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HIS—HOS
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HISlEAK—Elev. 4,140'.
The second station on the new post-road from Tehran to Kazvin. The
name is a diminutive of Hisar. The village Hisar lies about \ mile to
the north-west.
HIS AR-I-AMIR—
It is crown property; the most southern village of the Jajrud valley ; it
has 100 houses and a hunting lodge of the Shah.
It is situated 22 miles east of Tehran, 3 miles north-east of Khatun-
abad, and is also called Hazar Kaleh.— (Schindler.)
HISAR-I-HAJI SHAMS ’ALT—
A village of 15 houses, 1£ miles south-east of Ramadan to the left of
the road to Malayar.
Same as Rozario’s Hassar.— (Schindler.)
HISHlJAN—
A place near Mianeh in Azarbaijan, a noted locality for the purchase
of pack animals, chiefly ponies.
HISHMATABAD—Elev. 5,683'.
A village about 40 miles from Burfljird on the road from Isfahan to
that place. It is situated on the Sdakhur plain, and was formerly called
“Asaraki; ’— (Schindler.)
HIV—Lat. 35° 59'; Long. 50° 37'. Elev. 4,775'.
A large village inhabited by Turks in the Sauj Bulagh district, 60 miles
west-north-west of Tehran, and 1\ miles from Yangi Imam (half way
between Tehran and Kazvin).
There are some coal mines situated about 1| miles from the village, at
an elevation of 1,000 feet above the plain. The rocks, where the mines
are, have a black tinge, and ironstone is abundant, and the hills seem to
consist of layers of sandstone, and coal.
A third of the coal consumed in Tehran comes from the Hiv mines.—
(Schindler.)
HOMIN (?)— , n T . .
A village, 35 miles from Ardakan, on the road to labas. It is situated
in a pretty little oasis.—(0. D. Stewart.)
HOSH-KURI—(or the ‘ horses house.”) Zuhab.
A small village situated near extensive Sassanian ruins, and inhabited by
Bajlans of the Shakali branch. They number 20 families, and are all
Saivids of the Husaini branch. The inhabitants are said to have come
over from Turkey some 12 years ago. The Kadkhudd is Saiyid Muhammad
Amin. Cultivation: grain. They also tend numerous flocks. The direct
road from Khaniqln to Chiah Surkh passes through this village. 50 inhabi
tants. Cultivation: wheat and barley daimi. (Postmaster, Sar-t-
Pul-i-Zuhab.) ■
A village in the Qasr-i.Shirin district of Kirmanshah on the frontier
between Turkey and Persia. It has a customs’ post and a guard of 6 Persian
horsemen, as it is a gate for the entry of smuggled goods into Gilan—(/Soane,