'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [‎337v] (679/706)

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ZARD—ZARI
ZARDI—(Mazandaran)—
A river in Mazandaran, rising in the Elburz mountains and flowing into
the Caspian Sea.
ZARGAN, or ZAR QAN —Elev. 5,110/
A village of 120 houses on the Tehran-Hamadan road, 149| miles from
Tehran. Good carpets are manufactured here. The inhabitants are Kara-
Guzlu Turks.— {Schindler.)
ZARGANDEH-
The summer resort of the Russian Mission north of Tehran. It lies f o
the west of Gulahak, the residence of the British Mission. Zargandeh is
less open and is pent up with a ravine on one side .—(Sla k).
A flourishing village 6 miles due north from the central north gate of
Tehran. It is the property of the Russian Gover iment and the Russian
Legation resides there in the summer. Elevation 4,700' feet. The hills
in the west shut off the sun in the afternoon, causing a very low temperatare
in the evenings and nights. (1910.)
ZARGAR—
Name of a tribe living in the province of Tehran.
ZARGARAN—
A village in lower S lakhur, 19 miles from Burujird, to the right of the
road thence to Isfahan. It lies on the Tahij river.— {Schindler.)
ZARIBAR—
A lake in Kurdistan, about eight miles east of the frontier, on the road
from Sulaimanieh to Binneh. It is surrounded by a swamp for a mile ail
round it, except on the side nearest the mountains, but the water in the
centre is clear and blue. There are numbers of wild fowl. It is frozen over
in winter. The plains around it are a favourite resort of the Jaff Kurds in
summer. It is about a mile long from north to south. In the spring, when
the water is high, a st eam issues from the southern end and flows through
the Avroman mountains into the Ab-i-Shirwan. The lake is decreasing m
size every year. The marshy ground surrounding it produces an abund
ance of excellent rice. According to local tradition the lake covers an
ancient city.— {Rich; Plowden.)
ZARIGUN (also called Madan-i-Zarigiin)—
A small hamlet in Yazd, eighty-one miles north-east of Yazd, on the
road to Naiband. Water good, but scarce.— {Stewart.)
ZAR IN—
A halting place with water, no supplies, seventy-four miles from Yazd,
on the road .to Biabanak via Tut— {MacGregor.)
ZARlNCHIA—
A village in Kirmanshah north-west of Kirmanshah city, and near the
left bank of the Kara-su. It contains about 20 houses inhabited by Jaffse,