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UPPER SIND FRONTIER

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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 782 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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UPPER See also:

SIND

SIND FRONTIER , a See also:

DISTRICT

district of See also:

BRITISH

British See also:

India, in the Sind See also:

province of Bombay, with administrative headquarters at See also:

JACOBABAD

Jacobabad. See also:

AREA

Area, 2621 sq. m. In the See also:

north-See also:

east the See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country is hilly; the See also:

REMAINDER, REVERSION

remainder consists of a narrow See also:

STRIP

strip of level See also:

PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain, one See also:

HALF

half being covered with See also:

JUNGLE (Sans. jangala)

jungle and subject to inundation, from which it is protected by artificial embankments. The See also:

LAND

land is watered by canals from the See also:

INDUS

Indus, of which the See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief are the Begari and See also:

DESERT

Desert canals. The district contains several thriving See also:

TIMBER

timber plantations. The See also:

CLIMATE

climate is remarkable for its dryness and for its extraordinary See also:

variations of temperature. The See also:

ANNUAL

annual rainfall at Jacobabad averages less than 5 in. In 1901 the See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population was 232,045, showing an increase of no less than 33% in the See also:

DECADE (from Gr. Oka, ten)

decade, chiefly due to See also:

IMMIGRATION (from Lat. in, into, and tnigrare, to depart)

immigration from See also:

BALUCHISTAN

Baluchistan. The See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal crops are millets, oil-seeds, pulses, See also:

wheat and See also:

rice. The See also:

INTERNAL

internal See also:

trade is principally in See also:

GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain, the greater See also:

PART

part of which is sent to the See also:

sea-See also:

BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board; the transit trade from Central See also:

ASIA

Asia into Sind crosses the district, bringing See also:

WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool and woollen goods, fruits, carpets and horses. The district is crossed by the See also:

QUETTA

Quetta See also:

BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the North-Western railway. The See also:

WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild Baluchi inhabitants were pacified by See also:

General See also:

John See also:

Jacob between 1847 and his See also:

DEATH

death in 1858.

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