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BIN—BIS
The oak forest has been mainly cleared from the vicinity, but is thick
on the mountains to the west; grazing good; there is considerable cul
tivation, and supplies are procurable in summer.
This section of the Gurans consists _of some 500 houses. The chief
(1897) Shir Khan Sultan, is relafted to 'All Sultan, of Kaleh Zangir, and
the tribe bears the same name of Kulkhani. The majority of the tribe
migrates to Zuhab for the winter months.— (Burton 1897.)
BIRA DOST OR BARA DOST—
A tribe of Kurds, who inhabit the districts of Kamrash, west of lake
Urumieh, in the province of Azarbaijan. They are a clan of much celebrity
in Kurdish history as the former chiefs of Sumai and Tarkur, but they
are now reduced to some 400 or 500 families. They possess nearly 100
little villages, and acknowledge the supremacy of Amadia.— (Rawlinson.)
BIRA DOST (District)—
A district on the Turko-Persian frontier occupied by a mixed population.
There are Qarapapakh (q.v.) and Kurds in it and it extends a little
way into Turkish territory, but does not descend to the valley of the upper
Zab. The district, apart from its population, is bounded by a line passing
between the villages of Gengachin and Baizircha, Persian and Turkish res
pectively and by the frontier line. The district is also occupied by Shekak
(q. v.) and other Nomad Kurds of certain periods.—(Soawe, 19107)
BIRAZABAD—
A village in Kirmanshah, about 22 miles north-west of Kirmanshah
city, and near the right bank of the Kara-su. It contains about 30 houses
inhabited by Jaff Kurds. Water from the river, crops and cultivation.
Supplies: 100 cows, 300 sheep and goats. Grazing, good, firewood scarce.
— (Vaughan, 1897 ? )
BlRUNDEH—
i A village in Azarbaijan, 30 miles east of Mianeh, and 44 miles from
Zinjan on the road between them via Armaghanabad. It is situated in
the beautiful valley of the river of the same name, which decends from
the lofty mountains of Aq-dagh; it contains 1,200 inhabitants (Sunnis),
and the valley and sides of the hill form a perfect forest of fruit-trees and
vines ; it is dependent on Khalkhal.— (Champain.)
BIRUN-I-SHAHTi—
Formerly a suburb, but now a quarter of Kashan, with which it is con
nected by a narrow causeway.— (Trotter.)
BlRUZEH or PlRUZEH (?)—Old name of Baneh (q. v.).
BlSHIKAN—
Some hill's forming the eastern boundary of Bajlan, in Western Kirman-
shah.— (Soane,'J911.)
BISHIWAH—
A plain in Kirmanshah, on the bank of the Halwan river, and between
the Dukhan-i-Daud range and the mountains of Zagros. It is plenti