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JARtT—L at. 3l°34'N. Long. 49^37' B. Elev. l^GO'.
A small village in the lower Bakhtiari country, 46 miles west by south of
Deh Diz. It is a permanant settlement, not entirely nomad. It is the 3rd
stage from Nasirieh (65 miles on the Bakhtiari caravan route)'. It is
situated on a plateau near a range of gypsum hills, which runs from near
Shushtar in a south-easterly direction for 50 to 60 miles. The
Asmari range lies beyond some low ridges to the north. The village
consists of about 50 mud and reed huts with a population of some 250
souls. A small stream of brackish water, which animals will drink, flows
• past the village and along it is some wheat and barley cultivation. Very
limited supplies: are available and the supply of water for drinking
purposes, which is obtained from a spring £ of a mile to the north of the
village, is scanty. There is no fuel close by, but there are many*
bushes’ on the hills near the road. The temperature in a large thatched
hut on. the 2nd August 1903 ranged from 92° to 111^— 1902j
Burton, 1903; Arbuthnot, 1905 ; Lofimer, 1906.)
JARZEH or JIRZEIT— Lat. (tower) 26° 44' 15" ; Long. 53° 58' 10'.
A small village on the coast of Lar, opposite the island of Qais. It has
a tower and date-grove, and is situated in a bay, which affords shelter
from the Shimal close in. There are 20 fathoms of water within
a mile of the beach of J a,rzvh..-^-(Constable — Stiffs — Persian Gulf Pilot.)
Note.—This is'probably the same as Gurgth (q.v.).
JASAN—Lat. Long. Elev.
A large village in Luristan, 8 miles south, 20 miles west of Badrai. It is
celebrated for its date-groves. The soil here is favourable for the growth
of orange and lemon trees, and the land produces grain of various- kinds,
cotton and hemp,, but the vicinity is so exposed to the depredations of
Arabs that its inhabitants engage little in cultivation,— (Layard.)
JASHAK—Lat, Long. Elev.
A village in the Dashti district of Ears, 11 miles south-south-east of KakT,
at the northern end of the Kuh-i-Darang. It contains 30 houses.—*
[Foreign Department Gazetteer, 1905.)
JASIMl—
A small canal in the Ballahieh district of Southern ’ Arabistan, on the right
bank of the river Jarrahi, with which it connects. It irrigates 50 fadddns
of country cultivated by mixed (Ka’b) Arabs, who grow wheat and
barley.— [Foreign Department Gazetteer, 1905.)
JA’flDEH—
A section of the Na’b tribe {q. v.),
JAU-I-DlR—L at. Long. Elev.
A halting-place in Kbuzistan , 67 miles south of Burujird, on the road to
Dizffll.— [Mackenzie.)