'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [‎192r] (388/982)

HARD!— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Abrquh district of Ears, 4 miles west of Mihrabad and
8 miles south-west of Abrquh town. Water here is plentiful, but fuel,
forage and supplies are scarce.— {MacGregor — Newcomen, 1905.)
HARl— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Kirmanshah province surrounded by poplars and other
trees, under the hills about 1 mile off to the right of the road from
Karind Man Taq, about 12 miles from the former place.—(Ta?/Zor.)
HARIR— Lat. 34° 19' N. Long. 46° 14' E. Elev.
A village of about 250 houses. Elevation 5,380 feet; 3 miles north-west
of Kirind in Kirmanshah and about 2 miles north of the main road thence
to Baghdad. It is situated on the south slope of the same range of hills
as Karind, and is built in terraces. Water plentiful and good from streams,
and a number of gardens and trees. The place is inhabited by ’AH Illats.
Cattle, sheep, grazing and crops of wheat plentiful.—(Faw^an.)
HARlREH (LURlSTAN)— Lat. 26° 33' N. Long. 54° 1' E.
The ruins of an ancient Mussalman town in the island of Qais, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
They extend three-quarters of a mile along the shore, and consist now of
mere mounds of stone and pavements of masonry ; a mosque, however,
which was of well-cut stone, had one minaret standing till about
50 yards ago. The pillars of this mosque were octagonal in section,
and the blocks of which they were composed were mortised together
by central tenons. This city flourished in the twelfth century, and was
the great depot of trade with India and China before Hormuz rose into
importance. Several ruined water reservoirs of large size are to be found
a quarter of a mile south of the ruins, two of which measured 150 by 40 feet
and in 1857 were still 24 feet deep. Aqandt led from these to the town,
nearly | a mile in length, cut in the solid rock and running at its deeper
end 20 feet below the surface : it had about 10 shafts at intervals of 15
to 20 yards apart, and the bottoms of the shafts were accessible in four
cases by a stairway of shallow steps cut in the rock. It contains no
water now.
The history of Al-Wassaf written in the 12th century may be consulted
regarding this place and its trade. A curious legend, exactly resembling
that of Whittington’s cat, is there related regarding an old woman of Qais.
— {Constable — Stiffe—Persian Gulf Pilot—Pervian Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.)
HARM— Lat. Long. Elev.
A large village in Ears of 200 houses with extensive date-groves, standing
in a plain of the same name midway between Firuzabad and Lar. It is
mostly deserted and in ruins through famine.
The air here and all over the plain, which is luxuriantly green with grass
and her biage and wild oats, is hot and moist.— {Stack.)
HARSEH— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village on the west shore of ’Abbadan island. It contains 20 mud
huts and is inhabited by Dris.— { Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, 1908.)