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DINAR —Lat. Long. Elev.
• n -fl r ^ ng c e m the Pus ht-i-Kuh of Luristan, to the north-east of the Deh
\Z:i' Dlzim road ’ between the sta g e s of Beharu and Tumtuma.—(Bwrion
1897.) v ’
DINA RUD—
. ^ stream in the Bakhtiari country, flowing through the Gurab valley
into the Karun from the west.—(Sawyer, 1896.)
DINAR RtD—
A small river in the Bakhtiari country, flowing through the Gurab valley
into the Karun from the west.—(Sawyer, 1890.)
DINARtJNLS —
A tribe of Khuzistan, who inhabit the valley of Susan and Burs and the
mountains in the immediate neighbourhood, and the rich plain of Mala-
mir. Placed between the Haft Lang and Chehar Lang Bakhtiari,
they usually side with the strongest. The largest sub-division is the ’All
Muhammadi. They are most notorious thieves, and are as barbarous
and ignorant as any tribes in the mountains, and it is only through fear of
thoir more powerful neighbours, the Bakhtiari, that they are kept in
subjection. They muster a few good horsemen and are admirable match-
lockmen. They cultivate corn, barley, and rice, and possess large flocks
of sheep and goats. They are believed to have originally come from
Isfahan, and can muster about 3,000 men.— (Layard.)
DlNARWAND—
A small subdivision of the Pusht-i-Kuh branch of the Fail! Lurs in
Khuzistan. They number about 200 families, and inhabit, during the
summer, the mountains to the north-west of Kabir Kuh and the country
near Khurramabad, and in the winter come down to the foot of the above
mountains.^— (Layard.)
DINEH AB— Lat. Long. Elev.
A halting place in Kirman on the road from Yazd to Naiband, 78 miles
east of latter. There is very brackish water here, which however, is just
drinkable, from a large stream, called the Rud-i-Galu Shur— (Stewart.)
DIRA— Lat. 30' 4' 22" ; Long. 49° 5' 50". Elev.
An island off the coast of Khuzistan, Persia. It is low and has a swamp
in the centre, vide Dara.— (Bracks.)
DIRAIRAT—
A sub-division of the Bani Saleh tribe (q.v.).
DIRAK— Lat. Long. Elev.
A mountain in Ears near Shiraz, and one of the landmarks visible from
that place, forming the body of the well-known “ Deadman of Shiraz,” of
which Kuh-i-Surkh-i-Kalat is the head. Dirak is also called Kuh-i-Barf.
— (Durand.)
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