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DEH-I-NAU (9)—Lat. 31° 50' N. Long. 54° 31' E. Elev.
A village in Yazd, 1 mile south of ’Aliabad {3).—(Newcomen, 1905.)
DEH-I-NAU (10)— Lat. 30° 13' N. Long. 53° 14'. Elev. G^O 7 .
A hamlet in Ears on the Shiraz-Isfahan post-road, between Qavvamibad
and Deh Bid. It is about 4 miles south of Murgh&b and close to the ruina
of Pasargadae. It contains 50 flat-topped mud houses, with a population
of some 250 souls. It is situated in a small, cultivated valley, watered by
a stream. There is a telegraph station here. Preece in 1892 says that 11,700
lbs. of grain are sown here annually. The villagers own 30 pairs of ploughing
oxen. Carpets, generally known as Shiraz carpets, are woven here.—
(Trotter—Preece, 1892—Newcomen, 1906—Arbuthnot, 1906—Christmas
.1907.)
DEH-LNAU (11)—Lat. 32° 6' N. Long. 48° 36' E. Elev.
A village in Northern ’Arabisan, about 30 miles south-south-east of Dizffll
not far from the left bank of the river Diz and level with Umm-ul-Wawf.
It is inhabited by A1 Kathir Arabs subject to Shaikh Farhan. The village
is small, with a large, flat-topped mound, representing apparently an
old, and once strong ioit. The sit3 is in an open plain, grassy and culti
vated. Close to the village is an imamzadeh called Nabi Jarjis. The
village consists of a house and stables belonging to Shaikh Farhan Asad,
who has recently transferred his residence hither from Ilm Kathir. There
are also a few huts. Wheat and barley are cultivated without artificial
irrigation, and water is from a stream, the Lureh, which comes from a spring
near Shalgahi in the Dizful district. In the neighbourhood 200 house
hold are camped in tents, who muster 400 rifles and are subject to Shaikhs
’Abdul Hasan Shaia’ and Muttalib, brothers of Shaikh Farhan.— (Persian
Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.)
DEH-I-NAU (12)—Lat. Long. El*ev.
One of two villages, situated at the western mouth of the valley which
forms the boundary between the districts of Marvdasht and Arsinjan in
Fars.— (Preece, 1892.)
DEH-I-NAUPANJEH (?) —Lat. Long. Elev.
A well-watered village in Fars with date-groves, on right of the road
going from Kirman to Bandar ’Abbas, about 45 miles from the latter.—
(Smith.)
DEH-I-PIR —Lat. Long. Elev.
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A halting-place in Khuzistan, one march from Khurramabad on the road
to Isfahan.— (Jones.)
DEH-I-SHAH —Lat. Long. Elev.
A large garden in Fars on the road from Bushire to Firuzabad and 2 miles
west of the latter town. South-west of the garden are some ancient ruins
including a large obelisk, which stands as a land-mark all over the plain.
This obelisk marks the site of an ancient Zoroastrian city. It is built of
blocks of stone and is commonly believed to be the real Atish-gah or fire
k altar, vide also this Gazetteer, Firuzabad.
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