'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [‎266r] (536/706)

village. 6,000 mans (Tabriz) of cotton, 5,000 mans of barley and wheat,
and fruits of all kinds are grown ; 300 sheep, a few cows and donkeys.
Governor and owner (1898) Saiyid Ahmad.— (Sykes.)
RUMIAN KALEH—
A village in upper Silakhur, 3 miles from Burujird, on the left bank of
the Tahlj river.— (Schindler.)
RUSTAQ—
A district of Yazd, which extends about 18 miles in length by 7 miles
in breadth between Yazd and Maibud. It yields a revenue of 6,080 iu-
mans, and seems to contain twenty-two villages and hamlets. Its pro
ductions are similar to those of the adjoining district of Maibud. The
land, when sufficiently attended to, is very productive, the crops yielding
from 5 to 30 fold. But water is very scarce, and depredations of the in
sect “ sinn ” frequently thwart the labours of the husbandman.—(if,
Abbott.)
RUSTAMABAD (1)— Lat. 36° 54' 54"; Long. 49° 31' 0"; Elev. 511*.
A village in Gilan, on the Safidrud 34| miles from Rasht on the road
thence to Kazvin. The hills enclgsing the valley of the river are thickly
wooded, but the forest may be said to end here.
The village is about one mile west of the post-house.— (Schindler;
Stebnitzky.)
North-east of the village are the Darfak hills rising to 9,000 feet, the
southern slope easy, but the northern slope rocky and very deep.
RUSTAMABAD (2)—
A village near Gulhek in the Shimran district north of Tehran.
(Napier.)
RUSTAM RUD—
A stream and a large village in Mazandaran, in the district of Nfir, a
little west of the stream and village of Tzzatdeh,— (Holmes.)
RUZBA—
A village about 27 miles south of Khunsar, consisting of 200 houses;
under a grey hill, from the foot of which a number of springs break out,
in a little space, giving an abundance of water all the year round. An
old mud fort, with the lower courses of stone, stands on a clay knoll and
divides the village in two. An Imamzadeh with a dome stands on a lidge
to the east* The people speak Turki and Persian* — (Stack,)