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RAZA—RAZI
KAZAN (2)—Elev. 6,190'.
A large village in the Burujird or Sllakhur district on the borders of Luris-
tan. It is about h ,lf-way between Burujird and Khurramabad, 2 miles
south of the pass between these places. It is inhabited by the Kazan branch
of the Bajlan tribe. The valley belongs to them, and they impose a tax
on all goods and animals passing through.
There is a Persian telegraph station on the branch from Hamadan to
Khurramabad.— (Schindler.)
KAzAWAR RED—
A rivulet in the province of Kirmanshah, which rises at Shah Husain
in Bala Darband, and flows into the Kara Su, the river watering that part of
the Kirmanshah plain known as the Mahal-i-ZIr Darband, 16 miles north
of Kirmanshah on the road to Sinneh. The Ab-i-Raz a war is a considerable
stream in spring; its water is remarkably pleasant to drink apd free from
the hardness characteristic of the water-supply of other places in the
neighbourhood.—(T. C. Plowden.)
A stream in Kirmanshah forming one of the tributaries of the Kara
Su. It rises in the Bilawar valley north of Kirmmsh ih city and flows down
that plain. It then enters the Tang-i-Kaleh Shah Khani and finally joins
the Kara Su,' on the Kirmanshah plain about 7 miles north-west of the city.
In the Bilawar valley it is a swiftly running stream, clear and shallow,
flowing in a broad and gravelly bed. Its banks in many places are lined
with willow trees and bushes.— (Vaughan.)
A tributary of the Kara Su, which rises behind the Kuh-i-Parau and
joins the Kara Su, about 4 miles above the town of Kirmanshah. It is
some 8 to 10 yards wide and fordable everwhere.— (Gough.)
RAZIABAD (1)—
A small village, 4 miles west of Khanabad, to the right of the Tehran-
Hamadan road and 59 miles from Tehran.— (Schindler.)
RAZIABAD (2)—
A village in the Damghan district 8 miles west of Damghan. 3 or 4 miles
north-west of Razlabad are the ruins of Girdkuh, a famous castle of
* the Assassins.— (Schindler.)
RAzTAN (1)—
A village in Azarbaljan, on the eastern shore of the Urumieh lake and
7^ miles south of Ajabshlr.— (Schindler.)
RAZTAN (2)—
A village in Kirmanshah situated in the Bilawar valley about 30 mile*
north of Kirmanshah city.
It contains about 50 houses inhabited by Bilawari Kurds. It is well
watered by a stream running past it through a depression in the ground
to the Razavar stream. The depression is full of willow trees. There
is a high mound, probably the remains of an ancient fort, in the village ; a
j large amount of corn aiid barley is grown, also melons ; good grazing in
the vicinity. Supplies : 800 sheep and goats, 12 horses.— (Vaughan.)