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GAR-GAR
Miles by
river from
Shushtar.
Name.
Bank.
Inhabitants.
Remarks.
* *
Hasan Saiyid
L.
Bait Sa’d of the
Mahamid section
and some Sala-
mat, a few Shush-
taris, Bakhtiarl
and ’Anafijeh.
There is a ferry here with
one small boat.
391
Naghaishi
R.
Manjah Arabs ..
Twenty grass huts. 10
rifles.
- ilTL'. l-J 'Tf
Umm-ur-Riibleh..
L.
A fort built by the Shaikh
of Muhammareh to pro
tect the river traffic.
At present the fort is
not garrisoned nor are
there any civil inhabi
tants.
451
Band-i-QIr
• •
....
See Band-i-QIr.
From a point called Umm-ul-Hamam, about a mile above Band-i-Qlr,
and up to Saiyid Hasan, the ruins are visible of the city of L^shkar of
’Aska" Mukram : they occur on both banks. ’Askar Mukram took its name
from Mukram, an Arab Commander, sent by Hajjaj the celebrated Gover
nor of I’raq under the Omaiyids to subdue a rebellion in ’Arabistan. In the
10th century A.D. the main town stood on the western bank and was con
nected with the remainder by 2 bridges of boats. ’Askar Mukram still
existed in the 14th century and was then generally called Lashkar.
GARMILI— Lat. Long. Elev. 6,500'.
A small village on the slopes of the Gair range, Ears, near the Kam-Fkuz
plain, and about 20 miles from Diz-i-Kurd. The slopes are covered with
oak trees. The head of the village pays three-fourths the produce to the
Ilbegi of the Qashqais, who does not supply seed. There is no poll-tax.
or tax on animals, owing to the village not being regularly settled. This
place must have b nn of importance formerly, to judge by the tomb-stones
— [Durand.)
GARM-I-SHAH— Lat. Long. Elev.
A small village between Mahiar and Qumisheh, to east of road, in a
valley.— [Taylor.)
GARMSlR—
The term which is applied to the road which leads from Bandar ’Abbas
by Farghan, Tarum, Furg, and Darab to Shiraz. It is said to be much
infested by an insect calld “ Sinn” and there is very little forage or pro
visions on it.— (Abbott.)
Stack says it is :—
“ A term applied by the Persians to all warm regions, particularly those
that are. a Iso deserts, or on the borders of deserts. Certain ofienders against