green )
Rs. 40
• • •
40
•
f»
1 acre ...
3 mds 30 srs'
3 mds 30 srs
12
4 3
5"
Bajra
2 acres ...
12mds20srB
25 maunds
1 6
34 6
Vegetables
1 acre
Rs. 40
Rs. 40
...
40
w
Cotton ...
4 acres ...
6 maunds
20 maunds
3 10
72 8
Total ...
422 15
Per acre =
Rs. 42 4 8
ith ...
5 4 7
Caicuiatioiis used for 390. To give another example, cirde
eliciting the Sailib rate. Sail&b :
136
AREA ASSUMED 8 ACRES.
Crop.
Area.
Wheat ...
4 aci-es, of
which —
2 „ at
2 „ at
Barley
1 acre, of
which —
k M at
i at
Hattar
Mohri
1 acre, of
which —
i
}
ft
tt
2 acres, of
which —
y>
I*
Produce per
acre.
Mds. Srs.
8
6
30
Total produce.
Mds. SrF.
27
20
8
6
30
Price
current.
Value of
crop.
19 7
36
Fodder
Crop Rs. 8
Fodder
6
18
Rs.
14
10
Per acre
equal to ...
Rate adopted
10
Rs.
9
1
I
A.
6
2
2
P.
6
9
9
14
Total Rs. ...
of which i is
43 15 6
9 7 3
14
7 13
75 3 9
391. The revenue rates adopted were as
Revenue rates adopted. foUo^rs •
SANGARH TAHSIL.
Chihi-nahii
Dandii
Circle.
Cii-cle .
Rs. A. P.
Rs. A. P.
Chahi-nahri ...
■ ■ •
• • •
1 4
• « •
ChAhi
• • •
• ■ «
1 10
14 2
Sailab
• ••
■ • •
11
11
Pachdd
••• 1
► ...
4 4
8 8
Pach&d
Circle.
Rs. A. P.
14 2
• • •
8 8
Sailab Circle.
Us. A. P.
• • •
1 10
11 6
8 8
137
DBBA OHAZI KHAN TAESIL.
•
Ch&hi-nahri
Circle.
Danda
Circle.
•
•
Pachdd
Circle.
8ail4b Circle.
Bb. a. p.
Rs. A. P.
Bs. A. P.
Rb. a p.
Ch^l-nahri ekfaali ...
18
13
13
17 6
Do.
dofasli ..•
6
•**
• • •
♦17 5
Ch&hi
•V • ••« •• •
14
14
14
• > •
Banjri
•■• •»• •••
13 9
13 8
13 8
15 9
Saildb
• • • ••• •* •
12 9
12 9
12 9
12 9
Fach&d
••• ••» •••
7
7
7
7
Qardens
• • • fl ■ • •• •
2 8
«••
•■•
...
Ch&hi SaU6b.
Ch&hi-naliri ekfasli
Do.
dofaali
Chihi
BaiUb
Banjri, Ist Class
„ 2zid Class
PacUd
■i
Ist Class
2nd Class
JAM PUB TAHSIL.
Ch&hi-
nahri
Circle.
SaiUb
Circle.
Rs. A. P.
1 14 3
4
18
1 11
1 1 2
Rs. A. P.
1 14 3
• • ■
12 2
1 11
112
Eal/ip&ni
Circle,
Rs. A. P.
1 2 2
• t •
18 2
9 4
3
Pacb£d
Circle.
Bs. A. P.
12 2
Dagar
Circle.
Rs. A. P.
»••
10 6
3i
1 5
138
llAJANPUR TAHSIL.
Chihi-nahri ekfasU
Do.
Chdhi
BaUib
Banjri
Pach&d
dofasli
Chahi-
nahri
Circle.
Rs. A. P.
2 1 10
4
1 6 7
112
10 9
Nahri
Circle.
£8. A. P.
1 9 1
16 7
IS 6
SaiUb
Circle.
Re. A. P.
1 9 1
4
1 6 7
112
10 9
8
Gharkib
Circle.
Rs. A. P.
2 1 10
4
1 6 7
112
10 9
3
PachAd
Circle,
Rb. a. p.
16 7
1 1 2
10 9
3
Tahsfl revenue
compared.
rates 392. Placing the revenue rates for each
description of cultivation for each tahsil in
parallel columns, they stand thus : —
Description of
cultlvatloiL
Chbhi-nahri
„ ek f aali
„ dofadi
Ch&hi
8ail&b
BanJrl
Poch^
SANOARn Tahsil.
E
1
Rs. A. P.
•
p
1
Rs. A. P.
• ■i
...
14
...
>••
...
1 10
14 S
oil
..«
...
*..
8 8
4 4
Dbka Ghazi Kuan
Tahsil.
i
H
«
Rs. A. P.
18
6
14
19 9
18 9
7
»
Rs. A. P.
18
18 8
Jahpur Tahsil.
I
OS
Rs. A P.
• ••
1 14 8
4
18
1 11
18 2
1 .6
Rs. A. P.
13 3
9 4
8 6
RAJANPUR TAUSILc
I
1^
Rs. A.P.
Rs. A.
P.
*v«
...
3 1
10
1 9
1
4
...
1 5
7
*.•
1 1
3
•••
1
9
18
•
8
...
393. The Ch^hi-nahri rate of Dera Ghdzi Khan is low, because
Difference between the the Chdhi-nahri circle is veiy large. The
revenue rates of the Tab- rate used in Dera Ghdzi Khan was an average
ails explained. q^q^ drawn from two calculations — one for
superior and one for inferior villages.
In Rd]anpur the Chdhi-nahri maximum revenue rate is high,
because the larger number of villages are in the Rdjanpur jigir, and
had been paying in kind. I took one-sixth the gross produce to
calculate my maximum revenue rate. The Jdmpur Chdhi-nahri circle is
smaller, and of a more uniform fertility than the Dera Qh&zi Khan*
139
In Sangarh there is only one canal, and that a private one. The dofasli
rate is highest in Dera Gh^zi Khan. The dofasli lands lie round
the town of Dera Ghazi Khan^ and have great facilities of market and
such like.
The Chfihi revenue-rate is about the same in all the Tahsils, except
Sangarh, where the Danda wells are especially bad. The Saildb
revenue-rate is also fairly equal. It is highest in Dera Gh&zi Khan
which might be expected, and lowest in Sangarh. '
The Banjri revenue-rate is highest in J&mpur. This is because
the banjri cultivation is in some cases assisted by the river. The
Dera Ghazi Khan banjri revenue-rate is higher than the Rdjanpur,
which result is due to the poverty of soil of the Nahri-circle in R^jan-
pur. The Pach^d rate is highest in Jdmpur. This is due' to the
Kah^ stream. The rate would be higher still in J&mpur, but the K&U-
pdni perennial irrigation has been classed separately. The hill stream
cultivation of the Rdjanpur TahsQ is very poor.
394. The jama which I proposed to
Jama actually proposed, ^^^^ was—
Tahsil Sangarh.
Ch&hi-nahri circle
Sail&b
Danda
Fach&d
• •«
• • •
• • •
•«•
•••
Total
t««
Bs.
6,732
1,692
6,701
33,382
48,507
Ch&hi-nahri circle
Saildb
Danda
Fachdd
Tahsil Dera Ghdzi Khan,
Rs. A.
1,52,760
• • •
Total
• ••
•• •
•« •
•••
21,054
18,833
21,220
P.
2,13,867
Tdheil Jdmpu/r.
Chfihi-nahri circle
Sail&b
K&l&pdni
Pachid
Dasar
• ••
• • •
• « •
• ••
I • •
Total
• « •
t • •
• •«
• • •
Bs.
48,766
6,681
5,312
31,593
209
92,561
140
Tcihail Rdjanpur.
Rs.
Chahi-nahri circle
23,537
SaiMb
• ■ •
47,056
Gharkdb
• ••
18,317
Nahri
• • ■
8,113
Pachid
• • •
Total
2,983
95,006
The total proposed jama came to Rs. 4,49,941, or an increase of
37*22 per cent., on Rs. 3,27,968, the jama of the preceding year.
Alterations in proposed
jama suggested by the
Officiating Financial Com-
missioner, and sanctioned
by Government.
395. The alterations made in the jama I
proposed by the Settlement Commissioner and
the OflBciating Financial Commissioner, and
approved of by the Local Government, were as
follows : —
In the Sangarh Tahsil the jama of the Danda circle was raised
from Rs. 6,701 to Rs. 8,001 by increasing the Chdhi rates from 11
annas on cultivated and 2 annas and 5 pie on abandoned to 12
annas on cultivated and 4 annas on abandoned. The jama of the
Sailab circle was raised from Rs. 1,692 to Rs. 1,918 by raising the
SaiUb rate from 10 annas 7 pie to 12 annas. In the Chdhi-nahri
circle the jama on Chdhi lands was increased by Rs. 626 by raising
the rate from 11 annas 3 pie to 13 annas 3 pie. These rates raised were
those I proposed actually to apply.
In the Chdhi-nahri circle of Tahsil Dera Ghdzi Khan, besides the
Rs. 12,765 which were originally made progressive, of which the
details are —
Rs, A. P.
On account of the Fazlwah Canal ...
On account of the Mdnka Canal
On account of seven villages recovered
from the effects of inundation, and
possessing large culturable areas...
Total
1,101 4
10,293 8
1,370 4
12,765
Rs. 4,426 of the proposed increase were postponed for four years, and
Rs. 1,187 for six years.
In the Pach&d circle the Pachdd rate was enhanced from 1 anna
10 pie to 2 annas 3 pie, and the banjri rate from 6 annas to 8 annas,
which raised the jama of the circle fiom Rs. 21,220 to Rs. 24,432,
141
In Tahsil Jimpur I, at the Settlement Commissioner's desire,
subdivided the villages in the Pach&d circle as follows : —
Statement showing the proposed assessment of the Fachad circle,
Jdmpur Tahsil,
Proposed rata.
Proposed jama.
Class of Tillage.
On cultivated.
On cultivated
and abandond.
Present.
Proposed.
Ok Eaha Stream
Bs.
Rs.
1^^ 0l€LS9,
18 villages
14 anas 2 pie
11 anas
9,279
9,664
2nd clou.
53 villages
4 f, 6 ,,
2 „ 4 pie
14,467
18,100
On other Streams.
18 villages
2 „ 1 „
1 n 6 .,
2,953
8,828
The rate on the cultivated and abandoned area of the last two
classes was raised to 2 annas 7 pie and 1 anna 7 pie, which gave an
increase of Rs. 2,205.
In the Rdjanpur Tahsil the Officiating Financial Commissioner
reduced the jama fixed on the R^janpur jagir by 20 per cent. I had
fixed the jamas of the Rajanpur jdgir high to prevent loss to the
jdgirdar who had previously collected at high rates in grain. The
Rajanpur j&gir villages and the result of the reduction made are
shown in the subjoined statement : —
Statement showing the assessment of the Rdjanpur jdg(r.
Circle.
Number of
villages.
Fama proposed
by Settlement
Officer.
Deduct
20 per cent.
Balance.
Ch&hi-nahri
Ohark&b
Pachad
25
2
6
14,293
339
567
2,858
67
111
11,4.35
272
446
Total
S3
15,189
3,026
12,153
142
on
In the Pachdd circle my proposed assessments on the Pach^d lands
were raised from Rs. 790 to Rs. 1,625.
^ „ . , 396. The jama of the district as finally
uTe' "«r^S «S!Z sanctioned on tLe assessment reports stood u
follows : —
Tahsil Sakoarh.
Circle. Jama sanctioned,
Rs.
... 7,258
..• 1,918
... 8,001
33,382
Ch&hi-nahri
Saildb
Danda
PachM
■ • •
• • •
•••
Total ...
[SiL Dera Qhazi Eha
... 50,559
Tab
N.
Circle.
Jama eanctioned.
Rs.
Ch&hi-nahri
• •• • ••
... 1,52,760
OSLlia D ••• «.• •••
... 21,054.
Danda
•• •.. •.»
... Io,oo3
Pach^
t* ••• •••
Total ...
... 24,433
... 2,17,080
Tahsil Jampub.
Circle,
Jama sanctioned,
Rs.
Chdhi-nahri
••• ..• ■•.
... 48,766
Sail4b
•*• ... •.■•
... 6,681
K^lapdni
•a* ..• «■.
... 5.312
Pach^
••• ••• •*.
... 33,85S
Dagar
... ••• •••
Total ...
Tahsil Rajanpur.
... 209
•
... 94,827
Circle
Jama, sancinxyMi'
Rs.
Chdhi-nahri
*•• ... ...
... 20,679
Sail^b
>.. ... ..■
... 45,872
Gharkib
.. ... ...
... 18,250
Nahri
*. ... ...
3,098
Pachid
•f ... •••
Total ...
Grand Total
... 3,707
... 91606
... 4,64,072
or Rs. 4;131 more than I proposed.
143
The following table shows the present jama and the jama sanc"
tioned for each Tahsil, compared with the estimated produce plough
and revenue rate jama : —
Comparison between the jamas arrived at by the estimates and the
jamas sanctioned.
TahsH.
Jama by
produce
estimate.
Jama by
plough
estimate.
Jama by
Revenue
rate.
Present
jama.
Rs.
37,055
1.53,118
70,295
67,234
Jama
sanctioned.
SaDgarh
Dera Gh&zi Khan
J&mpur ...
R&janpur
Rs.
68,333
3,34,573
2,07,765
1,40,464
Rs.
67,612
2,80,050
1,02,570
92,702
Rs.
67,381
3,03,862
1,12,873
1,19,896
Rs.
50,559
2,17,080
94,827
91,606
Total ...
7,61,125
5,32,934
6,04,012
3,27.702
4,54,072
396 a. The sanctioned jama falls below the three estimates. The
produce estimate is probably somewhat high,
than'Jhe ^^mlZ"^ «^i°g *« the fact that in the year of measure-
ments the cultivated area was greater than
usual, and also to the fact that there may have been some erroneous
entries of fallow land as cultivated. In this district cultivation is so
precarious owing to its dependence on the rise of the river, and on the
rain-fall in the hills, that it would never be safe to assess up to any
thing like the produce-estimate of a good or even of an average
year.
397. The jama actually distributed was less by Rs. 19,151, or 4*21
The jama actually distri- per cent., than the jama sanctioned on the
bated less than that sane- assessment reports. The difference between
*io^^«<^- the jamas distributed and those sanctioned
is: —
TahsH.
8angarh ... ...
Dera Qhizi Khan
J4mpur ...
B&janpur
*•• I ..
.•• •• .
... •«.
••• ...
Total
Jama distribnted.
Rs.
49,118
2,07,761
93,609
84,433
4,84,921
1
144
I place the jamas sanctioned and the jamas finally distributed in
parallel columns for each circle of each Tahsil : —
TAHSIL SANGARH.
Circle.
Jama sanction-
ed. '
Jama distri-
buted.
Jama as
originallj
proposed.
Ch4hi-nahri
Sail&b ...
Danda
Pachid
7,258
1,918
8,001
33,382
6,880
2,007
7,628
32,608
6,732
1,692
6,701
33,382
Total
50,659
49,118
48,607
TAHSIL DERA GHAZI KHAN.
Circle.
Ch&hi-nahri ...
Sailab ... ...
Danda ... ...
Pach&d
Total
Jama
sanctioned.
1,52,760
21.054
18,833
24,463
2,17,080
Jama distri-
bated.
1,47,706
19,702
18,675
21,678
2,07,761
Jama as
originally
proposed.
1,52,760
21,054
18,833
21,270
2,13,867
TAHSIL JAMPUR.
Circle,
Jama sanction-
ed.
Jama distri-
bated.
Jama as
originally pro-
posed.
Chihi-nahri
8alUb
K&lap&ni
Fachid
Dagar ..• ... ••• at« a..
48,766
6,681
5,312
33,859
209
48,379
6,033
6,189
83,798
210
48,766
6,681
6,312
81,593
209
Total
94,827
93,609
92,561
145
TAHSIL RAJANPUR.
Circle.
Jama sanction-
ed.
Jama digtri-
buted.
Jama aa
originally pro*
poaed.
Cbihi-nahri
20,679
21,192
23,537
Sailib i
45,872
40,145
47,058
Ohwkib
18,250
17,207
18,317
Kahrf ...
3,098
8,057
3,118
PflOhid
8,707
2,882
3,983
Total ...
91,806
84,433
95,006
898. The new jama is an advance of Bs. 1,07,219, or 3275
per cent, upon the jama of the previous year,
without counting the Rs. 6,357 of the date tree
li«»rS?ttienew'l^'^ assessment, which are now reaUzed with the
land revenue. Of the new jama Bs. 24,567
are progressive.
Ik.
Tahstl Sangarh
•••
699
» DeraOhizi Ehan
..•
20,501
n J&mpur ••• •••
...
282
„ R&janpur
..»
3,185
Total
24,567
Bi. 9,094 are assigned in ''kasdr" or service grants. Rs. 36,500
represent the grants made to the Tumand&rs. Rs. 11,161-12-0 are
assigned in j6pr^ and Rs. 3,755-8-0, the equivalent to a reduction of
1 per cent, on the jama, assigned to the zaild&rs. There remain
Rs. 3,49,842-12-0, the jama immediately payable, * and Rs. 24,567
which are progressive. The immediate increase on the former jama,
which I reckon at Rs. 3,14,015, the sum realized, is, without
reckoning the revenue assigned, 11*40 per cent., and, including the
Progressive increase, it is 19*23 per cent.; adding the sum assigned to the
*iimand&rs in '' in&m," which is of course an asset of the present Settle-
ment^ the increase to the jama is 23 per cent, immediately and 30*81
per cent progressively.
* N, B, — In this sam i« included Rs. 262, the assessment of the G j&mal Darkhisti
Tahafl ttijafipi»y which wiUnot be realized until GoTemmenl may so direct^
U
Ii6
399. The local cesses in this district were previously 1512 pet
Local cessea cent, upon the land revenue. The cesses now,
including a five per cent, instead of a two per
cent, patw&ri cess, amount to Rs. 18-12 upon the land revenue. The
appointment of " dharwdis" having been done away with, the increase
to the patwdri cess is no real burden to the people, as the payment of
" dharw&is " in kind cost more than the extra cess payable to the
patw&iis will do. Reckoning the local cesses now at Rs. 18-12 per cent.,*
they amount to Rs. 81,902 upon the present land revenue as against
Rs. 49,856 upon the previous land revenue, and adding cesses to the
former and present land revenues, the total increase is 3691 per cent.,
or an increase of 416 in excess of the increase of 3275 per cent, upon
the land revenue proper.
Amount to be credited ^00. For the first year of the new Settle-
to the Canal Department ment the sum to be credited to the Canal Depart-
from the land Revenue. ment from the land revenue Was found to be
Rs. 1,69,718.
Tahail Dera Ghdzi Khan.
Two-thirds of Ch&hi-nahri jama
The whole of the Banjri jama
Tahail Jdmpur.
Two-thirds of the Chdhi-nahri jama ..•
The whole of Banjri jama ...
Tahail Rdjanpur.
Two-thirds of the Chdhi-nahri jama ...
The whole of the Banjri jama
Total ... 1,69,718 o"~0
This sum is brought out according to the rates fixed in assessing.
401. To show how far the rates actually used in distributing the
' .- , . .V jamas correspond with the revenue rates and
DifEerence between the it, '^jtv joxx
rates at which the jama the rates proposed, I have prepared a btate-
was actually distributed and ment ( V ), in which the three rates are shown
the proposed rates. ^j^ parallel columns.
The maximum and minimum rates at which the jama finally
adopted stands in each TahsQ are as follows : —
Rs.
A
P.
73,027
40,484
12
14
19,070
20,351
5,968
10,817
Rs. A. P.
* Lambard&ri
.. .
••■
■•.
••*
5
Patwari
...
...
■• •
...
6
Bead fund
...
...
. i •
...
10
School fund
••*
.••
...
•••
10
Dak fund
••*
.« •
t*«
•.•
8
Local cess
•••
••*
...
•••
6 4
Total
•••
18 12
147
Hates adopted shown according to Tahstls.
T A H 8 I L.
SANGARR.
D. G. Khan.
JAMPUB.
Rajanpur
Description of
soil.
aximuzn.
•
a
a
.9
■
B
•ft
9
■
a
B
•
a
a
g
•
a
S3.
a
s
•
a
a
"-*
•
£
P
S
S
S
^
^
^
1^
^
Rs. A. P.
Es. A.
P. Rs. A. P.
Rs. A. P.
Rb. a. p.
Rs. A. P.
Rs. A. P.
Rs. \.
Chihi-nahri
„ ekfasli
14 9
■• «
1 4 7
13 11
1 7 8
1 6 6
1 14 6
16 10
„ dofasli
• • •
•• >
6
• • •
4
...
4
3 4
Banjri
7 7
...
12 7
78
1
15 2
16 2
8 4
Cb&hi
1 5 5
11
116
15 4
1 4
13 6
1 7 11
1
Sailab
13 1
8
7, 15 2
12 4
14
11 3
12 8
5
Vacua ...
6 1
1
2 1 7i 1
1 1
4 9
2 3
1 3
1
Rs. A.
P.
5
7
14
8
8
11
5-
The rates at which the jama distributed falls on the cultivated
area per acre are as follows : —
Tahsil. Rate,
R
Sangarh
Dera GhAzi Khan
Jampur
R^janpur
The rate on the cultivated area of the whole District. per acre is
10 annas six pie.
402. The Chiihi-nahri proposed rate is highest in the Rivjanpur
Difference between the Tahsil, and in that Tahsil the highest rate is
rates adopteii in differeat in the Gharkab circle, in which the Summary
Tahsiia explained. Settlement assessments have only been enhanced
by 3 per cent. In the Uhiihi-nahri circle of Rdjanpur also the rate
is 1-11-11, which is somewhat high. The high rate is partly due to
the fact that a great part of this circle is in the Rajanpur j^gir, in which
the rates were of necessity kept somewhat high, in order to prevent loss
to the jdgirddr who used to collect in kind a share of the gross produce,
which averaged one-fourf.h. In Jampur the Chahi-nahri area lies more
compactly than in Dera Ghdzi Khan, and is of more uniform fertility.
lu Sangarh there is only one canal, which irrigates a very small area.
The Banjri rate is fairly uniform. It is highest in the Ghark^ib
circle of Rajanpur, and in Jdmpur the rates are higher than in Dera
Ghdzi Khan, for the same reasons that the Chahi-nahri rates differ.
The Chdhi rates do not differ much. The highest rate for Chdhi
lands is in the Chdhi-nahri circle of Rdjanpur. The lowest rate is for
the small well-irrigated aiea in the Pachdd circle of Jdmpur. The Saihib
rate is highest in the Dera Ghdzi Khan Tahsil, in which the Sailab
cultivation is the best. In the Jdmpur Tahsil the Saildb area is suniil
and of varying fertility.
148
In the Sanffarh Tahsfl the river bank is iugii, and much of tiie
Sail&b land is of recent formation.
The capabilities of Pachid lands vary so much that no fidr
comparison can be made between the Pach&d rates of different Tahuls.
403. The rates prevailing in theTahsTls of the districts adjoining
... Dera Gh&zi Khan can only be given for the
infdSti^Jl'"^ "" Muzaffargarh District In theDera Ismail Khan
District the jama has not been distributed,
and in Bh&walpur and Sindh the land revenue is collected in a different
way from that in which it is collected in this district
Rates in the MuiaflkigRrh 404. Muzaflbrgarh District
Pietrict. ^
Rates of present aeseaemeTU per aare, TaheUwdr.
Diioription of mIU
Canal (Banjri) ..
Oaaal b weU (OoAhi-n«lul)
WaU (Oli4lif) .. .
8*llib
TAHSIL.
KotUdA
§
BB.A.P.
1 10 7
1 1ft
1 4 <
1 ft 4
•
I
Be. A. P.
1 6 11
17 1
14 ft
1ft 9
i
Ba.A.P.
IS ft
10 8
UvzkWWAaaAMB,
i
Ba.A.P.
t 1 01
4
SOS
1 7
Ba,A.P
S ft t
t 7 11
1 IS S
1 ft 1
i
Ila.iLP.
1 4 St
1 II S
1 ft r
OlS
Aurvn,
Ba.A.P.Ba.A.P.
14
S 4
1 10 1 4
i
Ba.A.P.
S IS S
10
The Muzaffitigarh District is more populous and fertile than this
district It also contains a more settled population. It is only within
the last few years that there has been any thing like peace and security
in this district.
405. In the Bh&walpur State differential
rates are in force :—
Rates in the Bihawal-
pDr State.
Name of crop.
Sugar-cane
Tobacco
Cardamum
Poppy
^ra ( Cummin seeds )
Safflower
Bhang
Sarshaf (mustard)
Melons
Moth
Carrots
Garlic
Onions
Cotton
Lobia, Mung, Bygun Halun, CoUinere,
Indian com (Makki), Turnips, Balungu,
Mfish, Karin, and Uzfgul •••
Maithra and Jaw^r
•••
•••
m •
• ••
• ••
• ••
• ••
• 99
• ••
• ••
• ••
• ••
• ••
• ••
• •
• .•
• • •
• •
• ••
• •%
• ••
• ••
• ••
• ••
• ••
• ••
• ••
• ••
• ••
• ••
• ••
• ••
• ••
BctU
per
acre.
Bs.
10
91
5
H
n
f»
M
99
M
$9
8
99
n
9>
»•
99
3 12
99
2
4
t«
2
149
406. On the Upper Sindh Frontier leases of lands are given at
Bates on ih« Upper Sindh Kb- ^ P^^ tusre- for one year, and at 10 annas per
IVooUer. acre for term of seven years or more.
407. I may mention that the SaiUb lan^s of Bh&walpur opposite
to the Maz&ri country were being olBered to
Wlkb r^t in BliAw«l. cultivators at 4 annas a bigah in 1871. This
explains the low rate of 8 annas an acre assessed
on the Maxfiri SaiUb lands, which had hitherto paid next to nothing.
408. The new jamas are exceedingly light, and it would be diffi-
_ ^ _ cult to justify them by any of the estimates used
liSt '^^^ *'"""""*'* ^^'^ in assessing. When the increase in the jamas is
compared with the 81 per cent, increase in the
irrigated area, or the 103 per cent, increase in the cuitivated area, the
great moderation of the Qovemment demand becomes even more obvious.
The position of the district and the hazards to which cultivation in it
is exposed from the precarious nature of the irrigation on which it "
depends, added to the character of the people, must be appealed to as
forming sufficient grounds for a low assessment. The jamas were taken
up with a fair amount of readiness. There were only 16 refusals — one
in TahsC Sangarh, 3 in TahsU Dera Qh&2d Khan, 11 in Tahsil J&m-
pur, and 1 in Tahsil lUjanpur. All the refusing villages finally
engaged for their own jamas, and no coercive processes had to be
resorted to. Farms were threatened in the case of tnree villages in Tah-
sil J&mpur, these villages having contumaciously refused to engage ;
but when fitrmers came forward, these villages applied to be allowed to
take up their own assessments. Four villages in this Tahsil agreed to
allow the Gurch&nlTumandir, near whose head-quartets they are situa^
ted, to engage for their assessments, but soon repented, and were allowed
to engage directly. One subdivision of mauzah B&til, called Jangail,
gave its lease to the Khosa Tumand&r. The Lieutenant Governor
visited the district whilst the assessments were being announced. Sixty-
eight petitions against the assessments were sent me for report from
the ^cretar^ to Government. The Settlement Commissioner went
over the statistics of the petitioning villages with me,, and directed
reductions to be granted in thirty-one villages. Besides these reductions
I reconsidered tbe assessments of many villages, which, though they
had agreed to pay the sums demanded of them, grumbled at Uiem as
excessive. Most of these villages I revisited myself, and sometimes I
reduced the assessments, even where, in my own opinion, they were
fiurly moderate, because I found that the zamind&rs whom I consulted
held that the assessments were high in comparison with those of
neighbouring villages. The policy of the Punjab Government has been
dedared to be in favor of light assessments, particularly in Frontier
districts, and it was in pursuance of this poli<w' tiiat the jama sanctioned
on the assessment reports was reduced. Ify assessments have been
made with the full knowledge and concurrence of the Government,
so that if they are lighter than they might have been, it is because it
was considered ri^ht that they should be so, and not because the
capabilities of the district were understated or under-estimated.
150
409. The present Settlement has been sanctioned for a term of
twenty years, which term has been taken to
The term for which the commence from the kharif harvest of Sambat
present Settlement will ran. ,^.,,, .^^ , i tx i -i ot^-^v mi
1930 (November and December 1873). The
new assessments, however, came into force only nominally from the
kharif of Sambat 1930, as they had not been distributed in time to be
collected at that harvest. The increased assessment due at the kharif
was remitted, and the rabi instalment only collected according to the
new assessment. The Settlement was granted for a terra of twenty years,
on the understanding that, if a project for a new canal be carried out,
the assessment of canal-irrigated lands shall be open to reconsideration.
The new canal projected is to be a perennial one, and it is to act as a
feeder to the existing inundation canals. If constructed, it may there-
fore render necessary a review of the existing arrangements for assessing
canal-irrigated lands.
410. In para. 174, Chapter XI, I have referred to the custom by
which some of the Biloch Tumand^rs had up
Bifo'ih''i&'d^^^^^^ ^ *he present Settlement possessed a right of
collecting a certain share of the produce of some
of their Tdman villages, being in return responsible to Oovernment
for the amount of the cash assessment of those villacjes. The Tuman-
dirs, by whom this right of collecting in kind was enjoyed, were those of
the Lund, Lagh^ri, Tibbi Liind, Gurchani, Dreshak, and Maz^ri tribes.
These Tiimanddrs were not the sole proprietors of those villages from
which thoy collected the revenue in kind. They took from the villages
leased to them only that proportion of the produce which under the
name of " mahsul '* was in this district always considered to be the share
to which Government had a right. This share, which varied from one-
third to one-seventh, was always taken by native governments if not
assigned to some individual. The Tumand^rs derived considerable profit
from their leases — first, from the fact that the customary share of produce
is considerably in excess of the cash assessment ; secondly, from the
increase of cultivation since the last Summary Settlement; and, thirdly,
from the high prices which have prevailed of late.
411. Under the Punjab Land Revenue Act the settlement of
Objection to dontiniiing if^^d revenue must be offered in the first
the existing state of things instance to the proprietary body, and the policy
at the present Settlement. ^f ^^^ Government is oppo.sed to permitting
collections of the Government demand in kind. It was therefore a
question whether the existing practice could be maintained in those
villages in which it was in force, and whether, if it was discontinued,
it would be possible to maintain the chiefs in their present position,
and to preserve their influence over their tribes.
412. When the Lieutenant Governor visited Dera Gh^i Khan
Orders of His Honor the ^^ the close of 1873, a committee was appointed,
Lieutenant Governor upon of which the members were the Commissioner,
this question. Settlement Commissioner, Deputy Commis-
sioner, and Settlement Officer, and they were desired to consider and
131
r eporfc the amount of emolument to which they considered the several
Tumandars were entitled with reference to their present income, expec-
tations^ and responsibilities. Finally the Lieutenant Governor being,
upon a review of all the circumstances, satisfied of the great political
importance of maintaining the influence of the border chiefs, determined
that they should be secured in a position equally advantageous with
that which they had enjoyed previous to the Regular Settlement.
He deemed it, however, only just that the liberal treatment of the
Tiimanddrs should be provided at the expense of the State, and not of
the landowning members of their Tiimans. He proceeded to lay down
the principles in accordance with which the question of the Tumanddr s
Btatus was to be dealt with.
413. Firstly, — ^The position of the TumandSrs should not be, as at
Principles to be observed present, that of farmers collecting the " mahsul "
in dealing with the question of certain villages in grain and paying the cash
of the xamandars' status. assessment to Government, but rather that of
** in&mdars " or assignees of the Government share of the produce or assess-
ment, — a position not less honorable than that held by them now, but
more favorable to the proprietary bodies. At the same time the change
in the Tdmanddrs* status should not be accompanied by any reduction of
their emoluments ; on the contrary, their emoluments should, if necessary,
"be increased, as it is fitting that chiefs who have aided in maintaining,
the tranquillity of Frontier tracts should participate in the increase of
the revenues to which their loyal conduct has in no small degree contri-
buted.
Secondly, — As recommended by the Committee, the emoluments of
the chiefs were fixed at or about the values noted below : —
1. Tumanddr of Kasrdnis. — Rs. 1,200 per annum to be given
from the revenues of the Tuman, and paid t«> the recipient
from the Tahsfl Treasury.
2. Koura Kh^n, Mukadam of the Kasrdms.— Rs. 300 per annum.
3. Liind Tumanddr. — Rs. 4,000 per annum.
4. Khosa Tumandir.—Rs. 5,000 per annum, out of which
Sdkandar Kh^n, the acting Tiimanddr, is to receive Rs. 1,000
per annum during the minority of the young chief, and
Rs, 600 for life. Sahib Kh6n, of Daldna, Rs. 200 per
annum.
5. Leghdri Tumanddr.— Rs. 8,000 at once, and Rs. 2,000 on falling
in of progressive jamas.
