'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [‎240r] (484/652)

; The name is derived from Fish, a kind of palm, and Mant, a place.
The water obtained from a large pool, Talkh Ab, tastes and smells like
sulphuretted hydrogen, and even camels will not touch it. A little can
be got from small pools scraped in the sand, but it is very bitter. There is
plenty of shelter, and fuel can be got from the tamarisk trees in the mid :
other supplies are nil. The camping-ground is limited. There are said to
be a few hamlets in the neighbourhood, Jugranj, Hazum, and Bokshulla,
where sweet water might be obtained.—; Brazier-Greaqh, 1893.)
PISKATUN— Elev. 7,500'.
A hamlet in Kirman, 54 miles from the town of that name, on the road
to Rabur.— (Sykes, 1900.)
PITAG KUH—
An isolated range in the Bahh-Dashtiari district (q.v.), extending in a
general westerly direction from the Bahu river above Bahu Kalat. It is of
considerable elevation, probably about 3,000 feet, and stands high above
the low plains, from which it appears to be separated by a more or less con
siderable width of small ridges. The formation of the Pitag Kuh consists
of thick clays, with hard dark-coloured bands, apparently of sandstone
like the rocks of Gwadar.
About 10 miles above Bahu Kalat the spur of the Pitag Kuh comes
down to the river bank, forming with the Jambki ridges a rather
pretty gorge.— (St. John', Blandjord.)
PITTAG—
A cave or grotto in Makran, about 2 miles north-west of the Shai
Kalag pass, and 15 south-east of Qasrqand. It is situated in a ravine,
and has a pool of clear and sweet water fed by perennial springs.—(Jawes
1900.)
PIYADEH—
A date grove in the Shamil district (q.v.).
POGl—
A large village in Persian Baluchistan, 3| miles north-west of Sib, on the
road to Paskuh.— (Sykes, 1894, from native information.)
PORK (Nala) (Persian Baluchistan)—
A tributary to the Bunsir ndld. Up this ndld one road runs to Dehak
over the Brinjinan Pass, available for guns, and another road leads up the
same ndld over the Darpathin Pass to Dizak, said to be impracticable for
guns.— (Jennings.)
PORKONUK—
A small plain in Makran 9 miles south of the Pishin.— (Wood, 1899.)
POZAGAHUCH—
A village in Kirman, on the right bank of the Halil Rud, about 15| miles
north of Bijnabad, near a f ord on the Khanu-Dusaii road.— (Sykes, 1894J