'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [‎150r] (304/652)

An island in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 32 miles distant from the Arab Coast, of
rectangular shape, about 21 miles long by If broad, barren, waterless. It
is uninhabited but visited by fishing-boats.— {Constable ; Stiffe ; Persian
Gulf Pilot.)
JA.Z MURG—
A village in the Rudbar district of Kirman, situated on the lower reaches
of the Halil Rud. It consists of 100 huts with some cultivation and flocks-
Supplies can be procured in moderation. It is said to be the fourth stage
from Ramishk to Rigan.— {Brazier-Creagh, 1894,, from native information.)
JAZ MURGHAB—
A village in Kirman near Shahabad (g.v.).
J^Z MURlAN HAMUN—
It may here be remarked that in several dialects of Baluchi, also in Kurdi,
“gaud ” and “zireh,” and “hamun ” all possess identically the same
meaning, viz., ‘ ‘ low, level ground surrounded on all sides by somewhat
higher ground. ’ ’
As a rule, all large hdmuns receive rivers of sweet water, but their banks
are unapproachable for miles owing to deposits of salt (wet salt and sand,
called “ kalar ” in Sind and the Punjab), while generally after rain these
hdmuns are immense salt lakes covered with rushes, grass, and water-fowl.
These hdmuns receive drainage from all four directions, and their waters
never rea<5h the sea.
The Jaz Murian Hdmun lies between Bampur and Khanfi, and receives
the drainage of the Bampur, Halil, Kahn Rud and Kuhistani Rivers ; also
the drainage from the northern slopes of the Aspan Kuh, Ramishk Kuh,
Patarun Kiih and Marz Kuh ; as well as that from the south-western slopes
of the range running south-east from the Jabal Bariz range.
Its extent as shown on the map is misleading. The swamp ground
is locally called sarog or halar (soft, sand and salt), and the entire ground
between Kalanzau on the east and Zeh Kalut on the west is liable to
inundation during the rains. Between these two spots is the actual limit
of the swamp, making it some 50 miles by 20. Sykes states that there are
two separate ‘ ‘ chils ’ ’ (ponds in which water is collected before being run
off into the fields) called Milan and Jihun respectively, from which, by
error, Jennings named the whole hdmun, which is really only known as
the Jaz Murian or Haunt of Birds. It is a sweet water lake, in which the
water remains permanently only between Kalanzau and Gumbaz.
During and after the rains there is a large swamp in the vicinity of Jaa
Murian, but in the hot weather it is mostly dried up.
The fact that all the kdfileh routes converge on KalanzaQ and Zeh
Kalut, goes to prove that its length of over 100 miles, as given on the map,
is erroneous.— {Jennings, 1885; Brazier-Creagh, 1894 ; Sykes, 1902.)
JEH KAUR—
A small stream which is crossed at 3 miles from Maskhfitan, on the ioa d
to Bampur. It runs eastward.
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