6 Tumandar of Tibbi Lunds. — Rs. 800 per annum.
7. Tiimand^ of Giirchfinis, — Rs. 3,000 per annum.
8. Tumand&r of Dreshaks. — Rs. 3,191 per annum in addition to
life pension and ma&fi grant at present held by him, and
subject to payment of a quit rent of Rs. 227 to the jfigird&r
of Rdjanpur.
9. TumandAr of Mazdris.— Rs. 10,000 per annum.
152
Thirdly. — Under the peculiar circumstances of the case, the
Lieutenant Oovemor was willing that the Tumandars ( excepting the
Kasr&ni Tumand&r ) should be empowered to collect all or a portion
of their assignments in kind, provided —
(1). That no power of collecting in kind be granted in any
village wherein the custom of taking in kind is not now
in existence, except in the case of the Rhosa village of
B6til, where it is proposed to revive the power of collect-
ing a portion of the revenue in kind, in oraer to strengthen
the hands of the chief whose head-quarters are in that
village, and who, for want of such a power, is unable to
control his clan.
(2). That the proportion of the crop to be taken br the Tuman-
d&r shflJl not exceed that proportion of the produce
which may be deemed fairly to represent the Govern-
(3). That the power to collect in kind be enjoyed only daring
the pleasure of Qovemment, and be liable to be withdrawn
should such a course be deemed expedient.
Fourthly, — All assignments made as above to Tumandirs to be for
the term of Settlement only, and to be subject to reconsideration at the
expiration thereof.
Fifthly. — ^AU grants to be conditional upon good and loyal services
to be rendered bv the Tumand&r on occasions of importance whenever
called upon by the district officer.
In reference to the last condition it was stipulated that the
different chiefs should be bound to furnish sowirs without payment
to the subjoined values : —
Rs.
The Kasrini chief ...
• • •
600 per annam.
The Ehosa chief
1,000 „
The Legh&ri chief ...
2,000 ..
The Oiirch&ni chief ...
1.000
The Dreshak chief •••
800 „
The Maz&ri chief
2.000 „
The pay of each sow&r is to be estimated at four annas a day, and
if additional sow&rs are called out, they are to be paid for.
414. I was directed to submit proposals based upon these principles
Final proposal submitted for the final orders of Qovemment. The first
on these pnnciples. thing I had to do was to determine in accord-
ance with proviso I, principle 3, in what villi^;es the custom of taking
in kind should be continued ; and, secondly, I had to determine what
proportion of the crop might be deemed fairly to represent the Govern-
ment demand. In determining the villages in wnich collections in
kind should be oontinujddi I was guided mostly by the opinions of the
153
Settlement Commissioner and of the Committee, whose proceedings
formed the basis of the Government resolution. Regarding the Khosa
village of Bdtil, exceptional orders had been issued. In the other
Tiimans collections in kind were not authoritatively continued in any
villages in which they had not been in force at or before annexation,
unless with the consent of the proprietary body. The result of this
limitation of the right to collect in kind was that the Settlement was
made directly with the proprietors of 14 villages previously leased to
the Lund Tumanddr, but in which the right to collect in kind had
been recently acquired. Koura Khdn, Kasrdni Mukudam, lost the
right to collect in kind from the four villages which constituted Tibi,
and the Leghari Tumand^r lost the right to make collections in grain
from the Pach^d lands of mauzah Gad^i. Collections in kind will now
be made in thirty villages authoritatively
Lund villages
Khosa
Leghiri
Gurchdni
Dreshak
Maz^ri
•<• •
1
1
8
7
6
7
Total
80
The village of Muharamadpur has agreed to pay revenue in kind
to the Tibi Lund Tumaadar, and thirteen other Maz&ri villags, have
agreed to pay all or part of their revenue in kind to the Maz^ri
Tumand&r.
415. In fixing the share of produce which may fairly be consi-
dered to represent the Government demand, I
to'^''^e:nt'*'^'e°'=Govt;" ^^s guided by the following calculations :-The
ment demand. pay of village servants m Tuman villages, as a
rule, amounts to one-tenth of the gross produce.*
The total produce must consequently be assumed at iWrths. Taking the
•' mahsul " at one-fourth, it is equal to 225, and the " lich " is iVth of the
remainder, or 4-21. The total assests are then 2671, and the Govern-
ment demand at half the net assets should amount to 13*35. To this I
added 333 on account of local cesses, which are payable by the
Tumand&r, and which amount to about one-fourth of the Government
demand, and 1*66, or 10 per cent, on the Government demand to cover
the probable loss incurred in converting grain into cash. The share of
the produce which may be deemed to represent the Government
demand is therefor^ 1834, or approximately one-fifth. Where the
♦ Winnower
6 topas
per pat.
Carpenter
6 „
i>
Potter
6 „
>f
Kotw&l
1 „
ft
Mdlah
1 M
>i
Kariwa
3 »
tf
Weighman
• • •
2 „
»»
Three maandB fire s^rs otit «f the pat of 32 maanda. The topa ia taken at 6 »4n.
V
154
" mahsul " is one-third, the Government demand should be one-fourth ;
but I have not proposed that a larger share than one-fifth be taken in
any case. Where the rate of " mahsul '* is less than one-fourth, the
lower rate will still continue to be taken : —
Revenue derived from date
trees previous to the pre-
sent Settlement.
The date tree asaeasment
41 6. The revenue from date trees was rea-
lized up to the date of the present Settlement
in three ways : —
1.
2.
3.
By the sale of the fruit of date tree groves to contractors.
By fixed leases (muthas) of certain trees granted to indivi-
duals at a low rate. The muthadar paid a fixed sum per
annum to Government, and became lessee of the Govern-
ment rights over the fruit of the date trees.
*'01uyi^ kachy — This was a system of rough appraisement.
The date tree contractor rode round and fixed the value of
the fruit on certain trees. The owner of the land on which
the trees grew had to pay the sum fixed as representing
the Government share of the produce of the trees.
417. The following table shows the amount for which the Govem-
. ..*,.. ment share in the fruit of date tree finroves was
Amount of date tree re- ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^j^^^ ^^^ ^^^ 1861-1862 to
1873-74 :—
venue.
fis.
1861-62 ..: ;
... 7,200
1862-63
... 8,800
1863-64
... 9,950
1864-65
... 9.350
1865-66
.. 9,400
1866-67
... 9,500
1867-68
... 9,500
1868-69
... 9,500
1869-70 ...
... 9,600
1870-71
... 10,650
1871-72
... 11,700
1872-73
... 11,950
1873-74
... 10,660
The income from fixed leases was Rs. 1,714 per annum, and the
income realized in the year preceding the new Settlement by the Ghora-
kach system was Rs. 617-9. Besides the trees from which revenue was
realized by the three methods I have described, there were some trees
assessed with the land revenue at Bs. 1,090-4 per %nn"Tn,
155
418. At the present Settlement it was decided that the complicated
Orders respecting the date system of date tree assessment should be altered,
tree assessment issued at and that it should be made for the future in
the present Settlement. ^j^^ following manner : —
1. That detatched date trees should be assessed with the owners
of the land for the term of Settlement.
2. That the lease of groves of date trees should be sold by
auction, and that the proprietors of the land should be
allowed to take the lease for terms of five years at 10 per
cent, below the amount of the price realized by the
auction sale.
3. Rent-free holdings and quit-lease holdiugs of date trees were
ordered to be enquired inte, and to be resumed or realized
as might be fit. The amount at which the quit-leases
were held was, of course, subject to revision. It was
stipulated that the owners of the land on which date trees
stood, who had formerly received in a majority of cases
less than one-fourth of the fruit of the trees, should in all
cases receive one-fourth the fruit.
The statement appended te this report. No. XV, will show the
present number of date trees in the district, and the amount at which
they have been assessed. The whole number of trees is 4,81,815, of
which only the female trees, numbering 2,39,868, bear fruit, and have
been assessed. 2,25,929 trees have been assessed with the " muthadars"
at Rs. 4,168, or 7 pie per female tree. This sum will be collected with
the land revenue ; 83,035 trees have been assessed with the owners of
the land, and their assessment amounts to Rs. 2,188, or 11 pie per
female tree. This sum will also be collected with the land revenue.
The fruit of 1,72,851 trees has been sold by auction for Rs. 9,240, or
1 anna 3 pie per female tree for the present yeai\ The total revenue
which will be derived from date trees for the first year of the new
Settlement, is Rs. 15,596, or an increase of Rs. 1,515, as against the
former jama of Rs. 14,081. The average produce of a female date tree
is 10 s^rs of fruit, which at Re. 1-8 per maund would be worth 6 annas.
From this 3 annas should be deducted on account of the expenses of
watehing, picking, and carrying the fruit. There then remain 3 annas,
out of which three-foui-ths, or 2 annas and 9 pie, would properly be the
right of Government. The Government, however, takes nothing like
this rate, and obtains a little more than one-third the date tree produce
only in the case of those trees which are sold by auction.
419. The number of revenue-free grants of date trees is 68; of
Re7cnue-free grants of these 40 are in favor of shrines and institu-
date tree. tions, 11 are in perpetuity, 10 are for life, 3 are
miscellaneous, and 4 consist of trees situated on lands occupied by
Government buildings. The total value of the revenue-free grants of
date trees at 1 anna per female tree is Rs. 500 per annum.
156
420 Mr. Tupper, c. s., was appointed to this Settlement as Assist*
Notice of officers. ^^^ Settlement OflScer in January 1873, and
M C L Tu served in that capacity until April 1874. He
pper, 0. B. made himself master of all the details of Settle-
ment work with great facility. He was in charge of the Settlement of the
Jampiir Tahsil during the whole of the time he remained in the Settle-
ment, and it was owing to Mr. Tupper's careful supervision of the work
of that Tdhsil that it was fiuished at the same time as that of the rest
of the district. It had previously been somewhat backward. Mr.
Tupper assisted me very materially in the distribution of the jamas,
undertaking a considerable share of the distribution in the Jdmpur
Tahsil himself.
421. Mfinshi Hiikra Chand, Extra Assistant Commissioner, served
BIfinshi Hdkm Chand Ex- ^^ ^^^^ Settlement as Ex.tra Assistant Settle-
tra AsBifltant Settlement ment Officer from January 1870 to June 1873.
^^^®^* He was a most valuable assistant to me. He
is an excellent Judicial Officer, and is at the same time very active and
able in supervising field work. He never spared himself, and was at
one time seriously ill from the effects of exposure. Miinshi Hukm
Chand won my gratitude by his zeal, and 1 trust that his services will
not be overlooked by Government.
422. Munshi Chimman Ldl served as Superintendent of Settle-
Miinshi Chimman LAI, inent, Tahsil Dera Gh^zi Khan, up to Noyem-
Extra ABBistant Settlement bcr 1871, when he was appointed an additional
^^^®^- Extra Assistant Settlement Officer. Chimman
LAI was a kard&r under the Sikhs, and so was his father before him.
He knows the district better than any other native of it. His
knowledge of the agricultural capacit}' of all parts of the district is
wondeiful, whilst his honesty and integrity are so unquestioned that
his decision on all matters in which local knowledge was required was
almost invariably accepted as conclusive. I was much guided by
Chimman Ldl's opinion in my assessments, and I always found that,
if I differed with him in opinion, it was not because he spoke without
sufficient information. Chimman LaVs appointment as Extra Assistant
Settlement Officer was made specially with a view to his being
charged with the preparation of canal and hill stream registers, and the
results of his supervision of this important work will, I trust, be found
to have fully justified his appointment.
423. I looked upon Mala Singh, Superintendent of Sangarh, as
the best of the Superintendents. This he un-
The Superintendents. doubtedly was, as far as acquaintance with his
work went ; but I regret to say that towards the close of the Settlement
I discovered some mistakes in three of the Sangarh records, the results
of careless supervision on Mala Singh's part, and that I was led to form
an opinion that Mala Singh was not to be trusted not to spare himself
trouble by leaving the work he should do himself to his subordinates.
Fazl Din, Superintendent of Jdmpur, is an honest and trustworthy
official, and a man in whom I had perfect confidence, Ue was Sk Tahsil-
*\
m
dar m the district up to his appointment as Superintendent, aaid his
want of training in Settlement details stood a good deal in his way.
Kirpa R£m, who succeeded Chimman Lai as Superintendent of Dera
Ghdzi Khan, is a good worker; but he is of a jealous disposition, and too
apt to quarrel with his subordinates.
Shekh Subah, Superintendent of R^janpur, rose from the Sadr
Munserimship of that Tahsil. He is a good officer, a quick, and also a
sound worker He was transferred to MuzaflFargarh in June 1873, and
took a very good character with him to that Settlement.
424. Alf Din, Deputy Superintendent, held charge of the R&janpur
T)ie Deputy Superin. Tahsil after Shekh Suba's transfer, and proved
tendents. himself equal to the charge.
Thdkiir Das, Deputy Superintendent, did good work in Dera Qh&zi
Khan and J^mpur, and so did Ratan Chaud in Sangarh and Dera Qhdzi
Khan. Ghasita Mai and Ram Kishn, Deputy Superintendents, both did
good work, but were wanting in character.
425. Babu Prannath Bose, my Head Clerk, was very industrious
The Head Clerk. ^^ ^^® discharge of his duties, with the routine
of which he is well arcquainted. He is a good
accountaBt, and writes a legible hand. He assisted me materially in
the preparation of this report and of the many reports which I had to
submit during the currency of the Settlement, and was always willing
to work beyond office hours.
426. My Sherishtad^', Rdm Singh, served as a munserim and as a
lUm Singh, 8heriBhtadir. Sadr munserim before he waa appointed my
bherishtadar. He is a clever man, and fit for
any appointment in the Settlement. I shall find it difficult to replace
him when he obtains the promotion which he will doubtless receive if
h^ continues to deserve it.
427. Beli R6m, Ahmad Bakhsh, Jamiat]Singh, and IMhi Bakhsh, all
served as Sadr munserims from the time that
BcW ^^^'^ ^*^ "^"^^ attestation waa commenced. They are all good
workers and well fit for substantive promotion
to the posts of Deputy Superintendents.
428. Before concluding this report I must express my hearty thanks
Assietance given to the totheDeputy Commissioner, Captain Sandeman,
Settlement by the Deputy for the manner in which he assisted me
Commissioner. throughout the Settlement. Without the
cordial co-operation which Captain Sandeman rendered me, my task
would have been a far more difficult one, — indeed, had it not been that
the people, and moi'e particularly the chiefs, were constantly reassured
as to the objects of the Settlement, and invited by the Deputy Commis-
sioner to aid rather than to hinder its operations, I doubt whether the
Settlement could have been finished so quickly or, as I believe, so satis-
factorily as has been the case. I have also to thank Captain Sandeman
158
for the very valuable advice which his thorough knowledge of the people
of the district enabled him to give me with regard to the assessments.
The good understanding which existed between myself and the Deputy
Commissioners, both Captain Sandeman and aLso Colonel Shortt for the
short time he held charge of the district, considerably lightened my
labors. I leave the working of the Settlement to Captain Sandeman
with perfect confidence, as I know that his interest in its success is
as great as my own.
F. W. R. FRYER.
Settlement Ojfficei\
APPENDIX A.
Note an the principlet upon which boundary dtepulea bet%eeen the Bhdwalpur
State and the Dera Ghdzi Khan Distriet are to be decided.
The rirer Indus is the boundary between the Bhawalpur State and the
General rale for deciding ^^^ Ghazi Kh4n District, and the general rule
theboandarj between the that governs boundary questions between the
Bhiwalptir State and the British Government and Native States is that the
Dera Ghaai Khan District main river is the boundary in all cases of alluvion,
but not in cases of avulsion (Secretary to Government of India's No. 8631 of
the 24th of August 1860).
The difficulty which has occurred in carrjring out this rule is as follows : —
. J . An island having been formed in the bed of the
c^Sg o^ttKS, "" river by a change in the course of the main .tream,
the island no doubt continues to belong to the
territory in which it was included before the deep stream changed, but to whom
do accretions to such an island belong ?
On the British side it was argued that the ordinary rules of alluvion
and diluvion would govern such cases, and that land gained from the river by
alluvion would follow the status of the river or island to which it was adjar
cent (Gust's Revenue Manual, pages 127 and 128 ).
On the Bhawalpur side it was argued that the Supreme Government rule
applied to cases of avulsion only, and that in all other cases the main river
was the boundary between States.
In February 1871 the Political Agent Bhawalpur and the Settlement
t f th d* t<k Officer Dera Ghazi Khan met to determine a long
emen o e ispu 8. pQQ^jing dispute between the two States, of which
the main points were—
L What lands had been transferred from either State in their integrity
by a change in the deep stream of the river Indus, and what
lands had been transferred by alluvion ?
II. What were the lands originally transferred from one of the two
States by sudden changes in the deep stream of the river, and
what lands had subsequently accrued to lands so transferred?
III. It having been ascertained what lands had been transferred intact
bv changes in the deep stream of the river, to which State should
alluvial accessions to such lands be deemed to pertain ?
Solution of the difficultj These questions were solved by a compromise,
arrived at. of which the following were the principles : —
L The original '' chakar " or island should be identified as far as
possible.
IL Alluvial additions to sueli ** chakar " on ite west or B4janpur side
should be deemed to belong to the Dera Ghazi Khan District,
and alluvial additions to the '< chakar " on its east or Bhdwalpur
side should be deemed to belong t j the Bh&walpnr State.
11
III. lines should be drawn north and south of each *' chakar/* and no
"chakar" should be allowed to gain by alluvion beyond these
fixed li^es. The object of this rule was to preveut the gradual
elongation of " chakars/* the final result of which elongations
might be, as Capf^in Grey pointed out, eventually to shut tha
Bhawalpur State entirely off from its river frontage.
Sanction of the Punjab The terms of this compromise, which was at
Government accorded to the once carried out, were approved by the Punjab
settlement of the dispute. Government, and as they wUl govern all future
similar disputes, I have thought it advisable to state them here.
APPENDIX. B.
Eiverain Lauj as existing between the Dera Ghdzi Khan District and the Dera.
Ismail Khan and Muaa^argarh Districts , as elicited at a meeting qf
the Zaminddrs of these districtSf held at Dera Ghdzi Khan on the
22nd o/Apnl 1872.
I. The deep stream is not the arbiter between the zaminddrs on either
bank of the river as regards proprietary rights in land. Each mauzah is
defined, and land belongs to the mauzah in whose original boundaries it was
incluided, whichever side o? the deep stream it may be on. The deep streaitt
is only an administrative boundary.
II. All lands, whether riverVied or not, have known proprietors, and the
lands, wherever they may be, are divided, when fit for cultivation, according
to known shares.
III. In future the wish of the people of Dera Ghazi Khan is that the
10 per cent, rule be not followed. They wish to follow the third system
proposed in the Financial Commissioner's Book Circular No. 42 of i860, and
to receive remissions for decrements and to be assessed on increments on the
actual area affected by the river in every year. The assessment of the
district is distributed on 'v^ells, and the 10 per cent, rule bears hardly on
individuals, as by that rule remissions of revenue are calculated on village,
and not on well areas.
IV. All lands accruing to a mauzah will belong to their original pro-
prietors, e. g., if a well A loses land which accrues to well B, it may be claimed
by its original proprietor, even though it may not be capable of identification.
V. Wliere lands have once been divided, the division holds good
if lands so divided are carried away and brought up again.
The Mazdris wished not to account for alluvion or to receive remissions
for diluvion, but His Honor the Lieutenant Governor refused to exempt them
from the operation of the ordinary rules. The adoption of the rule, that
remissions should be given for all decrements and all increments assessed, was
sanctioned.
The zamindars located on the banks of the Indus in this district were.
most anxious that the river should not be con-
gSgIhe ri^r Cu^L": ^'^ ^l'« boundary line k^tween the Dera Ghin
Khan and Dera Ismail Khan and Muzanargarn
Ill
"Diairicts, Owing to the peculiar riverain law prevailing on the river Indus,
it often happens that part of the lands of a village are on one side and part
on the other side of that river. The consequence is that the owners of lands
on the river banks are subject to two different sets of courts and of officials
which they much dislike.
I recommended that the rule which makes the deep stream the boundaiy
n J i.- Mai. between districts should be cancelled in so far as
tlemSrSffi^^"'''' i* ^PPli®^ ^ *^« ^®^ ^^^ ^^^^ District and to.'
the districts facing it on the other bank of the river.
The Settlement Commissioner supported this proposal, with the reservation
that if whole villages should be transferred from one bank of the river to
another, a transfer of jurisdiction should follow ; but that if part of a village
remained in the district to which it originally belonged, the jurisdiction over
the whole village should remain with that district.
The Lieutenant Governor declined to alter the rule that the deep stream
Ord f Li te t ^^^^^^ ^ *^® boundary between districts. At
Governor. *^® same time, however, he remarked that the ques-
tion was an administrative, and not a Settlement
one, and that it might be referred through the Commissioner of the Division.
This has been done by the Settlement Officer Dera Ismail Khan.
The Settlement Commissioner had also recommended that in the Dera
Ismail Khan and Bannu Districts the boundaries
tb?D^S*it'^ci4f?l^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ vUlages whether under or above water
of ^ the river made by^he s^^ould be carefully mapped by the Ee venue Survey
Revenue Survey. Department. This proposal was approved, but
does not affect this district, in which the Revenue
Survey was already nearly finished. The Revenue Survey has therefore map-
ped the river boundary only north of Dera Din Panah, in the Sangarh Tahsil.
APPENDIX C.
Copy of a letter from V. Ba.ll, Esquire, m. a., Assidani Geological Sur-
vey of India, to H. B. Medlicott, Esquire, p. g. s., Offg. Superin-
tendent of the Geological Survey of India, dated 2l8t July 1874
I have the honor to inform you that I returned last night with Captain
Sandeman from the coal localities in the Chamaling Valley, situated about
36 miles in a direct line north-west from this place.
The results of my examination of the coal are briefly as follows : —
The first section examined in which coal seams occur is in thc^ Kach-budi
hill. The thickest of these seams did not exceed 4^ inches ; most of the others
being only 2 inches or less. I counted about 10 such seams, which are parted
from one another by thicknesses of from 5 to 25 feet of blue shales, associated
with which is a very distinct fossil bed, which serves to mark the horizon to
which the coal belongs.
The dip of these rocks was 10 ^ to west, but was a good deal disturbed close
by. At several localities further to the south-west the same or vexy similar
/ iv
sections are exposed, the dip rising to from 25 "* to 80 ". The next locality in
which there is a good section is at the northern end of the Harlak portion of
the Karvdda range. Seven seams are here seen, the thickest of which does not
exceed 6 inches. The last locality visited is the one where the appearances
had given rise to the hope that coal in woikable quantity would be found.
The principal seam crops out just inside a small flanking range of the Harlak
hill. The thickness of this seam barely averages 9 inches, all of which,
howeyer, is excellent coal. The dip is 80 % rising in places to as much aa 45^
Along the strike which runs with that of the hill, or about north-east south-
west, the seam was traced for upwards of a mile, and may very possibly extend
much further. From this seam blocks of coal 9 inches thick, and a foot or
more in each of the other dimensions, can be readily extracted. Such blocks
of good coal, until the seam was examined and measured, were calculated to
give, as indeed they did, a too favorable view of the value of the discovery.
The section of the KarvMa hill, which rises almost 1,100 feet above the
Chamaling, enabled me to fix exactly the geological horizon of the coal.
This proved most useful subsequently when examining other sections, where,
though the shales and fossil layers were present, there was a total absence of
any carbonaceous deposit
The accompanying sketch will serve to convey an idea of the geolo-
gical position of the seam.
^n an account of the very interesting geological sections which this
expedition has given me an opportunity of examining, which I shall hereafter
submit, a more suitable occasion for treating of the geology at length will be
afforded. At present it will be sufficient to state that all the rocks between
the plains and the coal localities belong to three series as follows :^>
Ist, — A series of comparatively recent rocks, which are formed of the
debris from the following : —
2nd. — True nummulitics consisting of chunchy limestones, with numerous
fossils of mollusca, &c., and with layers of densely compacted nummulitics.
SrcL — A series or group of sandstones and shales, towards the top oF
which about 500 feet below the base of the limestones occurs the only known
coal horizon.
This series is, I believe, conformable to the preceding, at least so it
appeared in all the sections examined by me. The two series or groups are,
however, distinguished by their respective litholigical characters and fossil
contents.
The oldest rocks (the sandstones and shales) bent into a huge anticlinal
form, the main axis of the Suliman range at this place, the limestones restiag
conformably on the crumpled flanks.
The recent beds above mentioned rest on the upturned edges of both
quite unconformably.
No older rocks than those I have enumerated, and no traces of direct
igneous action, have been met I now return to the coal and to the discussion
of the economic value of the discoveiy. It is perfectly obvious that to work
a seam of only nine inches, which is the thickest that has been discovered,
however good the coal, and however situated with regard to carriage, could
not be done with profit It is, therefore, useless to enlarge upon the prospects
\
l3
of working this seaniy which is aituated in the heart of the hills 150 miles
from the ludus. It remains for me therefore, only to say what the prospect
of the ultimate discovery of a seam or seams of workable thickness may be.
The result of the very thorough search for coal throughout these hills,
which has been made by the Biloch under Captain Sandeman's orders, is of
material aid to me in confirming the opinion which from other considerationB
I have been led to form.
The sections at the coal localities above given do not, I believe, render
the prospect of finding coal in larger quantity in any degree probable, but
rather the reverse. The fossils of marine animab which occur both above
and below the coal indicate that the periods when the growth and deposition
of vegetable matter were possible were of brief duration.
Again, the fact that the same geological horizon in several other parts of
the country yields no trace of coal indicates a limited area of deposit.
Close to the main axis of the Suliman range a much greater thickness
of the lower rocks is exposed, yet so far as I can ascertain only slight traces *
of coal have been found, though the country is better known, and is occupied
by more civilized tribes than is the distant Chamaling Yalley.
Were the geographical position of the Chamaling different from what
it is, it might be considered worth while to prove by boring the lower rocks ,
but the chance of success is fiEtr too slender to justify any such expenditure as
would necessarily be involved in the undertaking. The Biloch chiefs
and their followers manifested the very greatest interest in the coal, and I
feel confident that Captain Sandeman will be duly informed, should, per chance,
a valuable seam be hereafter discovered. With this possibility in view the
proposed' offer of a substantial reward for such a discovery will serve to
sustain the interest of the people in the subject, and may have other indirect
advantages. It is with regret^ however, that I am obliged to state that 1 have
seen nothing to justify a hope that a workable thickness will be discovered in
any position of the area examined by me. Captain Lockwood has prepared a
map of the area visited. A copy of this, with the geological boundaries on it,
I hope to submit with my report above alluded to.
In conclusion, I should state that Captain Sandeman's arrangements and
forethought provided for every contingency, and that in consequence I was
enabled to examine, with the utmost facility, the sections exposed and collect
fossils all along the route of 130 miles, which was traversed by us during ^e
past eight days.
* These I hope to visit when retoming to Dera Qh&si Khan.
»\"
VI
4rlo88<vry of peculunr ctgricuUural and othei^ terms in u$$ in the Dera Ghdei
Khan District,
Adiildpi. — This is a custoni by which a speculator engages to sink a well
in waste land. The proprietor of the laud giyes half of it to the man who
sinks the well, and becomes proprietor of half the welL The land is cleared
•at the joint expense of the proprietor and the cultivator.
Amodnda. — The word " anw&nda " denotes that share of produce which a
landowner receives if he clears jungle at his own expense to make over to a
cultivator. The same custom applies to both Sindh and Pach4d lands. In
the PachiLd, if a proprietor erects his own embankments, he receives
** anwanda " from the cultivators. The share of produce taken as ^ anwinda "
varies from one-fourth to one-eighth aooording to the quality of the land.
Ashkel. — Deceit.
Aw&nda, — A small water-course from a canal.
Band, — An embanked field. In the Pachad fields are embanked for the
purpose of catching and retaining the water 'from hill streams.
Bandar, — A place where the well-bullocks are tied up.
Banjri. — Laud irrigated by a canal alone. Land in the Sindh, not
irrigated by a well.
Banni. — Another name for a band.
Bar. — Uncultivated land.
Bdr, — A heap of grain ready for division.
Bdrah.— Bitter.
BdzydfL — A certain rent payable by a mortgagee to a mortgagor to
keep the rights of the latter alive. It is usually one-fifth to one-seventh of
the amount paid as '' lich " or rent ; some times the amount paid is merely
nominal. The custom of paying '' bazyaft " prevails chiefly in the Sangarh
Tahsil and in the northern parts of Dera Gh&zi Khan TahsiL
Beil, — A second ploughing.
BhiUari,-^A word used in Sangarh meaning rent. It is an equivalent
to "lich.*'
Bi. — A second, another.
Baja. — Spreading out the hand. To spread out the hand in the face of
a Biloch is considered a grave insult.
Buniddi. — Ancestral.
Btitemdr. — This word is not peculiar to this district, but it is used with a
peculiar signification. It applies to a cultivator who, in consideration of his
clearing jungle, obtains rights of occupancy and the privil^e of not paying
" anwanda" The cultivator's right to " anw^da " is saleable and transfer*
able.
Chal. — A flood.
Chdp. — A dam which does not completely stop the flow 6f water in a
canal. A dam of this description is usually made of brush-wood
FTt
vn
CharaiL — A tenant-leit-wil:l.
Cher. — A laborer.
Chikar C\er, — Labor pressed for an emergency.
Choti. — A word sometimes used for rent instead of " lich."
Dajfor.-^Hollow lands retentive of moisture. The only lands that can
be cultivated in this district without canal or hill stream irrigation.
Dak, — A share of land. When waste lands were given revenue-free on
condition of excavating a canal, the lands were divided according to the shares
or daks in which the canal was excavated.
Damda. — The high dorsal part of the district between the Pachad and
the Sindh. Irrigation in the Danda is mostly by wells.
Derah. — A dwelling or encampment.
Dhand — An arm of the river, which is left full of water when the river
recedes. An inland lake.
Drigha. — Long.
Gdn. — A small embanked field within an embanked field. A Gan is
made where there is not sufficient water to irrigate a band.
4jlandah, — Bad.
Gandah, — A dam of earth-work thrown accross a canal or hill stream.
Ger. — A first ploughing.
Gha9, — Good soil, only slightly mixed with sand.
Ghcksdr, — The best kind of alluvial soil. Soil not so good as ghas.
GJiarkdh, — A flood. •
Ghora kach. — A system of collecting revenue from date trees by a
summary -appraisement. A measurement made from the saddle.
Hahhr, — Land which has been once irrigated.
Hdri, — The rabi crop.
Hdsil cher, — A payment. made in commutation for statute labor. This
is the name by which the collections on account of water-rate wei-e known
before the introduction of the term " abiana."
JcUpa, — A flood.
JcU, — A camel herd usually called a Biloch in the Punjab.
Jhdl, — The watering of a band up to the brink of the dams. The second
watering.
JJuddr, — A wheel for lifting water from canals or rivers.
Jhok, — A small village.
Jholi, — A payment taken by a landowner in addition to rent, one pai per
pat or 20 sers from every 32 maunds. Jholi means the skirt of a coat, and
means as much grain as the landowner can carry off in the skirt of his
coat.
Jhi&nband, — A tenant who pays a namranah to the landowner. The
VIU
laTidowner marks out the plot given to the tenant to cultivate by tying
down the bushes. Tenants of this discription generally cultivate after an
agreement with the landowner for a term of years.
Kamdra. — Labor.
Kapoff-, — A soil inferior to Rapar. It is very hard, and sometimoa
braokish. The worst Kapar will grow nothing. The better Kapar will grow
crops with the aid of copious irrigation.
Kardwa. — A grain appraiser.
KaaUr, — An allowance for service. It consists in a remission of land
revenue.
Under native governments the remission waa a share of the " mahsdi."
The greater number of Eandr grants are in the Eajanptir Tahsil.
Kena, — A flat board to which a pair of bullocks are yoked. It is used
for constructing dams and embankments*
KhcuHina. — A laborer on monthly wages.
KkUti Bhutdri. — Another name for rent or " lich."
Kiria, — A branch canal.
Kotak. — A small band, the same as GMLn.
KotdncL — A servant of village guests. A Muhammadan sweeper.
Kotwdl. — A village servant ; his duties are to execute any summons that
may come to the village, to look after strangers, and generally to carry out the
lambardar's orders.
Lamah. — SoutL
Lat. — The embankment- of a field.
Ldtar, — Land which has received an alluvial deposit
Latmdr. — A tenant who has made the embankments of a field. A Latmar
tenant has rights of occupancy in perpetuity or for a term according to cir-
cumstances.
Lich, — The share of produce taken as rent after " mahstil " has been
deducted. '* Lich " is usually one-sixteenth to one-seventeenth, and is called
** sol satarL" There are other names for " lich : " Khdti Bhtitdri, Choti, and
such like, but the most universal name is " lich."
Idchain. — A tenant in the Sangarh Tahsil, who receives one-half or
one^third net produce, and cultivates with the landlord's bullocks. The
landlord also advances the seed for the kharif harvest. If the tenant
receives only one-third produce, he receives a small sum in advance. Some
Lichains are under advances from the proprietor, and must cultivate till the
advances are paid up. No '' lichain " can vacate his holding till the end of
the agricultural year.
Lohr. — A flood.
MacL — A village in the sailab circle ; a raised village.
