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BA L—BAN
forms a kind of fortress. The view is fine and open towards the Lake.
Most of the inhabitants are Kurds, and there are about 50 families of Kurds
who speak Turkish.— (Wagner.)
BALUCHI—
A tribe from Baluchistan, living in Mazandaran, near Sari.— {Holmes ;
Gerard.)
BALUQ-I-SU (or BALUQCHAl)—
A river of Azerbaijan, which, rising on the southern slopes of the Savalan
Dagh mountains, winds slowly round its eastern base, passes Ardabll, and
discharges itself into the Karas ii .—{Morier ; Thielmann.)
BAMBlZ, BAMlZ, BANVlZ—
A village in the Nain district, 96 miles from Isfahan, 105 miles from
Yazd, on the road between them. It is situated on a glacis slope at the
foot of the hills. It has no trees and gardens, but very little cultivation,
and perhaps 80 or 100 houses. There is no sarai here. Water very good.
It lies about 10 miles south of Nain, at the foot of the Bilabad pass. Two
routes lead to the pass from Naugumbaz, one through Nain and the other
through Bamblz.— {Goldschmidt; E. Smith ; Robertson.)
BAMU—
A mountain striking the plain of Zuhab, Kurdistan, on the north-east
side.— (Rawlinson.)
BANASARA—Kiev. 6,070'.
An elevated plateau in the Kurkur range, Kirmanshah, lying immediately
below the Mil pass ; it is traversed by the road from Haranabad to Kir
manshah via Tang-i-Showan, from which it is-distant 4 miles. The plateau
is of small extent, but contains many springs, and is frequented by shep
herds in the summer months. The surrounding mountains are of low
command, to the north-east they slope gently down, to the south-east they
rise to low rocky peaks. There is some wheat grown and reaped in July.
Grass is good and abundant. Small oak scrub, the remnant of forest, is
plentiful and there is room for camping. The rocky pinnacles to the
south-west command views over the Zibirl and Mahidasht plains to the
ridges above Harunabad and Kirmanshah respectively. Supplies are procur
able from Tang-i-Showan and Adawar, distant 4 and 3 miles.— {Burton.)
BAND-I-AMlR (or BANDOMAR)—
A village some miles to the right of the road from Tehran to Hamadan, ^
and about SO miles from Tehran. The stream which supplies it with water
is crossed by the Tehran road some miles south-east of the village, the hills
close by are called Kuh-i-Bandomar.— {Schindler.)
BAND-I-BIJ1N see BIJIN—
BANEH—(District.)
One of the eighteen buluks of Kurdistan, about 24 farsalchs west of Sinandlj.
It is inhabited by a wild and blood-thirsty people under a chief who has
the title of Sultan. Nadir Shah, Padishah of Persia, gave this title to the
chiefs of Baneh in order to be even with the Sultan of Turkey who called the