'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [‎244r] (492/706)

PlL SUVAR—
A place on, the Russian frontier on the Bolgarud, where there is a Persian
Government telegraph office.— (Telegraph Department.)
PINEHGIRD—
A village in the Zarand district, a mile from the village Zarand to the
south-east.— (Schindler. )
PIRIAI—Mahidasht.
r Lower down the Marek than Rubat is the village of Piriai, belonging to
Hap Saiyid Habib and Saiyid As’adullah; Katkhudd, Baghir. About
30 families. Cultivation : dalml and dbi. The irrigation is made through
a dam across the Marek, and also from Chashmeh Saiyid Naghib. From
Piriai, the road leads to Deh Kadeh Saiyid ’Ali Akbar Kirmanshahi, 1
maiddn distant. It is situated on the banks of the Marek and is also known
under the name of Piriai. It is on the right bank of the Mark. About
20 houses. Cultivation : ddlm'. Drinking water from the Mark. Kat
khudd : Muhammad Khan. From here there is a road to ’Allabad, a dis
tance of 1 maiddn.—(Mirzd of Customs, Mdhidasht.) _ About 3 miles west
of Mahidasht and on the Mahidasht plain, close to the Ab-i-Mark, near the
road from Kirmanshah to Harunabad via Siah Kamar. It contains about
20 houses, inhabited by Kalhurkurds. It has no trees, but some crops and
cultivation ; firewood, from the hills to the south ; supplies, 30 khanvdrs of
wheat and barley ; 400 sheep and goats ; (Vaughan.)
PIR-I-BAZAR— Lat. 37° 20' 0"; Long. 49° 31' 0".
The word means the saint of the Bazar, and is described under Enzali
(q.v.). A village in Gilan, 6 miles by road from Rasht, with caravansarai
on the river. For further details see Enzali.— (St. John-, Schindler.)
PlR-I-BAZAR, or SlAH RUDBAR—
A stream falling into the Gulf of Enzali (q.v.).
PlRlH, or PARSHl—
A village in Azarbaijan, 6 miles north-west of Kh5I on the road to Bay-
azid. It is situated on the declivity of the hills, which gradually form the
bases of the adjoining mountains. There is a beautiful track of grass land
like a bowling green round the village.—(&£war£; Morier.)
PIRIH CHAl—
A r iver of Azarbaijan which rises in the Gilan Dagh and falls into the
Aras above Julfa, passing by the village of Kara Ziadin.—(Moner.)
PIR MAGAR or PlRMUGAN— Elev. 5,761 feei-.
A village in Kurdistan about 30 miles south of Sianeh on one of the
roads from that place to Kirmanshah. It is situated in a valley whose
stream flows into the Gaveh Rud, distant about 1 mile. It contains about
50 houses built on one of the slopes of a small hill standing in the entrance
to the valley. A great number of willow and other trees in the vicinity ;
also a number of fruit gardens. Extensive crops, chiefly wheat and barley,
reaped in August; good grazing. Supplies: 1,000 sheep and goats