MahsiiX. — The Government share of the gross produce. The share varies
according to the description of soil. TJndei native governments the *' mahsdl "
was taken in kind. Under the British Government the " tnahsdi " is taken
fr.^"w \
by the person, whether proprietor of the land or not, who is responsible for
the payment of the Government jama.
Mdrkah — An assejnbly.
Mat — Alluvial deposit.
Milk. — Property in land ; land of good quality.
Mikid, — The head of a canaL
Mfindi. — A stump.
Mu^idemdr, — A cultivator who clears jungle. This word and Bdtemar
have the same meaning.
MUtha. — A fixed lease for a term. Many date trees were lease<l in this
way uuder former governments.
Nain, — A hill stream.
Ndli. — A hollow tube, with a wooden cup at the top used for sowing.
I^ok, — Land is so called the first year after it is cleared.
Peuihdd. — West— lands along the base of the Sulimdn range that are
irrigated by hill streams. The western portions of the district are so called.
Pah, — Manure.
Pai. — A measure of quantity, generally 20 sera.
Pand. — The lower part The tail of a canal.
ParopL — A measure of grain.
Pallah — A stack of bhusa. The ataok is surrounded with wattled
brush-wood and leeped at the top.
Patw-^ measure of quantity, generally 32 maunds. •
Pat, — A waste of level uncultivated clay lands.
PatcJdr. — A cultivator of pat,
Rddha, — Cul tivated.
B&kk. — An agricultural laborer.
Bahkdm. — The share of produce which remains after the *' mahstil " has
been deducted.
E^. — A tenant, a subject or dependent.
Bapar, — A hard clay soil, better than Kapar,
Bark, — Cultivation.
Eekh. — A waste of sand hills.
Eel. — The last watering from a hill stream when water is just passed
through the bdnd.
Eij, — The first watering of a band.
i?o^— A hill.
Sam. — A share.
Sdwani, — The kharif or autumn harvest
Sekh, — Irrigation from percolation.
Seo. — Land irrigated direct from a canal or river by lift.
SU. — A brick. It has come to mean proprietary right, because the man
to whom the bricks of a well belong generally owns the land in which the
well stands.
Sindh. — That tract of the district lying along the river Sind or Indus.
Singhhan. — Divided lands.
8tr, — A plot of land in the saildb cultivated by a separate tenant or set
of tenants.
S^nj, — ^Waste.
Tatdr, — Land in the saildb which has received no alluvial deposit
Thai. — A waste of unirrigated land.
Thul. — A tower. A walled village.
Tohra --^A horse's nose bag. A share of grain taken by a landlord
to feed his horse. This payment is the same as '* Jholi."
TrU, — The third ploughing.
Tvkah — Irrigation by flow.
Tuman. — A tribe. It is a Persian word.
Tiimaitddr. — The head of a tribe.
WAa.— The north.
Vdh, — A small water-course.
Vdhi, — A smaller water-course than the Vah.
VaisdJc. — A court-yard.
Vaish, — A custom of periodically redistributing land. This cffdtom still
prevails to some extent in the Sangarh Tahsil.
VaJera. — The small water-course leading from a main or branch stream
into a b^nd.
Vanji. — A canal cutting.
Vat, — The mouth by which water is admitted to a band.
Vichar. — Undivided lands.
Zdl, — A woman.
APPENDICIES
TO THE
DERA GHAZI KHAN SEHLEMENT REPORT.
11
STATEMENT
General Absti^act of area, resources, jama, and rates in
Name of Talisil.
S
55
-a
GQ
B
2
NUMBER OF
MAHALb.
SECTION I (AREA AS
CD
^ S
^
^
(^
Former
Sangarh
Dora Ghdzi Khan -!
82
Present 150
t4
bo
MiNHAI OB KOT
Assessed.
Former
Present
Jam pur
Fonner
Present
R&janpor
I Former
Present
158
189
62
152
Total
! 59
no
Former
Present
6
14
1
24
361
601
7
38
o
a
o
H
8
82
150
2,79,196
4,04,633
160' 3.09,727
191
1
33
68
167
61
167
8,20,227
3
36
o
a
o
1,34,912
1,18,765
1,358
20,962
2,26,181
6,33,320 1,60,540
2,94,889
10,40,596
871
676
10
238
20
1,616
43,762
9,266
1,358
S
o
11
1,35,150
1,18,785
2,974
2,53,363
97,694
1,51,667
11,08,992
28,98,776
6,220
6,787
2,33,964
6,40,493
9.265
1,61,898
1,03,914
1,57,354
17,339 2,51,303
60,927
6,91,420
f
in
No. I.
the several Tahsils of the District of Dera Ohdzi Khan:
ABRANGED FOR ASSESSMENT IN ACRES).
Malquzabi OB Assessed.
o
12
33,616
l;27,529
47,607
1,54,519
35,395
1,77,081
92,457
7^,151
2,09,075
11,88,260
g
13
63,108
85,682
1,15,463
1,78,841
1,10,049
1,06,883
34,425
35,401
3,23,135
3,56,807
Cultivated.
14
5,677
10,209
1,01,119
1,64,407
20,884
58,182
21,689
83,724
1,49,369
2,66,522
4-
08
td}
15
16
41,554 47,231
!
1,12,428 1,22,637
42,664
69,077
49,688
1,29,276
42,404
84,966
1,76,110
3,95,747
1,43,683
2,33,484
70,472
'a
9
CS
>
3|
SECTION II (RESOURCES
AND CAPABILITIES CON-
SIDERED IN DIFFERENT
ASPECTS).
17
1,10,429
1,68,319
2,69,146
4,12,325
1,80,621
1,87,458 2,94,341
64,093
1,18,690
8,25,479
6j62,269
98,518
1,54,091
6,48,614
10,19,076
Abea in acbes and
PEBCKNTAGE OF
TOTATi abea.
1 *
1 .
!
to
I
1"
18
19
20
21
...
6,677
2
2,202
8
182
> • •
130
10,219
2*4
4,823
1-2
7,526
1-9
651
1,01,119
32-7
17,615
6
9,000.
3
8,940
1
1,64,407
20
31,426
4
27,667
3
1,635
1
20,884
12
3,540
2
24,993
9
1,892
1
68,182
26
7,445
3
1 2,471
5
• ••
21,689
8
1,136
1
11,138
• • •
33,724
3
1,206
• • •
40,938
4
2,086
2
1,49,369
13-4
24,493
2-2'
45,313
4
i 10,962
2,66,522
9-2
44,900
1-5
88,602
3
IV
STATEMENT
1
SECTION II (RESOURCES AND CAPABI
Pebcentaoe
OP Produce
Plouohs and
ARRAKOED
TN irx.KOsasA
4^
(See Form IV).
^
1 1
Name of TahsU.
1
<M
umber of he
c.
•
1
525
-a
1
•
Former
compt
m
•
•
w
>
1
Entire n
of cattl
22
23
24
25
26
27
Fortner
3,134
43,290
696
111
7,458
1,424
8angarh ... <
6-6
91-6
1-4
0-2
-
Preserit
4,784
3-9
1,14,423
93-3
ft
2,323
1-9
1,107
0-9
12,064
31,365
Former
• • •
• • •
...
• ■ •
26,674
1,40,474
Dera Gbizi Khan •!
Present
44,636
19
1,82,092
78
4,188
2
2,668
1
42,954
1,36,038
Former
• • •
• • •
■ • «
• ■ •
12,756
67,666
^Jiimpar ... <
1
Present
14,547
1,56,506
13,693
2,702
13,894
1,01,537
.
8
83
8
1
Former
...
■ • •
• • •
• • •
14,904
39,733
Rdjanpur ...<
Present
2,860
3
90,621
77
11,061
9
14,148
11-0
21,631
72,439
Former
3,1.34
43,290
696
111
61,792
2,49,297
Total ...<
6-6
91-6
1-0
0-2
Present
66,827
5,43,642
31,265
20,535
90,543
3,40,379
10
82
5
3
No. I — continued.
LITIKS CONSIDERED IN DIFFERENT ASPECTS).
CATTLE
POPUT^TION.
Wrlls.
Watkb Capacits.
"^Px^.o"
Ar^ag.
■8
1
•S ■
M
§
II
si
'•""•
S
1
.S
1
Water /TmnmntU.
i
1
5
1
■S5
111
If
1
1
11
if
re
3
31
36
86
39
87
9"
21 ft. ;
23
171
9"
21 ft.
13,387
3,601
24S
663
21,477
60
1,36,376
374
4,167
338
1,929
6'
32 ft
6,343
665
IR6
277
3" 2- 10'
23 ft
6,918
33
61,G34
210
76G
98
323
S" T itr
24 ft
6,369
748
36
464
6,91
1-5
71,634
.«
868
53
867
B-r
12) ft
29,74
43,26
3-
2,38,96
3,08,84
298
6,36
6,24
464
4S2
1,481
8,280
... 4.43,039
... .18,28,773
,
STATEMENT
Namo of TBhafl.
1=^
Dera Oh£zi Khan '
Farmer
Preswit
Former
Present
Present
Former
11 2-0 13 :
U lOD IE 6
vu
No. I— continued.
SECTION IV ( PROPOSED JAMA WORKED OUT FROM RATES AND
ESTIMATES).
Rates adopted in assessment.
Estimates adoptee
>.
Irrigated,
*3
^
m
'3
8
'2
'a
13
•2
1
1
1
8
s
1
•
1
•
-3
i
1
■1
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
65
66
Avera
;e of all
Circles a
ctually a
dopted.
. .
• • »
...
•• •
9
15 2
4 11
4 4
10
891
929
34,165
1,760
Well.
Sailab.
Rasdl.
Rasdi.
Sailab.
12 8
8 9
223
Well.
5,805-37
339
5,668
.««
Ekiasli
...
• ■ *
• • •
• • •
• t *
*
• ••
•• •
9 7
13 8
12 4
3 9
Hi
1,18,928-8
41,936-14
11,865-4
7,163-2
Dofasli
•
SaiUb.
WeU.
Sailab.
5
13 8
13,767
14,122
Well
16 7
^
*•.
Ekfasli
• • t
■ • •
■ ■ ■
••*
« « •
■ • •
■ • ■
13 12
1 5 11
Dofasli
4
Wells
117
12 5
4 11
SaiUb.
12 7
9
24,477-2
Well.
2,041-2
22,697-1
32,132-4
Sailab.
7,041-6
Ch4k.
81-4
6,13814
• • ■
Ek&sli
.• *
• • ■
•••
...
•• •
. • >
*■•
9 7
1 10 8
1 8 4
12
19
11,163
14,306
1,438-2
2,558'12
Dofasli
average
>6aU&b.
Well.
SaiUb.
3 10 8
rate.
11 4
9,43fi-14
44,344-4
Chdhi
U
Ch^
Chdk.
1 6 8
Banjar.
Banjar.
Dofasli
2
825
3 17
Nazar&na.
366
« » •
«* •
...
• • •
• • •
• ff •
•••
...
•• •
...
* I .
...
• ••
•••
1,65,469-2
, 79,868-1
79,690-6
16,62010
1 Well. 1
Saildb.
31,03516
•
71,07610
Chak
Banjar.
906-4
Nazar&na.
1
■
365
STATEMENT
'"'"ROl'OSED JAMA WORKED OUT
AMD Ei^TlMATSS)— coagfmfai.
Deia Ohaii Elum
-
-
i
Present
67,612
68,333
lrt,3Bl
.0 6 7
(
Former
1
Prceent
2,80,050
3,34,573
3.03,863-7
1,63,118
10*
2,07,761
6,367
Date tie«
o"u" 8
(
Fonner
1
PreBent
1,02,750
2,07,756
1,13,878
70,296
6-0
93,609
8
(
Fonner
l.»
i
Present
92.702
1*0 <B*
1 infisfi
MiiWt
IX
No. I — concluded.
REMARKS.
62
* Exclusive of Rs. 11,425, the nominal afisessment of the R^janpnr Jigir.
, f Inclnsiye of Re. 13,715 assessed on the Rajanpnr J&gir.
STATEMEM
Classified Btatement
TKNANTd WITH RIGHTS OP
OCCUPANCY.
On ground
I. Sec. XI.
Chapter III,
Act XXVIII
of 1868.
Sangarh
D. G. Khan
Jampor •••
R&janpur
S I— •
5-
1,595
1.249
34
10,396
ToUl ...
13,274
o
U i-H
p -tj
00
■♦->
•c
fe
i
8
A
V
bo
OS
«8 £V
Sg *
•M *^
fcf IS fl
a
12,361
vatecL
Un-
culti-
vated.
9,379 2,982
7,687
558
99,927
1,20,533
c
3.
1321
7-0 ...
Goyt.
rate.
30 113
3-0
0-53
18-0
250
bc
.5
§
o c
sg
»4
955
CulH-
rated.
786
CHlti
voted.
169
o («
0-6
480
71
0-2
1-0
8
c
c
s
be
es
C
lu
3,690
7,182
4,191
1,506
18,833
2-0
28,896
IDI
XI
No. II.
of tenant holdings.
SHABE op PE0DX7CE PAID BY TENANTS HOLDING AT
RENTS IN KIND.
S
o
o
d
>
i^
170
66
216
2,043...
1,026 44
6,112..
8,181 44
O
3,690
4,649
1,912
8,604
18,766
OB
M
6
41
a
O
175
643
O
191
460
i
11
41
108
38
826
660
52
12
44
66
00
CO
g
i
5
CO
-a
•♦->
p
I
0)
s
90
s
V c a;
be 0)
I
1* 6
l48
I
a
o
o
H
148
8,690
7,182
4,191
13,833
10
5
G
a "
S
"a
^ G
ce bo
it
32,213
Culti-
rated.
culti'
rated,
24,736 7,477
73,914
63,676
11
12
I
JO
o
3 G
1
.S
bo
•p.
« G
70
8-0
90
1,38,004
28,896
a,07,807
120
90
93
xu
STATEMENT
Abstract of Produce Statement
1
2
Name of Village.
Tat&rwibla
3 ' Noubegr&j
4 Mehdl Nowshera
5 Rakhba Liindan
6 T&lSbum&li
7 To ansa
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
Hairo Poadi
Ditto
Ditto
Rarh^Ii
Ditto
Litri Jani!ibi
R^janpiir
ABEA OBSERVED.
Local Measure.
Ditto
Ditto
1 Maria watered by
jhaUr.
1 do.
2 Marias watered by
canal.
, 1 Kan&l watered by
hill streams.
3 Marias watered by
K^lip&ni.
10 Marias watered by
bill streams.
4 do. do.
6 do. do.
5 do. do.
5 do. ' do.
5 do. do.
5 do. do.
5 do. do.
4 Eanils 7 Marias
3 do. 8 do.
'2 Ghnmdos 2 KaniLls
2 Marias.
^ a
15
16
30
300
45
150
60
76
75
75
76
76
76
1,305
1,020
Name of crops, with produce
of area obserred.
Jowir. Bijra. Til. Bice.
M. 8. a
6 4 do. do. do.
7 8 do. do. do.
do. 6 do.
3
6,445
Grain.
M. S. C.
7 14
3 27 8
2 12 8
28 12
6 15
4 I8i
4 13i
7 13 12
13 7 8
60 35
Jr. S. C.
12 10.
M. A 0.
37 ...
Jow^ straw,
£m, S. C
4
5
4
2 20
4 'b
3 20
3 20
6
12 20
66 10
. .
xm
No. III.
of Leva OMzi Khan.
Produce per acre.
Jow4r. BAjra. TU. Rice.
M. s, a
30 do. do. do.
36 do. do. do.
M, 8. a
14 16
Remarks.
28 32
M. s. a
... 17 30
Grain.
jyc, 3. G,
9 8
36 16
22 8
16 20
6 28
4 26
4 26
Jf. S. C.
20 12
Jaw&r straw.
M. 8. a
192
192
153
96
134' 16
134 16
134 16
The land was not manured, and is not near the village
site. The crop was good.
The land was manured, and is near the Tillage site.
The crop was good.
Manure was not thrown on the land, which is far
from the Tillage site. The crop was good.
The land was partly manured, and is not adjacent to
the Tillage site. The crop was good.
The land was irrigated from the Kaha, a perennial
stream, but was not manured. Crop was not good.
Same as in No. 5.
The land was not manured, and is near
site. The crop was not good.
The land was not manured, and is near
site. The crop was good.
The land was not mantired, and is near
site. The crop was an aTerage one.
The land was not manured, and is near
site. The crop was not good.
No manure was put on this land, which
Tillage site. The crop was an aTerage
The land was not manured, but is near
site. The crop was not good.
Ditto
ditto
the Tillage
the Tillage
the Tillage
the Tillage
is near the
one.
the Tillage
ditto.
This is canal cultlTation. The land was not manured,
and is near the Tillage site. The crop was good.
The out-turn per acre was in standard weight 16
maunds 10 s^rs, and local weight 13 maunds.
Irrigation was carried on from the canal by flow.
The land was manured once in three years, and is
near the Tillage site. Out-turn per acre was in
standard weight 37 maunds 8| s^rs, and local
weight 29 maunds 31 sdrs.
The land was irrigated by flow from the canal, and is
near the Tillage site. Out-turn per acre in standard
weight 27 maunds, and local weight 21 maunds
24 s^rs.
XIV
STATEMENT
'I
Jz;
17
Name of Village.
B^janpur
18
Ditto
19
Ditto
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
Bari Kbis
Ditto
Marhata
Ditto
Yirt
EachiPatkfi ..
Ditto
Ditto
Sett. Officer*8
bungalow ..
AR£A obsebyed.
Local Measure.
1 Kan&l 7 Marias ...
4 do. 4 do.
ao
s
3 do. 3 do.
29
Ditto
1 Maria
1 do.
2 do.
1 do.
1 do.
1 do.
1 do.
1 do.
2 Kanils 16 Marias
6 do. 11 do. ...
40fi
1,260
975
15
15
30
15
15
15
15
16
840
Name of crops, witb produce
of area observed.
Qrain.
AT. s, a
1 4 10
7 22
8 22
Wbeat
Do.
1,965
Do.
'Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Barley
Jowar straw.
M.& a
2
Bajia.
4^ s^rs.
l\ do.
6 do.
n
do.
24
do.
6i
do
H
do.
2i do.
5 8
8 8
XV
No. Ill — concluded.
Produce per acre.
fiemarks.
This is a canal irrigated crop. The land was nofc
manured, but is adjacent to village site. Out-turn
per acre in standard weight 7 maunds 32^ s^rs, and
local weight 6 maunds 14 s^rs.
The land was irrigated by lift from the canal, and
was not manured. It is far from the Tillage site.
The out-turn per acre in standard weight 7 maunds
lOf s^rs.
Irrigation from wells. The land was not man-
ured, and far off from the village site. The out-turn
per acre in standard weight 13 iqaunds 4^ s^rs, and
local weight 10 maunds 19f s^rs.
The soil is first rate and manured. Yield per acre
17 maunds.
The worst lands of the Odaiwi^la well were examined,
and the yield per acre was 6 maunds. The land of
well is not good.
The best soil of the Hariw&la well was obstrved.
Yield per acre 12 maunds.
The land is poor, and yields per acre 4 maunds 20 s^rs.
The yield of average quality of land without manure
was 10 maunds per acre.
The soil of this mauzah is first rate, and produces
25 maunds per acre.
The land is good, and yields 15 maunds per acre with-
out manure.
The soil is of average quality, and without manure
produced 10 maunds.
The out-turn was 6 maunds 8 s^rs ; wheat by standard
weight, and straw 10 maunds 20 s^rs. The crop was
of average quality. At this rate the out-turn per acre
was 17 maxmds 38 s^rs standard weight, and straw
30 maunds. The land was well irrigated, but it
is naturally not good.
The yeild per 6 Kanal or 11 Marias was 8 Maunds
and 8 chittiks standard weight, and straw 16
maunds standard weight. The out-turn per acre
was 11 maunds 30 s^rs standard weight, and straw
16 maunds standard weight. The land was well
irrigated, but not manured. The local bigah which
equals half an acre has been follow^ in these
experiments in the Dera GhiUi Khin Tahsfl. In
the other Tahsfls the settlement bigah, 9 Kanils
12 Marias, equal to one acre, has been followed.
XVI
STATEMENT
General Abstract of area under Crape ehomng productive capacity in the
Name of
Tahsil.
Sangarh ...
D. G. Khan
J&mpar
Rajanpur
ToUl ...
Present Statos.
Yield per acre
xLTc& • • • . .
Value of gross produce
Yield per acre
Ajea •. • .. '
Value of gross produce
Yield per acre
xLFwtt • • • • ■ <
Value of gross produce
Yield per acre
Area ... . •
Value of gross produce
Yield per acre
Area ••• •••
Value of gross produce
CROPS OF THE
o
M. 8. C.
14-33-0
8-0-0
218-2-0
20-25-0
608-0-0
47,939-12-(J
18-30-0
80-0-0
5,265-0-0
14-5-i
332-0-0
13,692-5-8
1,023-0-0
67,115-3-8
R. A. P.
30-U-O
59-0-0
1,720-0-0
34-0-0
493-0-0
17,794-0-0
36-0-0
441-0-0
16,960-0-0
34-0-0
707-0-0
26,364-0-0
1,700-0-0
62,838-0-0
i
M. S. C.
3-39-0
3,804-0-0
23,362-10-0
3-38-0
30,848-0-0
4,61,893-10-0
3-24-0
7,777-0-0
90,041-7-6
4-1-0
685-0-0
4,635-3-3
43,014-0-0
5,79,932-14-9
.8*
Bs.
8
913
4,844
913
4,844
u
c
C
o
Bs.
24
5
540
8
3
24
40|
1
401
9
604
No. IV.
teverat Amettment CinUa of tH« Sera Ohdzi Khan Dittrict
IBT ORDER OF VALUE.
1
1-
1
S
a
S
I
^
1
1
1
1
U. S. C
M
M.
M
H. S.C
0-8-7
4
7
4
0-ro-o
O-W)
2
78
1
0-1-0
0-17-6
40
601
18
0-1-0
'
0-7-3
11
O-Il-O
0-32-0
42
0-31-0
2.B71-3.0
m
lTi-lO-11
0-7-0
68fi-0-0
29,S71-10-6
-
...
...
626-0-0
2
120
1
0-32-0
9
19,279-0-OJ 69| 38| 2
66,827-0-0
32,2S0-3-6
40
1,000
IS
I7S-12-11
1,080
3,91,632-2-1
!,1W
'4'
lI.44,G4i-4-lI
xnu
^
STATEMENT
Name of
TahBiL
Sangarh
D. O.^Ehan
JampoT
Bijanpor ...
Present Stataa.
CROPS OF THE
Total ...
Yield per acre
aAJlVA ... . . I
Value of gro86 prodaoe
Tield per acre
^Liea ...
Value of gross produce
Tield per acre
^LXwA • . . . .
Value of gross produce
Tield per acre
AiXCA ... . ■
Value of gross produce
M. S. C.
9-23-0
26,294-0-0
1,77,788-7-0
O
M. S. C.
7-29-0
376-0-0
1,667-7-0
lO^-i
66,311-0-0
12,62,808-2-9
9-16-0
26,893-0-0
4,41,739-6-0
Tield per acre
Area
Value of gross produce
8-24-0
44,256-0-0
6,48,820-3-4
1,52,764-0-0
25,31,166-0-}
9-3-i
160-0-0
3,012-3-0
7-20-0
1,886-0-0
36,937-1-6
8-12-0
3,438-0-0
28,193-11-2
I
1
6,868-0-0
68,810-6-8
M. 8. C.
8-36-^
3.0«0
30-6-0
9-16-0
221-0-0
3,421-7-9
224-0-0
3,461-13-9
I
K.S.C.
6-37-0
10,604-04
23,783-3-0
7-304
1,07944
20,606-94
6-294
6,76844
40,764-94
6,2974-4
17,97044
90,451-5-10
No. IV — continued.
2SJ> ORDER OF VALUE.
7-5-8
46,389-0-0
1,61,116-2-0
n
8.3-0
82,936-0-0
11,09,679-11-6
M. S. C.
7-15-0
32,799-0-0
1,38,778-13-0
a,
7-25-0
1,10,897-0-0
6,80,861-2-104
8-3-8
34,914-0-0
4,75,331-6-9
M. S. C.
2-37-0
59-0-0
315-0-0
R. A. P.
o
6-0-0
23-0-0
232-2-0
8-0-0
27,407-0-0
2,16,788-14-7
2,66,629-0-0
21,67,440-14-11}
6-17-0
5,944-0-0
45,243-4-6
2-35-0
102-0-0
1,125-2-3
8-0-0
4,205-0-0
40,016-0-0
I
o
a
e
1
5-0
1-0
6-10
8-0-0
216-0-0
Maf
7-28-0
4,110-0-0
29,852-15-8
2-36-0
159-0-0
931-15-1
77,767-0-0
6,99,206-7-11
13-13-0
2,468-0-0
35,377-4-0
32-0
10-0
328-0
8-10-0
194-0-0
2,198-7-4
10-30-0
4,580-0-0
50,272-8-0
343-0-0
2,604-3-4
4,615-0-0
42,214-7-4
11-0-0
10,428-0-0
81,411-14-6
11-rt
333-10
174-1-0
1.67,061-10-5
1,14,423-0-0
5,03,479-6-0
1,82,092-0-0
29,47,069-1-0
1,56,506-0-0
12,99,692-10-4
90,621-0-0
10,22,489-14-14
5,43,642-0-0
57,72,731-0-21
1
STATEMENT
9c=
Camber of
Tahsa.
^j^angarh
1
D, O.Ehan.
P resent SUttis.
Yield per acre
xXX^cb ••• •■• •■• ••!
Value of gross produce
Yield per acre
axIwm ••• ••• >•• •••
Value of gross produce
^impxa
Yield per acre
j^rcA • • • ■ « i
■ • • • «
Value of gross produce
SajaApur
Yield per acre
^\ Xa^cL ••• ••• ••• •••
Value of gross produce
Total
Yield per acre
I • • I
Value of gross produce 1 ,32,658'6-0
CROPS OF THE 8BB. ORDEB OF
CQ
M. s.a
6-10-0
638-0-0
1,169-0-0
M. S. C.
7-20^
1,602-0-0
6,904-3-0
fe»
I
8-30-0
2,187-0-0
30,629-0-0
€-18-0
11,686-0-0
64,901-0-6
8-22-8
1,678-0-0
20,706-0-0
9-23^
1,806-0-0
16,766-4-0
6-20-0
3,499-0-0
36,969-0-6
17,910-0-0
7-39-0
2,851-0-0
M, S.C.
9-9-0
283-0-0
1,694-1-6
11-27-0
422-0-0
6,638-0-6
7*20-0
201-0-0
1, 686-13-0
9-21-0
4,692-0-0
22,871-13-10 41,204-16-6i
-»*i
7,737-0-0
66,238-8-10
6
1
6,698-0^
61,023-14-6)
1
6
to
I
PP
»• •
36
19
720
19
7901
XXI
No. IV — continued.
VALVE.
CROPS OF THE 4th ORDER OF VALUB.
•
•a
1
1
•
1
^
o
1
R.A,P,
M.'S.a
M. S.C.
R.
M. S. C.
R. A. P.
•••
8-0-0
2-20-0
1-10-0
•« «
• • •
■••
• • •
• • •
2,823-0^
919-0*0
172-0^
16-0-0
• • •
■ • ■
•••
• ••
• • •
9,657-6^
6,228-0^
491-6-6
9-13-0
• • •
• • •
•• ■
• • •
• ••
••'«
10-0-0
5-0-0
4-21-0
10-26-0
10
5-0-0
4-2-8
5-0-0
4,188-0-0
1,933-0-0
26-0-0
274-0-0
79-0-0
29
2-0-0
14-0-0
13-0-0
57,978-8.6
1
19,868-0-0
396-1-6
1,095-1-9
1,269-12-0
290
10-10-0
70-2-3
69-1-0
••«
80-0
5-0-0
1-10-0
7-20-0
• • •
• • •
1-10-0
• • •
1S,693.(M)
1,581-0-0
26-0-0
71-0-0
27-0-0
■ • •
• • •
1-0-0
• ft »
82,244-1-6
21,384-0-0
367-8-0
92-2-0
776-4-0
ft • •
»• •
11-0-3
• ■ •
s
M,S.C.
■ •«
7-3-0
■ • •
2-30-0
7-1-0
• • •
3-6-0
3-5-0
4-2-8
11,061-0-0
6,007-0-0
• • •
706-0-0
312-0-0
• ■ •
215-0-0
27-0-0
5,097-0.0
1,00,765-18-10
33,767-14-i
*••
1,306-5-8
3,015-8-8
• • •
702-3-1
59.8-7i
10,262-8-6
•••
1
•« •
• • «
■ ■k
• • ■
•• •
«••
•■ •
81,265-0-0
11,440^).0
222-0-0
1,067-0-0
418-0-0
29
217-0-0
42-0-0
6,110-0-0
2M645-13-4
81,247.14-i
1,265-0-0
2,603-12-5
5,065-8-8
290
712-13-1
180-1 1-i
10,831-9-6
^
• «
XZll
STATEMENT
Nninber of
Tahsa.
Sangarh ...
D. O.Ehan...
Jimpttr
BiLjanpnr ...
Present Btattu.
Yield per acre
^^lea • « . ••. ... •..
Value of gro88prodace
CROPS OF THE 4th ORDER OF VALUE--
Yield per acre
^aXcta •.* ... ■■* ..•
Valae of gross produce
Yield per acre
aXa wA ••• ■•• ••• ••!
Value of gross produce
Yield per acre
Area...
• • • • 4
Value of gross produce
Total ...
10
199
1,960
d
22-20
8-0
392-5-6
•■•
Yield per acre
^LxCB • • . • . •
Value of gross produce 1,960
199
S-O
392-5-6
3
Q
I
7-20-0
2-0-0
73-2^
6.33-0
1,674
11,553-8-1
m*»-
1,676-0-0
11,626-10-1
Sz:
R.A. P.
2-8-7*
0-2-0
5-1-3
3-5-0
210-0-0
590-4-11*
1,107-0^
6,729-3-6
2,568-0-0
25,02M2-6
2,712-0^
28,091-13^
14,148-0-0
61,257-13-74
212-0-01 20,536-0-0
596-6-2||l,16,10MO-7i
Ho, IV—conclvded.
XXlll
concluded.
Jama value
one-eighth,
one-ninth,
one-tenth,
one-twelveth
gross produce.
•
Total area
under crops.
B E M A B E 8.
• ••
1,22,637-0-0
l^,t0,650-ll-0
•••
•■ •
68,333-0-0
•
The yield per acre shown is the arerage yield of
all the different circles in each Tahsil. The actoal
yield for each circle was shown in the Assessment
Keport. The price current is different for each TabslL
•
2,33,484-0-0
•••
•••
•
38,07,516-0-5
8,34,573-0-1
•••
1,87,458-0-0
*• •
•« a
16,58,348-5-0
2,07,755-8-9
■
• • •
1,18,690-0-0
•••
• • •
*
12,67,607-12-8
1,40,464-0-0
• • •
6,62,269-0-0
•
72,84,022-13-1
7,54,125-0-0
•
i
XXIV
STATEMENT
Statement showing the Revenue rates, proposed rates, and rates finally
Description of soil.
Chahi-Nahri, EkfusU
Ditto, jyaisisM
ChAhi
• •« •■* ■••
••ft •• I
p • • » I
&&ilib
Banjri
I • • I
Do., first class ...
Do., second class
KdUpini
PacbM
Do., first class ...
Do., second class
Ckdhi-A'ahri
0)
o
>
S
1 i
■ • • • •
>• ••• ••• •«•
•»» ••« ••«
••t • 9 • "•• ••• ■!
• ■ • • »fl
> • « • •
I 10
OHO
4 4
t
Vi
a
o
15 6
7 9
13
San
u
o
t
14 9
11 3 11
9 8 0.13 1
7 7
12
XXV
No. V.
adopted for each Circle in the different Tahails of the D. 0, Khan District.
6 AB H.
Saildb.
Danda,
Faohdd*
o
1
1
i
1
J
"S
f
1
1
i
1
1
•
1
1
1
• ••
• • •
• ■ •
• • •
•• >
» • •
•••
• • •
•••
• ■ •
• ••
• ■ •
• • •
•••
• " •
•• •
• ••
•■ •
1 10
12 10
1 1 1
14 2
12 2
15 1
14. 2
12
1 1
5
11
10 7
8 10
11
8 9
8 7
• • •
• • •
• • •
« • •
• • ■
« • ■
• • •
• ■ •
•••
• ■ •
• ••
• • •
•
••■
• ••
• • I
• • •
• • ■
•••
• • •
• • •
• ■ •
• ■ •
■ ••
• • •
• ••
• • •
• t ■
• • •
• • •
• ••
•
• ■•
• • •
• • •
• • •
• • •
•■ •
• ■ •
• • ■
• • «
8 8
.0 10
2 8
8 8
2 2
8 8
8 8
6 6
6
1
• ■ •
• • ■
• • •
• ••
• • •
•• •
• • •
• »•
••«
• •■
• ■ ■
• • •
• • ■
• •9
•• •
•
• ••
• « •
•• •
Al
DesciiptiM) (tt soil.
