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’ ALI KUH (GARDAN-I-)— Lat. 32° 11' N. Long. 50° 39' E. Elev.
A pass in the Bakhtiari country, known also as Burdan-i-Kuh, leading
from the village of the former name in the Upper Karun valley over the
Saldaran range into the Chehar Mahal. The ascent from the Chehar
Mahal is a steep but even climb of 2,500 feet. On the west side a double
track leads first into the elevated Saldaran valley (7,700') with many tracks
leading on into the Karun valley.— (Sawyer, 1890— Arbuthnot, 1905.)
’ ALI MAIDAN— Lat. 29° 46' to 29° 55'; Long. 48° 46' 30" to 49° 5".
An extensive flat of mud and sand on the shore of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , west
of Khur Bahmanshir and the east of Abbadan. From the shore the sound
ings are from 7 fathoms on the south part to 2 fathoms at 5 miles off
shore. The soundings Measurements of the depth of a body of water. on this flat are regular, which have got it the name
of Maidan ; they scarcely vary except at the edges in the same parallel all
over the bank. The pilots always try to cross the bank on 4 or 5
fathoms when bound to the river.— (Bruchs.)
’ ALl MUHAMDI—
One of the largest sub-divisions of the Dinaruni tribe of Khuzistan.
(Layard.)
’ ALl QULl KHAnI—
A clan of the Qashqal tribe, numbering about 1,500 families, and
inhabiting a tract in Southern Fars from Jireh to Baiza. They have no
herds, but keep about 200 mules.— (Ross.)
5 ALl TAHIR KHAN KALEH— Lat. Long. Elev.
A fort in Fars, (?) miles west of Kaleh Safid, on a road from Hindian to
Shiraz. It is 20 miles from here to Basht—(Mackintosh—Pelly.)
’ALITUARU— Lat.32° 25' N. Long. 48° 22' E. Elev.
A village in Northern ’Arabistan, about 1| hours march west of Dizfuh—
(Sartorius.)
ALKAIS— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village on the south coast of Persia near Lingeh (?) in Laristan.—(ifoss.)
Al kathIr—
Generally pronounced Chathlr; an important Arab tribe of Northern
’ Arabistan. The Kathir occupy both banks of the Diz river, the Bait Sa ’d
being, in places, interspersed with them, from the limits of the ’Anafijeh up
to a point 8 or 10 miles above ’Abd-ush-Shah ; also the country in general
between the Diz and the Karkheh rivers belongs to them. The majority are
tent-dwelling nomads, but in the Dizful district they are found in tlie vil
lages of ’Abd-ush-Shah, Jirqeh Saiyid Ahmad, Kaleh Banut and Deh Nau
Some Kathir also are settled at’Arab Hasan on the Shatait. The Kathir'
unlike other Arab tribes in ’Arabistan, not only take Persian wives, but a r e
accustomed to give their daughters in marriage to Persians.
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