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DAS—DAU
DASHT-I-MUBDEH—
The second stage from Kirmansliah, on the Sulaimanieh road via Halabji,
in Turkish territory, 17 hours’ journey from Kirmanshah —(/. D. W. 0.,
1881, Part II.) .4
DASHT-I-MURT—
The name given to comparatively level slopes at the head of ravines
running into the left bank of the Zimkan river, and west of the ridge above
Zimkan camp. To the north lies the Dasht-i-Lail, and to the west the camp
and village of Kaleh Zangir : there is some cultivation and considerable grass
and wood: some of the ravines contain water: some few huts of Guran Kurds
of the Kul Khanl (’All Sultan) branch on the dasht.— {Burton.)
DASHT-I-NAZIR— Elev. 3,300'.
A flourishing village in Mazandaran on the Pul river, a few miles south-east
of Asolat.— {Lovett.)
DASHT-I-UR— _
The fourth stage from Kirmanshah on the road to Sulaimanieh wa Hai-
abji 22 hours’journey from Kirmanshah.—(/. B. W. 0., Ibdl, Pan 11.)
DASTAKl—
A place of Kirmanshah, where the LarlnT sub-division of the Kalhur
tribe Y\xz.—{Plowden.)
DASTGIRD (1)— ,
A small village of 25 houses on the left of the road from Kashan to Isfahan
via Natanz, between Khalidabad and Natanz.-(Setato, 1879.)
DASTGIRD (2)-
A village in the Deh-Kharqan district, Azarbaijan, 2 miles south of
Gugan.
DASHTJIRD (1) See QUEADBAZAN.
DASTJIRD (2) -i-i RTt •, ,
A village of 15 houses, 2£ miles south of Khanabad, 5( 4 miles from
Tehran on the road to Hamadan. It has a mound and some ruined towers.
Good water ; much cotton.— {Schindler.)
DAULATABAD (1)-Lat. 34° 18'25"; Long. 48° 47'39"; Elev. 5,600'.
A small town with a population of 4,500, 3S| miles from Hamadan,
on the road to Burujird, from which it is 38| miles distant. It is the r si-
dence of the Governor of Malayar {q.v.), contains 5 mosques, 6 caravan
serais, 4 public baths, 3 coffee-houses, a good bazaar, a pubhc square plame
with trees and a Persian Government post and telegraph office. T
revenue is 12,000 Irons. Supplies and water plentiful, 6 feet below surface.
It is situated under the hill of Lashkarak which towers over the place.
The place was formerly called Charmn.—{Schindler.)
In 1898 the Governor was Saif-ud-Dauleh, a descendant o
Shah who has a fine palace on a hill dominating the town, surrounde y
. a fine garden filled with roses and good vegetables ; both the Governor
and his son speak French, and are enlightened, men.