'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [‎340r] (684/706)

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ZINDEH RUD—(See Gas., Volumo III.)
Z1NAKHUR—
A village on the Zmdeh-Rud, about 29 miles from Imamzadeh-Ishma.
he road from the latter to Isfahan here leaves the river eastwards, the river
bending to the south-east.—(Re//, 1884.)
ZINJAN— Lat. 36° 39' 54". Long. 48° 34’0". Elev. 5,185 feet.
(1 is also called Zengan, which is the older form.)
. A t0 ^ n of fuI1 7 24,000 inhabitants, the capital' of the Khamseh, prov
ince and residence of the governor : it is the centre of a productive district •
it lies one hundred and fifteen miles north of Ramadan on the road to Tabr z,
situated on the right bank of the Zinjaneh Rud, a tributary of the Kizil Uzulr’
Ihere is a telegraph station here of the Indo-European Telegraph Company,
but all business has to be carried on through the .Persian Government tele
graph office.
The town is built on high ground, and is surrounded by beautiful gardens
It is a populous place, containing about 5,000 houses, which are almost all
made of unbaked bricks and surrounded by walls. There are a few masonry
houses but not many. The town is shut in by high hills on the east and
west between which lies a plain 6 miles long watered by the river which has
gardens on both banks. The residence of the ruler is in the heart of the city
and is enclosed by a wall 10 feet high. Good and skilful workmen are to be
round in the town, and are employed in the manufacture of arms and ammuni
tion, also samovars and other household utensils. The language spoken is
Turkish, and all the people are Turks, some few of them speak Persian. A
canal runs through the town in which there are 17 caravansarais and 12
hammdms (baths). All sorts of goods are imported here from Russia. The
bazaar is a vast one, with covered roadways as a protection from the snow
which falls here very heavily. The exports consist of ponies, hides and
shoes. Ihere are about 400 infantry in the town armed with muzzle-load
ing n’fles.
There are also three squadrons of irregular cavalry and a d tachment of
artillery, according to the official army lists, but it is doubtful if they exist
1 he town, which was the head-quarters of Babism, was taken and partly
destroyed by the Shah’s troops in im.—{Schindler ; Yumf-Shar ;)
ZINJANEH RUD—
A river in Khamseh, which rises on the Sultanleh plateau and after passing
the^ town Zianjan and taking up a number of streams, flows into the Kizil
Uzun 10 or 12 miles above the Qaplan Kuh bridge on the Tehran-Tabriz
road.— {Schindler.)
Z1NJIREH—
A halting place in Azarbaijan, five stages north-west of Tabriz, on the road
to Khol.— {Moner.)
ZlRAB—
A village in Mazandaran, about 20 miles north of the Aq Gaduk pass. Tho
houses in ohis village are long sheds, thatched with branches, leaves and rice-
straw, and by no means weather-tight. One end, appropriated to the bipeds