CiShi-J/akn.
i
1
t
-s
1
i
1
i
i
No. V-^contmued,
xxvir
Ghazi Eh Air.
jAMPUit.
J>anda,
Paokdd
•
ChdhirNahH,
1
1
Sate adopted.
1
•
i
Rate adopted.
i'
1
1
1
1
1 3
1 3 3
1 1
13
10 6
0*13 11
1 14
3
1 6 11
1 « 6
.• ■
•#•
•* •
• • •
t • •
*••
4
4-0
4 0-
1 4
1 e 6
16 9
1 4
1 1
15 4
1 8
12 7
1 2
13
8
11 3
14 7
13 9
12 3
12 4
1 11
11 3i
11
13
8
11 3
10 11
13 8
6 1
7 8
K •••
••■•
1 ■ *
• • •
• • •
•• •
••#
• ri
*••
1 1
2
13
•
15
•
• <•
■ • •
•••
■ «■
•• •
• • •
•••
1^1
• «•
...
■••
•■•
«••
*•«
• ••
■••
••<
7
13
13
7
1 10
15
• • •
•••
•••
•••
• • t
•••
• ••
• ••
•• •
• • •
•••
• r.
• • •
»• •
•■•
• • •
.. •
•••
■ • •
* .«
H9
XXVUl
1
STATEMENT
Description of soil*
Ch&hi-Nahri, SkfaaU
Do., Do£a8li
Ch^
SaiUb
Banjri
>• • •• • ••«
■• • i • •••
•«• ••• •<•
Do,, first class
Do., second class
JAIIPUB—
Saildb,
1 14 S
12 2
1
1 8
117^
P4
o
■g
1 f 8i
1 110 13 2
KiMpim ...
« 9 • • • •
Pachad
Do., first class
Do., second class
112
1
12 9
14
1
Xdldpdni.
o
s
12 2
1
o
1 4
o
I
14
1 8 2k) 14 7
9 410 6 U
«*•
2 1
7 8
2 3
No, V — continued.
XXIX
concluded.
PachAd.
I
s
t
i3
1 2 3
•s
I
16 8i 13 6
M
P
Dagar.
o
P4
o
■s
I
RAJANPUa
Chdhi-Nahri.
a
s
en
2 1 10 19 8
4
16 7
1 1 2
10 9
4
P4
o
-s
o
1 10
3 13 14
1 6 5i 1 7 11
10 6} 12 8
14 If
13 8
1 6|
13 4
4 9
1 4|
6 9f
« 10
3 6i
8 9
STATEMENT
Description of soil.
Chihi-Nahri, Ekfosli
Do., Dofasli
Ch^
SailAb
Banjri
Do.f first class ...
Do. second class
Kil&pdnl ...
Pachid
BAJAlf-
SaUdb,
• ■• ••• •••
«■■ •■• •*•
I • > • • vat
• • • •• • • ••
Do.| first class
Do., second dlass
I
i
4
19 118
4
1 6 7
112
1 9
8
3
12 8
12 11
12
t
&karkdb.
i
s
t
I
I
1 11 11
3 4
16 4
12 4
16 2
2 MO
4
1 6 7
1 13 8|
4
1 6 2
o
I 1 20 15 8
10 10
1 14 6
4
16 4
11 7
109135^11 11
8 00 2
10
No. V — concluded.
XXXI
FUB.
ITakri.
a
«>
1 9 1
13 6
IS
1 8
b 8 54
o
•s
I
16 10
I
s
PacU^i.
I
a
i
GU
O
I
8 4
8 00 1 4
10
16 7
1 1 2
10 9
12 8
8 Ol
1
1 Oi
6
3
11
18
XXXll
FORM E—
General Statement in acres of TahsUs Sangarh, Dera Ohdzi Khan,
N.
^
tT
Highest Assbssuent of
•s.
^:s
■v4
•
VILLAGE.
•
5
t»
1
1
is
**
c
**
*!
P
la
cSl
a
OD
i
JZ5
Settle
<1
d
1
1— •
^
Pachad
Khiliia
1
Utra
411 8
225
200
2; Barot Mandowini
83
83
33
0^
3' Basti Bozdar
177
177
177
d
4 BoghlAni
1,283
1,283
1,176
«
6 Blnda
370
340
258
6 Bindi
2,619
1,600
1,600
7
Bcchrih
916
500
500
8
Barind
18
18
18
9
BMtiinwdU
42 8
80
20
10
Biihar
997
634
601
«
11
Pard&n
136
136
116
a
12
Pard&nGharbi
40
40
40
a
13
Pukhdn
509
509
609
14
Xomi4na
• • •
V • •
• • •
15
Tounsa
5,386
3,315
3,316
16
Tiib
861
600
600
17
Thiil Pindi
167
84
84
18 Thala Chaki
71
71
71
19 Jatogadi
641
641
625
»■
20 Jhang
947
800
800
pa
<
21 Jhangar
58
S3
27
22
Jhok Banda
• ••
• • •
*• •
23
„ Bodo
95
95
95
^
24
„ Butew41i
132
132
132
25
„ Chdpri
21
21
21
26
,, Raiijh6w&li
500
70
70
27
„ Rohil
400
265
265
28
„ K&zlwAli
521
373
373
29
„ Kouro
48
34
34
30
„ MasuwAli
200
143
143
81
„ Mangldwali
53
53
53
q
82
„ Y&ranwili
100
90
8
90
q
33
Chitpdni
137 8
110
110
q
84
Ch&tha
88
38
38
a
35
ChakJara
25
20
15
q
86
Soura Bucha
8
8
8
d
87
ChakL41Shah
40
32
82
88
ChdraVi
•••
• • •
■• •
89
Hainalw41i
24
24
24
40
Domra Janiibi
245 11
17
154
q
41
Domra iSham&li
134 13
100
95
42
Rokiani
50
50
50
43
Rindw&la
21
21
21
44
Rorh^i
34
84
34
q
45
1
Sokar
2,277
175
1,342
— •••
ixxm
STATEMENT No. VI.
Jdmpur, and Bdjanpur, Dera Ohdzi Khan Dietrid.
201
278
33
463
177
1,264
1,176
1,696
258
198
1^1
1,338
500
1,084
IS
92
20
23
501
1,686
116
678
40
296
614
2,156
76
336
3,309
3,627
506
1,071
84
171
80
106
624
1,194
766
632
27
78
143
389
95
2,409
132
250
21
126
70
333
265
700
379
328
34
187
143
404
63
87
90
108
110
926
38
465
16
71
9
40
32
24
76
836
24
147
155
880
96
401
60
421
21
974
34
930
M42
1,497
6
14 8
4
8
12 8
4
4
16
1
13
2
13
13 4
14 8
6
14
16 4
2 8
16 10
1 4
10
8 8
7 4
14
12 8
10 8
2
6
8 4
8
10 01
3 4
14
12 8
8
1 4
6
4 8
6 4
12 8
14 8
16 4
11
9 4
2 8
160
83
293
2,060
286
1,840
634
80
22
1,172
170
69
782
106
4,000
700
119
109
1,123
846
38
175
380
173
31
162
846
520
80
190
80
99
288
200
19
13
22
106
102
80
105
180
170
1,716
Total ABBA.
MiMHAl.
1,153
1,398
4,328
6,113
666
3,953
8,067
1,760
46
4,631
6,574
2,999
8,091
9,175
11,000
3,129
2,228
278
4,573
1,452
202
3,395
18,619
606
1,835
3,925
3,810
687
2,468
1,622
183
1,011
8,809
2,113
291
502
314
6,645
602
2,038
2,046
4,663
6,647
6,806
3,170
» ■ •
I* •
I* •
>••
•••
11
76
634
936
663
160
678
321
133
2
946
2,573
2,219
1,216
1,313
3,188
660
703
29
1,346
178
14
1,469
4,708
62
363
718
1,315
67
173
335
15
367
1,443
446
16
87
26
276
61
180
186
3,092
1,452
376
864
a2
GeneTTftl Statement in acres of TaJisii
Puchid
EUlM
1
E
8
1
S
Utra ... :"
Barat Huidmrfcoi
Baati BoidAr
Boghlfeni
Biada
6
Bindi
7
B
S
Bechrth
Barind
10
11
Bdhar
Paidin
12
Pardtta Qharbi
13
Pfikliin
14
TomiSna
16
Tounsa
16
Ttib
17
Thiil Pindi
18
Thala Cb&ki
IB
Jatgidi
20
Jhang
21
Jhangar
22
Jhok Bandf
23
„ Dodo
2*
„ Bntewili
I
a
26
„ Cbipri
„ KinWwili ...
„ Bohil
28
27
5s
28
„ E&iiwiU
^
29
„ Kouro
80
81
„ MangUw£lj ...
32
„ YirittwiU
83
Chitpini-
34
Chitha
35' Chak Jarf
86. Soura Bncba
8T| Cbak LU Khah
38, Chtraki
89, Hanmlwili '
40 Domra JanAbi
41 DonnShunili
42 Kokiini
43 Rindwila
44 EorhWi
46: Sokar
XXXV
STATEMENT No. YI— continued.
Jdmpur, and Rdjanpur, Dera Ghdzi Klian Vistrid.
JAOIB.
IE ON
- — ■■—
Absbssment pbb Aci
r3
1
•^
SJ
^
*2
-S
fiEHABKS.
9
a
i
<
-6
II
1
5
11
11 •
H
Eh
H
S
1,077
2 1
2 8
2 8
864
11
19
17
3,392
1 1
1 6
16
4,461
6 6
7 4
10 1
416
8 1
11
12 6
• 3,275
7 6
9
11 8
2,736
3 4
3 8
0*7 7
1,637
9
9
8
.
44
7 8
8
8
3,685
4 1
6 1
8 1
3,001
6
11
17
780
4
16
2
6,876
16
1 8
2 4
7,862
2
3
2 2
7,812
6 10
8 2
8 10
2,479
3 7
4 6
6 8
1,525
10
13
17
249
6 3
7
7
3,227
3 11
5 7
7 7
1,274
9 4
10 7
12 1
188
3
3 3
3 6
1,936
10
16
2 8
13.91]
4
6
10
544
4 7
6 1
6
I
1,472
3
4
2
3,207
7
9
3 3!
2,496
1 6
2 3
2 8'
609
12 1
13 8
13 8
2,296
6
7
3 9
1,187
2
2 7
3 10
168
7
7 7
8
644
17
2 6
3 11
7,366
6
8
♦ 1' 6
1,667
16
1 U
8 8
275
1 1
1 1
1 10
465
5
5
1 4
17
288
1 1
13
6,370
4
5
16
651
2 3
2 6
4 6
1,858
10
Jl
16
1,860
8
8
13
1,671
4
1 1
17
4,195
6
8
11
6,430
6
5
13
2,806
8 8
8 9
9' 11
^
FORM
General Statement in aorea of TafiMa Stmgarh, Dera Ohdzi Khan^
)
.53
8
Pachid
KMlsa
I
m
QQ
Chihi-
Nafari
I
3
02
Khalfla
I
YILLAGB.
46
47
48
49
60
51
62
63
64
66
66
67
68
69
60
61
62
63
64
66
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
76
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
Sounra
Ealeri
Eot Easrini
Eotla Sajawal
Eot Mohoi
Eokowah
Ehetrinw&Ia
G^
Gtina
L41Shah
Liiia
Lohara
Mirakwihi
Mati
Makwul Eaian
Mandribii
Mangrota
Mahanda
Nardali
Hadw^
Hairo Pachidi
HairoPo&di
Total
Babh^n
Bdl&ni
Bet Lada
P^r
Tibi
JeldlEhin
Dona
Bori
Zorwith Kaziti
Shekh Glirda
EachiUa
Eab£r Sbah
Eotla Ismail
Eotla All Shah
Litri Janiibi
« • ■
• • •
•• •
• • •
• • •
■ • •
•••
• • •
■ ■ •
•• •
•••
•••
• • •
•••
•• •
•• •
• • •
• • ■
• • •
•• •
•••
•••
HlOBSBT Afl8B86MBZrr OP
9
176
60
119 8
160
176
26
696 8
625
481 8
1,204
li's 8
22
1,514
1,036
6,994
361
122
1,199 10
1,686 10
37,347 4
226 8
261
181
398
67
148
45
61
60
60
119 8
140
60
120
s
98
166
26
626
338
248
700
98
160
26
260
276
248
700
71
22 0^
1,100
S(60
8,924
361
122
760
1,000
71
22
1,100
960
8,924
861
110
760
1,000
Q
Q
26,041 22,723
214
249
178 6
269
67
134
40
61 9
214
249
178 6 €
•••
269
67
••■
134
40
61
STATEMENT No. Yl—eonHnued.
JAmpwr, and Rdjawpur, Dera Qhdai Khan JHstriet.
1
1
^
^
Total abba.
MiNHAI.
mand of
demand
rates
I
•
9> i£
;§g»
f
_ •
**^ aS r^
£
i
1
1
<
»
<
^
«
140 C
) 462 8 C
( 114 (
) 1,888
•••
618
60 C
829 14 0| 112 C
2,514
•••
1,709
120 C
. 1,664 14 €
360 G
20,294
•••
10,162
108
688 12 €
146
2,372
■• •
76
98
699. 1 4
143
232
171
2,332
« • •
786
160
• 478 4 8
2,609
• ■ •
1,184
32
336 14 8
8,013
•••
198
250
874 4 8
225
4,796
• • •
2,744
276
485 14
269.
4,163
■••
1,149
243
266 12
249
809
•■•
136
700
636 14 8
728.
2,730
• • »
730
76
228 8
96
6,098
•••
900
96
89 11 4
136
354
• •
24
18
771 5 4
102
6,243
•••
2,124
1,100
2,464 2
1,773
7,259
•••
725
960
633 3 4
1,171
2,102
•••
829
8,919
2,147 11 4
4,222
8,634
•• •
4,517
363
300
416
709
•••
100
19
104 8 8
26
639
•••
27
110
325
77
758
«••
79
669
267 4 8
663
560
•• •
68
1,118
860 6 8
1,364
2.060
> ••■
216
24,633
44,964 2
32,608
2^8,128
11
64,393
226
703 12 2
371
6,984
• • •
3,096
Progres
rive 100
267
1,096 12 3
Progres
668
rive 27
8,789
•
97
216
664 3 8
664
5,103
■•■
1,709
178
« 801 6
343
4,713
• • ■
202
276
463 2
339
8,155
• ••
149
197
426 4 3 373
1,624
• • •
42
277
763 12 2 469
7,116
• ••
2,139
Progres t
live 100
211
256 3 6
376
2,844
•••
66
67
296 14 10
Progres j
»130
dye 20
1)646
■ ••
16
137
278 14 4
147
463
•••
23
134
275 8 4
Progres t
222
tiye38
1,868
•M
65
48 0.
. 46 15
70
546
• ••
6
61
348 10 8
178
1,743
• ••
861
40
27 4 10
19
1,062
9
78
66
273 13 2
169
2,069
•••
72
XXXVUL
FORM E.—
Qeneral Statement in acres of Tahsila Sangarh, Dera Qhdzi Khan,
Pachid:
EhAluj 46
Bonra
400
117
853
85*
' 47
Kaleri
196
609
46
KotKMTinl
6,633
'i',710
2,889
49
KotU Sajjwia
773
473
1,050
I'mi
60
KotMohvi
833
108
1,106
Gl
Bokowah
179
3G3
863
'8M,
G2
Khetr4nw4l«
917
1,276
622
623
G3
Oidi
6
431
1,615
1,615
B4
ddna
902
1,215
897
897
1
66
L£l Shah
11
188
474
474!
66
una
246
681
1,174
1.17*1
67
Lohira
4,08*
743
421
421
68
MiraLwihi
4
1C6
'" 12
146
15a!
G9
Hati
2,538
157
1,424
1?^
60
Makwnl Kalin
1,182
1,032
■352
3,988
61
Mandrini
76
18
1,169
mS
a
•A
62
Mangrota
16
37
3,965
3,9651
63
Mahanda
49
8
652
55S^
s
64
Nardali
276
44
193
193'
65
Hadwir
81
48
600
60D'
66
Hairo Pachidi
7
10
176
475
67
Hairo Poldj
Total
Babbfu
331
43
1,670
1,670
68,590
22.380
365
82,389
82.T51
CMhl.
1^035
464
G03
787
1,390
Nahri.
69
Bfilfini
1,140
637
772
1,143
1,915,
70
Bet Lada
2,647
122
284
441
7SS'
71
P^r
2,842
43
358
1,668
1.926
73
Tibi
1,666
460
260
700
960,
73
Jelil Khiii
921
98
134
429
663
1 f
7*
Dona
2,139
912
720
1,176
139C
76
Ron
2,050
289
95
677
67!
76
Zorwith SxLlak
965
246
130
376
77
Shekh Qdrda
103
48
220
69
289
o
5
78
Each&la
619
926
216
122
338
t
79
Kablr Bbab
339
104
78
IB
96
, 80
KotlftlBmail
419
24
106
626
722
ej
Kotla All Shah
866
6
IS
27
46
82
LltriJaniibi
1,643
8!
236
137
3G2
aucxix
STATEMENT No. Yl.^continued.
Jdmpur, and Rdjanpur, Dera Ohdzi Khan District
3 AGIB.
BE ON
=*
ASSBSSMEST FEB AC
■i
1
1
1
1
Bemarks.
•
N
%
1
'2
land
3
p
1-
1^
-a -a
H
H
H
^
1,370
1
1 4
1 11
805
9
2 3
2 3
10.132
3
7
13
2,296
1
10
16
1,547
1
. 16
1 11
1,425
1 5
2 7
3
2,815
11
10
15
2,051
9
19
19
3,014
1
14
2
673
4 11
6 11
6
2,000
4 3
6 10
6 8
5,198
8
4
14
830
6 1
,.067
6 .S
4,119
3
6
10
6,534
3 11
4 4
4 5
•
1,263
8 11
14 10
15 9
4,017
8
1 10
1 11
609
9 5
10 11
11 11
612
9
10
19
•
679
1 8
1 10
1 11
492
10 5
1 1 9
12
1,844
10 7
10 10
13 8
173,724
2 2
3
6 3
2,889
10
2 1
3 2
8,792
2 4
2 5
3 6
8394
1 9
2 7
10 8
4,611
1 2
1 3
2 9
8,006
1 9
1 9
S 10
1,582
3 8
8 9
9
4,977
1 1
16
2 8'
2,779
2 1
2 2
8
1,629
13
1 3
8 2
440
6 1
5 4
6 11
1,813
1 11
2
2 10
639
2 1
2 1
6 7
1,382
1 8
2 1
2 11
975
3
4
2 9
1,987
1
1 4
14
6 1
FORM S—
General Statement in acres of TahsUa Sangarh, Dera Qh&zi Skan,
Chihi-
Nabri.
KhJllM
-t!
rotai ..,
D»nd«
Circle,
i
EUUm
250
16> (I
B9
Ariiral
839
200
180
90 Barti Pfr
604
690
690
91 „ Habfb
609
240
220 O
02 „ Shith
66
49
49
93 „ Niair
G98
240
100
9* BUoch Khin
639
511
310
98 Bodo Monii
1,049
680
499
96' Pat) Kbirak
44
14
4*
87
Palwin Jaobbi
705
B
300
300
98
Shmiii
4ie
8
300
300 O
99
Jirih
382 12
232
2
100
Jarri
212
8
140
12S
101
Jaf L^h£ri
662
426
440
102
Jhind Abddta
306
no
154
lOS
J^bilja
131
B
116
88
104
Chftk Banjar
306
180
180
105
Cb&lini
102
d
102
103
106
Daira Btiah
218
40
44
107
Dribi
2,309
644
600
108
^ :
87
40
30
109
863
200
Oi
lOS
110
Sanjar Juidbi
230
174
a
174
in
„ Saidan
230
210
01
210
lis
„ Sham&li
140
96
96
lis
Soanra Bbcha
IBS
6
82
83
114
Sadrpur
800
200
SOO
lie
Akilpar
OimitiShah
BOO
300
600
116
607
6
430
182
117
Aliini
99
e
80
80
118
Ida Arfien
368
200
200
119
Ehabam&la
lOS
100
100
—
-
226
213
487
O
246
133
2,606
xli
STATEMENT No. YI— continued.
Jdmpur, and Bd^anpur, Dera Ohdzi Khan' DiatHet.
II
1
Total asba.
MiNHAI.
18 -S
1
*8
Is
i
ff
is
1
•
Average dei
jeara.
Estimated
fieyenae
Circle.
£
1
*
a
ProgreHsive 12
173
666 16 8 247
6,070
• •*
2,060
213
690 8 372
4,8^1
• • ■
829
191
163 «
136
519
• ••
42
475
1,219 7 1
666
7,374
• I •
1,749
Progres sive 991
242
690 2 4 342
Progressive 166
4,935
•••
1,919
133
236 2 7 216
Progres sive 12
1,288
•••
IS
3^14
1
10,32,514 10
6,306
6
67,776
9
14,714
Progres
sive 674
127
655 14 6
221
2,304
• ••
349
834
486 10 2
871
^
4,952
• ••
2,731
172
200 1
189
3,362
■ • •
1,148
49
39 6 6
67
116
• ••
6
28
74 4
47
1,832
• • •
1,155
106
64 1 4
63
283
• ■ •
171
498
414 13 4
468
2,410
• ■ •
747
92
139 6 2
133
1,460
• • •
616
64
72 4 4
69
2,204
• • •
983
S3
67 10 4
36
1,068
• ••
679
• • •
61 3
57
1,333
« • •
613
126
221 11 8
99
1,285
• • •
628
464
864 6
500
i>
4,909
• t •
647
76
122 10' 8
86
374
• ••
132
• ■ •
11 11
6
285
• ••
268
166
187 1 8
191
473
* • ■
45
102
1,167 1 4
266
8,602
• • ■
96
44
176 4 4
64
886
•••
94
210
434 8 8
299
4,968
• ■ *
8,738
26
8 4
7
629
• ••
861
106
80 6
94
319
a a ■
708
168
297 3 10
198
640
• a •
24
116
93 12 4
83
331
a • •
109
98
272 2 4
163
1,643
• fl a
18
36
t ■ •
• ■ •
243
• • •
243
387
817 9 4
884
1,729
aa a
648
200
220 4 8
209
1,415
• • •
13
91
466 11 8
122
1,920
• • a
664
74
' 94 10 8
71
588
*••
321
174
47 16
. 68
395
a « a
46
136
1,376
129
1.940
a • a
348
A3-
xlii
FORM
Oeneral Statement in acres of TaJisiU Sangarh, Dera Ghdzi Khan,
•
1
c
VILLAGE,
MALOUZARI, IHCLUDDVa
TJncvXtivaied,
CuUivaUd,
1
1
t
1
o
i
%
^
%
f-t
£D
Serial Nam
o
5
•
%
o>
'§
Lately a
ed.
1
to
1
•
1
Ch&M.
Eh&lsa
83
Litri fihamili
923
667
230
1,200
1,430
!Nahri.
84
Malkilni
1,663
869
356
1,174
1.530
86
M&ri Pach^i
241
49
141
12
163
1
86
Kkri Janiihi
1,744
1,203
1,110
1,568
2,678
m-ri
87
N4ri Shamali
1,360
660
670
436
1,106
88
Wani
7«5
230
227
30
267
'
CQ
Total ...
• • •
• • •
26,489
8,136
7,159
12,270
19,429
Danda
'Circle.
KhiUsa
89
Ashraf •••
878
101
47
929
976
90
Baeti P£r
1,395
132
43
651
694
91
„ Habib
831
69
24
290
314
92
,1 Shah
33
89
39
9
48
93
„ NAsir
665
4
•■ ■
108
108
94
Bfloch Eh&n
20
24
40
28
68
95
Bodo Monia
417
527
76
643
719
96
Pati Khdrak
749
16
79
101
180
97
Palwdn Jandbi
1,108
3
.••
110
110
98
„ Sham&li
291
•• •
4
84
88
99
J&r4h
619
12
• • •
89
89
100
Jarr&
269
94
• • ■
394
394
|:
101
Jar Leghilri
J,861
903
160
1,338
L498
*
102
Jhind Abdiila
19
24
28
171
199
s
103
JabOja ,
• ■ •
• ■ •
•• •
17
17
1
104
Chak Sanjar
77
137
202
12
2U
1
w
106
ChilUni
1,234
191
116
1,965
2,061
106
Daira Shah
316
112
18
296
314
<
107
Drabi
388
138
108
586
694
o
<
108
Diya
139
16
« ■ •
14
14
109
Sajan
64
75
40
83
123
CG
110
Sanjar Jamlbi
191
1
i ••'
195
230
425
111
„ Saidan
99
1
50
72
122
•
112
V Sham&li
790
432
167
247
403
113
Sonnra Bdcha
•• •
• • •
* • t
■■ •
• ••
114
Sadrpiir
480
80
60
543
593
llfi
Akdpur
740
226
32
345
377
116
\ Osm&n Shah
690
4
•••
662
562
117
' Aliini
131
15
58
63
. 121
118
Ida Ar&ien
72
205
26
46
73
«
iia
> Khabarwila
1,330
86
86
168
186
XiUl
STA.TEMENT No. Yl-^continited.
Jdmpur, and Rdjanpur, Dera Ghdzi Khan DiBirict:
Jagib.
1
ASSBSSMEKT FEB AOBB ON
•
«
i
1
•
S
^
d under
tion.
Bemabks.
Ian
tiva
1
H
Total
Ian
Total
cul
3,020
9
•0 1 4
1 11
4,052
1 3
1 6
2 6
478i
4 3
4 7
Kr 9
f>,626
1 5
1 11
2 9
3,016!
1 1
1 10
3 4
1,272
2 8
2 9
7 1
>
53,063
1 8
2 1
6 8
1,955
1 6
1 10
3 3
2,221
1 2
2 9
7 2
1,214
11
2 6
7 11
170
05 2
6 4
6 8
677
5
1 2
6 9
112
0'3
7 7
9 3
1,663
3
4 5
5 11
7
944
10
a- 2 3
10 11
1,221
5
9
8 4
379
7
1 6
6 7
720
5
1 3
9
757
1 3
2 1
3 3
4,262
18
1 10
3 4
242
3 8
5 8
6 2
17
4
5 8
5 8
428
6 4
7 2
8 8
3,506
1 2
1 3
' 1 10
742
1
1 2
2
1,220
168=
10
3 11
5 9
3
8
3 10
2521
4 9
6
7 7
616!
4 11
5 2
7 6
222=
4
6
10 10
1,625;
17.
17
3 1
1
• • •
• • •
• • •
Carried away by the airer.
1,081,
4 6
7 2
12 11
1,402
2 4
2 5
5 8
1,256
10
17
3 5
267
1 11
4 3
8 4
349
2 9
3 1
3 11
1,602
Oil
13
0* 1 7
'
FORM E-
Otneral Statement in aeree of Tahaita Sangark, Dera Qkdzi Khan,
eBMSHT OF
f
1
"
_i_
Duida
Circle
Ehtlui
120
Oidi SnndiU
623
276
89
121
Lfaigah
726
400
246 C
122
Lakhil
4M B
342
942 (
123
Lingih
413
aw
230 t
134
Miri Po«i
240
142
116
12&
Uiii Dumiini
iia
100
100 (
126
HBlina
1*0 8
117
117 -0
127
Mokr Jbangl
128
MbDd
24 12
24 13 (
26 C
129
Miindah
500
460
460
ISO
HirkLaT
96
276
275
131
NiriShuh
162 B
126
126
Khilw
Total ...
16,743
9,666 8
8^18
Stiliba
133
ObSi
260 t
xlv
STATEMENT No. Yl—corUinued.
JdmpuT, and Rdjanpur, Dera Oltdzi Khan District
I
1
^ c
eg
237
118
144
363
19
6^
76
• • •
29
218
447
229
146
122
106 Q
460
16
301
160
126
6,648
172
1,184
86,279
Progies
210 13 6
162 4
806 8
147 14 8
198 16 2
80 14 4
267 12 2
348 6
Paogres
8 11 4
620 2 2
266 9 2
260 11 4
ave
siTe
10,848 10 2
12
112
182
763
71
218
76
166
449
6
2
466
218
76
143
134 4 4
176
878 11 4
67 1
114 13
24 1
464 2
261 10
6 8
20 10
26 7
164 11
99 11
2,639 9 8
68,668 2 10
ProgresslTe...
Total ...
Total absa.
7,606
162
162
228
640
41
127
36
194
298
8
19
9
113
73
Progressiye 8
1,999
48,619
699
49,118
1,932
790
2,929
1,669
880
943
803
6,330
122
1,630
669
1,131
69,716
690
920
770
6,660
947
2,963
66
2,826
3,400
1,323
860
1,002
827
193
2,666
162
2,042
1,244
84
)
29,013
4,04,633
32,891
4,87,624
MiNHAI.
I* •
20
20
PQ
1,398
263
630
626
176
35
76
3,767
105
199
16
440
26,119
822
609
96
2,646
649
800
1
843
1,624
1,048
860
1,002
218
70
2,387
125
294
261
84
18,639
1,18,766
11,263
1,80,018
xlvi
^
FORM
OeTieral Statement in acre8 of Tahsila Sangarh, Lera Ghdzi Khan,
•
Malguzabi, ]
UrCLUDlHG
1
g
Uncnltivated,
Cidtimted,
.§
•
O
^
VILLAGU.
1 .
•4J
<
00
1
1
Culturable
waste.
Lately aban-
doncd.
1
I
1
Danda
Circle.
Eh&lsa
120
G4di Sandlla
220
2
n
301
312
121
L&ngah
132
164
60
171
231
122
Lakhd
863
442
240
864
1,104
•
123
L&ng&h
699
72
...
272
272
2S
124
Mdri Poddi
409
18
43
234
277
1
125
Mari DarmUni
787
27
92
2
94
•S
126
Malana
69
242
99
327
426
§
127
Mohr Jhangi
2,278
116
96
383
479
i
128
Mtmd
2
*■ .
15
15
129
Mdndah
470
18
215
728
243
130
Mirkhur
116
66
67
300
367
s
Khilsa
131
132
N&ri Shah
157
64
36
409
440
QQ
Total .*...
21,908
4,926
2,669
14,194
16,763
8ailaba
Ob4i
158
2
208
208
133
B&ghdnw&la ...
216
5
10
180
19-)
134
Bakri
371
47
266
256
135
Panch Graien
2,683
131
88
1,202
1,290
136
Thori
315
•• .
83
83
137
Eachela
1,980
6
167
167
138
GhAll
28
1
36
s.>
139
Makwal Ehdrd
830
1
18
633
651
140
Malikpur
1,484
26
866
866
141
Bakhri
276
142
Jan pur
■••
■ • •
«••
_•
143
D4k
«. .
1
144
Rahla
609
1
145
Shekh Jiwandah
115
t
8
8
^*
146
Kotla Mirhdni
139
30
sol
T
147
Eotla Nazar Shah ...
37
37
148
Liimbarw&la
1,504
19
225
225
w
149
Nish^nwala
885
3
146
145
8AN0AB
160
Chukida Arliien
Total
Total
. ••
« • •
• • •
• •
11,542
241
116
8,676
3,691
1,27,529
36,682
10,209
1,12,428
1,22,637
Rakh area
21,627
11
■ ••
■ • •
...
Grand Total
1,49,156
36,693
10.209
1,12,428
1,22,637
1
xlvii
STATEMENT No. Vl-^continued.
Jdmpur, and Bdjanpur, Dei^a Qhdzi Khan DisiricL
Jagib.
•
ASREflBMENT PEB ACBE ON
bo
Remarks.
•
•
he'd
•
<
3^
•
3I
3
3l
a
3l|
H
^
H
H
•
584
11
3 4
5 8^
627
8 8
4 10
5 6
2,399
4 2
6 1
7 11
943
9
.012
034!
704
4
5 1
11 10
908
18
14
9 11
727
3 4
3 8
4
2,873
1 1
2 6
12 1
17
3
1 11
1 11
1,431
4 7
5 7
7
553
6 2
6 4
8
691
1 1
19
2 6
43,597
18
2 9
7 3
368
3 9
7 1
12 4
411
2 8
5 11
12 7
674
4 9
5 5
12
4,104
1 4
2 1
6 1
398
8
1 8
7 11
2,153
8
11
11 9
64
8 7
8 9
15 11
1,482
1 4
2 1
4 9
1,876
1 6
2 6
12 2
275
•
• • •
• • •
• ••
• • •
• • ■
• ••
• • •
609
• • •
• • •
■ • •
123
8
10
10
169
1
1 10
10 2
37
11
8 11
3 11
1,748
11
1 1
8
»
983
11
12
8 1
« • fl
•• •
• ••
• • •
15,674
1 1
2 1
8 8
2,85,848
2
2 9
6 4
, 21,638
• • •
•• •
•••
1 3,07,486
• • •
• a*
■ • •
xlviii
FORM E-
Oeneral StatemejU in acres af Takeila Sangark, Dera Ohazi Khm,
1
. KhilM I 1
Jioni
Chsi lUman
Chak airewini
Thftdi
1,280 B
2t
632
Hiah Badr Dtn
419
Paki
J»rwir
Buti Hoi
K6 8
333
263
PhApri
817
Buti EAiia
867 7
SulUn SandfU
309 8
HarhatU
3,388
Kot DMd
1,073 9
Ban Khira
BS6 7
Jltok Hifit Ntr ...
a67
P£r A'dil
1,823
Bvi Dalai
26G 8
Tibi IBC^
fiSO 8
Miraa
109
Eiwin
6S2
EhamU Markand ...
