'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME I' [‎39r] (82/820)

BAH—BAI
65
It is the centre of a considerable trade in cotton, most of which was for
merly exported to India, but since 1898 this trade has been largely diverted
to Russia, and consequently the Hindu inhabitants, who used to number
about 15, have now left the district. Almonds, pistachios and asafcetida
are also exported, while the imports are sugar, prints and pepper. The
revenue amounted to 6,500 fwwaws in 1892. There is considerable culti
vation, and there are a number of villages in the neighbourhood. A
ful supply of good water is obtained from qarals. Livestock: 2,000
donkeys, 20,000 sheep and goats, a few camels. Telegraph bnesrun to-
KTnuin and Yezd.—(Stacfc ; Preeee, 1892 ; Sykes, 1902 ; Sher Jang, 1902 ;
November, 1905 ; Gibbon, 1908.)
BAHRZAN—
A pass through the Atak or Quran Dagh mountains, through which the
Turkomans passed on raids into Persian territory from the Akhal country.
This pass leads from Bujnurd by Raz to Bahrzan — (Thomson.)
BAIAQ or BUAQ or BUG or BAIAK—
The principal village of the Baiaq sub-division of the Turbat-i-Haidarl
district in Khora an, situated in the hills 13 miles nor’-nor’-west of
Turbat-i-Haidari. The village contains 500 houses and rs surrounded
by large gardens of walnut, apple, apricot, and other fruit-trees, the
produce being sent to Turbat-i-Haidari and Meshed. It is also a great
centre for silk-growing.
The village contains 35 ploughs, on which the following revenue is levied
annually :—
Cash .. .. 875 tumdns.
wheat
Grain and
(.£ barley
Chopped straw .. 48 Jcharwd's.
*—[Maula Bakhsh ; Watson, 1906,
BAIAR—
A village in the Bujnurd district of Khoiasan.— {Maula Bakhsh.)
BAI AT-I-H AJl— Lat. 37° 38' 0"; Long. 54" 47' 0".—(Stewart.)
A fort on the Atrak, 48 miles from Hasan Quli, and the third station
from Chikishlyar. There is also a ford here and good pasturage. Tbe
ravine in which the Atrak runs is here at its greatest dimensions, being
over three-quarters of a mile wide. It forms an immense, irregular
amphitheatre, with masses of earth standing like islands in its midst,
amid which the river zigzags very much.— (Napier', O'Donavan.)
BAI AT TURKS—
A race of Turks inhabiting the southern part of Lishapur and the Sar-
i-Vilaiat district in Khorasan, numbering about 2,000 families
altogether. These Bamt Turks say that they were brought to His
district by Nadir' Shah from ’Iraq, somewhere in the neighbourhood of
48 I. B. 1
48 kharwdrs.