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BAK—BAL
BAKlS HILL—
A wooded ridge running along the north-east side of the Simini valley,
Gahvareh. Above it, to the north-east, towers the Milamihan mountain. It
rises about 1,000 feet above Simani. At its west and east ends, respect
ively, lie the villages of Tappehgula and Barza.— (Burton.)
BAKH—
A village in the Pusht-i-Kuh district of Yazd.— (MacGregor.)
BAKHlN PASS— Elev. 6,990'.
The final and lower ridge of the mountains, east of Sinneh, traversed after
the passage of the Khusrau Kush pass by the road from Kirmanshah via Kan-
dula. The pass is a narrow saddle; the ridge rising steeply to either hand •
the south-east approach is gentle, the descent towards Sinneh abrupt and
very steep down the spurs and sides of shaly hills. Water is procurable below
the pass on both sides. The mountains are very bare, but support flocks of
sheep and goats; there is n o fuel; some supphes would be obtainable in summer
from a Kurdish camp down a deep gorge, | mile to the south-east. Passable
to laden animals.— (Burton.)
BAKHSHABAD—
A village about lOf miles from Damghan, on the left hand side of the road
to Tehran. It is walled, surrounded by cultivation, and contains about 20
families.— (Bellew; Rozario.)
BAKLAMEH—
A village of Kurdistan about 22 miles from Sinneh on the road to Sakiz
(SaqqTz).— (Gerard.)
BAKKA—
A village in Kurdistan at the southern foot of the Kuh Hashta and south
of the Gavarud valley. It contains 30 to 40 houses inhabited by Kulliai Kurds
and is surrounded by a considerable amount of cultivation ; water from a
stream; good grazing in spring and summer; supplies : 500 sheep and goats ;
firewood is not procurable; troops could camp in the vicinity.— (Vaughan')
BALABlJD see BILABAD—
BALA-DARBAND—
Buluk or district of Bala-Darband, also called Pusht-Darband, to the north
of Kirmanshah. Governor in 1902 : NasruUah Khan of Diskaran.
The population is composed of Kuliais, Ahmadavand Behtuis and
other Kurds.
The revenue of the district amounts to Krs. 12,906-427 dinars cash and
Kh. 127-51-18 grain. It is a plain between Kaklistan and Kirmanshah, on the
road from Kirmanshah to Sinneh, close to the boundary between Kurdistan
and Kirmanshah provinces.
It is composed of two sub-districts, Bala Darband proper, and Bilavar.
These two sub-districts are separated by the Siahkamar hills. Bilavar
extends from the Tang-i-Khornavazan to the Siahkamar hills. Bala Dar
band is behind the Siahkamar hills.— (Na'pier ; Rabino, 1907.)