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=Ab-i-Istada=

A lake in the Taraki Ghilzai country, Afghanistan,
lying between 32 degree 30' N. and 67 degree 50' E., about 65 miles south-south-
west of Ghazni, and about 70 miles north-east of Kalat-i-Ghilzai. Its
length and breadth are 17 and 15 miles respectively; it is very shallow,
its extreme depth in the centre being only 12 feet. It is bounded by
a shelving margin of naked clay ; not a tree is in sight, nor a blade
of grass.

The water is salt and bitter, and the banks are encrusted
with salt. Its principal feeder is the Ghazni river. Major Broadfoot
relates that the fish brought down by the Ghazni river from its upper
parts, on reaching the salt portion, sicken and die ; and Outram
mentions that the point where the Ghazni river enters the lake is
marked by thousands of dead fish. The surrounding country is very
barren and dreary, and has scarcely any permanent inhabitants, though
it is a favourite grazing-ground of the Ghilzai tribes during the summer
months. No water runs out of the lake, but its waters percolate
underground in streams which unite to form the Arghastan Lora.

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Pdewan at 23:04, 3 May 2014

Pdewan: Created page with "{| class="wikitable" |- |colspan="0"| This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLAR..."

Pdewan: Created page with "{| class="wikitable" |- |colspan="0"|
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THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908.
OXFORD, AT THE CLAR..."