"تقرير عن كردستان" [و‎‎٦‎٣] (٢٢٠/١٣٠)

BIKESH (Baneh)—
A village in the district of Baneh. It is 3 faradkhs from Banekveh and 3
from Kanibard on the road between the two. It is 2 fursokhs from Salehabad.
— {Customs.)
BILAVAR—
A district of Kurdistan. The greater part of the valley of Bilavar is part of
the Bala-Darband district of Kirmanshah. See Amirabad.
BILEK (Merivan)—
A village of the district of Merivan. It is J- farsakh to the right of bTachi,
a village on the Merivan-Baneh road vid Taratuleh.— {Customs.)
It is perhaps the same at Pilek or Pileh (g.v.).
BILU or BELYA (Baneh)—
A village of the district of Baneh. It is J farsakh to the right of Nauju, which
is itself \ farsakh from '^Sadbar on the road from Sadbar to Nwjgah. It is £
farsakh distant from Najneh Ulia and £ farsakh from Salehabad. It is to the
right of the Baneh-Sakiz road at farsakh from Baneh.— {Customs.)
BILUJ (?)—
A plain near the frontier of Kurdistan between the fort of Merivan and Penjyin
watered by a stream called Ab-i-Zizub.— {T. G. Plowden.)
BIN— j
A place in Kurdistan. It is the fourth stage from Baneh on the road to Senna.
It is in a mountainous district.— {Gerard).
BIRKEH (Saral)—
A village of the district of Saral.— {Government list.)
BIRMOKDAD (Hasanabad) —
A village of the district of Hasanabad. It has a fine old mosque to the east
of which is the tomb of Mokdad-ibn-Assud.
Birmokdad is probably in Persian Pir*Mokdad.
BISARAN (Javarud)—
A village of the district of Javarud.— {Government list.)
In this village is buried an Imamzadeh, nam^d Saiyid ’Ali.
BISTAN (Turkey)—
A village of Kurdistan, situated in the Zagros mountains, on the Turkish side
of the Peachan pass, which leads to Baneh. There is a road also to Sulaimanieh.
— {Gerard.)
BONSAR—
The names of two villages of Kurdistan, 35 miles south of Senna on the banks
of the Gav-rud and about miles apart; the one on the left bank of the river
contains about 20 houses, that on the right bank 30. Both have some
willow-trees in the vicinity, also streams, and are situated in a fertile valley
where wheat is grown. Good grazing in the vicinity, and ground where
troops could camp. Supplies : 150 cows, 100 donkeys, 1,000 sheep, and firewood
in moderate quantities from river banks.— {Vaughan.)
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