Gazetteer of the Bahawalpur District With Map 1904
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Date
1904
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Sang-e-Meel Publications
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Before the year 1866 the State was divided into a number of
administrative divisions called Kardaris (collectorates), each of which was
sub-divided into from 3 to 5 Niyabots. On the establishment of tho British
Agency in 1866 the State was divided into three Nizamats, each of which
was sub-divided into a number of Tahsils and Peshkaris. This arrangement
continued until 1879-80 when Col. Grey, tho Political Agent, with the
assent of the British Government, introduced a new·arrangement by which
the Nizamats and Tehsils were abolished, and six Kardaris with the
Peshkari sub-divisions were again introduced. This arrangement lasted until
10th June 1905 whon His late Highness Nawab Muhammad Bahawal
Khan, V, with the advice of the Political Agent finally abolishod the Kardaris
and the State was divided into three principal administrative divisions
called Nizamats, each of which comprised three Tahsils.
Chapters I and II of this Gazetteer were compiled and printed before
this arrangement came into force as were also most of the tabular statements
illustrating and elucidating tbs facts described in those chapters, and
other tables forming Part B of this work. Chapters III and IV were
completed after the establishment of Nizamals and Tahsils in June 1905
with the result that while these names will be found in the later chapters,
the terms Kardaris and Peshkiris appear in the earlier chapters and in
some of the Tables.
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Gazetteer of Bahwalpur