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EIS—RIZ
less in width, enclosed by spurs of the outer chain. Napier calls it “ Rild*
bar” only.— {Lovett; Napier.) •
RISK (?)—
A village on the Khushki-rud, between Khurramabad and Burujird.
—{De Bode.) L
RISHTAH—
A place with a small mud fort, 36 miles from Tehran, on the road to
Hamadan by Ishtahard.— {Campbell.)
RlSHYAND—
A tribe of Kurds inhabiting the districts of Rudbar in Kazvln and of
Amarlu in Gllan. They number 800 families. Their chief is Husain ’AH
Khan Sarhang son of Muhammad ’AH Khan.— {Rabino, 1909.)
RIVASAN—
A village in Azarbaijan, 4 miles south-west of English Consulate at
Tabriz.— {Schindler c )
RIZA (1)—
An open village of 100 houses, 72 miles from Samnan, on the road to
Tabas.— {Ferrier.)
RIZA CHAI—
A river rising in the Kizildagh, north-west of Nubaran. It is crossed
by the road from Tehran to Hamadan, 111| miles from Tehran by a five-
arched bridge; it waters the Mazdaqan district, and flows south of Saveh
into the Kara Su or Kara Chal, the river which is crossed by the roads
from Qum to Tehran, at Manzarieh and Pul-i-Dallak. It is the same
. as Rozario’s Rudkhaneh Mazdaqan Chai.— {Schindler.)
RlZAB— Elev. 3,750'.
A village in Yazd 73 miles north-east of the town of Yazd. No supplies
are available except from passing Kafilas. Water bad.— {Gill; Mac
Gregor.)
RlZABAGH— Elev. 5,000'.
A plateau situated in the range of mountains separating Talish from
Azarbaijan, near the Shindan peak, just below the pass level on the Talish
side. It is crossed on the road from Astara to Namin.— {Thielmann.)
RIZAK—
A halting-place between Tehran andJTamadan, 4 stages from the latter.
— {Morier.)
RIZEH—
A village 190 miles on the road from Tabas to Samnan, [from which it is
70 miles. It is an open village containing about 100 houses.— {Ferrier.)
RlZHO—
A very small tribe {Sunni and ’Ali Illahi), offshoot of the Guran {q. v.)
living in a valley near Zuhab. They are sedentary, but are good fighters.-**
{Soane, 1910).