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BID—BIK
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some 2 to 3 miles to the south of Kurgar in the bed of the Bid nala, at a
place called Bug, perennial water is to be had at all seasons, at a depth of
some 6 feet from the surface. This information may be considered reliable.
At Bug, camel-grazing and wood are abundant, but, except after rain, no
grass ; which latter can, however, be obtained at a distance of some 14
miles either before or behind on this route.— {Jennings, 1885.)
BID, KUH-I—
A hill in Sarhad, about 10 miles north-east of Ladis, overlooking the
road from there to Sistan. Connected with it is a conspicuous range of
low white hills, called Batumal.— 1898.)
BIdD—
A village in Kirman between Daulatabad {q.v.) and Pur. A favourite
spot for robbers. The village consists of 10 houses and there are many
fruit tre^s. There is a conspicuously large Chenar tree. Livestock are :
50 cattle^ 1,000 sheep and goats, 15 donkeys. Water from a ndU and
spring is very good .—[Sher Jang, 1902.)
BIGIN ABAD—
A village in Kirman near Shahabad {q.v.).
BIJANABAD, B AZHANA-(1,340' (Sykes ); Lat. 27° 56' \Gibbon.
BID ok BIJAUE— Ei.Ev.ll > 540'ABra««r-C/ca S rA); Long. 58 3 j
A village in Riidbar of some 200 huts and mat shelters, 14 miles west of
Shahabad on the Bampur-Kirman road, situated on the bank of a
channel of sweet but muddy water, which never runs short even at the end
of the hot weather. Supplies and forage are scanty, but grazing is plenti
ful The inhabitants, some 300 in number, are all slaves, owning flocks and
about 160 cattle and 50 camels : the people are in a miserable condition.
A wide plain stretches east to Aptar, while Khanu, the capital of Rudbar,
lies 17 miles off. To the north is the Jiruft plain, through which flows
the Halil river, and to the south is the Band-i-Marz. There is a consider
able amount of cultivation in the neighbourhood, and though the surround-
in* countrv is now a desert, it was inhabited at one time, and, under
°proper system of government and with extensive irrigation, would
again carry a" heavy population .—1894 ; Rijan, 1905 ; Neivcomen,
1905 ; Gibbon, 1908.)
bijar—
A village of Khorasan, near Birjaud, at the foot of the Bagaran hills, in
the Mud valley. It belongs to the Naharjan buluk of the Kain district.—
{Bellew.)
bikan—
A cave 15 miles from Nask {q.v.), 100 yards south of the cave there are
hollows in rock formation, these hollows are said to retain rain water
tor two or three months after the winter win.—-{James, 1909.)