'Military Report on South-West Persia, Including the Provinces of Khuzistan (Arabistan), Luristan, and Part of Fars' [‎250] (283/466)

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E oute N o. 3 — zontd,
From Gulpaigdu to Burvjird, fyc. —contd.
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Distances in
miles.
Number
Stage.
Time.
Names of towns, villages. See.
Interme
diate.
Total.
Eemarks.
large size, ivjmeu panoagcc — o ^
their dung is stacked for winter fuel [see jo age 18).
Provisions and firewood are very scarce.
Each village can furnish from 50 to 70 donlceys and 300 to 500 sheep.^
The district of Feridan (pronounced Eendun) is said to be considerably peopled by
Georgians and Armenians brought there by Shah Abbas the Great. The former are Muham-
madans, but do not intermarry with Persians. ^ ..
It is divided into five subdivisions ; Armenians occupy nine villages or one subdivision, pay
ing annually a tribute of 2,400 tom4ns. The other four subdivisions contain 143 villages and
nav a tribute of 6 900 tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. : the Armenians are considered to be more thrifty and better agri
culturists than Persians ; in all there are 17 Armenian villages in Fendun, mostly well to do.
Parun, its chief town, contains 300 families {Schindler).
The villages between Isfahan and Biinrjird are generally larger than those met with
between Khoramabad and Kum (see Kum). The small contain under 50 families ; the aver
age, from 50 to 100 j tlie large, from 100 to 300.
Communications.
The route to the bridge, known as the Pul-i-Zaman Khan, over the Zaindamd, was said
to run through—
1. Damn
2. Koswer
3. Ab-Piina
4. Pul-i-Zaman Khan.
Farsaths.
. 4
. 3
. 3
.. 2
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The Earsakb is, in this vicinity, reckoned by some to be 4 and by others to be 5 miles.
Erom Pul-i-Zaman Khan to Deh-i-Kurd is said to be 4 farsakhs [see page 279)', to
Sulaijan or Sudijan {seepage 264) the stages were said to be- Farsakfe.
1. Beben
2. Barda ... ••• •••
3. Siidijan ... ••• ••• •••
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The direct road to Isfahan passes througb the undermentioned villages—
1. Dumbana
2. Kurd-i-Bala
3. Warpusht
4. Najafabad
5. Isfahan
Farsakhs.
. 5
. 4
, 5
. 4
. 4