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BIS—BOL
BlSTAN—
A village of Kurdistan, situated in the Zagros mourtains, on the Tur
kish side of the Buchan pass, which leads to Baneh. There is a road also
to Sulaimanieh— (Gerard.)
BISURKH see BlD-I-SURKH—
BlTAN see BIDHAND—
BlYARZlN or BAVARZAN—
The most important of the villages on the hills overhanging the Shah-
rud, 6 or 7 miles beyond Pa-I-Chinar, on the road from Kazvm to Rasht
The hills behind the vilage are called Kuh-i-’AlIashtan—(£c/m^er.)
BlWAKJ—
An undulating plain in the Kirmanshah district, near Gahvareh, on
the road from Kirmanshah to Karind—(Jones.)
BlWARAN. See BlBARAN.
BIYAZA. See BAIAZA.
BlZAR DAGHl (or BUZ DAGHl)—
An isolated hill on the westefn shore of lake UrumTeh, Azarbaijan. It
is 6 miles erst of Urumieh town and is said to contain a number of wild
goats (whence the name.)— (Gerard.)
BlZARU— Elev. 4,370'.
Is situated at the foot of a bare spur running along the left bank of the
Gamasiab river. On the opposite bank stands Sulaiman eh, the residence
of Zaid-ul-Mulk of Kirmanshah. There are some fine groves of willows
on the river bank. The village contains 80 houses of Kurds—(Rwrton.)
BIZNAGIRD—
A village of 20 houses to the left of the Tehran-Hamadan road, 156
miles from Tehran. It is the Buzanajird of Arab geographers. It had
a monastery founded by Ghazan Khan, who resided there for a few days
in 1303.'— (Schindler.)
BIZNAN—
Some hills in Western Kirmanshah—(Soane, 1912.)
BOHRAK—
A range of hills close to the Shirkuh, about 30 miles south of Yazd.—
(Stack.)
BOLANUK CHAI—
A little stream crossed by the Mianeh-Tabrlz road 7 miles from the
former place, and flowing into the Shahrl Chai.—(Schindler.)
BOLGARU—
A river of Azarbaijan. This name is only applied to the portion below
the junction of the Adinehbazar and Sariqamish streams. From this point
for a distance 14 miles downstream, the Bolgaru forms the boundary
between Persian and Russian territory,— (Persia, W. 0. Intell., Pt. I.)