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BABAG—BABAN
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BiBl GHANl—
A clan of Jaf Kurds, living on both sides of the Diala river, Kurdis
tan, on the Turkish frontier.— {Gerard.)
BABA gayarik—
A place in the Kara Aineh (Chaldaran) district of north-western Azar-
baljan, the summer quarters of a small Kurdish clan, called Burkieh,—
(Picot, 1894.)
bAbA gurgur—
See Imamzadeh Baba Gurgur.
BABAJIGH— Elev. 5,000'.
A plateau, south of the Maku mountains, adjoining Kara Aineh in north
western Azarbaijan. Much of its land is given up to the nomads but there
are several fairly flourishing villages with cultivation.— {Picot, 1894.)
BABA HAIDAR—
A village in the Chahar-Mahall district. It is treeless and is situated
on a small plateau. There is much unirrigated cultivation in the high
land above it.— {Stach)
BABA HASAN (ZUHAB).—
f A village in Ban Zamin on the western frontier of Zuhab. 150 inhabi
tants ; Bajtans.
Cultivation, wheat and barley.— {Soane, 1912.)
BABA KHALAT— Lat. 33° 42 ; Elev. 3,215'.
A small village north of Anarak, situated near the borders of the great
gait desert. It belongs to Anarak, and is inhabited only during the
summer months. It has one acre of cultivation and 3 or 4 trees. Water
is plentiful from a pond filled by a kandt stream twice a day. Pond con
tains about 600 cubic feet of water. It possesses an old watch-tower built
for defence against the Turkomans and is situated at the north-east
foot of a group of hills. A good road leads from the village to Mazra’eh
Surkh Shur, 3| miles off, and thence to Chashmeh Ashin, 10J miles
further.
There is abundant grazing both for camels and sheep in the vicinity
and firewood is plentiful.— {Vaughan, 1890.)
bAbA pashmAn—
A village in lower Silakhur, south of Burujird and 19f miles from that
place by the road on the right side of the Tahij river.— {Schindler.)
BABAN—
A Kurd tribe of Azarbaijan, living in the neighbourhood of Sulduz,
both in tents and houses, numbering some 1,500 families.
At the time of the establishment of the Majlis the Babis had already
split into two sects. The Majority called Bahais followed one ’Abbas