3,970 U
T.frlffi
1,374 8
EoUaHirHoHtiu ...
990
OBm&n Dona
ChtbriZenn
Jhok Til Bbah
KoUaeikbiniPachidi
112
911
178
1,383
1,446
139 11
S33
419
aes 8
B33
263
817
897 7 G
270 8 6
2,900 d
.,..
1,147 9 S
267
1,623
265 S
530 8
109 Oi
6S2
3,600
1,374 8
990
112
700 <)
140
1,383
S9G U
263 6
872
667
442
2,800 OH
1,060 oj
717 (
130 I
1,816 0-
300 (
40 <
122 (
2,400 <
930 <
100 1
400 <
140
1,213
STATEMENT No. VI~eontinued.
Jdmpur, and Rdjanpur, Dera Okdzi Kkan District.
e.e
... '
2,066
139
7S6
62
1^10
83
3,107
1 136
2,276
123
717
] 30
1^4
60
1,367
71
60*
*B
686
46
3.698
237
1.283
75
1,132
44
1,079
67
3,04*
121
410
19
6CT
101
262
9
1,761
les
2,886
648
2,014
166
1,696
m
..
■fiBH
80
1
TOltnE-
General Statement in acres of TahsiU Sangarh, Dem Ghazi Khan,
lULOiJSiBi, urctcmss
UncidUrated.
VILLAGE.
i
1
<
!
1
P
•5
2
s
26
8
2t>
531
9ai
" "soi
'" 16
63)
1,67!
m
«0
l,6i6
i,sis
22
41
81
1,929
623
859
1,9!!1
12
867
137
ifiOi
17
207
1J6
ss
1
e
418
148
Momatu
1,V1»
iJ3
2,106
2,106
Kot BliA
139
32
1,017
...
i,Oi;
Bar! Khira
87S
£6
«61
...
6M
Jbok Hafii Kdr
647
87
878
378
Fit A'dU
1,010
2S1
1,681
1^81
BariDalel
B6
23
277
...
271
Tibilsrin
191
99
266
...
3M
Miran
«1
82
130
...
130
Mwiu
B4«
249
769
761
Shamba MMkand ...
227
232
1,G19
210
1,85S
Lidan
720
277
1,«92
t,193
KoUa Uir HoBain ...
118
BOO
«67
657
Oemia Dona
Chlbri Zerin
JbokTirShah
Eotla Sikb&ni Pach&di
289
669
2,199
86
866
281
129
213
1.056
896
1,833
:;:
213
1,333
Ir
STATEMENT No. YI— continued.
JdmpuT, and Rdjanpur, Dera^ Ohdzi Khdn District.
Jagib.
s
is
3
696
1,917
684
1,127
r,860
2,110
672
1,184
1,296
466
639
2,362
1,178
1,088
1,012
2,875
396
656
243
1,566
2,318
2,489
1,406
628
2,080
1,242
8,961
A8BES8MEKT FEB AOBS OK
s
o
Eh
16 7
13 3
18 6
10 2
10 3
r 2 2
15
0-11 11
14
n
r 1 6
a 12 2
1 1
10 2
0^ 3 8
8 8
14 II
9 6
7 4
8 7
11 6
8 5
6 3
5 6
5 9
4 5
5
to
3^
112
14 3
1 4 11
114
r 1 3
r 3 3
12 9
12 e
15
12 3
13
13
12 5
10 7\
3 6
9 2
15 7
11 3
7 7
9 8
a 14 41
8 11
7 1
5 10
5 9
4 7
5 7
•43
13 2
10 4
15 7
1 4 10
14 5
15
1 4 7
114
1 2 10
r 1 3
1 6 11
14 9
15 4
117
9 5
10 8
16 4
17 6
14 3
13 8
12 2
14 11
1 5 IXM
15 6
11 4
15 6
1 11
1
\
Rbmabbs.
n
m
FORME-
Oenercd Statement in acres of Tahaile Sangark, Dera Ohdzi Khan,
i
1
OB
Highest Assbssment of
.
1
a
3
VILT.AOR.
1
1
1st Summary
Settlement.
2nd Summary
Settlement.
Srd Summary
Settlement.
Chihi-
Kh^lsa
Nahri.
28
TibiEhirak
607
607
550
29
Ndria Etirla Pach&di
2,960
2,801
2,910 14
30
Ni!iria EUria Poidi ...
4,492
3,567
3,524 8
31
Sadr Badr
778
898
4
3
437
•
'
32
Dargb4i Chan
690
8
584
6
686
33
Hiji Ghfoi PoWi ...
3,653
1,772
1,958
•
1
34
Sakhira Arilen
4,611
4,611
3,532
35
SobhaAr^en
642
8
642
8
686
$5
36
Mebtar Baksha
1,125
785
8
9
844
37
Derah
1 9
6
7
12
.6 11
^
M
38
Drimi
5,193
4,195
15
9
4,048
i
39
mjiahftriPachAdi...
3,247
2,920
2,912
40
Darh UpU
1,524
8
1,479
13
1,309 14
^
H
41
Eotla Shafi Muhammad
582
7
506
4
460 10
P
42
Chak Dalel
210
8
222
5
240
43
Kh/lkhi
3,601
8
3,601
8
3,301
44
Gvkgix Samin
683
1
614
804
,
45
Samin
8,768
3,768
4,056
46
Chut^a
842
842
972
47
Jia Pat&fi
604
604
611
t
48
Basti Bh4i
746
8
746
8
670
49
HaibatMastoi
633
633
633
liii
STATEMENT Nq. Y1— continued.
JdmpuT, and Bdjanpur, Dera Qhdzi Khan DiatHd.
12
ti a>
—
~~-
1
3
•-<
*l
•g
Total area.
MiKHAI.
•s
tf
•
§
3
s
'1
i
•
3
•
a
vera
five
6 « B
1
i
i
9
3
^
H
<
'^
m
Date 63
649
778 14
807
Date 29
1,762
• ■ •
67
2,910 14
8,157 6
2,931
Date 99
4,860
100
228
3,456 2
8,582 4
8,521
Date 341
4,691
85
506
437
297 5
876
Date 58
256
• • •
26
686
627 4
882
Date 195
627
23
66
1,958
2,482 5
2,958
Date 376
2,926
103
1,229
3,632
4,291 11
4,831
Date 660
5,118
ISO
938
721
737 8
823
Date 76
226
22
47
844
802 6
966
Date 81
467
21
75
6 11
88 13
65
Date 8
260
1
246
8,727
3,744 14
8,768
Date 315
4,563
99
1,248
2,912
2,786 10
3,044
Date 199
8,280
•••
249
1,366 14
2,367 4
2,089
Date 49
2,677
•• •
250
460 10
886 12
749
Date 28
952
• • ■
108
232
1,146 12
872
Date 4
1,285
•• •
39
3,301
5,345 2
4,524
Date 67
6,132
42
322
804
778 12
873
Date 8
862
• • •
57
4,056
5,288 9
6492
Date 627
5,962
• ••
557
972
1,173 11
1,858
Date 256
1,348
• ••
109
611
856 5
902
Date 49
2
1,823
■ « •
109
670
1,200 1
791
Date 8
2
1,590
...
69
633
479 8
601
1,363
•• •
84
Date 7
liv
FORM
General Statement in acres of Ta^la SetngarR, Bera OhAzi Khartr
I
S
.53
3
I
Chahi-
Nahri.
Eh&lBa
*«
s
9
»
i
-a
•c
c2j
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
VILLAGE.
Tibi KhiLrak
Ndria K&ria Pachidi
Mria Kdria Po^i ...
Sddr Badr
Dargh&i Ch&n
H&ji Gbizi Po&di ...
Sakhira Ardien
SobhaAr&ien
Mehtar Baksha
Derah
Drkmi
H£jiQh&2iPach&di...
Darh UpU
Eotla Shafi Mohammad
Chak Dalel
Eh£khi
Ga^ Samia
Samin
46 ChutiUa
47
48
49
ZiaPaUfi
BastiBhiU
Haibat Mastoi
1£az.ouzabi, includdvo.
UncuUivaUtf.
evltivated.
•
3
-a
1
1
1
m
f
1
Total.
9^
161
694
• * •
594
1,120
892
2,010
• • •
2,010
1,163
693
1,886
358
2,244
6
80
165
29
194
11
24
403
»• •
403
390
69
643
69^
1,136
1,178
403
2,048
421
2,469
3
2
162
• • ■
152
64
80
277
• • •
277
...
2
11
«• .
11
810
380
2,026
• • •
2,026
54T
697
1,787
fl • •
1,787
623
284
1,620
• • ■
1,520
219
62
678
■ • •
578
258
110
828
• • •
828
981
859
3,928
• ■ •
3;928
69
191
646
• • •
545
884
642
8,879
«•*
3,879
152
489
648
• « •
648
896
160
461
197
658
329
421
771
• • •
771
402
303
674
• ••
574
■
Iv
STATEMENT No. Yl—confimted.
Jdmpw^y and Rdjanpur, Dera Ghdzi Khan District
Jaoib.
AfiSBSSMBNT PES ACSB ON
•
i
•5
• 3
a..
'2
1
Remarks.
3
1
1
Total land HI
cultivation.
•
1,705
7
7 3
1 6 6
■
4,022
10 6
11 5
1 4 10
4,100
10 10
12 5
16 7
230
13 9
16
1 10 1
438
13 4
17 3
19 3
1,694
14 2
1 9 U
2 4 5
«
4,050
12 11
10 4
1 10 9
157
3 4 11
4 12 1
4 14 7
361
1 14 7
2 6 9
3 2 6
13
2 10
3 9 10
4 4 4
3,216
12
117
1 11 2
3,031
13 10
15
19 5
2,427
12 2
13 6
16 5
849
12 1
13 7
1 4
1,196
11 2
11 7
1 11
5,768
11 7
12 4
12 2
805
1
1 1 2
1 9 4
5,405!
12 3
13 6
1 2 9
-
1,239
13
14 2
1 11 2
1,714
7 7
8
15
1,621
7 10
8 3
1 8
1,279
•
7
7 6
10 6
Ivi
FORME-
Oeneral Statement in acres of Tahilla Sangarh, Dera Ohdzi Khan
i
1
1
Sz;
-3
■|
60
61
VILLAGB.
■
•
EiGH]
Bfrr ARBffi»«nE«
rr OP
S
<
is
Il
OQ 1
1
Chihi-
liahri.
KhAlsa
MandoBwila
Kotla Sikhini Lamba
1,446
439
8
1,446
489
8
1,346
274
62
Nirpur
3,296
3,296
2,727
63
Shid&ni
394
394
388
64
Sabra Nachin
1,433
1,433
1,000
66
HaidarWan
1,639
1,639
1,612
•
1
s
e
66
67
68
69
60
61
62
63
Ifian Goraia
Chak KabOl Shah ...
Aliwdla
Paiga
Kotla Ghnldm
Haidar Kareshi
HAfiz Nilr Hoaain ...
R^kra
669
386
1,671
6,707
722
968
128
796
6
8
9
, 661
386
800
4,924
610
668
100
700
6
9
860
270 6
600 q
4,424
608 7
468 10
100
700
n3
64
Maht&m
1,898
1,626
1,626
66
HazirA
1,666
1,666
1,600
66
Malkini
1,315
1,316
1,316
67
Piinnir
796
796
796 Ci
68
H4ji Eam&nd
1,900
1,626
1,626
•
69
70
71
72
Jhok Utra
Malkini
NAri DhilmTiA
KotChata
1,638
362
7^1
6,643
8
8
8
1,638
. 362
791
4,800
8
8
8
1,699
320 q
600 0^
4,007
73
74
76
76
77
78
79
80
81
Mdmtiri
Bando&ni
Basti Khosa
KiUmw^a
Thata GapoUn
Chehal Chahin
Chahdn Choti
Nawa Bakharwah
Darkhist
1,069
238
741
466
1,083
1,683
792
1,849
8
8
1,069
238
741
466
1,083
1,683
792
1,047
•••
8
8
1,069
238 «
742 0|
466 0|
968 q
910 (M
400 6
774 q
63
Ivii
STATEMENT No. Yl—contimied,
Jdmpur, and Rdjanpur, Dera Qhdzi Khan District,
■ ^
1SI
^
■
1
•s
Total abea.
Minhai.
%4
*§ .
*3
o
ll
i
i
1
1
Pi
1
i
<
&
1
^
^
1
1,341
2,085 8
1,422
33
3,340
• t ■
236
274
892 8
329
17
877
■ • •
43
2,726
4,028 3
3,539
315
6,176
• • •
290
386
898 9
406
Date 6
736
• ••
33
999
1,339
1,117
Date 10
2,160
• • «
101
1,609
1,453
1,584 (^
Date 10
1,636
• • ■
77
350
983 5
613
1,458
a • •
62
270 7
320 7
338
500
• t •
IS
500
1,983 1
1,277
8,381
81
130
4,415
9,444 15
5,984
12,724
46
633
608
1,507 11
941
8,164
• • •
266
482
1,900 15
1,017
3,325
• • •
111
100
127 6
121
309
•• •
14
699
754 9
697
Date 5
1,046
•••
142
1,624
1,996 5
1,989
Date 34
2,141
•••
150
1,600
1,923 10
1,665
Date 38
2,681
• I •
103
1,315
2,338
1,716
Date 122
2,444
•
46
184
796
1,205
1,136
Date 199
1,376
•• •
83
1,626
2,577
1,910
Date 33
3,961
• t •
654
1,539
2,121 10
2,006
3,675
88
206
820
365 12
363
382
• • «
28
600
1,719
1,052
' 3,254
• ■ •
127
4,005
5,652 10
5,253
Date 4
10,969
• • «
616
1,066
1,571 3
1,286
4,636
• • •
916
238
260 8
a
237
845
•• •
100
741
^
2,776 1
^
1,510
3,451
• • •
247
456
939 8
720
1,324
•• •
658
968
2,552 11
1,104
4.907'
• • «
943
909
1,839 13
1,297
2,4i>7
140
160
899
2,399 13
1,039
6,267
*• <
2,237
774
13,015 6
4,244
12,336
• • •
1,689
43
11,760 1
6,476
46,798
8,802
a5
Iviii
FORMB-;
(Tenero! Statement in acres of TaJieilt Sangarh, Vera Ohdei Khan,
Handoiwil*
EdtU Bikhiui Laml
Shidinl
SabmSicUn
HaidatWftn
Igan Oorala
ChakEaMl Shall
Eotla Ghnl&m
H&idar Kureahl
Hiflz NEir Hosain
67, Ptonir
ee Hiji Eamind
es Jliok Utnt
70 Malkini
71 NiriDhinuia
72 KotCIiuta
73 MAmilri
7i Bando&ni
76 Btati KhoM
l7iu»iAini&>i.
C^iMtei. 1
1
'
i
_3
1
1
P
1
J7
1,671
i%
m
n
ifiti
ia
sa
H
87)
M
SM
>2
(7
»
12
16
iS
a
16
187
1,7S
in
611
11
1,881
IT
1,887
262
467
i,ise
1,481
92
401
7H
7M
1,0M
41E
1,T8«
1,781
U91
8S
1,211
2,248
468
£0
440
4.161
1,667
246
1,476
4,044
1,661
846
1,476
4,0«
7G0
67
11*
1,SS0
1,174
171
1,770
;::
t
Ux
STATEMENT No. YI— continued.
JdmpuT, cmd Rdjanpur, Dera Ohdzi Khan District,
jAonu
Abressmxnt peb acbe on
•d
•
3
%
der
•R-aifAitgaT
1
-
^i
wV
a
g
)
•S'-S
a
<$
'5
H
1
1
31
otal
col
H
H
H
H
8,104
6 8
7 2
14 2
834
5 8
5 11
10 9
4,886
9 11
10 6
14 5
•
703
8 8
9 1
16 8
2,449
6 11
7 2
14 3
1,658
15 6
10 3
1 11
1,396
6 8
7
15
482
18
14 6
1 12 11
8,169
4 6
4 10
8 2
12,046
7 6
7 11
11 7
2,898
4 9
5 2
15 11
8,214
4 10
5 1
9 6
-
295
6 8
6 6
15 7
903
10 7
12 3
15 5
. 1,991
14 9
15 8
17 6
•
2,579
% 9 8
10 1
12 9
2,214
10 9
11 6
112
1,293
12
12 9
14 9
8,297
7 7
9 2
10 9
8,431
8 8
9 4
18 5
854
15 2
1 4 10
17 7
8,127
5 2
5 4
11 5
'
10,453
7 8
8
14 9
8,620
4 6
5 8
117
245
11
15 5
16 2
8,204
7
7 6
13 8
766
8 8
15 6
115
«
8,964
8 7
4 5
10 4
2,107
8 7
9 10
15 3
4,030
2 7
4 1
9 2
10,746
7 2
8 8
14 6
86,996
1 10
2 4
8 3
FORM E-
Oeneral Statement in acres of TahMU Sangarh, Dera Ghdzi Khan,
1
1
s
^
1
1
1
K
Chihi
KhalO.
82
Bahri.
88
84
86
86
87
.88
S9
90
91
92
93
94
BG
96
M
98
1
99
100
101
1
102
103
104
H
106
5
106
£
a
107
i
108
B
109
110
111
112
113
Ixi
STATEMENT No. Yl—watmued.
Jdmpur, cmd Rdjtmpur, Dera Qhdzi Khan Dietriet.
1
u
*»
Total abba.
MiNHAI.
•8
^
5
8^
9 x
•o i
Bstimated
Bevenoe
Circle.
1
_ . ■
<
1
1
i
P
160
396 14
260
723
• ••
802
1,174
1,207 1
1,236
8,662
• • •
1,079
1,200
1,660 6
1,283
2,963
• ••
688
1,680
1,443
1,437
1,657
• ••
169
2,327
2,648 3
2,626
6,656
• ••
1,264,
623
889
1,003
1,728
■ ••
92
280
863 1
642
1,824
• ••
73
1,400
2,443 9
q 2,227
8,608
• • •
721
830
261 11
260
359
•••
63
2,943
2,887 14
2,967
4,214
• ••
897
800
979 7
896
1,506
• ••
602
243 2
623
448
1,140
• ••
204
2,880 14
2,739 11
2,032
11,371
■ ••
6,626
780
1,274 12
1,016
2,173
•••
683
460
496 8
491
612
• ••
28
800
669 8
434
875
I ••
69
481
676 12
473
854
• • •
147
240
698 4
387
1,064
• ••
70
400
1,131 6
837
1,856
•
• ••
91
200
898 9
663
1,696
• ••
49
600
721 8
631
1,684
k ••
112
701
978 8
779
Date 26
1,996
•••
878
629
1,117 6
866
Date 64
1,776
• •■
497
194
801 11
233
Date 9
624
•••
249
681
1,004 13
812
Date 77
2,803
• ••
792
267
421 11
367
Date 10
6
674
• ••
282
472
731 16
664
Date 24
851
•••
191
822
818 12
266
896
• ••
889
199
763 10
406
1,416
• • •
266
603 8
672 8
631
Date 16
2,256
• ••
637
878
628 14
724
Date 84
866
• ka
210
1
608
(
244 16
216
Date 17
441
• ••
126
1,11,649 10
2,01,300 8
1,66,143
3,11,774
1,418
46,169
Date MM
^.^
■
BaL1,4»,047
Ixii
FORM E-
Oeneral Statement in aeree of Tahatls Sangarh, Dtra Ohdzi Khan,
s
1
1
VILLAOB.
OuUi«aei.
1
1
1
1
1
E
1
1
J
1
Ch^-
EUlM
82
NdrwiM fiidhaflb ...
Mahii.
as
s*
BE
86
i
91
92
S3
9*
BastiJim
Kotla Ahmad Khfa ...
Bosti Nlair
BaBti Hsl&nft
Yakyfcii
jBlbini
Notak Mahma
Basti DoM
MinaAmdini
HUa
Chak Khinpnr
Khinpur
BbbU Fooja
96
96
Y^revriUi
97
Ddba Diiri
SS
Basti Qimm Siodila...
»«
Jangla
Dhol
100
101
102
Mohib Lwuni ;;;
H
103
Jhakhar
1
10*
Dodi
166
HalUoi SheilAwUl ...
g
106
DaaUwila
107
108
109
110
111
112
Basti AU Shah
Basti Be^w&la
Nilrwihi aiieriwili ...
BheniEhAa
Aiiiea
113
NaharwftlB . ...
ifiwA l,S3fi7^
Ixiii
STATEMENT No. TL— continued.
Jdmpur, and Bdjanpur, Dera Ohdzi Khan District.
Jaois.
BJB OK
AfiSBSSHKlIT PEB Ad]
•d
1
f
:s
1
■§.
Bbmabks.
1
.
il
VU
<
•
land
kiyati
1
- 1
II
31
o
o
P
o "
H
H
H
H
421
6 6
9 10
16 6
2,483
6 6
7 11
13 3
2,366
6 11
8 8
10 6
1,498,
13 IJ
16 2
1 6 1
4,402
7 1
9 2
1 4 9
•
1,636
9 »
9 3
13 3
^
1,261
6 6
6 11
16 2
2,887
9 2
12 4
10 3
296
11 7
14
1 10 1
%
8,817
11 3
14 4
10 7
1,004
9 6
14 3
1 1
936
6 3
7 7
10 9
6,846
2 10
6 7
1 1 11
1,490
7 6
10 11
1 7 4
684
12 10
13 6
16 8
816
7 11
8 6
1 6 4
707
8 10
10 8
14 9
994
6 9
6 3
13 9
X
1,764
7 3
7 7
1 1 11
-
1,646
6 3
6 6
14 9
1,672
6 1
6 6
1 4 7
1,617
6 1
7 6
116
1,279
7 4
10 2
13 6
276
6 10
13
12 6
1,611
6 1
7 9
16
892
8 3
n 2
112
660
12
16 6
17
606
4 9
8 6
13
1,160
4 7
6 7
9 7
1,719
3 8
4 9
10 9
646
13 11
1 1 1
1 9 10
«
316
7 3
10 1
10 7
2,64,187
7 7
9
>
118
Izir
FORM E—
General Statement in acres ofTahsile Sangarh, Dera Gkdz( Khan,
Ixv
STATEMENT No. lY-^-continued
J^^puT, and Rdjanpur, Dera Ghdzi Kluin District.
1
^i
1
A
Total area.
MiNHAI.
•H
o
-e
o
'^ B
d
T
t
II
0)
a
73 ©
- p
1
^i
s
^
Average
five yea
Estimated
the Rev
Circle.
^
<
m
1
«
272
781 8
491
1,507
102
278
402 10
260
82C
51
453
863 10
631
815
117
866
1,935 2
1,071
. 1,892
67
828
652 10
440
693
96
473
1,166 13
889
1,028
61
108
106 11
90
116
...
1
25
79 8
51
68
(
...
333
259 1
518
726
80
371
661 12
515
848
122
308
703 8
548
Date 20
732
53
156
75 4
61
72
9
24
• • •
• • •
• ■ •
...
428
485 15
377
Date 26
822
331
149
8 3
4
67
2
703
909 7
. 722
1,434
494
531
Ol
908 3
663
3,687
2,824
800
832
693
4,529
3,126
992
1,868 13
1,276
Date 3
2,544
530
463
497 6
425
1,739
920
431
187 7
96
^ 468
6
280 7
3
736
444
Date 2
961
96
•205 8
569
*
397
Date 14
961
41
522 12
1,166 18
915
Date 14
1,623
76
590 '9
3
1,046 4
633
Date 15
1,774
65
•
676 3
1,053 14
695
Date 30
2,255
29
63
49 8
•*•
■ • •
• • •
• 1 •
...
908
1,867 2
1,137
3,146
18
353
501
1,889 8
1,344
Date 71
2,625
• ..
272
165
200 6
125
442
...
98
105
303 6
175
572
< * •
99
137
202 8
133
Date 15
607
•• •
136
135 8
211 8
117
839
1
8
158
297 12
203
471
• ■ ■
112
Date 27
a6
Ixri
General Statemtnt in acres of TaJisih Sangark, Di
vn^n
Efl«a.
UAL
1
VILLAGE.
3
■^
i
114
116
116
117
IIS
119
130
121
122
123
121
Bet Sawiiyi
MirigGumini
MaBBA Sikbiai
Kulsk Hikh&ni
Pati Hakival
Bet Karaki
Atim Ehin
Bet Earm Shah
Trtind
Bhati Maitla
BanJM Jalil Sandila...
763
467
78
262
11
14G
24
'" 10
3
107
ei
76
378
4
3'
"'147
1
27
7(
9f
3W
Bli
281
781
' 4S
41;
23i
126
126
127
Ganji
Muhammad Chdndia..
Kairo Kahili
10
"lOI
6
■ 43
"l8(
12<
130
131
182
Kechi Gnrmini
Kulcwili
BetMalina
Eot Muhri
Kschi I'atAfl
""215
88
683
see
4S
89
21
32
96
"383
'■'629
7
253
754
682
1,024
T6«!
1.663J
133
134
IBS
Oujit Bnhdr Bj&l
BetBnitwAli
PatiChajja
407
803
192
6
28
38
30
43
374
129
602
till
136
PatiKahlri
433
76
66
347
«<
1B7
Bhindi Haktm
■ 61»
le
372
639
911
138
MitMirini
777
136
367
439
796
139
Pati ImAm Bakhsh ...
1,269
109
161
33*
186,
liO
liJ
U2
Pati Sulimiin Shah ...
Hader Halamt
GolevFiU
'"'859
747
■"■479
213
'i;i7o
640
'"267
853
1
1.S9S.
143
144
14G
Bet Jilmpnr Br&him ...
Khai U^eBTAn
Lifcha
173
214
292
36
14
66
135
216
126
■ i«!
S45
12E
146
147
Chak Shert
S4wanwfiU
176
106
'" E9
•;;
,66
19S
155
196
Ixvii
STATEMENT No. lY—contvaued.
Jdmpur, and Rdjanpur, Dera Ghdzi Khan District
Jagia.
Absbssmemt peb Acbb on
•
"2
1
'C
^
1
,
r
1.
BSHABKS.
^
S
<
5)
land 1
tivatioz]
1
1
P
3tal
cull
H
&H
&
Eh
1,406
6 3
6
12 7
776
5
6 4
10 3
698
12 6
14 6
12 6
1,826
9 1
9 4
14 4
497
11 10
14 2
14 7
967
13 10
14 8
1 2 1
116
12 5
12 6
10
68
12
12
12
646
11 5
12 9
1 11
726
9 8
11 4
11 6
679
11 6
13
16 6
■
68
13 7
15 6
1 4 4
fl a •
• • •
>• •
>• ■
Carried away by river.
491
6 10
11 5
10 2
w w *
66
12
12
9 2
940
7 11
16 6
1 1 10
863
2 11
12 3
14 1
1,403
2 5
2 11
10 6
2,014
8
10 1
13 1
819
3 11
8 4
1 6
467
3 3
8 4
10 2
866
7 4
8 1
11
«
920
6 5
6 8
14 11
1,546
8 11
9 4
a 15 10
1,709
6 7
5 9
12 7
2,163
4 9
4 11
13 7
• ■ •
• • •
• « •
• • «
Carried away by river.
2,775
5 9
6 6
12 8
2,363;
7 9
8 8
14 7
844
4 6
5 10
14 10
473
4 11
6 11
11 5
472
8 1
4
15 1
331
5 6
5 8
12 1
369
5 11
7 10
14 5
Ixviii
FORM
Oeneral Statement in acres cf Takaila Sangarh, Dera Glidzi KhaifK
1
•
HiaHBST ASBESSMKNT OF
•
i
■*»
3
1
VILLAGE.
ll
1
1
g
*
B
s i
Ig
1
8f
148
#
^1
2
Sail^ba
Ehilsa
Shah Jam&l
769
600
978
149
Darkhist Sherd
•• •
• • •
«• •
160
Jhalir Latif Shah ...
1,208
928
1,180 a
151
Bokhi
650
350
250
152
Hit
302
250
200 q
i
153
Lufik^i
273 8
273
718
^5
154
Eotla Niir Muhammad
914
714
361
155
Eotla Din Shah
637
490
490
Total ...
24,526 10
9
21,391 6 9
12,846 7 6
Danda
Kh&lsa
156
167
^obhaRind
Passii ParhAr
60
473
46
473
46
473
156
R&njha
899 12
894
894
^s
159
K&Id
822
809
712
f
160
Kot Buta
304
304
290 (N
161
Riman
562 11
428
601 q
162
Qajixii
689 8
400
400 q
5z;
<
163
Maksiida Jhaj jar
196 8
112
112 q
164
Sikhani
226 8
226 8
226 q
165
Dhaa
392
392
612
166
Ydni
740
489
489
Si
167
Ch&bri Billa
440 8
500
600
168
Kot Haibat Churata ...
3,673
3,050
3,060
169
GadAi
3,500
3,500
• 3,316
Total
12,879 7
11,623 8
11,620
Pacliad
Khilsa
170
Amdani
536 8
636 8
637
•
171
ShadanL^d
1,750
1,716 8
1,072
1
172
Ghdman
166
144 8
145 0.
1
173
Sabzani
82^
82
82
Y
174
SohiraZop
24 12
24 12
^00
i
175
HotaHatwdui
574
674
658
176
Sherd Dasti
235 8
235
235 C
m
177
Eocha Eok^
181
181
181 C
M
178
Rori
.107 8
106 8
107 q
d
179
Jdni
415
415
415 q
*
180
Umr&ii
600
600
600 d
Ixix
STATEMENT No. YI— continued.
Jampur, and Rdjanpur, Leva Ghdzi Khan District
' ^
•*i a
'*
M
"■3
<M
Total Abba.
MiKHAI.
emand
rates
i
'O o
00
i
g .
i
•d a
g
<J
&^
pi
1
-
f
Ayera]
five
^
f
1
1
446
60 16
44
88
•••
36
• • ■
1,028 14
671
2,790
• a •
.<t20
1,180
1,686 9
1,453
2,040
*>.
236
250
606 2
316
460
...
29
178
903 8
461
862
• •■
86
» • •
9 6
4
8
• « •
• • a
849
275 6
193
278
...
48
487
893 7
676
862
• ••
46
15,806
7
6
28,222 6
19,966
47,661
47
11,204
Dates 268
BaL 19,703
46
81 14
61
161
37
8
473
866 9
474
1,076
•* •
100
894
1,861 8
1,121
2,069
•••
137
712
2,076 7
1,045
3,036
.*•
184
290
726
219
855
.• •
11
687
8
2,806 4
606
7,069
•.•
660
400
1,809 3
734
3,618
• • •
248
112
861 16
631
906
.• .
23
226
471
341
639
• • •
82
388
767 14
666
Date 7
947
160
47
489
4,348 8
1,653
7,317
16
294
600
4,006 10
1,600
10,667
• • •
478
8,060
10,337 6
5,091
21,017
I • •
1,726
3,312
9,664 8
^,660
16,461
181
646
11,479
8
40,643 4
18,682
Date 7
BaU 18,675
76,616
383
4,472
637
1,383 14
467
3,380
2
462
1,080
3,286 13
2,406
24,358
•••
7,946
146
405 14
266
955
•••
92
82
368 6
190
2,008
*• a
861
26
126
60
310
a a a
17
668
1,049 8
731
1,918
a • a
^48
236
1,669 8
828
6,496
a aa
137
181
1,087
266
8,170
• •9
86
107
427 7
160
1,936
t»m
739
415
1,003 10
696
6,949
aa*
1,169
600
2,296 12
900
8,740
• ••
8,108
Ixx
FORM E—
Oeneral Statement in acres of TahHla Sangarh, Dera Ghdzi Khan,
Sail&ba
W
b'
Q
Danda
I
Pach^
Eh&lBa
Khdlsa
i5
I— <
eS
148
149
160
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
VILLAGE.
Shah Jam&l
Darkh&st Sherti
Jhalir Latlf Shah ...
Bokhd
Hir
LuBk&ni
Eotla Nilr Muhammad
Eolta Din Shah
Total
Sobha Hind
PassA Parhdr
R&njha
KiU
Eot Biita
R4man
Gaj&ni
Maksi!ida Jhajjar
Sikhani
Dhaii
Ydrd
Chdbri Bdla
Eot Haibat Chnrata ...
Gadai
Total
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
Amdtlni
Sh&dan Ltind
Ghdman
Sabzini
Soh&ra Zor
Hota Hatw£ni
Sherfi Dasti
Eocha Eok&ri
Ron
Jani
Umr&ni
• • «
•* •
»• •
•••
• ■ •
Malouzabi TSGLxmrsa.
