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reported to exist in the mountains west of the town. Camping-ground is
practically unlimited along the west bank of the river and there is an
abundant water-supply from springs. Rifles number, from 30 to 40.—
(Kinneir — Durand — Grdhame, 1908 .)
IMAMZADEH ISMA’IL (2)— Lat. 32'34'30'; Long. 50° 31'; E lev.
7,000'.
A Bakhtiarl village of 500 or 600 inhabitants, 84 miles from Gulpalgan,
on the road to Zarda Kuh, on the banks of the Zindeh Rud. The valley
is well-cultivated and produces excellent cereals ; its pasture is very fine;
the district is treeless and grows no shrubs.— (Bell, 1884.)
IMAMZADEH ZAIDAN— Lat.. Long. Elev.
A village in the Zaidan district, about 1 mile west by north of Abazar and
nearly 1 mile from the right bank of the Hindian river. It consists of 10
houses of Saiyids and Darvishes. There are 30 donkeys, 45 cattle and
100 sheep and goats. Some wheat and barley are grown.— ( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer, 1908.)
IQLlD— Lat. 30° 55' 16' N. Long. 52° 46' E. Elev. 7,710'. ;
A large village in Ears, 21 miles due south of Abadeh, and 144 miles
by road from Shiraz through Asupas and Zarqan. It is situated in a beau
tiful valley, surrounded by hills and watered by clear rivulets, the gardens
and groves around it giving it almost inviting appearance. The town is long
and straggling, and consists of seven mahallehs, and has two forts and a few
shops. It has a population of about 3,000, and the Governor in 1891 was
Agha Khan, a son of Haji Bakr Muhammad Khan, the Governor of Abadeh.
The valley in which the town is situated, is fertile and has rich pastures,
and there is a vast amount of cultivation around, affording supplies in the
town. In 1891 the town owned 5,000 sheen and 4,000 goats, and also some
cows, horses and donkeys. Water and firewood are plentiful here. One
ruined stone fort crowns the top of a rock, at the foot of which rise numerous
springs of clear water. Two miles north of the town is a walled and forti
fied village, name unknown, situated on high ground, on the east of the
road, and containing 150 houses.—(Faw^Acm, 1891—Arbuthnot, 1905.)
IRAD, vide IRD.
IRAVANDtJ (?)—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Ears, 22 miles north-west of Bushire. It is described as a
tolerable-sized place.— (Clerk.)
IRENE—Lat. 33° 20' N. Long. 49° 20' E. Elev. 8,050'.
A small lake situated on the north-west slope of the Bakhtiari range of
the Shuturan Kuh, in an uninhabited valley. It was discovered by Major
Sawyer, and so named by him. (Sawyer, 1890.)
IRD— Lat. 27 3 43' N. Long 53° 42' E. Elev. 2,625'.
• A village in Laristan, 51 miles from Lar, on the road to Bushire. It is a
fairly well-built place, situated near the foot of the Kuh-i-Khunj
range, and contains about 900 inhabitants occupying substantial houses
of stone or sun-dried brick. A square fort, flanked with turrets at the