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Shabancara, which is part o{ Dashtistan, is assessed for the maiiyat at 5,000
tomans. Ziza is the personal property of Nizam-us-Sultaneh and has been
leased by him to Ismail Khan of Shabancara for the past 15 years for 11,000
tomans annually.
Shabancara is purely an agricultural district, but is noted for horse breeding.
The wealth of Zira lies in its datc*gardens, which are very extensive.
The districts are divided up into spheres amongst the. members of the ruling
family, which has been in Shabancara for some 18 generations, it is said. Ismail
Khan himself resides in, and controls Zira. His elder son Muhammed Ali Khan
acts as his father’s deputy at Deh Kuhne and manages the western part. Rus­
tam Khan, a brother of Ismail Khan, looks after the part from Boiri north and
south : Agha Khan, son of the deceased brother of Ismail Khan, resides at
Darvei and rules over the southern part of Shabancara. The Shabancara and
Zira districts are said to be able to muster 1,500 tufangchis.
The small but rich district of Behbcra, consisting of two villages only, has
also been assimilated to Zira in recent years by Ismail Khan.
In 1909 there was a quarrel between the Kashkulis and Ismail Khan over
the rich district of Ma2arai, lying in the coast plain north of Zira and across the
Shahpur river, which in former times formed part of the sub-government of
Khisht. After a raid by the Kashkulis right across Shabancara the question was
settled by arbitration of Hayat Daoud, the revenue being paid to the Kashkuii
Khans each year, while the control of the district is left to one of the Shaban­
cara Khans, viz., Agha Khan, who sent his brother as his deputy.
Mazarai numbers in its villages—
Mazarai.
Siah Mansur.
Dasht-i-Gur.
Palangi.
Shull.
Kun-i-Surkh.
The chief political feature is enmity and blood-feud with Borazjun and
Daliki on account of Zira : relations with Hayat Daoud are very cordial.
The ruling family is:—

Umail Khan (abort 60) Rustam Kbao Haji Abdallah Khan.

f

Uohamed Ali Khan Left Alt Khan. Daogbter mar-ied to Kban
(about (32) of Boracjuo.

Sohrab Khan A{ba Kban Shit
(abort 8). Kban.
(abort 3b)
Daliki.
This small district, containing 3 villages only, is bounded on th<
East: by the mountains.
South: by the Borazjun frontier passing about 3 miles north of Qaraoul
Khane.
West: boundary lies along the Zira border to the west of a narrow strip
containing the large date plantations of Sarkeverdun and continues
about J mile to the west of the Shur river till it reaches the moun­
tains behind Behbera and Mazarai.
North: by the bridge of Daliki: there is nothing but mountains each