Uncultivated,
3
1,474
388
12
21
11,787
g
c8
t
di
124
394
463
264
2,675
608
161
96
116
1,599
2,433
3,902
9,662
16,408
609
4,092
69
452
4
183
3,331
816
220
2,496'
912
212
2
12
28
2,668
68
240
443
918
884
2,687
1,953
189
82
69
2,630
4.039
8,928
6,247
28,707
1,462
6,348
180
68
63
663
3,602
1,484
601
637
1,916
CtiUivated, •
678
646
■ • •
• • •
122
I
c8
C
P
52
106
770
419
743
8
223
656
8,791 13,254
17
843
1,013
933
196
488
402
633
379
676
1,811
2,581
4,341
3,768
17,380
272
218
78
68
268
72
638
669
412
1,068
1,141
2,130
1,968
8,266
683
6,754
636
679
226
486
443
212
314
106
728
1
476
k
1,687
216
2,688
o
62
784
1,415
419
743
8
228
778
22,043
17
611
1,085
1,471
196r
1,167;
814'
533
379
575;
2^79}
3.722
6,471
5.7361
25.646
855
6.972
614
637
226
929
526
834
476
1,657
2^04
r
Ixxi
STATEMENT No. Yl— continued.
Jdmpury and Rdjanpur, Dera Ohdzi Khan District
Jaoib.
52
2,470
1,805
431
777
3
245
796
36,400
106
975
1,922
2,852
844
6,619
8,275
883
507
750
7,008
10,194
19,291
15,635
70,761
2,926
16,412
863
1,147
2931
1,675
3,359
3,134
1,177
4,790
6,632
AB8ES8MSNT PEB ACBE ON
I
8
3 10
11 4
10 11
8 6
8
11 1
12 7
6 7
4
6
7
8 8
6 6
4
1
3
9
10 1
10 11
8 7
2 4'
8 10
4 6
1
8
4
5
3 11
2
1
4
1
3
6
2
7
6
6
3
1
9
3
8
1
1
1 10
1 8
5
6
8
13
4
12 10
11 8
9
8
12
13
5
2
7
8 1
7 8
7 9
9 4
6 10
2
6
7
7
4
1
3
9
10 9
13 10
3 9
2 6
4 3
4 8
4 2
2 6
2 4
4 11
2 7
3 3
6 11
1
1
2
2
2
1
-3
6
8
5
13
13
1
12
10
8
13 10
13 11
^0
14 10
5
6
4
10
6
5
3
12
1
t) 11
1 1
8
14
16 11
14 5
1 2 1
9 2
6 10
12 7
9 12 8
11 8
8 6
5 6
6 11
4 9
4 3
12 7
9 11
4 11
5
6 8
6 2
Remabks.
Ixxii
FORM E-
Oeneral Statement in tKrea of Tabsila Sangarh, Dera Ghdsi Kkan,
1
HlOHEST AfiSEBBMEinr OP
s
J
VILLAGE.
S'a
■l
1
fB
FUb^
Eb&lw
181
Ehalal
316
182
183
184
V«ddor
Kochft Vfaainl
4,368
1.743
173 8
JAgfr
186
Vfihi Eingranl
226
Ehilan.
186
NQrwih
223
■
187
Bg1»
1,486
188
DbUdA
990
K
189
Salclii Bartrar
180
Choti
*,60*
ISl
BaUtarwftb
Totftl ...
ToW ...
321
' 16,908 4
S
19,019 12
16,961
P
1,96,174 12
1,73,687 11 6
1,63,369 1 6
Bakh UM ...
Onuid Total
Eailibft.
Eb£lM
1
Ldndi PfttAfi
4,604
1,739
1,626
S
Mad Ahmad EbiD ...
63 1
76
223
S
Bet Bimpor
1.464 6
600
600
1
Saidpw
Derah Eoora Ehin ...
1,100
6«
200
- s
1.074
1,000
400
B
DinpiJr
Thiil Mihtam
1,000
800
' 200
7
l,Wi
363
247
Chahi-
G
S
BarkudarpfiTa
Total ...
Baiti Oaddaa
2,136 7
1.032
1.182 9
s
12,717
8,164
«,S78
490
418
486 13
Hahri.
10
Buti Rindiu
1,211 4
1,031
1,07«
11
Bhiniiwila
274 8
220 13
308 to
IS
Buti Wiia
676
616
623 8
18
919 6 6
968 IS
1,21» 2 a
U
Dhoa Bindin
700 4 S
739 4
4Se 8
IB
EotlaDiwin
1,1S8
897
1,080 S
IB
DhoraHajini
796
662
791 B 9
17
Kamar Bhah
680 9 10
211
S73
18
BnktJira KUchi
131 3
66 e 6
128
19
Fati Nabahil Mai Lan-
j&r&
338 7 8
166 14
169
20
Diikar
709
621
634 10 <*
kxili
STATEMENT No. Vl^-eontinued.
Jdmpur, and Rdjanpur, Dera Ohdzi Khan Didrict,
I
1
^1
t
•8
Total Arba.
HlHBAI.
1
mand
rates
1
«
"^ i
i
%)>t
• Ui
1
f
Estlm
the
Circ
&
Acres.
316
1,588 15
619
4,338
• ■ •
818
8,600
9,630 3
6,331
Date 1
69,504
• • •
12,844
1,300
2,639 14
1,821
8,628
• m •
1,860
174
425
225
1,697
• ••
193
226
163 9
199
481
• • •
130
223
2,016 7
450
6,842
• • •
604
800
1,098 9
900
4,588
■ • »
1,945
990
2,555 14
1,364
29,863
• • •
20,706
• • • *
• • •
• • •
41,912
41,912
•••
8^00
16,614 7
2,956
1,39,862
• • •
77,178
465
3,G29
377
28,351
• •a
16,814
15,959
53,476 10
21,679
Date 1
8,85,186
«,9U
1,47,776
1,64,098 9
6
3,23,642 7
2,14,118
8,20,227
43,762
2,09,621
Datetr
3Blance
ee 6,357
64,478
2,07,761
44,856
8,84,705
43,762
2,54,476
1,615
2.831 5 1
2,359
4,364
2
201
223
1,074 8
786
1,197
•*•
188
277
266 4 8
250
13,764
•
•• •
12,466
180
213 8
224
14,869
• • •
11.947
800
848 14 8
710
23,363
>••
18,753
100
1,589 6
150
23,058
• • ■
21,268
35
1,513 9
15
63
•••
•■•
1,182
1,767 7
1,539
4,384
«••
258
3.912
7,164 15 6
6,033
85,062
2
64,881
486 12
823
701
1,674
•• •
81
1,076
1,808 6 7
1,580
4,223
63
201
208 10
795
501
1,628
■ • •
189
623 8
617 5
580
803
■ « •
46
1,215 2
1,258 3
1,421
1,484
• « •
76
486 8
1,152 4
736
1,269
• « •
81
1,080 8
1,262 2
1,159
2,503
• ••
187
791 8
837 2
819
1,891
«••
98
273
573 14
879
1,572
> ■•
181
128
674 7
160
8,271
• ••
288
169
354
240
886
•••
77
634 10
(i
984 6
789
o!
1,188
• ••
90
a7
Ixxiv
FORM
General StaUment in acres of TdkeUe Sangarh, Dera Qhdzi Khan,
CSS
Pachild
Q
D
Ebilsa
JigCr
Rh4l8a.
Salliba
Khalsa.
Chihi-
Kahri.
I"
•I
QQ
181
182
183
184
186
186
187
188
189
190
191
1
2
8
4
6
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
16
16
17
18
19
20
VILlAOE.
Khalol
B&til
Vaddor
Kocba Wad&ni
Wahi Kingr&ni
Nikw&h
Bela
Dal&ni
i^akhi Sarwar
Choti
Bakharwih
Total
Total
Rakh area
Grand Total
Liindi Pdtifi
Mad Ahmad Kli&n ...
Bet Rimpar
Saidpar
Denkh Eoura Eh£n ...
Dinpar
Thiil Mahtam
BarkhCidarpiir
Total
Basti Gaddan
Basti Rindto
Bh&ntiwala
Basti WAja
Shah Niwiizpura
Dhora Rindan
Kotla Diwto
Dhora Haj&n£
Kamar Shah
Bokhara Khichi
Pati Nabahii Mai Lan-
DCikar
Malguzabi, iscludixo
Uneultivated,
3
o
I
1
109
6,271
1,132
132
2,731
132
3,316
18,967
3,240
62,609
1,54,619
19,466
2,432
22,698
2.643
666
129
1,813
769
2,941
33,622
7,847
CvUivated.
t
67
6,932
210}
1,176
91,069
1,78,841
72
1,78,984
1,481
46
1,079
2,869
8,831
1,622
48
2,168
1,78,913
13,123
711
1,832
439
139
167
97
981
634
680
6,643
896
319
'86
2
17
63
77
18
264
9,021
164,407
9
164,416
196
62
22
26
16
636
627
1901
678
133
108
173
66
280
324
137
1,766
16
90
846
692
1,449
862
611
1,003
343
1,106
641
674
740
397
687
I
5
922
7,859
2,783
406
222
1,794
1,742
2,901
'8i934
4501
42,897
69,077
77
2,399
960
180
174
687
160
15
1,169
6,734
66
743
I
9791
13,791
2,993
406
222
1.794
1.742
2,901
10,110
460
61,918
233,484
86
69,154 233,570
2.594
1,012
202
7
1
16
1,70*
6,579
692
1,449
862
611
1,069
1,086
1,106
641
674
740
897
689
Ixxv
STATEMENT No. YI— continued.
Jdmpur, and Rdjanpur, Leva Qhdzi Khan Dieirict.
Jaoib.
AmaasMssT pbb Acbb ov
.
i
•
•
1
Rbmabks.
g
•
P
§d
Q
»
■§
land
tivatio
1
3
o
as
11
■
H
H
H
H
3,520
2 4
2 10
12 9
88,660
18
2 5
7 4
8,768
8 5
4 8
9 7
1,404
2 3
2 7
8 10
351
6 8
9 1
14 8
6,338
1 1
Oil
4
2,643
3 2
5 5
8 8
8,151
9
2
7 6
* • ■
• • •
•■ >
■ • •
Ma4fi.
62,689
4
9
4 8
11,537
3
6
' 13 5
•
1,95,496
11
19
6 8
5,66,844
4 1
6 1
14 8
WiUiont date ire« Jama*
19,623
4 2
5 11
14 8
5*86,467
• • ■
■ ■ •
• ■ •
4,161
10 3
10 10
10 9
1,069
10 6
11 11
12 5
1,298
4
3 6
15 7
3,122
5
19
1 4 11
4,610
6
6
14 10
■
1,790
1
1 6
10 4
63
3 10
3 10
10
4,126
5 7
6
12 7
20,229
1 1
4 9
15 11
^
1,693
6 7
7 1
12 9
8,959
6
6 5
11 11
1,434
4 11
6 7
8 1
768
11 7
12 3
15
1,409
15 4
1 2
12 4
1,238
9 3
9 8
10 4
2,366
T 5
7 10
13 6
1,599
7 9
8 2
13 4
1^91
8 10
4 4
7 5
8,038
4
4
1
'
809
4 4
4 9
9 4
1,098
10 8
11 6
10 8
Ixxvi
1
FORM E-
Oeneral Statemeni in acree of TahMs Sangarh, Den
X
QhAzi Khan,
'
*
8
1
!2<
HlQHSST ASHKBSMEin' OF
VILLAGE.
Ii
8 J
P
U
i
1
tl
d
1
21
1st Siu
Settl
5
0^
CO
Oh^l-
KotTAhap
2,312 6
1,904
1,067
liahii.
22
Ar^Jiifar
430
440 1
6
284 4 (h
23
Clnn&
463
473
880 8
24
Basti Sikh£ni
1,288 6
6
648 14
3
651 7
26
„ HAfiz
4,569 6
885 10
439 8
26
M RdBtam LaghAri
755 6
9
899 6
729 8
27
Bdlew4Ia
825 18
850 1
704
28
Patni
194 4
9
132 4
117 10
29
Pati Ahmad Eh&n ...
9 12
• • «
*■.
«
80
GulAb Shah
899 8
4
392 1
6
387 2
81
Eotla Si41
1,528 14
6
1,357 10
1,403 8
82
MaUniwila
644
6
484
458
83
SAi^wala
422 6
298
324 6
84
Nawa Begr&j
1,723 4
1,155
857 4
85
Kotla Mughl^
1.211 7
3
1,224 12
9
768 7 3
86
Adamgarh Kona
1,342 8
1,100
1,153 1
87
Kdeimw&la
895 8
9
468 15
8
351 7 4
^ •
88
Nawa Chide
299 8
388 4
356
•^(
89 Basti Bakhgh
62 4
82
163 4
40; KoUa PolwAla
675 12
665
686 12
1
41 ' Dangora
653 10
443 12
494
I
42, Shahw&la
1,298 9
3
826 4
893 10 €
48
Silard
• a •
• • •
• « •
44
Shdhanwdla
669 1
3
612 6
600 12
Oh
45^ Basti ShAi
480
492 10
803 4
46
Tiba Chdndia Khnrd...
135
135
106
<
^
47
48
Tiba Chindia Ealdn ...
Mahammadpur Diwdn-
456
466 12
419 8
w&la
665 14
441 6
6
673 10 9
49
Khanwdh
768 1
585 12
424 10
60
EotJand
1,109
786
1,018
61
BftbalwAli
1,824
1,431
1,279 12
62
Makwalwala
621
695
626 14
68
Basti Gdili
720
356
383 e
64
Gaddanwila ...
4,426 14
6
367
2
314
66
Dhingdna
2,133 6
6
1,708 2
1,860
66 Garhi Snltdn Sbah ... 1
339
312 12
276
67
Eaziw&la
2,197 11
3
895 7
6
1,694 14 6
68
Hairo
8,597
3
1,528
1,918
69
Adamgarh Nowa
998 1
802 4
843 8
60
J&mpar
8,488
1,926 14
1,740
61
Tatdrwfia
2,122 4
1,380
996 3
62
Basti Murdn
833 2
1,050
878 8 €
68
Mnlldnwdla
1,084
1,316
1,021 5
•
64
Kotla Ddh
- . Total ...
260 4
290
206 12
-,
49»949 1
38,291 2
86^700 4 10
■
Ixxvii
STATEMENT No. YI— continued.
Jdvipur, and Rdjanpur, Dera Ohdzi Khan DistHct
1 *.
^^"""
ts-s
a
Average demand o
last fiye years.
Estimated demand
the Bevenae rates
. the Circle.
<
1
Total Area.
MiNHAI.
T- — - -
Acres.
i
M
*
p
1,067
2,206
1,641
4,602
1
224
284
666 6
400
728
■ ■ •
41
36 8
621 6
FrogiH
381
essive 23
1,233
• • •
91
661 7
902 14
76JI
1,402
• • •
134
439 10
473 6
447
410
• • •
27
729 8
1,046 10
893
2,628
• ■ •
80
701
1,371 10
1,072
2,084
•• m
136
117 10
330 6
257
1,672
• t •
46
• • •
257 1
160
1,9H6
• ••
47
387 2
610 8
446
1,160
• • •
78
1,403 8
1,426 1
1,410
1,681
• • •
101
468
687 7
613
892
• ■ •
31
324 6
1,770 8
990
4,229
• • •
132
867 4
1,067 8
1,018
2,154
• • •
213
768 7
3
1,356 13
878
1,991
• • •
144
1,163
1
2,276 2
1,379
2,708
■ • •
119
361 7
4
812 9
440
2,318
• • •
119
366
378 1
373
2,010
• • •
79
163 4
860 4
440
948
• ■ •
41
686 12
981 11
786
1,723
• • •
81
494
818 14
738
1,270
■ ■ •
68
893 10
1,467 1
1,127
2,170
• • •
136
247 1
6
370 12
269
2,336
• • •
81
600 12
1,672 11
713
2,357
• ••
146
303 4
762 10
470
896
... ^
64
106
269 2
164
464
• t •
21
419 8
737 1
490
2,619
• •t
78
806
6
806 10
1,008
14^178
• • •
972
424 10
3,633 2
1,990
4,783
12
176
1,018
1,801 11
Progre
1,204
ssive 34
4,198
• ■ •
221
1,279 12
1,691 14
• 1,091
2,830
■ • •
124
626 14
1,138 9
793
1,983
• « •
77
383 6
684 6
473
1,660
• ■ •
71
314
714 7
416
1,594
1
92
1,860
3,926 2
2,304
8,076
i
496
288
620 6
371
1,568
• ••
109
1,694 14
6
2,156 2
1,963
4,136
• ••
649
1,918
2,749 9
2,364
4,430
■ • •
898
843 8
1,292 4
999
1,264
■ • •
97
1,748
2,094 6
2,069
2,607
86
238
Progre
ssiye 72
996 8
1,006 14
1,069
2,086
. ••
207
873 8
1,106 11
887
1,241
•• •
78
1,021 5
1,077 16
1,106
1,469
. «•
9T
206 12
799 13
474
2,140
■••
64
37,196 16
64,216 2 7
48,379
1,87,221
112
8,124
Ixxviii
FORM
General Statement in aci^es of Tahatls Sangarh, Dera QhdsA Khan^
m
g
t^
Malguzau, .
[KCLUDIKG
s
Cidtwaua.
UnetdtivaUd.
s
1
VILLAGE.
Cnltnrable
waste.
Lately aban-
doned.
1
1
•
1
ChAhU
Nahri.
21
Eot Tihar
2,498
902
1,877
•••
1.87T
22
Ar& Jiifar
207
16
464
• ■•
464
23
Chinii
621
229
292
• >*
292
24
Basti Sikhini
494
104
670
• ■ a
670
^
25
„ Hifiz
44
82
707
• ■■
707
26
,, Riistam Laghiri |
1,143
640
865
• • •
866
27
Biilew&la
897
820
r,131
100
1.231
28
Patni
986
164
215
163
.<I78
29
Rati Ahmad Kh&n
1,418
•• «
471
*• .
471
SO
Gulab Shah
491
110
481
• a.
481
81
Kotla Sial
839
151
934
156
32
MalAniwila
269
71
864
157
521
33
Sdiiwala
2,060
220
1,817
• ■a
1,817
34
Nawa Begr4j
906
165
870
• • •
870
36
Kotla Mughlan
732
133
»82
*• .
982
36
Adamgarh Kona
1,007
80
1,602
...
1,602|
37
K&simwala
1,074
82
1,093
• a ■
1,093
38
NawaChak
1,469
115
847
• a •
847
•
39
Basti Bakhsh
297
87
573
aaa
57S
40
Kotla Polw&la
703
78
861
aa a
861
1
41
Dangora
160
164
908 ... 1
908i
42
Shahwala
820
129
886
200
1,086|
43
Silari
1^47
840
168
a . ■
16a
44
Shihanwala
824
• 154
1,238
aa a
1,233
45
Ba8ti Sh^
260
167
426
aaa
425
46
Tiba Ch&ndia Khurd... |
162
28
258
aaa
268i
3
47
Tiba Chindia Kalan
...
1,673
859
509
*»»
509
^
48
Muhammadpar Diwan- '
•»
w41a
8,060
4,450
696
a« a
696
49
KhanwiUi
1.387
211
2,618
879
2,997
60 KotJdna
2,115
605
1,267
aa a
1^67
61
B4balw&U
801
101
1,304
aaa
1,304
62
Makwalwala
498
5
1,403
aaa
1,403
63
Basti G4di
934
274
881
a • tt
881
6i, Qadanwila
732
131
689
aa»
639
65 Dhing&na
2,944
1,681
2,966
a**
2,956
66 Garhi Sult&n Shah
629
813
467
. • •
467
67 E&ziw&la
1,896
211
1,663
228
1,881
68 Hairo
1,123
818
1,705
886
2,591
69
Adamgarh Nawa
149
169
830
19
849
-
60
Jfempur
810
883
1,140
^•Ita
61
TatarwiLla
636
430
818
813
'
62
Basti Miran
80
289
794
794
63
Mollinwila
262
166
944
944
•
64
Kotla D&h
Total
• ••
1,280
172
634
631
56,848
19^13
49,832
8,097
«2,«2J
Ixxix
STATEMENT No. YI— continued.
Jdmpur, and Rdjanpur, Dera Ofidzi Khan District
Jaoir.
A8SBSSMEKT PBB ACBB OH
Rei
3
d
<fi
a-S
1 TJ.A
lABKA.
•
31
1
1
o ^
Total lan(
under cult
yation.
&
H
Eh ^
•
4,277
5 5
6 9
8 11.
687
8 10
• '9 2
13 4
1,142
6 3
6 8
12 5
1,268
8 7
9 6
16 6
383
1 1 5
16 8
1 6 i;
2,648
6 5
6 7
10 2
1,948
8 3
8 10
11 1
.
1,527
2 7
2 8
7 7|
1,889
13
13
6 1,
1,082
6 2
6 7
12 1
1,580
13 6
14 3
12 2
861
11 1
11 6
1 7j
4,097
3 9
7 7
7 9
1,941
7 7
8 6
15 9!
•
1,847
7 1
7 7
12 7i
2,589
8 2
8 6
14
2,199
3 1
3 3
6
1,931
3
3 1
12 11
907
7 5
7 9
11 1
1,642
7 4
7 10
13 8
1,212
9 4
9 9
• 11 2
2,035
8 2
9 6
14 10
2.256
19
1 10
4 2
-
2,211
4 10
5 2
13 3
•
842
8 6
9
12 9,
433
6 5
6 9
8 9
2,441
3
8 3
9 1
\
13,206
12
1 4
8 2
#
4,595
6 8
6 11
9 11!
\
3,977
4 9
6
10 8
2,206
7 6
7 11
12 6
1,906
6 6
6 7
12 5,
1,589
4 7
4 9
12 9,
1,502
4 2
4 6
8 8
7,580
4 6
4 2 8
1,459
3 10
4 1
7 2j
8,487
7 7
9
16 0;
4,032
8 7
9 6
13
1,157
12 9
13 10
15 10
2,333
13 2
14 8
16 6
•
1,879
8 2
9 13 ?;
1,163
11 6
12 3
13 1
1,362
12 3
18
1 1
2,086
8 6
8 8
9 5
1,28,985
5 10
6 I
014 7
...*. -J. J ■■"■-—
^
Ixxx
FORM E-
Oineral Statement in acres ofTah^iU Sangarh, Dei a Ghdzi Khan,
VwitM.
KhftlHa.
VILLAGE.
66! Binda Ban-a
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
76
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
86
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
96
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
106
106
107
108
BCichera
Hoti
Hajo
Xaustiera
Wah Saidan
Hinbi
Thiil Alam Khan
Chatfal
Rakhba Naushera
Alkuniwah
Rakhba Dhindla
Kanw>Ua
NiirpUr
Sohanwah
Nawa yhahr
lUkhba Nawa Shahr...
Unnar
Chak Laki
Isrin
Malkani
ThiilGtoan
Darkhdn Mahtam
Meo
Wah Kandal
DodialW
Wah Buhar
Lish^riwah
Ganda Laki
Basti Nawab
Khosa
Wwar
Bambli Mai lAX Garh
Hakhba Akil Mahammad
Ther Basti Joya
Darkh&st Ghulim Haidar
Khan
Bah&r HoBsein
TliTil Sirak Baglini ...
Beta
Mahdl Mahtam
Tliiil All Mahammad...
Bilhar
Basti Shili Biihar ...
ThMJdnanHotwini...
Highest Assessmeht of
^8
GO
^ OQ
00
200
48
227
660
964
648
867
106
406
2,709
260
662
13
339
62
231
89
1,107
22
1,248
31
14
8
1
3
11
2
3
1 9
2
12 3
3
6
6
8
8
216
670
638 8
363
724 10 9
1,817 11 6
1,068
188
1,383
124
634 14
63
83
91 6 8
86 6
63 8
730 1
366
■ • •
160 6
I"
00 3
1
CQ
166
48
177
441
762
434
760
72
360
2,247
149
562
13
319
32
222
97
712
19
660
31
91
216
634
462
91
260
264
1,311
778
149
1,037
124
466
73
41
80
69
10 6
14
6 6
4
4
16
12
6
2
12
10
14
6
14
8
10
4
0,
6
13
10 8
11
13
63 8
663
266
91 10 8
116
o
CO
148
48
127
400
768
380
689
72
353
1,723
164
476
19
446
32
292
161
712
19
512
32
82
166
5.H4
452
82
200
588
1.041
780
149
931
142
456
102
3
15
12
6
14
7
5
13
11
11
5
<f
Ol
oi
Itxxi
STATEMENT No. YI— continued.
Jdmpur, and Rdjanpur, Dera Ohdzi Khan DisMct.
1
■4^ O
«5
•«
^■s
t
Total Abba.
MlNHAI.
o
§
E
a
1
1
t
i
-d g
-
1
s
4
•
■
SI
stimated
the Re
Circle.
1
•
•
<
»
<
3
s
148 9
261 9
163
292
».M
81
48 14
136 6
119
1,013
• *.
122
127 6
106 10
109
1,916
...
124
399
730 6
443
834
• ..
60
768 1
966 16
947
1,178
.*•
167
380 13
613 6
406
643
...
90
689 U
696 3
946
4,600
• • .
427
72
423
u
167
6,370
• • •
695
363
392 16
626
2,040
• .•
401
1,723
1,008 6
2,384
7,747
• ■ ■
661
164 3
226 6
166
230
• • •
4
476 16
276 10
644
1,006
• • •
162
19
22 7
3
22
2,403
• • •
184
446
612 4
675
4,411
• * •
28
32
207
86
9,411
• ■ *
92
292
398 14
466
3,074
• • •
164
161 12
332 16
244
862
...
20
712 6
230 7
600
1,371
• # ■
115
19 14
46 3
28
48
•■•
- 4
610 7
606 14
481
1,116
...
64
32
34 1
86
3,666
• • .
105
82
336 4
140
6,137
• • •
8,486
166
64 2
99
466
...
82
634 6
662 9
380
683
*••
d5
462 13
770 9
678
861
4
33
82
798 14
6
176
9,426
..•
8,622
198
118 6
130
849
• •*
40
688
910 2
1,014
8,626
• ■ •
279
1,041 11
1,616 13
1,202
2,634
•
• • .
348
780
^
460 1
874
4,911
•« *
169
149
140 3
262
2,391
• ■•
133
931 11
1,646
1,046
1,624
•« .
81
142 6
363 3
260
4,321
..■
846
466
229 2
476
1,788
• • •
180
102
114 8
137
702
.••
2%
2 4
863 8
613
8,888
.••
268
41 4
400 6
180
19,363
.■■
14,265
74
120 3
174
2,076
• ••
2,496
69
66 14
96
682
• • .
243
66 8
81 1
60
268
•••
19
664
488 7
800
8,829
8
924
267
203 13
800
1,269
V • ■
64
82
661 6
116
9,323
• •«
69,93
111 8
228
168
6,479
<••
4,985
a8
Ixxxii
1
FORME-
Oen&ral Statement in acres of TahsUs Sangarh, Dera Qkdzi Rhan,
TILLAaS.
Cultivated.
V'^cultivated.
1
1
1
t
1
1
i
^
1
}
p
1
66
BindaBnrr*
]
1
269
151
66
Bdche™
ai2
66
623
623
67
Hoti
203
1^63
26
2t
68
Hftjo
19
46
710
7!(
69
9
67
940
94d
70
WnhSaidan
61
S
4U9
499
TI
H£nbi
892
SS7
2,764
a,7M
72
Thill AlEunEUn ...
1,910
908
1,967
1,967
73
Chatlll
178
280
""16O
1,031
1,181
74
Rakhba NansheM ...
1,736
782
4,673
4,670
76
Alkiniwali
e
1
220
220
76
Rakhba DbAniUft ...
77
1S6
1,661
1,B81
77
KinwfcU
1.770
499
78
Niirp&r
646
1,468
2!370
■'2,370
79
SohanwBh
683
2,646
1,090
1,09(
80
Nawa Shahr
96
&fi4
1,860
1^
81
BakfaUNawaShahr...
21tl
616
6lt
82 Unnar
264
768
224
22-
83 Cbak Lokl
44
4h
8* Iat*n
180
"■293
689
669
66 UalkiDi
3,U6
416
S6 Tb^QAman ... 1
11
82
370
l',668
63
"i,B6«
63
1
6
G47
647
11
64
749
749
26
47
8,730
3,73(]
96
298
116
lit
81
1,6.62
4.2(M
4,»<
20
S96
l,67t
1,671
.98
972
2,082
2JM!
1
436
:::
62B
1,502
625
IJiOi
32
'"371
1,682
i,es:
63
196
1,060
1,060
61
67
...
63S
631
■i?
663
...
1,634
l,tS4
V
623
1,802
1,80!
2i
666
66(
\i
'" 27
800
801
]
140
103
10!
oc
90S
1.789
1,739
60
192
»43
94i
11
264
8,060
BJW
32
17
1,046
1,0(1
STATEMENT No. Yl—conimued.
Jdmpur, and Rdjanpur, Dera Ohdzi Khan District.
jAaiR.
B ON
.
ASSES8UENT FEB AOB]
s
•— •
3
-
5
'2
BBHABK0.
M
5)
1^
1)
ou
1
■
K
land
tiyati
'
i
H
Total
lan
Total
col
1
261
8 11
10
10
891
1 11
2 2
2 5
1,792
11
10
1 1
774
8 6
9 9 2
9 5
1,006
12 11
15 1
15 2
653
10 1
11 9
12 11
4,173
3 4
3 8
4 7
4,776
6
8
11
1,639
4 2
5 2
5 9
7,188
4 11
6 4
7
. 226
11 6
11 8
12
1,853
4 4
4 10
4 11
2,269
2
2
9
4,383
2 5
2 6
2 11
9,319
2
2
5
2,910
2 5
2 7
2 8
832
4 7
4 8
4 9
1,256
7
7 8
9 8
44
9 4
10 2
10 2
1,062
6 11
7 3
8 10
3,661
2
2
14
1,651
5
14
15
423
8 6
3 9
3 11
553
15 9
10 9
10 9
A
824
10 9
11 3
11 5
6,903
4
5
9
809
2 6
2 7
5 1
8,247
1 10
1 10
2 9
2,386
7 3i
8 2
9 10
4,752
2 10
2 10
4 7
2,268
19
1 10
4
1,503
n
11 2
11 2
3.476
11
1 1
0' 1 11
1,608
4 3
4 9
6 1
680
8 2
8 8
8 8
3,130
2 5
2 8
8 6
5,098
2
7
18
,
580
14
4 10
5
839
2 9
4 6
4 7
244
3 7
4
4
,
2,897
1,195
8 7
4 2
4 9
S 10
4
4 9
B,326
COS
7
7
1,494
6
1 10
2 8
.
FORM
General Statemtnt in aeree of Tahaile Sangarh, Dera Ohazi Khan,
1
mber.
VILLAGE.
Highest AflBEScocsNT of
•g
marj
ent.
r^
mary
ent.
s
1 1
•
1 i
11
§§
8
1
p^
ODg
CD ^
-^
k^
J
1*"^
■H^
<
(K
109
rN
04
eo
Pach&d
Ehilsa
Basti Dh&ndla
846 7
346 7
216 9
110
Kokharw&h
1,684
728 8
728 8
111
AzmfttwilA
83 14
116 10
109
112
Kasib
1,020
1,020
788 9
113
Patw&li
144 2
144 2
144 2
114
KotlaGiijar
647 11
822
326 9
116
Rakhba Lundi Saidin
146 9
64 6
96 9
116
Chanar :..
238 8
250
226
117
Kila Khoera
240 10
240 10
216 4
118
Soma
101 8
82 8
82
119
Gaird Lisb&ri
882
166
162 8
120
Thiil Hairo Khin ...
696
447
476 4
121
Khilimbi Gartog
• « •
• « •
37 4
122
Guldbi
106
106
126 Of
123
Hijipur
1,243 6
983 6
1,462 4
124
Bhamba
127
127
127
125
Pati EiEi
260 10
246
182 12
126
D&jal
• • •
• • •
• • •
127
Tiifki
1,467
989 10
989 10
%
128
8ori
301
219
220 (X
24 8 0^
129
Wab Meo
111
24 8
130
Sbaloba
839 12
133
133
131
Rakbba Sbahixii
218
218
218
(
182
Rakhba Dhing&na ...
67 8
40
89 8
T
133
Jhok Mab&r
118 8
100
100
P
134
Makwalwah
...
• • •
• • «
136
Muhammad Hora
22 10
16 10
42
s
136
NasirpuT
• ft •
...
• • ■
^
■^
137
Borara
« • •
■■■
• • •
:i
138
Thfd Ch£ng
80
68
68 O*
139
Golewah
• • •
■ ■ •
■ • •
140
Drigri
• • ■
• • ■
78 4
141
Bakharpnr
798
800
800 0^
142
Tal 8amili
1,466 12
1,366 12
1,299 7 Oi
143
Biili
164 3
]14 8
114 11 01
144
Alipur
127 8
127 8
120 01
146
EalolpnT
180
180
212 0}
146
Mirinpur
1,296
900 q
900
147
Pati Michi
95
96 0|
96
148
T&lJantibi
443
411 8
830 13 Ql
149
Bark&t&
600
463
464 0. 1
160
n&hiwah
• • •
• • •
63 4 0|
1
79 Oi
161
162
Maz&rwah
Isldmpar
• • •
79
77
163
L6ndi Saidin
266 7
237 10
806 7
Total
86,398 7
8
27,800 11
26,726 14
1
Ixxxv
STATEMENT No. YI— continued.
Jdmpur^ and Bdjanjmr, Dera Ohdzi Khan District
last
^^
-g
Total Area.
