enab Canal. Jhang is divided
into the three large _tahsils_ of Jhang, Chiniot, and Shorkot. The
rainfall is about ten inches and the summer long and very hot. The chief
crops are wheat, _jowar_, and _chari_. The Sials are few in number, but
are the tribe that stands highest in rank as representing the former
rulers.

[Illustration: Fig. 113.]

[Sidenote: Area, 6107 sq. m.
Cultd area,
1756 sq. m.
Pop. 814,871;
82 p.c. M.
Land Rev.
Rs. 13,74,472
= L91,631.]

~Multan~ occupies the south of the Bari Doab. The Ravi flows from east
to west across the north of the district and falls into the Chenab
within its boundary. The Sutlej meets the combined stream of the Jhelam,
Chenab, and Ravi at the south-west corner of the district.

A part of the Kabirwala _tahsil_ lies beyond the Ravi. The other four
_tahsils_ are Multan, Shujabad, Lodhran, and Mailsi. In a very hot
district with an average rainfall of six inches cultivation must depend
on irrigation or river floods. The present sources of irrigation are
inundation canals from the Chenab and Sutlej supplemented by well
irrigation, and the Sidhnai Canal from the Ravi. The district consists
of the river valleys, older alluvial tracts slightly higher than these
valleys, but which can be reached by inundation canals[14], and the high
central Bar, which is a continuation of the Ganji Bar in Montgomery.
Part of this will be served by the new Lower Bari Doab Canal. The
population consists mainly of miscellaneous tribes grouped together
under the name of Jats, the ethnological significance of which in the
Western Panjab is very slight. They are Muhammadans. The district is
well served by railways.

[Sidenote: Area, 6052 sq. m.
Cultd area,
1163 sq. m.
Pop. 569,461;
87 p.c. M.
Land Rev.
Rs. 873,491
= L58,233.]

~Muzaffargarh~ is with the exception of Kangra the biggest Panjab
district. It forms a large triangle with its apex in the south at the
junction of the Indus and Panjnad. On the west the Indus forms the
boundary for 180 miles. On the east Muzaffargarh has a river boundary
with Bahawalpur and Multan, but, where it marches with Jhang, is
separated from it by the area which that district possesses in the Sind
Sagar Doab. There are four _tahsils_, Leia, Sinanwan, Muzaffargarh, and
Alipur, the first being equal in area to a moderately sized district.
The greater part of Leia and Sinanwan is occupied by the Thal. The
southern tongue of the Thal extends into the Muzaffar