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The Sari-Sul mountains border the Barbarud plateau on the north
behind these lie Ashnakhur and the Sarai-lak which are in the Sarlak sub
division. The southern ranges are called Zamandar and Gul-i-Bahar ; be
hind the latter lie the Safid Kuh, rising to 12,000 or 13,000 feet.
The small stream from Chaman-i-Sultan flows north-west through Sarlak
to G-ulpalgan. The other stream rises in Burbarud north-west of Malika-
bad and flows south-west into the Dizful river.— {Schindler.)
JAR IAN—
A small village of 25 houses on the left of the road from Kashan to
Isfahan between Khiladabad and Natanz.— {Schindler, 1879.)
JARMl KALEH— Elev. 4,120'.
A village in the north-west corner of Azarbaiian, 12| miles north of
Maku ; it is a small village, of the underground type, of Jalali Kurds, fifteen
to twenty families. The ground towards Gilbaran on the Turkish frontier
to the west is very swampy and covered with reeds. A mountain tract
passes between the Great and Little Agri (Ararat) Dagh to Erivan,
rough but passable by laden animals and horsemen. The whole country
is very desolate, with scanty vegetation and no trees.— {Picot, 1891.)
JASB or JASP—
A district of the province of Qum situated 32 miles south by west of
Qum. The valley in which all its villages are situated is about 6 miles
long running from north-east to south-west. The valley is 1| miles broad
in its upper part and narrows to a gorge a few feet wide at the south-west
end, through which the Jasb river flows into the Mahallat plain to join the
Anarbar river near Dalijan. The valley is entirely enclosed by high hills
the Kuh-i-Bunakh and Kuh-i-Zagheh (8,500') on the north, the Kuh-i-
Salalat and Kuh-i-Burzeh (9,500) on the south. The northern end of the
valley is 7,200,' the lower end 6,800', the climate is delightful and not cold
as might be expected in winter.
The soil is not fertile, but enough wheat and barley are grown for the
consumption of the population. The Jasb river waters the valley, but every
village has its own Jcanat.
The inhabitants are of Bakhtiari origin, but great cowards and, as such,
exempt from military service.
The valley has a total population of 3,500 and seven villages: Kurdagan,
Varun, Zur, Harazjan, Yishtagan, Vishkunagan and Bijagan, which see.—
{Schindler.)
JASHN—
A plateau traversed by the Tehran-Shahrud road via Eiruzkuh for about
10 miles. The road enters the plateau about 23 miles beyond Firuzkuh.
It is so called from an old domed tower on it said to have been built by
a gabr king. The tower is octagonal, 20 feet high and very massive—
this word means ‘'religious festival, a feast, rejoicing,” and the old domed
tower was most likely the Jashn Sarai, the “House of rejoicing,”a common
name for a ruin of supposed gabr origin.—•