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| Article or Chapter Title | Note on geography and place names of Seistan |
| Record Number | 10310 |
| Primary author or editor | Marchant, A. |
| Description | Marchant gives a general overview of Afghan and Persian Seistan (presently Afghan Chakhansur and Iranian Seistan), including historical background of the Helmand river and major weirs, Band-i-Kamal Khan and Band-i-Seistan. The overview also translates Persian phrases such as dasht, or desert, and rud, or river.
The technical information page integrates and compares data collected by Tate, Iranian, and Afghan studies regarding land cultivated, population, lake area, and water quantity. |
| Subject(s) | Helmand; Seistan; Chakhansur; Irrigation; Agriculture |
| Water Basin(s) | Helmand
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| Countries | Iran
Afghanistan
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| Page(s) | 3 p. |
| Language | English |
| Date | 1950-01-14 |
| Library Location | Archives maps & microfiche - standard size file cabinets |
| Donor | Laylin, John G. |
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