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JAU—JAV
JAUDAR—
Sintrtfd.-Sf 17i mileS 80Uth ° f Mar5gheh ’ ° n the TabriZ -
JAUGAND, JOKAND or ZAFARKAND—
iU xf-- t ^®. se i c P nd P ost boiis 6 Rom Nain and the fifth from Kashan
on the Nain-Kashan post-road, 13 farsakhs (about 451 miles) from the
former and 30 farsakhs (105 miles) from the \Lt^-~{Schindler 1879)
JAVANRUD (1)— ’
Popularly known as Juanrud, Joanrd, etc. One of the 18 huluks of Kur
distan about 18 /araaMj from SinandTj; on the south side 8 farsakhs
29 n 000 by 4 > r ° a f' ^ haS 130 Vllla ® es and a Population of about
29,000 and its taxes amount to about 8,000 krdns per annum the
original taxes having been 40,000 krdns. The population was much great
er formerly but the district does not produce sufficient grain for the
requirements of the present one. The inhabitants, particularly the
tent dwellers, are wild and fierce, and ever ready to shed blood ; among the
nomads or tent dwdlers, the Jafs are the most savage. The district is
infested with snakes ; there are also many panther ; Selim Beg killed one
and received a pension from the government of 20 tumdns a year. There
are great numbers of pig, which the villagers hunt with large dogs called
the Sag-i-har (m Persian means a mad dog, but here means fierce dog)
the Tazi (greyhound) and Tuleh will not tackle pig. There are birds
resembling the durrdj (francolin) and called Murgh-i-Husain. In the
district is found a black stone which burns like coil, but smells bad
(probably bitumen); see also Rabino’s Report on Kurdistan,” 1911
{Schindler.)
JAVANRUD (2)— Elev. T/TSS'.
Popularly, Juanrud, Joanrd ? etc.
A large village of the huluk of the same name in Kurdistan, about 40
miles north-west of Kirmanshah. The castle on the hill 20 zar (70 feet)
above the village, and a ynasjid and a hammdm adjoining it, were built bv
Aman Ullah Khan-i-Ardalani in 1224 Hijrl. A large reservoir for water
a garden, an underground watercourse, etc., are also of his founding •
al! these are much ruined. In A. D. 1878 (1295 Hijri) when Prince Sultan
Murad Mirza was Governor of Kurdistan, Mirza Nasr Ullah, an officer of
Engineers, who had been sent from Tehran, came to Javanrud, laid the
foundations in stone of -a new fort about 200 paces higher up the hill,
burnt bricks, and prepared lime for further construction. In the spring
he went to Kirmanshah intending to return later but in the winter
there was a change of Government, and he was unable to cai.ry out his
intention ; what he had built was abandoned and 4,000 tumdns (£ 1,600),
which had been expended, were lost to the Government. The villagers
took the bricks and other building material, and used them in construct
ing their own houses. Some good cutlers live in the village.
Ihe village stands on the right bank of a small stream running down
kf 01 ? " ra ff.-° f low Y ood f d g rass y hills which run along the south-west
o t e Halabjafi-Kirmanshah road parallel to the Shahu mountains. The