GIRISHK  , a See also:

• VILLAGE

village and fort of See also:

• AFGHANISTAN

Afghanistan . It stands on the right See also:

• BANK

bank of the See also:

• HELMUND

Helmund 78 1n . W. of See also:

• KANDAHAR

Kandahar on the road to See also:

• HERAT

Herat; 3641 ft. above the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea . The fort, which is garrisoned from Kandahar and is the See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence of the See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of the See also:

• DISTRICT

district (Pusht-i-Rud), has little military value . It commands the fords of the Helmund and the road to See also:

• SEISTAN, or SISTAN (SEJISTAN)

Seistan, from which it is about 190 M. distant; and it is the centre of a See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich agricultural district . Girishk was occupied by the See also:

• BRITISH

British during the first Afghan See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War; and a small See also:

• GARRISON
• GARRISON, WILLIAM LLOYD (1805-1879)

garrison of sepoys, under a native officer, successfully withstood a See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege of nine months by an overwhelming Afghan force . The Dasht-i-Bakwa stretches beyond Girishk towards See also:

• FARAH

Farah, a level See also:

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

plain of consider-able width, which tradition assigns as the See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field of the final contest for supremacy between See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia and See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England .