"تصحيحات لدليل بلاد فارس. المجلد III" [و‎‎٤‎٩] (١٨٠/٩٩)

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Annuals. —There are few horses, mules or donkeys, in the district. The
people are not really migratory, and do not need them. Their winter
quarters are in the valleys ; their summer camps in the hills, 6 miles or so off.
Mule breeding does not seem to be practised, though these animals are fre
quently stolen from the Bakhtiari road. Bullocks are commonly in use for
local transport, but even these only suffice for actual requirements. See
Tables.
Trade. —The principal exports, are ghi, wool and country cloth, rope of
goat-hair, skins, and walnuts. In return, felt, cotton cloth, iron goods,
tea, sugar, itc., are purchased at Ramuz or Behbehan, as well as arms and
ammunition. Some trade, especially that of the Buir Ahmadi, goes to
Ardakan. The Bahmai deal mainly with Ramuz. This traffic, such as it is,
is carried on, not by the tribesmen themselves, but by agents, whose general
usefulness ensures the safety of their caravans wherever they may go. Such
men form the necessary link between the various hostile tribes, and the
external markets.
Arts and Crafts. —The women of the tribe weave coarse woollen carpets
and gilims from wool produced by their own flocks, the dyes being obtained
from the trade marts mentioned above. Unfortunately, however, the
practice of using an admixture of aniline with fast dyes is on the increase,
to the detriment of the industry concerned. The women also weave coarse
woollen wrappings (Lur : Khur) about 9' 6" by 3', which are used chiefly for
sewing up into sacks fer the transport of grain, etc. The black goats’ hair
cloth, used exclusive’y in the construction of their tents, is also woven by the
women and gills of the tribe, usually in lengths of about 20' by 3'.
Crafts found among the tribe are few and of the very simplest nature, the
moy ccirmcn being that of the blacksmith, with here and there an armourer
or a carpenter, and each sub-division has its own £ ‘ medicine man.”
Minerals.—In n : s found in the Tang -i-Maghar, and coal and lignite in
that place and the Kfih-i-Dinar in Bf ir Ahmadi country. Oil and bitumen
are obtained in a valley close to, and east of the Tang-i-Tikan, and in a valley
near Tashan (q.v.). At the Tang-i-Tikan the oil exists in a form which is
technically known as “ shows ” and flows into a local stream, on the surface
of which it is borne away. Sulphur is found at Tang-i-BTn, Tang-i-Bizak,
Tang-i-Shibr, off the Tang-i-Chavil, and from numerous sulphur springs.
Mumai, or “ mumani ” as it is called by the Kuhgalu, is found in various
places in their country ; the best being obtained at Tang-i-Tikan, whence 200
misqdls are taken annually to Behbehan and there sold for export to various
parts of Persia. It s also found at Tang-i-Bin, Kuh-i-Bivara, and Kaleh
Nauzar (Kaleh Nadir). It is a black wax-like substance valued for its healing
properties.
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