MmUAl.
•8
s|
S 0>
s
1
1
a 0)
s
Average de
[ five years
Estimated
the Reve:
the Circl
<
•
m
IS*
*
215 9
140 15
211
3,944
• • •
684
728 8
359 11
937
994
• • •
43
109
102
102
2.095
• •«
169
788 9
^
960 8
718
1,368
•• •
46
144 2
81 11
147
2,372
•• •
74
826 9
112 6
820
1,182
2
98
95 9
276 1
210
2,332
•••
816
225
2o8 10
258
8,188
•• •
60
215 4
216 2
6
• 360
2,689
• • ■
1,549
82
74 2
132
708
• • ■
184
162 8
224 2
270
6,913
•■•
387
476 4
434 7
.719
8,181
87
8,989
87 4
259 13
6
108
6,561
• • ■
323
125
330 15
180
1,814
■ • •
87
1,454 4
1,013 12
1,706
15,253
19
766
127
291 8
244
3,755
• ■ ■
520
182 12
226 12
195
2,302
•• •
192
• • •
10
2
296
•••
223
989 10
925 10
932
1,115
18
24
220
813 12
229
430
■ • •
23
24 8
852 15
102
3,878
■••
292
132
103 6
155
741
•• •
64
218
171 13
172
8,929
•■•
27
39 8
40
40
2,244
• • •
72
100
89
89
5,473
•• ■
818
« • •
138 14
146
6,202
• ■ •
711
42
248 11
99
5,611
• • •
252
• • •
20
20
2,167
f •■
124
• ••
20
20
8,852
•• •
127
68
78 10
no
633
• ■ •
62
■ • •
257 14
99
1,548
■•1
140
78 4
626 3
350
18,312
■> •
2,769
800
941 6
1,075
6,653
•• ■
459
1^96 7
689 4
1,441
6,815
•• •
376
114 11
174 10
'0
150
1,120
•• ■
116
120 C
611 7
209
8,736
a* •
593
212
321 6
306
3,863
• • •
856
900
739 8
700
7,601
■ • •
452
96
101 13
137
1,442
• ••
87
828 13
377 8
813
858
18
48
463
864 6
463
6,128
••■
1,392
63 4
19 9
61
796
■••
132
• • •
4 4
7
187
•••
66
79
148 4
129
8,743
•• •
427
806 7
643 13
601
6,425
• • •
176
26,710 13
32,610 in
• 83,798
8,24,825
106
69,101
Ixxxvi
FORM E-
Oeneral Statement in acrea of Tahatla Sangari, Dera Qh&zi Khan,
1
1
1
1
TILLAQB.
Mio^nzARi, iscLimiso
.■
Cultivated.
i
i^
1.
ll
•J
1
1
I
,
Pachid
Basti Dbiadla
1^86
1,822
652
6SJ
Eokharwih
3
16
933
913
Azmatw&U
231
1,695
Easab .
20
944
""968
Patwili
ZU
1,201
413
Kotla Qiimr
13
618
621
Rakhba Lundi Sudin
897
Si
8
1,27T
Chinat
89S
1,03S
1,198
Kila Khoera
7S
65
1,000
Boms
181
343
GairtlLUhiri
8,038
■2,4fl8
1,030
Thill Halro Khi
668
1,45?
2,010l
jammbi GM4ng
1,91)
2,118
1202
Oulibi
98
1,633
Hijipnr
8,814
6,964
4,690
Bhamba
1,180
7,044
S
1,303
i;8ii
PatiKAd
39
1,022
1,039
1,039
%
Dijal
67
2
4
Tflfki
176
897
897
Bori
101
1
306
306
}
WohMeo
93
1,018
1,637
1,6S7
(
Bhaloba
16>
21
49;
493
Ixxxvii
STATEMENT No. YL— continued.
Jampur, and Bdjanpur, Dera Oh&zi Khan District,
Jagib.
ASSSSSMEKT FEB ACRE ON
S
1
1
land
calUva-
REMAmra.
•
S^
^Ma
31
o
I
otal
Ian
3'S§
o 0-43
^
H
E-i
H
3,260
11
1 1
1 7
951
15 1
16 9
15 10
1,926,
10
10
1
.
1,322
8 6
8 9
8 10
2,298
10
10
1 6
1,082
4 4
4 9
4 11
2,016
16
18
2 7
7,128
14
1 4
1 10
1,140
2 2
6 1
6 6
624
3
4
6 2
6,526
7
8
18
4,155
16
2 9
8 4
5,238
4
4
6
1,727
17
18
19
14,468
1 10
1 10
2 6
8,235
1 1
13
1 11
2,110
16
16
16
73
1
5
6 4
1,073
13 6
13 11
13 11
408
8 6
8 U
12
8,586
6
6
7
677
3 4
8 6
4 10
8.902
9
9
9
2,172
3
4
4
6,155
3
3
10
6,491
3
4
10
6,359
4
4
7
2,040
2
2
2
3,725
1
1
3
681
2 9
8 1
6 6
1,408
10
12
14
16,643
4
4
9
6,197
2 7
2 9
8 6
6,940
3 8
3 11
4 2
1,004
2 2
2 6
2 10
8,142
6
6
8
8,607
Old
1 6
1 10
7,149
16
17
18
1,655
16
18
2 1
792
5 11
6 2
8 7
4,736
1 3
17
17
664
18
16
2 4
•
131
7
10
8 8
8,316
8
3
5
6,249
1 8
14
02 4
•
2,66,618
13
2
"•"
Ixxxviii
FORM E-
Oeneral Statement in acres of Taksile Sangarh, Dera Ohdzi Khan,
1
,
•
QlOHBST ABBBBHMgliT OF
m
^
VILLAGB*
JO
&
^
^
O
s
^
s-^
s-*^
B^
3
1
gi
i
M .
1
164
•
2nd Su
Settlem
CO
SiUpini
Ehilfia
Basti Panlkhali
•••
804 10
544
547
166
Harrand
• • •
287
210
210 (
166
ThOl Said Kh&n
• • •
110
4
95
96 (
167
ThAl Wazlr
a • •
326
289
289
800
168
Tibi Lnnd
• ■•
1,170
8
800
169
1. Muhammadpdr
• «•
432
8
432
8
200
)60
ThdlBikar
• • •
44
17
17
161
Rakhba Liind
• •
686
4
460
469
• • •
162
■••
163
Garganah Waziri
• • •
1,237
1
985
8
987 5
Total
• • •
6,097
8
8,833
3,614 5
Baggar
Ganair
• ••
64
54
54
164
Ealoiwila
• • •
142
4
82
73 11 (
^»
166
Banti Jindfi Amdinl
I ...
93
8
48
^
32 3 (
s
166
Chattar
■ • •
19
6
26
7
16 M
1
167
•• •
Lekw^
• ••
13
4
9
9
1
Total
*
• • •
322
6
218
7
184 14
Total
• ••
1,03,484
8
75,797
4
72,108 5 10
Rakh area
• • •
• • •
•••
• • •
»^
1
Gband Total
■ • •
• • •
• • •
-_
• • •
8aiUba
KhUsA
Bdgbwila
Raikh
18S C
2
«..
2,035
8
2,085
8
969 8 Oi
8
DarkhiLst MiWb Kh&n
• ••
'
• ■ •
• ••
4
Ruttan Ther
...
• • ■
• • •
143
6
Hazratw41a
•• •
204
8
204
8
205
6
Eal4npiir
•• •
626
8
525
8
469
4
\
7
Mehiewila
8,640
8
1,600
1,025 (
8
Thori
• • •
644
8
444
444 C
«
9
Eotla Sher Muhammad
3
Paka
•» •
5,234
8
4,455
8
1,888 (
«3
10
Kotla Sher Muhammad
^
Eacha
•••
• ••
• • •
180 (
11
Kotla Andartun
•••
8,612
8,185
€
425 (
12
Eotli Ehudai
• ■•
• ■ •
•«•
625
13
Saidpur
• • «
1,100
C
1,100
C
732
14
Madgastbra
• • •
1,490
C
1,408
C
1,489 a
Ixxxix
STATEMENT No. VI— continued
Jdmpur, and Sdjanpur, Dera Ohdzi Khan District
■«•
4» c>
J
-5
1
m^
««
Total Abea.
MiNHAI.
•s
em and
bates
1
t5
rOSQ
3
R n
s
S
•Si
»rt 9
<
Estimate
the rev
Circle.
1
1
•
00
<
3
i
is
n
647
738 9
667
855
• • •
48
210
184 4
213
860'
• • ■
40
96
271 13
150
1,787
• • ■
418
289
294 1
287
1,931;
• • •
190
800
2,348 8
1,770
14,329
5
1,922
200
1,194 10
653
11,018
• • •
267
17
38 8
17
141
• • •
62
469
1,018 7
632
14,030
• • •
8,474
987 6
1,161 10
1,000
9,038
1,133
1,080
3,614 6
7,250 6
6,189
53,499
1,188
12,501
64 6
62 9
60
6,990
#• •
3,667
73 11
7 6
66
6,131
• • •
1,766
32 3
7 10
63
5,976
• ••
3,583
16
8 6
20
13,348
• • •
5,956
9
14 8
11
1,269
• ••
7
184 14
90 6
210
82,713
• • »
16,983
71,616 16
1,11,289 16 7
93,609
6,33,820
1,358
1,60,540
• « •
• ••
• • •
23,248
• • •
2,677
• • •
• • *
• ■ •
6,66,568
1,368
1,63,217
194
694 1
616
999
• » •
51
1,226
1,761
1,799
2,187
• m %
3S4
siV
1,030 1
• • •
816
1,569
•• •
31
206
852 16
528
1,377
• • •
42
426
642 3
287
1.527
• • *
814
637
997 12
711
2,612.
• • •
933
448
1,310 6
827
1,533
• ••
32
88
1,881
1,869 2
1,616
2,736
• • •
22
691
966 4
766
1,916
• • •
878
1,303 7
946
2,686
■ » •
386
1,724
1,958 7*0
1,754
3,158
5
253
686
638 6
447
2.796-
• ■ •
1,985
1,880
602 8
682
1
1,226
2
530
a9
xc
FORM
Gen&i\d Statemernt in acres of TahMJs Sa7ig(M% Vera Qhdzi Khan,
1
VILLAGE,
Malguzabi, IKCLUDraO
m
UnemUivated.
CuiUvaUd.
03
1
1
1
•
•4J
d
•s
1
1
s
•3
i
00
1
B
Q
-3
1
•l
m
3
<
M
154
.
fl8
1-3
£
5
^
KiUipani
EhUsa
Basti Pan&liaU
•• ■
247
89
471
• • •
471
lf>5
Harrand
•••
138
60
122
• ■ •
122
156
Thrill Said Ehin
•••
763
150
466
• ••
466
167
Thdi Waair
• • »
1,482
• • •
259
•••
259
158
Tibi LAnd
ft • •
8,063
2,687
2,782
3,870
6362
159
Muhammadpbr
•• •
4,933
503
602
4,813
6,316
160
Thiil B&kar
•• •
8
5
4
*• •
4
161
Rakhba Ldnd
•••
1,404
900
1,041
2,210
3.262
• • ■
162
Garganah Waziri
• • «
3,089
914
1,608
1,214
2,823
Total
•• ■
16,127
5,308
7,317
12,108
19,426
Daggar
163
Ganair
• ••
642
1,681
• • •
••ft.
••■
164
Ealoiwila
ft ft •
1,530
1,743
• ••
93
9^
•
165
Basti Jindd Amd&ni
842
1,406
• «•
139
139
I
166
Chattar
•••
6,592
712
• ••
88
88
147
Lekwdla
• • •
1,088
•• •
• «•
174
174
Total
ft ft •
10,694
3,542
■ • •
494
494
Total
Caltnrable
• • •
ft • •
1,79,481
1,04,483
68,182
1,29^76
■ 1,87,458
:«
1,77,081
<
1
Chak Banjar
Bakh area
ft ■ ■
ft ••
♦2,400
437
242
• ■ •
242
19,872
Grakb Total
ft ■ ft
1,99,353
1,04,920
68,424
1,29,276
1,87,700
SaiUba
Kh&lBa
B&ghwala
•ft
438
22
326
162
488
2
Baikh
•••
89
154
27
1,683
1,610
3
Barkh^ Mir&a
Kh4n
• ■ •
■••
•••
• • •
• ••
4
Buttan Thex
• • a
846
194
74
926
98S
6
Hassratw&la
■ ■ •
224
261
20
780
750
6
Kal&npur
• ••
84
65
25
639
664
•
7
Mehrewila
• • ■
645
62
180
692
87S
Thori
• • •
208
111
71
1,111
1,18X
Jz;
8
Kotla Sher Muhammad
814
133
47
1,674
1,701
Paka
• • •
^
9
Kotla Sher Muhammad
928
162
22
792
817
M
10
Eacha
11
Eotla ADdan!in
1,009
96
••.
1,197
1,197
12
Eotli Ehndal
934
179
17
1,770
1,7«7
■
13
Saidptir
441
1
••■
369
369
14
Madgasdra
74
72
••ft
648
648
zci
STATEMENT No. Yl— continued.
Jdmpur, and Bdjanpur, Dera Ghdzi Khan District
Jagib.
407
820
1,379
1,741
12,402
10,751
79
6,556
6,835
89,860
2,323
8,366
2,382
7,392
1,262
16,730
4,71,422
20,551
4,91,973
948
1853
1,538
1,335
713
1,579
1,501
2,648
1,894
2,301
2,900
811
694
ABSEBSUEirr PB& ACBE ON
10 8
9 6
14
2 6
2
10
1 11
9
19
15
2
31
2
1
2
1
2 6
9 10
13 2
8
6
4
1
5 6
6 2
8 7
8 10
6 8
5 61
8 II
2 8
9 5
S
3 3
^
11 3
10 8
19
2 8
2 3
10
3 7
1 10
2 4
2 1
2
6
4
4
1
2
8 2
10 4
16 6}
• ■ •
8 6
6 4
11 10
9 10
8 2
9 2
6 9
6 9
9 8
9 2
1 7
T
9|
3
2 8
8 11
1 9
3
1 6
3 11
8 10
4 4
1
1
1
4 3^
1
61
7
Z
5
8
8
14 2
1 1 lUi
• • •
13 1
11 3
16
1 1 10
11 2
14 3
16 9
18
16
14 1
1 6 1
RSMABKB.
*2,400 aeTes of Chuk Banjar
have been included in the
abandoned area of Ko» I
Statement.
XCll
FORM E-
General Statement in acres of Tahails Sangarh, Dera Ohdzi Khan,
g
t
•
4>
Highest Absbssmebt of |
1
s
•a
ii
1
1
VILLAGE.
Ist Summary
Settlement.
2nd Summary
Settlement
3rd Summary
Sottlemcnt.
Sallkba
Khalsa
15
Naushera
3,128 11
2,229
8
1,833
16; Bet Araien
892 8
294
879
17
Pah&rpur
...
• • •
• ■ a
18
Gapol
1,576
1,676
410 12
19
Kotla Haztiri
• ••
• ••
292 4
20
Basti Khwdja
« • •
• • •
686
21
Bet Sauntra
387
• • •
26
22
BetQazUni
...
• ••
.••
23
Tong
881
880
800
24
Brucabad
•••
• . a
• ••
26
Kacha Drigbin .
...
662
662
710
26
Kot Mithan Paka
2,376 8
1,400
7
27
Kot Mithan Kncha ...
968 8
707
431 Oi
28
Basti Mohib All
1,227
700
625
■
29
Kot Mithan Jadid ...
• • •
• • •
••.
30
Madgola
684 8
380
805
800
•
31
Kotla Hossain
1,085
1,086
32
Mad PaWa
444 8
400
815 di
3
^
33
Mad Shah Sawir
690
300
162 Oi
34
Mad Mir&n
751 1
600
44
1
35 M&chka
1,121 12
187
384 0|
?
•
36
Shahgarh
836 8
700
660
fit
37
Bang^la
1,631
1,631
324 a
e
88
Mad Sain D&d
• • •
• •a
201 C
\
39
Kachi Khdn Muhammad
• • •
• • .
ft« •
40
Rakhba Kh<ian
• • •
...
56 €
\
<
41
K acha Sher Mah^ . . .
• • «
• • •
80 3 C
►
42
Derah Bh^
1,680 8
1,680
8
306 C
43
Thiil Nawdb
«• .
...
113 Q
44
Kariya Jit
•••
...
60 €
46
Karima Khor
...
...
...
46
Sabzdni
872
700
1,212 0'
47
Pare war
104
104
60
48
Daharw&li
...
• • ■
54 4
49
ThiilNAsir
166
100
100
^
60
Kachah Clioh&n
356
• • •
455
61
Mad Muammad Shah
« ■ ■
• • •
382 14
62
Badli
1,016 8
1,016
8
221 2
i
53
Mir^npur
8,027
3,027
2,360 1
64
Chakarwdli
...
■ • ■
808 14
65
Mohri
•• .
« • ■
220 5
66
Derah Dilddr
■ ■ •
• • •
233 13
67
Rojhan
2,410
1,300.
.0
1,300 G
58
Kacha Pard Shah ...
• a •
*••
• • %
,
59
Kacha Bhot
*••
•■•
• • •
CO
Izzatabad
• • «
...
• • •
Total
48,380 11
38,310
2
24,011 13
;
xcm
STATEMENT No. YI—C(mtinued.
Jdmpur, and Rdjanpur, Dera Ohdzi Khan District.
•s
-51
3
deman
venue ra
iicle.
Total Abea.
MiNHAI.
il
-»
:»
•2«S°
<
15?
■8p2
11^
1
%
d
&3
•S ^ «M
1
-tl
2
PQ
1,414
1,320 7
1,243
2,333
• ••
160
349
336 2
360
c
l,6i'8
• • •
1,010
• • •
•• ■
• ■ ■
3,913
• • •
93
426
501 6
681
1,064
• • •
66
386 12
626 12
412
1,203
2
4
769
860 15
907
1.665
■ * •
185
833
619 9
500
1,616
• • •
188
•• <
97 12
128
1,386
• • •
733
1,001
1,073 2
1,310
6,222
1
859
■ ■ •
•
■ • •
**»
3,897
• «.
773
662
2,034 4
1,386
14,389
■ • •
4,685
691
881 9 9
806
1,738
• • •
97
530
748 14
404
3,518
40
1,467
672
776 2
742
1,567
• • •
71
«• •
18 8
16
152
36
91
306
242 10
294
376
« f •
37
300
416 2
377
854
• • •
137
316
189 14
266
830
• • ■
493
174
68 11
46
796
• • •
730
256
247 1 7
159
4,037
■ • •
2,621
612
767 9
640
3,606
■ • •
1,619
550
907 6
841
1,779
22
138
401
337 9
299
1,653
• • •
349
406
676 8
418
2,124
• • •
726
••»
213 11
196
4^,904
• • •
1,370
88
86 2
102
■ 1,524
•• •
641
249
120 9
176
628
•• •
313
468
666
• 707
1,566
• ••
827
446
482 16
496
2,476
• • •
695
58
110 16
117
331
• > •
41
• • •
199 1
187
426
• • •
158
661
2,616 10
1,701
13,546
■••
4,072
83 12
730 11
608
3,253
• • •
141
66
426
316
1,884
■ ■ •
693
76
643 16
426
2,964
• • •
1,083
1,066
1,806 7
1,717
9,838
• ■ •
6,903
409 14
1,666 16
1,183
5,065
• • •
918
221 2
677 11
600
6,542
15
1,631
2,360
1,816
850
24,772
■••
1,952
892
1,690 4
1,147
6,308
•••
2,206
220 5
1,348
441
3,494
• • •
1,152
236
1,382 11
474
10,l5t»
•• •
1,942
1,300
3,967
2,389
32,643
85
8,828.
• » •
1,950 11
1,696
37,872
■••
10,481
• • •
2,342 8
877
13,020
•• •
4,086
• • •
14 8
12
276
« ■ •
•■ •
29,741 6
56,660 6 4
40,146
2,71,487
208
73,047
XCIV
FORM
Oeneral Statement in acre$ of Tahstla Sangark, Dera Ohdzi Khan,
•
1
^
■
Malouzari, j
[acLUBHro
Cuttivated, 1
Uneultitated. 1
3
w
1
•
%
1
^
VILLAGE.
3 •
1.
^1
1
13
1
<
I
QQ
1^
»3
^
g
•
1
SaiI6ba
Eh&lRa
15
Nanshera
•• •
901
85
.« •
1,197
1,197
16
Bet Araien
•• •
210
70
14
294
Z
17
Pahirpur
• • •
3,074
62
.*•
694
18
Gapol
« • •
352
125
115
406
621
19
KotOaHaEliri
•••
567
122
» • •
468
468
20
BastiKhw&ja
f • •
681
90
117
682
793
21
Bet Saantra
•••
812
166
19
430
449
22
Bet GaBlini
• ■•
486
82
• • •
85
85|
23
Tong
•••
3,088
335
74
866
939
24
Brucabad
« ■ •
2,481
239
•■•
404
404
25
Eacha Drighfo
•••
7,762
46
...
1,896
1,896
26
EotMithan Paka
• • •
763
167
366
846
711
27
Eot Mithan Eacha
• • •
1,2W
27
•• .
693
693
28
Basti Mohib All
••■
749
144
Z
223
603
*
29
Eot Mithan Jadid
■ • ■
9
2
4
14
SO
Hadgola
•••
96
20
166
67
223
81
Eotla Hosain
••■
867
35
149
156
316
32
Mad Palja
• • •
147
18
6
166
172
m
38
Mad Shah Siwar
■••
2
•■•
■••
64
64
1
84
Mad Mir&n
• • ■
1,159
32
27
198
226
1
35
M&chka
•••
1,330
69
124
674
698
36
Shahgarh
••■
692
103
64
770
824
s
87
Bangdla
■ • •
875
19
106
204
310
T
38
Mad Sain D&d
••• 1
812
58
67
461
628
A
39
Eachi Eh&n Muhammad
3,317
22
«••
196
196
40
Rakhba Eh^tian
798
6
• • •
79
79
WM
^
41
Eacha Sher Mahir
188
8
29
90
119
V 1
42 DerahBh&L
1,010
137
143
449
652
s
43 Thiil Naw4b
1,256
92
26
407
433
44 KariyaJit
162
32
25
71,
96
45
Earima Ehor
82
...
20
166
186
46
Sabzani
6,773
341
344
2,016
2,360
47
Parewap
2,222
263
20
607
627
48
Dharw&li
714
98
15
364
379
49
Thiil Nftsir
1,280
1
■ * V
600
600
60 Eacha Choh&n
1,088
201
5
6,441
1,646
51
Mad Muhammad Shah
2,431
326
• ••
1,890
1,390
52 Badli
3,178
107
• ■ •
61i
611
53j Mir£npia7
19,543
1,180
65
2^739
2,797
54 Ch&karwili
1,281
301
42
1,-478
1,620
55 Mohri
946
172
• • •
1,224
1,224
56
Derah Dildir
6,592
411
108
1,106
1,224
57
Rojhan
18,401
901
357
4,071
4;428
58
Eacha Pard Shah
22,452
400
•••
4.539
4,639^
59
Eacha Bhot
6,646
129
• ■ •
2,159
2,169
60
Izzatabad
262
1
• a.
13
13
Total
■••
1,86,277
8,086
3,767
60,102
63,869
xcv
STATEMENT No. YI— continued.
Jdmpur, and Bdjanpur, Dera Ghdzi Khan District,
Jagib.
Assessment per Acbe on
! ■
•
•
B .
-dTS
Q
1
1
fccg
IS
§3
Remarks.
otal Id
land.
H
Eh
E-i
Eh
2,183
8 6
9
1
6
688
4 1
10 11
1 6
8
8,820
8 9
8 10
1 8
9
Goremxnent Fann.
998
8 9
9 4
14
4
1,167
5 6
6 8
11
2
1,470
8 9
9 10
1
4
1,427
4 10
6 7
13
663
1 4
2 8
10
8
4,362
8 7
4 8
1
8,124
1 11
2 6
11
6
Do.
9,704
17
2 4
11
6
1,641
6 6
6 9
12
8
2,011
3 10
6 9
1 8
1,496
7 9
8 1
1
1
^
26
17
9 7
16
839
4 8
6 2
7
8
717
7 1
8 6
1 1
3
837
5 1
12 7
1 6
6
66
8 4
2 8
2 9
8
1,416
• • •
• • •
•••
2,087
• • •
•••
•• •
1,619
7 7
8 4
11
6
1,204
•••
• ••
• ••
1,398
••■
•••
• ••
8,634
•••
•••
• ■ •
-
883
•• •
•• •
■ ■ •
»16
8 6
6 10
1
1,739
4 6
6 6
16
6
1,781
• • •
• • •
•• •
290
6 8
6 6
14
8
,
268
a«t
■••
• • •
9,474
• • •
•••
• ••
8,112
2 6
2 7
9
1
1,191
2 8
4 8
10
7
1,881
•••
• • •
•• •
2,936
• • ■
«• •
•••
4,147
•• •
•• •
« • •
3,896
19
2 6
13
4
22,820
7
7
4
ft
8,102
4 8
7 8
12
3
2,342
2 1
8 2
6
3
8,217
9
10
4
8
23,730
12
17
7
2
27,391
9
10
6
7
8,934
1 1
17
6
2
276
8
8
14
8
1,98,232
2 6
8 2
11
11
*
FOKM E-
General Statement in acrea of Tahatls Sangarh, Dera QMzi Khan,
Eh&lm
16,278 S
i
1 TotsI ...
2S,699 fi
IMQS 8
Chibi
eg' BihU Eindin
1,330
913
686 8
N«hri.
J4«&
M Fazlpor
91' KotlsKhfnUnliunmad
1,«48 8
1,6*8 8
1,6*»
EhilM
. 92 KoUaDid
m 11
Do.
93 QAjarw&li
es'i 8
eVs
366 d
Jfcglr
9i KoUa Evnbir
\
9G KotlalBkn
M, EotU Alft Tir
97
BMtiHimkiiu
98
Jahinpor
»9
Gabol
lOOi
KoUa K&im
101
KotlaJinda
103
BMtiBuiAiii
■ 1
xovu
STATEMENT No. \I— continued.
Jdmpur, and Rdjanpur, Dera Ghazi Khan District.
1
^i
.
(
Total Abba.
MljmAl.
^
i
^
:
g
^g
1
1^ '
ikted
Revem
sle.
< ,
• t
•
Ill
£
•
<
«
877
477 6
438
1,036
i
• ••
6«)
33
136 9
97
378
• • •
84
191
207 4
196 p
1,248
• • a
67
1,000
1,823 9
809
4,069
• • ■
168
1,432
1,386 8
1,350
3,496
*• •
146
1,129 4
1,443 6
1,477
4,033
• • •
128
246 14
498
369
659
• •■
29
1,127 8
1,383 5
1,584
8,095
84
146
1,009
1,005 2
1,101
1,805
• • t
48
803
767 14
1,036
2,629
m % •
66
• ••
160 13
100
2^9
• » •
18
■ •
215 10
178
1,080
• • •
166
226
232
82
419>
m * •
28
656
^62 8
814
1^25
167
■ ■ «
66
60
lOH 12
H6
• ••
7
184
836 2
252
590
• • ■
11
630
649 12
723
1,687
• • ■
99
40
63 4
67
112
• ■ •
6
693
601 11
615
1,668
• • •
142
240
669 13
460
1,656
■ • •
J06
8,770
2,420 6
2,966
9,731
« • a
928
687
599 6
604
2,766
• • •
52
66
172 5
140
623
• • •
24
606
841 3
449
2,449
6
712
268 14
717 10
260
2.332
• • •
m
100
0\
26 12
100
1,221
• • ■
480
•• •
43 4
87
728
.^« •
^61
1,110
8,232
1,400
18,802
^8
694
16,021 8
20,247 10
17,207
67^78
78
4,566
686
602 6
749
978
...
«8
1,649
1,479 4
1,807
4,576,
6,0371
...
614
• • •
.
98 6
41
9i
106
897 14
178 2
229
829.
P»
62
865
868 3
7
862
1,124<
... «
64
14 4
24
682}
4
• . .
10
404 2
760 X)
9,093i
4,000
672
117 12
129
6241
1
...
69
114 8
7
90
6401
...
28
293 14
238 .0
1,711
ipo
46
691 8
447
1,663
• ••
66
617 8
^02
1,787
• ••
862
86 8
66
614
881
60
«••
884 11
284
il23
«••
29
A 10
n
FORM E-
1
General Statement in acres of Tahails Sangarh, Vera Ghdzi Khan,
aharkib
Khilia
P
NAhri
Do.
Khilsa
YILLAGB.
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
in
112
113
114
115
1161
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
126
126
127
128
129
180
131
182
133
•••
184
185
186
137
138
139
140
141
1421
Eotla LuncUn
Bthta
Rijanpnr
Kotla Ahmad
Fazalpar Bechir&gh
Kotla Nasir
Bakhba Nabi Shah
Kotla Milam
Kotla Giman
Dhaggo
Shahr Ninda KhiUi ...
Kotla Ni!iT Muhammad
BastiNaeru
Bhag
BastiDhingan
Basti Phalli
Mad Maulyi
Kotla Said Kh^
Kotla Miran
Kotla Qende Shah ...
Margai
Kotla Qhnlim Murtasa
Shah
Abdula Shahfd
Solgi
Kotla Hasan J£mra ...
Basti Nika
K4dra
Kotla Hasan Shah ...
Umar Kot
Asni
Gytoial
Total
Pati H4ji Mohammad
Kh4n
Pati Kamil Khin Bosdir
Pati Ghal&m Mohammad
Pati Wall Muhammad
Pad SahM Khin ...
Pati Kal&n Miin S4hib
Pati Jnm^ Araien ...
Pati Imim Bakhsh Khin
Pati Ata Muhammad
KhAn
Highest AflSBssMENT or
&
• • •
I • •
• • •
• • •
123 8 8
869 8
847 8
702 8
498 14
96 4 6
512 8
279 18
77 11 (J
214 14
604
884
536 6
12,676 9 2
1
• * ■
• • ■
• • ■
123 3 8
800
300
550
498 14
96 4
v612
6
3
279 13
77 11
151
410
625
536 5
12,035 11
• • ■
« • •
• • •
• ••
• • •
107
300
800
350
286
1S8
442 16 6i
'4
6 6
2
60 15
60
151
410
844
137
118
535
7
5
9,776 11
I
J
CI
STATEMENT No. YI~continued.
JdmpUr, and Bdjanpur, Dera Ohdzi Khan District
1
rS5
1
15^
1
Total Abea.
MiNHAI.
X)
1l
Mr
1
§8
Estimated d
Bevenae
Circle.
<
<
•
IS?
1
1
1
• ■ •
87
116
1,327
• a •
917
• • •
129 1
111
618
• » •
166
...
4,062 5
8,396
9,834
62
1,600
• ■ •
94 4
209
8,497
494
619
.. •
194
226
1.731
187
229
.••
627 9
973
4,165
704
194
■ ••
1,128
1,189
2,774
160
176
■ • •
160 8
199
962
93
54
• ••
1,003 12
667
4,612
812
201
.».
1,367 11
841
2,390
201
133
...
887 7
802
2,426
686
132
...
1,615
734
2,651
89
630
• ••
82
96
679
• ■ •
65
• ■•
928 13
468
6,467
927
115
107 2
87 6
812
208
50
800 6
422 8
886
1,361
67
800
849 9
849
799
42
860
863 8
600
1,992
68
2S8 6
6
447 1
877
1,236
33
189 2
244 6
227
1,036
61
442 16
a
473 IS
648
1,244
64
79 15
893
297
1,662
79
•••
128 1
118
288
8
lAl 6
160 9
187
433
80
260
410
6
ISO 12
601
671
47
844 6
436 18
417
817
13
187
902 1
206
2,498
76
118
402 8
169
1,340
76
586
1,176 6
811
6,497
10
1,600
• ■ •
1,877 4
690
26.710
472
• • •
306 6
266
28,297
348
9,806 11
26,922 7 7
21,192
1,60,190
6»3S2
10,216
*••
1,187 12
678
6,198
•
254
■ • •
' 38 13
30
826
•
11
• •■
812 8
219
1,810
76
a. •
89 7
82
639
15
. « ■
237 1 6
240
1,469
82
.. •
909 9
806
6,284
254
• .•
1,164 6
622
7,161
842
.. •
683
300
8,990
M2J5
76
• •■
144 11
188 €
.• •
85
cu
FORM E-
Oeneral Statement in acres of TahaiU Sangarh, Leva Ghdzi Khan,
i
i
Khalsa
1
p
"A
'S
103
VILLAQB.
•
MALGUZABI, IKCLUDIKa
m
Uncultivated.
Cnliitated
•
i
<
1
Culturable
waste.
Lately aban-
doned.
1
to
-8
E
1
3
Ghaikab
Eat] a Liind4ii
280
68
72
• • •
72
104
Bi!ihar ... '
f 226
27
99
• • •
99
lOo
Rajatipur
4.498
1,043
2,331
. •
2,331
106 Kotia Ahmad ... |
2,373
SO
49
32
81
175
661
107
Fazalpur BechiriLgh ...
