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HABASHl—
A village in Azarbaijan, about 12 miles west of Tasuj.— {Gerard.)
HABLEHRUD—(Also called Harirud)
A village 95 miles east of Tehran, on the road to Mazandaran by the
Gaduk pass. It is divided into two parts by the river, and the castle is
finely placed on a hill amid many extensive gardens. There is a river of
this name.— {Ouseley — Rabino.)
HADAWAND—
Name of a tribe living in the province of Tehran.
HAESHAGIRD—
On the road to Kashan 68| miles from Sultanabad. The river-bed here is
about 250 yards broad, with a considerable quantity of water in it; it
would be difficult to cross when in flood. The village belongs to peasant
proprietors, and contains 15 houses, 50 people. No taxes are paid ; 2,180
lbs. of grain are sown yearly. It is watered from tht river.— {Preece, 1893.)
HAFTABAD— Vide Yaftabad.
HAFT JAN—
A village in the Tirun Tirhan Karvan district of 34 houses, population
215, surrounded by cultivation, 47^ miles from Isfahan on the road to
Burujird, belonging to the prince (Zil-us-Sultan). There is one kandt
here ; 23 pairs of oxen for the plough ; 69,000 lbs. of grain are sown yearly ;
taxes 400 tfmdns. — {Preece, 1893.)
HAFT MAZREH—
A sub-division of the Sumairan mahal of the Isfahan province. Prin
cipal villages, Khanu, Dehnau, Mubarakeh, and Behjir.— {Schindler.)
HAFT TAHAR—
A village lying in a cleft of some hills of the same name miles from Salv
on the road between Yazd and Isfahan. The village faces due west, and
is entirely protected from the other quarters by the main range and its
spurs. It is situated well up on the mountain side and looks down a
combe over a succession of gardens and fields laid out in terraces ; every
available piece of ground being cultivated. The hills tower above the
village almost perpendicularly. An old Mulla said he knew of many
good mines in the hills. The village belongs chiefly to peasant pro
prietors, some of it is Wakf (sacred), and contains 70 houses (600 people)
and 20 jaribs ; 100 mans (1,300 lbs.) of wheat are sown yearly, also some
cotton in the gardens. Taxes 54 tumdns ; water is procured from a
spring above the village and is only sufficient to water five jer/bs in 24
hours. The women are all employed in making “g'vehs”, or native shoes,
the upper of cotton is knitted on to a sole made of old rags and sinews
of sheep, it is very enduring and is used in one form or another through
out the country. The “givehs” are taken to Yazd and Isfahan ; during
harvest time some 15 pairs are made daily, in winter about 25 pa : rs. The
price is from 2 to 5 krdns a pair.— {Preece, 1892.)