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LAR—LAS
furnishes 500 matchlock men (Tufangchia) and 500 regular soldiers (Sarbaz)
to t .e Government. It is so completely enclosed by mountains and n ir-
row gorges is to be almost inaccessible to an invader. On this account
the chief and his dependents are somewhat unmanage ible. At every succes
sion to the throne, or other time of commotion, they generally revolt and
refuse to pay revenue. Larijan is equidistant from Amul and Tehran.
It is inhabited by about 5,000 families.
Larijan or the Lar district comprises the whole country watered by the
Lar river and the upper course of the Hirhaz. The basin of the Lar is
bounded on the north by the Mountain of Sutak, Kehu, Piazak, Divasiah
Ararud, Vararud and Damavand, on the south by the H irjsang, Ashtar,
Khatun Barga, Kazunak, Larikuh, Lavasan, Filazamin, Bustan, and
Siahchal. The sources of the Lar river are on the Kulum B usteh, Sutak,
Harisang and Ashtar Mountains, at an elevation of about 10,000 feet.
At the Duab of the Yurt-i-Seh Darreh two streams unite to form the
Lar river, which here flows south-e^st. At first the valley is very narrow,
but it widens below Yurt-i-Gul Urduk and extends to a broad valley be
low Bastak. The valley becomes narrow again at Yurt-i-Khanlar Khan,
and r ms in an easterly direction ; after receiving the Dalichai river it enters
a narrow gorge up to the Pulur bridge.
The Lar river receives from the left, besides smaller streams, the united
Safidab and Giligach, the Ab Alarm, the united Aburu and Safidab, and the
Dalichai; from the right it receives the Yunizar, the Khushkirud, Chehil-
birreh and Slahpalas.
The Lar valley affords excellent grazing, but there are no trees or bushes.
In the summer it is inh ibited by nomads, in the winter it is deserted. There
are practically no buildings in the district.
In 1912 the Amir Larijan, Governor of the Lar district, reported that the
Russians were engaged in trying to consolid ate their influence in the Lar
district by issuing Russian “ papers ” broadcast.—; Sheil; Holmes •
Stahl)
LARIN I—
A sub.-division of the tribe of Kalhurs, who number 200 families and live
at Dartaki in Kirmanshah .—(Plowden-)
LARS—
A village in Azarbaljan, south-south-east of Ak Tappeh, on the road from
Ardabil to Aslanduz— (Morier.)
LASEIN—
A small village about four mips due west of Firuzkuh ; no provisions
obtainable.
LASGIRD—Lat. 35° 23'42"; Long. 53" 4' 30° ; Elev. 3,914.'
Is, like ’Aradan, Pahdeh, Deh-i-namak and other places, a village con
sisting of a fort and a number of houses grouped around it. It belongs to
the Samnan district and pays to the state 1,000 tumdns per annum ; about
half the village is Government property. The fort is very dirty and is
generally spoken of as the Pokhkaleh (correctly bok kaleh) ; in fact