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BAS-RAW
Jumeh-Bazar of Tulem, Dushanbeh-Bazfir of Shaft and Pir-i-Bazar
consume about 1,000 sheep and goats each per annum. The number of goats
and sheep slaughtered is about equal. Sheep guts measure on an average
25 zars and goats guts 18 zars. They are longer in summer than m winter
These guts are made up in lengths of 22 zars, salted, put in goat-skins and
then packed in boxes, ready for export to Tiflis or Constantinople. Each box
contains 1,500 lengths. The price of guts prepared for export is about bOU
to 650 krans per 1,000, or Ilk 2s. Zd. to 12k 0s. 9<k A fee is paid to the doc
tor attached to the Russian Consulate who examins the guts previous to
delivering a permit for importation into Russia. , ^
Exports. Rice.—The rice crop of 1910 was better than that of IJOJ,
which had suffered from drought. Prices rose from 3s. 6±d. to 3s. 8fck
(9 * 50 to 10 krdns) per kuti of 65 lbs. for Alaf i rice and from 3s. 8f ck to 4s. Of o».
(10 to 11 krdns) for Arbdbi rice to 4s. 3 T yk (11 • 50 krdns) for Alafi and 4s. 9 f ck
for Arbdbi rice. Alafi rice is of mixed quality and uncleaned ; it is of in
ferior quality, and is used for the preparation of starch and in the manufac
ture of starched shirtings. Arbdbi rice is used for food.
Rice represents the principal revenues of the landowners in Gilan, to whom
a good or bad crop is a matter of considerable importance. Large sumsare
advanced every year to owners by merchants, who buy the rice from them
for export and in such cases the price is fixed beforehand and forms the basis
of the eventual purchase price for the minor buyers. The Banque
d’Escompte de Perse used to do a great business in this line by undertaking
for local buyers the sale of their rice in Russia and charging heavy commis
sions on sales and interest on advances. Latterly, however, merchants
have done their own selling through agents in Baku. The 1911 crop has suff
ered much from frost in spring, which delayed work in the fields, and from
drought during the months of July and August.
RASWAR—
A village in Azarbaljan, 36 miles south of Aras. It is situated in an
extremely desolate gloomy valley; not even a tree marks the course
nf the stream that gives water to its inhabitants— (Marion. )
RAUSHAN— Lat. 45° 26'; Long. 38° 18'. Elev. 4,670'.
A village of about 40 huts in Azarbaijan, 25 miles west-south-west of
Tasuj on the road from Tabriz to Urumieh. There are largo herds of ponies
here.— (Gerard.)
RAVINJ, RAVEH or RAVAND—
A populous village in the province of Mahallat, north-west of Narak
and close to Jasb. It is Government property.—(Schindler.)
RAW AN AND CHINGIR or RAWANDASHT—
The summer place of residence of 1,000 families of the Shaharik, Varmaziar
and Khamnan tribes of Kalhur in Kirmanshah (q.v.).
A plain 3 farsakhs in length in Kirmanshah forming part of the possessions
of and inhabited by a portion of the tribe of Kalhurs. Harunabad is in this
plain.— (Plowden .)