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they are rocky and precipitous : the pass is miles long , the centre of
ii spreads into a valley coming down from the south-east, and is occupied
by shepherds in summer and autumn, the entrance bemg some halt to a
quarter mile broad at either end. A large spring and stream of water are
at the north-east end of the pass and issue into the plain ot Linjan.
Some scrub fuel is obtainable from the mountains.—(5wr£ow.) ^
BlDKHUN (LIristan), vide BANDAR BlDKHUN.
BlDRUDlEH or BlDRUlEH—
A plain near that of Qir Ab, to the north of Dizfhl. It is watered by a
stream which flows into the Qir Ab. [Schindler.) , - i i j v
From the Bidruieh plain the most direct road to Khurramabad leads by
Qir Ab over the Kuh-i-Mangorreh, Kuh-i-Bi-ab, and Kuh-i-Sird to the
Chimishk valley. It is an extremly difficult road, quite unfit for an army
to attempt. By it Khurramabad is distant from Dizful 115 miles.—{Bell,
1884.)
BlDU (I) — Lat. 30° 1'N. Long. 50° 28'E. Elev.
A village in the Liravi district of Ears, 12 miles east by south of
Bandar Dilam. It contains 20 houses of Lurs and Arabs.. Crops are
wheat and barley.— [Pcvsicin Gulf Guzetteef, 1908.)
BlDD (2)—Lat. 29° 23'' N. Long. 50° 47' E. Elev.
A village in the Haiat Baud district of Ears, 6 miles east by south of
Bandar Rig and on the coast road from Bushire to_ Bandar Dilam it
contains 20 houses of Sunni Arabs, said to be Bam Tamm wand and to
have come from Fallahieh, who own a few horses, some 30 donkeys
atfid 30 camels. Only grain is cultivated here.— ( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer,
1908.)
BIDUN Lat. 31° 24'N. Long. 56° E E. Elev. 7,000A
A village of Yazd in the Kuh Banan district. It is 5 miles to the
right of the road from Kuh Banan to Yazd, being about 8 miles
direct from the former. The village is on the side of a mountain and is
surrounded by orchards.—(NfoeP.)
BID VARlUN— Lat. Long. Elev.
A caravanserai A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers). in Kirman, about 36| miles from Saidabad, on the road
to Kirman. It is in good repair, but has only accommodation for mule
teers Water is obtainable from a spring, and also from a small irrigation
channel by the roadside, a little to the south of the caravanserai A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers). .— [Dobbs,
April 1902.),
BIHABAD (Kirman)— Lat. 30° 43'N. Long. 56° 34'E. Elev.
A village about 43 miles from Kirman, on the road to Yazd by Bafq.—
[Abbott.)
BIJARD—Lat. 29° 53' N. Long. 56° 35' E. Elev.
A village in Kirman, near Mashiz [q. v.).
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