'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [‎134r] (272/706)

village by a three-arched bridge built in 1854 by ’Abdullah Khan SaranT
ud-Dauleh and has in spring three feet of water with a width of lO yards.—
{Schindler.)
JAHlNlBAD (2)—
Pronounced Jonabad, a village in Upper Silakhur, 3 miles south-east
of Burujird.— {Schindler.)
JAHANABAD (3)—
A village on the road between Tehran and Hamadan. It is situated
on a plain, level as a bowling green, the soil of which is salt. It is well
peopled, and its houses seem to be in good condition. It is the residence
and chief place of a Chief of the Karaguzlu tribe.— {Morier.)
JAHBUN—
A village, about 60 miles east of Tehran, on the road to Mazandaran.
It is situated in an extensive valley, 20 miles in length and 4 miles in
breadth, and has cultivation for about one mile all round it.— {Morier.)
JAHJAH—
A small village of about 50 houses at the foot of a ‘kaleh’ on the top of
a small limestone hill commanding the whole plain and road between
Tiran and Tundaran, 36 miles from Isfahan on the Burujird road.
It is the Bakhtlari pronunciation of Gahgah ; gives its name to the
Gaghai or Jahjahi tribe.— {Preece; Schindler.)
jahr-i-kulbAd—
A dry ditch, about 10 yards wide and 15 deep, forming the boundary
between the provinces of Astrabad and Mazandaran. It is 18 miles from
Aohraf and 8 miles from Gaz or Bandar-i-Gaz. It was originally con
structed as a protection against Turkomans. It extended from the moun
tains to the sea, but is now in many places almost obliterated, the banks
having fallen in and become overgrown with vegetation.— {Holmes.)
JAHRlN—
A halting-place on the road between Hamadan and Sultanleh, one
march from the lattter.— {Morier.)
JAHRUD—
33 miles west of Qum, on the eastern slopes on the Tafrash hills.
A small pakka-built town standing on the bank of a small stream
in a very picturesque valley. It is full of gardens, in which grapes, pea
ches, etc., are grown. The population is about 1,200 souls, and large
quantities of grain can be had here.
JAI (1)—
One of the huluk of the province of Isfahan, area about 45 square miles ;
it is divided into Jai north of the river and Barzrud-i-Jai south of the rivet.
The principal villages of Jai are Khuraskan, Shamsabad, Tiran-Ahan
garan, Shahristan, Girdabad, Abhar, Buzan, Tameh, Laftan, Haftan
Sanjavansur {‘vulgo’ Samsur).— {Schindler.)