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’AIN RUBlEH— Lat. 32° 32' N. Long. 47° 24' E. Elev. 700'.
The site of the camp of a Kurdish Chief of Pusht-i-Kuh, usually occupied
by 50 tents. It is inhabited throughout the year. The Talazi river flows J
mile to the north in a broad, pebbly bed, lined with tamarisk jungle : beyond
it is a large stretch of Indian corn. South are the low ridges of the Shirgun!
hills and beyond the Jabal Hamrin marking the Turkish frontier. There
are large flocks and herds, and in the spring the grazing is very good.
’Ain Rubleh is within the jurisdiction of the Vallof Pusht-i-Kuh.— (Butcher.)
AIVANDEH PASS— Lat. 34° 17' 20" N. Long. 47° 34'. Elev. 5,550'.
Is crossed by easy gradients by the road from Kirmanshah, 16 miles north
west of Khurramabad. The adjacent mountains are rocky, seamed with
ravines and well-wooded. There is water in valleys near by. The pass con
sists of a long incline to the Khurramabad side and a short ascent from the
Takath plateau, a level stretch of 1 mile. Above to the left runs a wooded
ridge, and a wooded and grassy valley lies below to the right hand.—
(Butcher.)
AIVlNS—
A tribe of Kirmanshah. The Aivans country borders on Luristan towards
the south, and on the Turkish town of Mandali to the west. The Aivans
do not furnish any contingent, infantry or other, but pay malldt to the
amount of 2,000 tumdns per annum: they are cultivators and shep
herds, and are armed with old flint lock guns. The Aivans control the
head-waters of the Ab-i-Ganjir, which supplies the Turkish town of
Mandali ; they receive 120 tumdns a year -from the people of Mandali
in return for the use of water.
AIYtFB— Lat. Long. Elev.
A well and grove in Ears, situated on a hill of the same name, near Cham
Buraki, north of Shiraz, and sacred to the memory of Job, who is supposed
to have been buried here, together with his wife. The well is a spring of
clear water (coming out of the hill), over which a shed has been erected ;
water passes thence to a stone cistern a few paces off, about four feet
deep ; this will hold fifty or sixty bathers. It runs thence through the grove
of tall trees, sycamores, and others, on the hill side below the bathing-place.
In the grove are to be seen encampments of devotees coming to be healed
at the spring. The tombs of Job and his wife are shown, each under a
dark, dirty, brick-built shed, with one small door and no window.— (Durand.)
AI YUVAN— Lat. 29° 18' 30" N. Long. 53° 47' E. Elev.
A small, unoccupied fort on the south bank of lake Niriz in Ears. It lies
9 miles from Khir on the road to Darian.— (Abbot.)
’AJlRUB (stream), vide AB-I-DIZ.
’AJAIRIB—
A tract of country containing fertile plains and fine grazing ground in
Southern ’ Arabistan, situated on the river Diz and extending to the river
• Karkheh, and to not less than 14 miles above Kut Bandar on the river Diz:.