NUSHKI  , a See also:

• TOWN

town and See also:

• DISTRICT

district of See also:

• BALUCHISTAN

Baluchistan . The town lies ,-o M. See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west of See also:

• QUETTA

Quetta, and is situated in a See also:

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

plain at the See also:

• BASE

base of the Quetta See also:

• PLATEAU (a French term, older platel, for a flat piece of wood, metal, &c., from plat, flat)
• PLATEAU, JOSEPH ANTOINE FERDINAND (1801-1883)

plateau, 2900 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 . Pop . (1901) 644 . From this point the See also:

• FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat Baluchistan See also:

• DESERT

desert stretches away northwards and westwards to the See also:

• HELMUND

Helmund See also:

• RIVER

river . The See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration of the Nushki district was taken over from the See also:

• KHAN (from the Turki, hence Persian and Arabic Khan)

khan of See also:

• KALAT

Kalat by the See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government in 1896, and was leased from him on a perpetual quit See also:

• RENT

rent in 1899 . In 1902 a railway of 91 M. was sanctioned from Quetta to Nushki, which was com-pleted in 1905 . This railway makes Nushki the starting-point of the See also:

• CARAVAN (more correctly Karwan)

caravan route to See also:

• SEISTAN, or SISTAN (SEJISTAN)

Seistan . From the strategic point of view a force operating from Nushki would flank any advance from the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north on See also:

• KANDAHAR

Kandahar, and would also guard the south-west approach to the fortress of Quetta .