Report on the revised settlement of the Shahpoor district in the Rawalpindi division

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1TABLE OF CUNTENTS.

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3Subject. Para. | Page. pendix

4INTRODUCTION.

5Status at annexation, : 2 1

6First formation of the district, Be 3 1

7Changes become necessary, . 4 1

8Qadirpoor Tahseel transferred to B hung, a : 5 1

9Khoshab and Ferooka are received, - asi ke 6 2

10Constitution of the district in 1853-54. 3 ; 7 2

11Mitha Tiwana received from ve as - 8 2

12Further changes, .., wee wee 9 2

13A fourth Tahseel created, sas ise 10 3

14The Kaloowal Tahseel br oken "Ps “a 11 3

15Final changes, s 12 3

16Interior sub- divisions remodelled, 13 3

17The main body of the report ; the subjects it will embrace, 14 4

18PART I.

19DESCRIPTIVE, STATISTICAL, AND HISTORICAL.

20Boundaries, ses ane oo ca : 1 5

21Area, tee ee ost eI te 2 5

22Preponderance of waste, vee bee Fee 3 5

23Physical features of southern half -of the district, - =e 4 5

24Cultivated portion divided into “ hethar” and “ nukka, és 5 6

25The “ Bar,” : 6 7

26Character of vegetation south of J hetum, ae 7 7

27Tract north of the Jhelum river, 7 ade ‘ae ane 8 8

28General aspect, vee ees = = -f. es set 9 8

29The Salt Range, .. +e 10 8

30Scenery, climate, soil, “and character of cultivation, rain- -fall, re 1 9

31Vegetation of Salt Range, be eee oes ane a 12 9

32The “ Mohar, ” including the “ Dunda,” ry ae ae 13 10

33Streams, és aes re ar wi 14 10

34Scarcity of good water in the “ Mohar,” is ; 15 Il

35The “ ‘Thull,” ws ‘ve : ; 16 ll

36Vegetation of the “ Thull, ” z ; 17 12

37Supply of water, ... ts i , ; 18 12

38Habits of the population, ... ae : 19 12

39The district generally healthy, ... tee . or 20 18

40Average rain-fall low, & bie Fi ae : 20 13

41Prevalent diseases, ... a due eee va See ae 20 13

42Rivers. The Jhelum, ee aoe si tes ing esi 2} 14

43sh The Chenab, me ice a pea ste, Phew 22 14

44Ferries, fe ass ait = 263 eA pain 23 15) T

45Canals, ; in a tee igs ; eae : 24 15

46Natural products, one see is " ‘ 25 16 | IE

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