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FEH—FEH
The village stands on the edge of the broken ground whieh descends
into the river. It is watered by five qanuts produces 100 kharwdrs
(65,000 lbs ) of grain annually, and yields a mdTidt of 2,000 krdns (Rs. 500).
It contains one large house, the residence of Khwaja Ilahi Khan, Baluch,
who exercises great influence over the Persianised Baluchis of hiarmashlr
and the borders of the Lut, and who always supervises all arrangements
for travellers crossing the Lut. Inhabitants Balm hi they are said to
be wflling to undertake servant’s work.
Between the village and the river is a considerable palm-grove, with
quantities of pomegranates beneath the date-palms, while more to the east
is a patch of old tamarisks watered by an irrigation stream of excellent
water. Still further to the east is a large stretch of ground under wheart.
Excellent and abundant water from kdnzes.
On the other side of the river, opposite the village, there is a small zidrat
called Khizr, surrounded by palm trees, and with a curious natural cone-
shaped mound in front ; and about 1 mile down the stream a great round
ruined clay fort called Kaleh-i-Sang. Here the Kuh-i-Kaput ends, and
about 2 miles further to the north-west, out in the Lut, is a low range of
hills called Zang-i-Ahmad.
Fehraj is a place of great antiquity and has been identified by Colonel
St. John with Pahra, the ancient capital of Gedrosia. It was here that
Alexander met his heavy baggage and elephants after his march through
Baluchistan. The Governor here lives in the Fort, which is garrisoned
by about 200 sarbdzes. Supplies are available in fair quantities while the
village can furnish 50 or 60 labourers at 1 krdn per cfay ; 50 donkeys are
available for hire at 15 sfidhls per day and also 6 camels.— { Jennings,
1885 ; King Wood, 1899 ; Dobbs, 1902 ; Ogilvie, 1906 ; Gibbon, 1907.)
FEHRUJ or FAHREH or PEHURA— Lat. 27° 11' 0" ; Long. 56° 60' 28";
Elev. 2,300a 1,710'. {Sykes) j 1960. — {St John.)
A sub-division of the Bampur district {q.v.) in Persian Baluchistan, also
a village, the chief place of the name, about 15J miles east of Bampur.
Since its new fort was completed, the village has become the principal
place in the Bampur district, and is now the residence of th6 Governor of Bam
pur and Baluchistan for the greater part of the year. Coincident with
the waning importance of Bampur, Fehruj has increased. The village
now consists of some 400 houses and huts, some of sun-dried brick, but the
majority of palm-leaf ; the greater number are on the east side of the fort,
some are scattered throughout the date grove, some under the ruins of the
old fort on the north of the grove, about 300 yards behind the new fort.
Besides the above, there are two isolated Baluch hamlets with date groves
and cultivation, situated one and a quarter miles north-east, the other
named Nukabad, half a mile south from the fort. The date grove is
extensive, and large tracts of cultivated ground are seen all round and
in it.
The fort was built about 1892, and is in a good state of repair. It is not
a place of any strength, being merely a fortified
caravanserai A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers). , about 80 yards long by 80 yards
broad, with seven towers. It contains a burnt-brick house, known as the