1,071
69
25
1,^
108
Kotla Nto'r
2,515
191
140
421
109
lUkhba Nabi Shah ...
1,231
420
797
• • •
797
no
Eotla Milam
669
15
141
• • •
141
111
Kotla G&man
2,468
264
767
■ • •
767
112
Dhaggo
1,438
79
839
• • •
839
113
Shahr Nindo Ehin ...
1,262
109;
237
• « •
237
114
Kotla Niir Muhammad
954
21
1,107
• • •
1,107
116
BastiK4zni
41.-,
24
75
■ • «
. 76
no
BhAg
3,600
106
719
«• •
719
117
Basti Dhing&n
76
18
66
• • •
66
118
Basti Phalli
923
47
273
31
S(H
119
Mad Manlvi
461
21
124
151
275
-•
120
Kotla Said KbiiTi
1,298
61
269
326
666
^
121
Kotla Miran
8<i3
22
287
31
. 318
1
122
Kotla Gende Shah
723
48
213
• a •
213
■a
123
Murgai
680
126
217
167
874
. 1
124
Kotla GhuUm Mortaza
I
Shah
1,163
79
272
69
841
126
Abdula Shahid
160
6
32
83
116
£
126
Solgi
49
21
104
• ••
104
127
Kotla Hasan J&mra ...
270
82
272
• • •
27:1
-<
128
Basti Nika
473
67
222
22
241
<1
129
Kadra
1,616
213
827
268
695
130
Kotla Hasan Shah ...
820
77
368
«■•
368
131
Umar Kot
2.571
S60
1 60
1,066
> « •
1.066
132' Aani
24,398
1,790
• • ■
1,790
Kb&lsa
133
134
Gyimal
26,827
909
218
• • «
218
Total
10d,5Jo
6,720
17,609
1,908
19,417
Kahri
Pati Hdji Muhammad
KhAn
3.770
754
1,406
...
1,406
135
Pali Kamil Eh&n Bozdir
193
75
4ti
...
46
136
Pati Ghbl&m Muhammad
l,03o
830
370
...
370
137' Pati VVali Muhammad
267
151
106
...
106
138
Pati Sahbti KhAn
61a
491
281
• • •
2S1
139
Pati Kalan Mian S£hib
8,80C
1,092
1,076
...
1,078
140
Pati J umftn Araien . . .
4,974
\ 1.066
1,38C
...
1,380
141
Pati TmAm Bakhsh Khan
2,90S
> 211
79£
>
796
142
Pati Ata Muhammad
.
Khan
1,04£
> 231
207
...
2W
cm
STATEMENT No. YI—eonHnued.
Jdmpur, and Rdjanpur, Dera Ghdzi Kkan District,
Jaoib.
RE ON
'i
ASSESSMBNT PSB AO!
•
J
^m
>
5
1 k
1
«
3
nnd
ion.
' RmffABM,
1
3
Total Mil
land.
Total land
cultivat:
. 410
14
4 6
14 3
1
.S52
3 6
6 10
14 1
8,172
6 6
7 9
14 9
2,484
11
1
116
1,315
2 1
2 8
14 9
8,267
3 8
4 9
14
2,448
6 10
7 9
16 6
816
3 4
3 11
14 6
8,499
2 4
3
10 2
2,366
6 8
6 7
14 8
1,608
1 11
3
16
2,082
4 6
6 7
10 6
.
614
1)
2 11
16 6
•
4,426
1 4
1 8
9 1
«
168
8 7
11 4
16 7
1,284
4 7
4 9
1 1 7
767
6 11
7 4
1 2 10
1,934
4
4 1
12 71
1,203
4 10
6
1 1 1
984
3 6
3 8
13 11
1,180
7 1
7 6
116'
1,683
2 10
3
11 4
280
6 3
6 6
16 1
403
6 10
7 6
1 7 11
624
11 2
12 10
16 8
7841
9 7
10 1
19 3
2,423
1 4
1 6
13
1,266
2
2 1
6 1'
S,9b7
2 i
3 3
9 2
26,238
4
4
6
-
27,964
1'
2
3 9
1,34,643
2 8
2 6
I 1 6
6,939
*
1 8
1 2
6
314
1 6
1 6
3 11
1,736
1 1]
2
6
624
2 5
2 6
6 1
1,387
2 7
2 9
4 11
6,(^0
11
1
3 10
7,419
13
1 4
4 1
8,916
12
1 3
4 9
•
1,487
16
16
4 11
FORM
Otnerat StatemMnt in aera of Tahttla Songark, Sera 6h4n Khtn,
}
BiSEUMT ABBxaracnrr or
}
■?
i
VILLAGB.
5-^
h
h
1
1
S i
t
N«hri
Ha
H4
UG
146
14;
148
14»
FaH EhTxid Hiin SiHh
Pati Bahidur Khtln ...
Pati Jlndil Msral ...
Pati thord 8aid&r Mi-
ran Khin
Pati ZamAn Sbah
Pati MakbdOnt Sifaab
;::
z
;
lb
Pati Sfuth Mdl Ghaad
15]
IStiAhniadEtiiDPaUJ
152
Pati Nindi Kh&n ...
16;
Pati Bokbt All
Pati Sartiri
Pati Kam&l Ehln Go
Pali Kalin BardAr
Ehilw
JUranJ£lifai
-
Totid ...
PwWd
167
Kot RiUn
Jligir
IfiS
1C9
160
Fatehpur
Darktain HijI Hnlitin'
mad
MuliHminadpar
TbAI H^hiia
162 Eoili Nanr
16S ThAl Kann
164: KotlB B«niii«}
...
::: i
166 Kin
es7
(
W] <
140 0.
167
Sbftliwi}!
404 a
T»Ul
CS7
g
«S7
U4 fl oj
Total
SB,192 IS
i
<6.MS
BOfiU t\
Bakb are*
„__
QRAIID TOTAt ...
...
cv
STATEMENT No. Yl—co7itinued.
Jdmpur, and Rdjanpur, Dera GJidzi Khan Diatridl,
"S
o o
■^ ^"
3
j=^
P*M
'»^ -»»
•*»
Total Asea.
MiNHAI.
•M
0S «(^
•
O
o
*s
1
a
demai
rates
a
*
'C «
'^ S
<
be ^
TJ
?
i
c8 a>.
.gS.S
s«
gcc
-g«<^
s
§
<1
»
£
<
h)
n
• • ■
53 3
41
1,460
36
• • •
9 5
23
1,921
...
36
•• •
iiG 8
23
1,574
27
• • •
23 3
9
783
17
• • ■
68 6
32
1,889
49
• ••
124 14
24
1.652
34
• • •
161 14
63
1.586
34
■ a •
78 8
29
782
9
• • •
176 6
131
2,232
43
• • a
149 6
63
2,265
SO
• • •
34 13
11
1384
12
• • •
43 14
15
11,184
338
• • •
24 7
6
666
14
• • •
13 4
9
11,307
166
• • •
6,763 14
236 6
6
3,057
140
69,398'
1,948
t as
18.485
6,862
■ ■ ■
612
360
19,726
1,782
• • •
68 13
27
8,83^
7
• • •
267 3
96
7,146
61
• • •
166 6
97
2,001
110
327
• • •
100 14
32
28,708
793
• • •
330 12
259
1,24,976
2,139
• • •
770 6
331
1,02,829
2,241
1 •■•
686 6
201
64,165
4
23,733
]40
2,306 6
800
71,072
60
11,266
301
1,638 4
2
499
39,001
*• .
13,691
441
7,081 8
2
2,832
4,81,943
10,40,696
174
61,792
66,010 9
114,666 14
84,433
6,787
1,51,567
• • •
• • •
• • •
96,700
• • •
8,147
• • •
• • •
• • •
11,37,296
6.787
1,69,714
A 11
'CVI
TORM
General Stdtem^tin (teres of Tahsils Sangarh, Dera Ohdzi Khan,
i
Malouzabi, iKCLUDDra
-
CtUHv(Ued,
UnenUiffated.
i
VILLAGE.
.1
•
•8
u
S
.^
1
•
g
•a
3
1
•
^
s
-.
{Zi
'S
^
S
bo
<
1
1
1
K
1
s
&
1
Nahri
Kh&lsa
143
Pati Ehurd KlAn S&bih
1,244
117
63
». .
63
144
Patd Gul Mohammad...
1,614
260
11
...
11
145
Pati BabidoT Ebia ...
1,369
111
67
...
67
146
Pati Jindii Maral ...
658
77
31
...
31
147
Pati Ehnrd SinUr
Miran Khin
1,459
800
81
•••
81
148
Pati Zam&n Shah ...
1,231
139
138
• a •
148
149
Pati Makhdum S&hab
1,338
34
180
...
180
160
Pati Saith Mdl Chand
654
26
93
• a.
9i
151
Pati Ahmad Eh&n Patdfi
1,668
312
209
• •*
209
152
Pati Nindd KhAn ...
1,904
154
177
...
177
153
Pati Bakht All
1,165
86
41
...
41
154
Pati Sarkiri
10,629
165
^2
*••
52
156
Pati Eam&l Eh&a Qo-
pAng
535
88
29
• »•
29
156
Pati Ealan SardAr
Eh&l«a
157
11,057
...
6,851
Si
84
Total
55,146
5,369
84
6,935
Eot Rdm
11,035
4i61
1,127
1,127
J4g£r
158
Fatehpor
14,052
327
3,264
3,264
367
159
Darkh48t H&ji Mnhmd.
3,462
a. .
367
160
Muhammadpur
ThiU M&chi&n
5,659
.••
1,425
1,425
161
677
• * •
887
887
162
EotU Nfair
27,214
163
538
538
163
Thta Earam
1,15,983
4,070
2,764
2,764
Ehilsa
164
Eotla Hammal
99,290
391
907
907
165
Mat Dilbar
32,446
4,326
8,656
8,656
166
Ein
54,831
136
7
4,789
4,796
167
• • •
• • •
Shahwili
23,152
207
•••
2,051
2,051
Total
8,87,801
10,401
7
21,775
21,782
Total
7,29,151
35,401
33,724
84,966
1,18,690
Bakh area
86,466
617
154
1,316
1,470
Qband Total ...
8,15,617
86,018
33,878
86,282
1^,16(J
cvu
STATEMENT No. Yl—conoluded.
Jdmpur, ctnd Rdjanpwr, Vera Ghdzi Khan District.
I >
Jaoir.
I
I
3
l,42i
1,885
1,647
766
1840
1,518
1,552
773
2,189
2,235
1,292
10,846
652
11,141
67,450
12,623
• 17,943
3,829
7,084
1,564
27,915
1,22,837
1,00,588
40,428
69,756
25,410
4,19,977
8,83,242
88,553
ASBEBCOf SNT PEB ACEB OH
0*51
2
3
00 2
3
3
6
7
11
5
2
2
8
i
i
2
i
1
18
1
16
2
3|
2
a
3
3
6
7
11
6
2
01
2
8
2
. 4
1
2
1
3
2
i
OS >
31
3 7
1 3
16
1 4
1 4
1 4
3 11
3 11
4
3 1
1 4
1 1
8
18
7
1
1
1
1
1
1
4
2
6
5
5
2
J
7
6
5
7
7
1
1 6
2 1
11 4
Bkmabks.
9,71,796
STATEMENT No. VII,
Annual Demand Statement of all four
TAilSIL SAKQARQ.
N»rt Jnniibi
„ ShUDUl
WanI
TAHSIL DEB A OBAZI.
jbuk HUi Hitr
JbDk Y*r Blwb
Ilt1
S l^.IlOjIjH.MJ
FORM G.
Tahsils of the Disii-ict, Vera Qkdzl Khan.
foseh
DU(iBD.
1
S
1
1
i
i
i
i.
1
I
i
i
T
1
i
1
i
3
%
i
i
3
1
i
I
i
1
,i_
1
.1.
1
L
.J_
.!_
1
1
J
1
1
1
11
SJI
ITl
B71
«]
471
471
*J1
47 1
471
471
•7»
m
MB
Ui
w
Jm
M)
(Stt
08^
s
WP
IBO
ISO
1«D
«D
3Bu
9sa
2«0
ISO
13>
u
*«B
1H
est
4M
BBS
008
SM
U4
SOT
(01
eoB
414
IBB
IM
t08
2BB
141
J03
H8
81
ujtn
*4J1»
«,*M
M/BS
M^lBl
«^S(
*4.69f
44,6B«
44,101
um
M.SBl
44.4(1
41,t8S
'itfiii
Ufii\
«J3I
ISpMl
*»M*
40.) IB
4S.IJB
"i^8
4B,11«
4»,1IP
«,1I8
48,118
4S,1IS
<tu
MO
MO
MO
MO
MO
MO
840
~.40
MO
MO
«40
MO
l.SM
I'S
].M.
!'sH
B9S
1,S84
'•sii
l,BB4
l!"
1,331
'hm
1,(34
'oBl
1.234
1,2!
2.n\
s,gii
a,'oi»
8,M9
».01»
i:04B
2,048
S|U4B
!,049
3,0iB
XKt
*»!t
'mS
B^B.
B.OBS
''«'
a,6e«
3,M6
''S«
2^8*
im
3>»0
1,SM
1^5
'■Jm
l.!5(
1,!M
i,sai
'.SM
Ifll
LSsJ
1^28
1^S|
1,82
i,Bre
1*3
MD
1
1.4S3
],«B2
1,40]
ISO
SB!
l,4S'i
134
I,«BI
«13
1,4*3
■|
* u>
US
>M
B*8
Bie
tit
MB
4jm
i.m
*JJl
*^3;
4,811
4.B3t
4,831
I.XM
4,881
4,831
4,881
s,o«.
S.06I
3.W
J.0«|
1,0(1
a,ii«i
»,0CI
i.m
2,089
2.0SB
2,086
871
872
87B
i,i.T.
4.4li
*,•'!
tfi-i'
4,»M
4JB1
AfiV
(.tB!
(,i»:
M>>
il.iy.
d.Bl'
«,IBB
S,1V3
S,1B2
ftlB2
S,l«3
t;»i
liar
Ml
W?;
'mi
lisTT
i.V}
i:-i77
1;B77
'■mI
l.OU:
i.oo;
l.OU
1,017
1,017
1,017
1.017
,017
i.oi;
I:*)'
1.1 u
1M3
I.BIO
i.os:
1,131
i|os;
iS
I.IU
1>IB
1,032
lilB
],oe2
S
1,001
!S
i',»ii
*'?'!
1.S10
4,34.
1^1!
1,110
4,34-
,010
4.344
»47»
S,4T»
i.n
a.sv
'is-
"'■":
^li
'i
''M7
2,317
88;
!.22
M
K
t?
63;
»;
m;
MB
w\
si
m
B8I
BBI
se
S31
m
Bs!
i
«3
*i
4'i
43:
431
4i8
4S.
I.GS
n
1
l.BJ
l,^.^
fi3
i,«a
l.»l
1
l,es
■«o
«
1,8«
1>0
if
i:S
"i
6,00
i;5s
e[oii
l,«0O
«,os:
OIOB
i^oo
e,o9
«J3
«"
6.33
».3B
CM
S.S3
B.SB
fl.sa
8,81
83
»
. yi
1.H,1M
i,M,SM
wl
l,a7,IM
s.oe,»M
i.ai,iw
TiipK
1,87,10.
1.SJ,101
1,87.101
1,3)>
i.'i'.io
1,37,I0»
JSiw
^^^
2,14,0iHl
2.14,11
2,14,118
"vB.ni
2.14,118 imta
78
BtTHiue
GX
STATEMENT No. VII,
AnnucU Demand Statement of cUl/our
''
tand of the
; year of the
ired fiettle-
Pro-
•
VTTXAGH.
^
s
•
i
•
8
r^
§
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
llsi
1
1
1
1
1
CQ
1
1
TAUSIL JAMPUB.
28
Boflti China
886 8
881
404
404
404
404
404
404
60
J&mp&r
1,760
3,069
3,069
2.069, 2,069
8,069
3,069
3;i4i
64
KoUaDhA ..
306 12
469
4C9
469| 469
a9t 469
469
29
Patl Ahmad Gluhkorl . .
■ •
•
• •
• •
• •
• •
m m
■ ■
60
KotJtoft ..
1,018
1,204
1,304
1,304
1,304
1,204
1.304
1,304
Aggregate of the gpmalnlng 162
66,986 13
89,304
89,304
89,304
89,304
89,304
69,304
89,304
Tillages.
Total
TAHaiL BAJANPUU.
98,860
98,433
70,396
98,827
98,860
98,860
98,860
93,860
186
Pati HAji vahaminad
'
186
„ Kainal Kh4n
187
„ QhaUun Muhammad M4ra ..
138
, Wall Mohammad
188
„ BabA Kh^a
140
„ KalAn MTton BAhlb
1
141
„ Juma Araien
143
„ RmaiiibnlcBh E3i&n
148
M Ata Muhammad Khin
144
,, Khnrd MUm Bahlb
146
146
,, Gnl Muhammad KhAn
„ BahadiirKhiin
>
Newly cn)-
147
„ JinddMarl
^
1
148
„ Khnrd Miran KhAn
1
149
H ZamAn 8h4h
160
„ Seih MAI Chand
161
„ AhmAd Khka
162
„ NiodHKhAn
168
„ Bakht All Kh4n
154
„ SlrkArl
166
„ KaUn Sardar Miran KhAn ..
166
M KamAlEhAn .t
Kin
^
166
171 13
672
672
673
673
673
672
677
Aggregate of the remaining 148
66,687 4
80,676
80,676
80,676
80,676
80,676
80^76
80^76
Tillagea.
Total
81,348
66,809
81,348
81,248
81,248
81,3481
81,348
81,348
CXI
FORM 0~Condvded.
Tahsila of the District, Dera QMzi Khan.
POBED DSMABD.
S
404
8,141
469
l',204
89,304
88,422
tiTftted
672
80,676
81,248
464
2,141
474
l'i04
89,204
98,427
mania
672
80,076
81,248
I
404
3,141
474
*1*,204
89,204
98,437
hi.
I
404
9.141
474
l',3*4
89,204
98,427
I
404
8,141
474
l',204
89,204
03,427
800
672 673
80,676; 80,676 80,676
81,248, 81,348
81,876
I
404
3,141
474
148
1,304
89,304
I
98,676
67S
80
219
82
240
806
632
800
188
41
28
28
9
82
»&
39
181
68
11
• •
6
9
800
80,676
84,433
404
3,141
474
148
1,204
89,304
98,676
678
80
319
83
8401
806
622
800
188
41
88
88
9
83
34
39
181
63
11
• •
6
9
800
80,676
84,488
i
I
404
3141
474
148
1,304
89,204
98,676
678
80
319
82
340
806
622
800
188
41
88
88
9
82
84
39
181
68
11
■ •
6
9
100
80,676
84^488
I
404
3,141
474
148
1,304
89,304
98,676
673
80
319
82
240
806
622
800
188
41
23
38
9
82
84
39
181
68
11
6
9
800
80,676
84,488
1
1
r-«
»«^
w*
1
t
1
1
1
404
1
40J
404
8,141
2,141
8,141
474
474
474
148
148
148
1,20^
1,2'H
1,204
89,204
89,304
89,304
98,676
98,676
9S„676
678
678
678
80
80
80
319
319
319
82
82
82
240
340
240
806
806
806
622
633
622
800
800
800
188
188
188
41
41
41
88
38
38
88
38
38
9
9
9
83
83
83
34
34
34
39
39
39
181
181
131
68
68
68
11
11
11
• •
6
• «
6
• •
6
9
9
9
800
800
800
80,676
80,676
80,676
84,488
84,488
84,488
as
I
404
3;141
474
14*1
1.304^
89,204
98,676
678
80
819
82
840
806
628
800
183
41
38
33
9
83
84
39
181
68
11
6
9
80A
80,676
84«488
t
404
8,141
474
14t
1,338
89,304
93,609
i|Eimiiiii 1
s
1
82-as|lsSs|,s 1
a
•panopoBqs
a
s
s s ^ s
B
'- s
pus pajsi
w
*
s
*
s
—
S5
s
K
K 3 S S
■p91»A
-ppl3 piOX
5
£
3
?i
n SI & 2
t i °
"
— M — F-
1
It
s
V & ^. S
?
s, s
s
dS>
»
«
K.
s s s s
s
n-
,209
407
183
724
i!
s
S
a
u
"
%j
^
2 5. S g
s
^
-
-
ss
S
a
i S S S
s
s
&
3G
1,78
1.06
36
S
2
i
i
1^
s
1 i 1 5
s
§ s
'i;i
Si
St
Si 5 K. a.
s.
f?
s
S
s
£ s £ : s
■ i
^
0.
s
18
61
57
s s
1
S
Pi
s
is
" s i £
H
i S
3
~
s - '
s
s =
a
a
1,18
2,09
1,60
1,61
s
s -
t.
-
ffi
o
633
227
820
696
s
s s
S
|lll|
"
., „ ,,
1
. 1 ^ a 1 .fi
1
-S ^
s
1
1
1
m I
czii(a)
SETTLEMENT No. IX.
danified Return of Jvdioidl and Rtmnvs ecMs, Dora Ohdei Khan
iKMrJct.
9Bi
3
DsacBiFnoir of suits.
Claim to inheritanoe and«r Mahammadan Law
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
nindti Law...
any other Law
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
Suits to establish or contest the acts of HindCi widows
Suits relating to the Hevenue...
NnmbCT of
cases decided
during the
term df Set*
tlement.
Suits relating to Mortgages . . .
Claims in right of Fre-emptiOn
••• ^
Suits regarding the relative rl^htb of superior and inferior holder
of land (other than reat suit} ...
Suits for partition Qf joiiit right
Suits regarding boundaries ...
Suits for or relating to land not included in aaaj of the foregoing
Sunimaiy suits to tecov^ possession undet Section IB of Act
ZXV of 1859
»••
Suits relating to right of date trees
te«
Total of ordinai7'8ui# for Bights
207
86
2,591
1
1
728
476
498
453
2,682
65
29
cxii (b).
STATEMENT No, IX— continued,
Ckmijied BeU/miM^fJudioiQil «7ui Revenue cases, Dera Ohdzi Khan
Didrict.
i
17
18
19
SO
21
22
23
24
25
26
2T
28
83
84
85
86
DBflcsimoK or Sum.
S
H
i(
6
•<
5
9
29
rS,
£
30
S
Q
g
81
g
82
CO
" Snits under aection 5 "by lenaat for ^ghts of oooapaocj ^.
Suits to establish right of occupancy under section 8 on
other grounds than those mentioned in pienous
section 61 the Act ...
Suits under section 6 by landlords for rebuttal d piesump-
' tive right of occnpscncy
Suits under section 10 and 11 for enhancement of rent ...
Suits under section 14 fbr abatement of rent ...
Suits for arrears of rent, where remission is allowed under
section IK ... ...
Snits under section 18 to set aside award of division and
' appraisement of produce taken for rent ...
Suits under section 19 1^ landlords for ejectment of tenants
with right of occupancy section 19, dause 1
Number of
<»KS decklei
during the
term of Sei-
tlement.
Da
do.
do.
clauses
f
Suits under section 20 by landlords' for ejectment of tenant
without right of occupancy
Suits under section 25 by tenants to contest notice ol eject-
men w .*. ... •■■ ... •••
Suits under section 26 by tenants on account of illegal
ejectment ... ... ... ...
Total
€4
46
16
5
S
6
T976
cni (e)
STATEMENT No. IX—amduded.
damped Return oj Judicial and Reveirae caaea, JHra C^dai Khan
IHttrict.
i
CncBonox or Bum>
Namberof
cMoadecidecT
tenoof Set-
tlement.
3T
Sevemu cam.
SB
Bonnduydlipotw between mMulw ...
14»
n
Do, do. fieldi
17 S-
40
Tribal anqQiriM ...
»
41
I?
42
Complete pwtitiDii irf K«UteB ... ^
lii
43
Licomplete do. do.
12ff
44
Sx£
^Of irhole Tillages of sbarea of TlUage* (Jftgin> ...
4S
Of minoi' Serrioe gruta (inimi)
100
4«
Of petty charlUUe and Teligieoi grantt {nmOli ...
421
4T
Of gudens, grore^ roodmde gnnta, and other granta
lor t&e impioTemeut of tli« conntrj
18?
48
19«
49
8<S
CO
Eindogo and PMwitii' cue*...
•0
61
£>«. Til ol 1633)
1
03
Demsrati
HI of Foreat Unda, Bovd of AdminJrtnrtdoo (Bbt. Cir-
cxii (d)
K
I
o
(S^
II
O f
— • ®
9
CO
00
CO
00
CO
s
s
i^"^— *••••
DO
ao
otT
s
oa
CO
00
CO
CO
c»
0^
CO
ao
04
9
s
f-H
•
•
t^
Ol
•
cC
r*
CO
Q
'<«
VH
C
oj.
ee
e«
ao
00
3
'p »'i
CO
oo
s
CO
00
CO
4
•a
s
s
cxii (e)
X
m
o
E-i
«*».
d
s
oo
s
00
00
s
I
i:
ss
0»
ee c o o
fi.2 Q>*^oo
• "OS ^ •-<
G^
CO
1
6 .
8
I
%
S
a
I
t
I
tA
*2
1 =
.9
I
ii
2 •
S
I
1
•31
Mi
.^3
I
1^
•a ■*»
I
I
CXlU
•
si
J
.1
9»
J
t^
a
i<
»
■S
H
^
<«1
$
H
ss
CO
sS
(.
g
l-i
^
"M
^
52
g
I
1^
s
k
I
i^lBfc
s
CO
04
«o
<«
00
04
oo
s
00
CO
04
s
02
3
o
a
I
>4
•a
9
A 12
tsxiv
«
STATEMENT No. XIH.
Statement showing the diviaion of land amongst the different IribeB
inhabiting the Dera Qhdzi Khan District.
Kame of 7W6e. HMing i% acres.
Kahrs ... ... „. ... ... 2,889
^odfs ... ... ... .., ... 147
Pathtos ... ... ... ... ,.. 28,686
The Kalhora famay ... ^.. ... „. 4,150
•Ddtld Potraa ... ... ... ... 867
8yada ... ... .„ ... 1,08^648
KoresMi ... .,. ... ... ... 12,922
Korejaa ... ... ... ... 4,477
Beloches ... ... .„ „, ... 19,28,404
J«fc8 ... ... r.. ... ... 4,84,982
ArMna ... ... ... ... ... 16,993
Likhas ... ... ... ... ,„ 2,475
Faklrfl (Mafaammadana) ,„ ... ... 216
Bhatiiraa ... ... ... ... „. 1,752
•Mahtama ... ... ... ... ... 1^699
Kot&naa ... ... ,., .,, ^.. - 405
Moh&naa ... ... ... ... ... 234
LoWra ... ... ... ... .,, 2,667
Hochia ... ... „. ... ... 4,641
•Eaa^la ... ... ... ... ... 1,426
Dhobfo ... ... ... ... ... 2,274
Kumhto ... ... ... ... „. 1,410
Faol{8 (weaYetEh) ' ... .,. ... ... 1,081
'MfrAsfs ... ,.. ... ... ... 612
Ndla (barbers) .,. ... ... ... B»866
Tarkh&na (caipenters) ... ... ... ... 6,809
Eahiria ... ... ... ... ••• 1,601
Hulaa ... ... ... ... ... 2^2
Ponenr (silk-weaver^ ... ... ... ««. 563
slTaiB ... ... ^, . ... ... om
BhiLbraa ••• ... ... ... .«. 4
Mi'r Shikiria ... ... ... ... 15
Khojaha ... ... ... ... •„ 5,065
V •Jog{a ... ... ... .«. ... 85
Camel-dri?arB ... ... ... ... 1,262
uarzis ... ... v.« ««• n. X£9
Dew&laa ... ... ... .,. ... 1,302
Fisbermeii •«. •«. ... ... ... 748
Mtij&wara ... ... ... ... ... 41,224 .
Dyera ... ... ... .,. ... 642
Tixuneii ... ... ... ... ... 38
Ghoaiina ... ... ... ... ... 232
Goldamitha ... ... ^. ... ... 2,492
Eer&ra ... ... ... ... ... 2,20,066
Shekha ... ... ... ... ... 6,404
Ehatiia ... ... ... ... ... 15,663
Bralunina ... ... ... . ... ••• 4t351
Bhatiaa ... ... ..i .^ ... 22
Beld^ra ... ... ... ... ... 66
Ghowaa ... ... ... ... ... 1
Faklra (Hindfis) ... ... .... ... 607
Bhata ... .«. ... ... «.. 31
LabteaB ••• ••. ... ... ••• 82
Jdjaka ... ... ... ... •.. 96
Goyemment property ... ... ... ... 2,81,382
Total ... 81,16,093
exT
o
00
to
s
o
a;
(3
0)
Pi
0)
O CO
o -^
o
0»
CO
s
■««»
i
O
g
1
o
p
I.
o
bo
a
I
CO
to
00
00
00
CO
CO
IS
^ ^
CO
oo
CO
CO
00
CO
*o
CO
«o
00
oa
oo
00
0^
s
00
CO
00
o»
CO
CI
*»(^avi^
I
En
^+ Cl'
CXVl
STATEMENT
Produce Statement, Beta Qhdzi Khan District
Chahi-Nahbi Cibglb. 1
Dajtba Cis
Name
Produce.
of crop.
Higher.
Arerage.
Lower.
Higher.
Average.
Rahi ...
Wheat
M. S. C.
15 Q
M. 8. C.
10
M. 8. C.
5
M. 8. C.
15
M. 8. a
11 10
Gram
•*•
•••
•.*
■ • ft,
• *»
Poppy and opium
10
6 U
4 6
■ • •
• *•
Turnips estimated
in cash
Barley
• ••
15 a
10
5
Bs. 12
M. 8. C.
15
Bs. 8
M. 8. C.
11 10
TtoimTra
•••
1
««..
*••
• ■•
• a.
Peas estimated in
cash
■••
« • .
•* .
• ••
• ••
Adas
■ ••
• *.•
•« •
• • •
• • •
Sarshaf
••■
• ••
...
■ IK
...
Kharif ...
Indigo
22 8
15
7 8
• •«
• ••
Sugar-cane esti-
mated in cash
Cotton
Rs. 180
M» D. C.
5
Bs. 120
M. 8. C.
,8 5
Bs. 60
M. 8. C.
25
• •ft
7 20
« • ■
5 a
Bijra
12 20
7 20
2 20 a
«
...
••■
Bice
16
10
5
•••
:;:
Tobacco
22 20
15
7 20
• • •
Til seed
5
2 20
15
...
••■
Saw&k
5
8 6
1 10
...
»••
-
Mdng
11 10
7 20
3 30
*• .
«••
Jow&r
12 82 8
7 20 a
3 30
7 20
&
Moth
7 20
5
2 20
■ • •
• *•
Indian com
7 20
5
2 20
.«.
• •a
China and Kangni
5
3 5
1 10
...
»••
Vegetables
Bs. 40
Rs. 32
Bs. 24
•••
1
•••
Melons estimated
in cash
.1%
•••
1
...
.
Samoka
•••
. t.
1
...
• •■
PEBA QHAZI KHAN 8ETT. OFFICE,
Th6 nth October 1874.
I
cxvii
No. XVI.
( Estimated Produce per acre adopted).
CLB.
Sailab Cibclb.
Pachad Cibclb.
Lower.
Higher.
Average.
Low
er.
C.
)
•
Higher.
Average.
Lower.
M. S. C.
7 20
M. 8. C.
12 80
M, 8. C.
8 80
M. 8.
5 (
M. 8. G.
12 20
M. S. C.
8 80
M. 8. 0.
6
•• •
12 20
6 10
3 30
• •*
» • •
••*
• • •
«••
• • •
. • •
...
• ••
•••
Bs. 4
M. 8. C.
7 20
12 20
8 80
...
6
Bb. 12
12 20
Bb. 8
8 30
Bb. 4
6
• • .
12 20
6 10
3 30
10
6 10
2 20
• • *
Bs. 12
M. S. C.
12 20
Bb. 8
M. 8. C.
6 10
Bb. 4
M. 8 C.
2 SO
• • •
• • ■
• • •
1 ■•
• • .
• ft a
• • •
...
10
6 10
2 20 a
...
»••
t ■ •
• • •
• • •
ft • •
...
•••
• ••
■ • •
••.
• f ■
• • V
• • .
2 20
• • •
• • •
•*•
7 20
5
2 20
• • .
12 20
7 20
2 20
12 20
8 30
6
• • a
• •*
• • <
• • i
>
• • .
• A •
•*.
• •(
••<
»
•• »
• • •
• • •
• • t
...
»
..•
• ft*
...
ff • i
• • 4
...
■ • .
•••
f •«
• I fl
• • •
2 20
• • •
• ■
«•!
r
15
10
6
•••
••.
• • 1
• • 1
• i.
• . •
«
• a.
• • 1
...
»
...
...
• • ■
■ ••
• •<
• • 1
. • •
•■ •
Bb. 40
Bb. 82
Bb. 24
...
• • •
V • •
• ••
• • •
6
8 6
1 10
F. W. B. FBYEB,
ScttUment Officer.
Live Music Archive
Librivox Free Audio
Metropolitan Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Internet Arcade
Console Living Room
Books to Borrow
Open Library
TV News
Understanding 9/11