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A village in Ears, about half-way between Fasa and Darab, on the road
from Shiraz.— -(Stoltze.)
JAHJAH— Lat. Long. Elev.
A small village of about 50 houses, at the foot of a kaleh on the top of a
small limestone hill commanding the whole plain and road between Tihran
and Tundaran, 36 miles from Isfahan on the Burujird road.
Jahjah is the Bakhtiari pronunciation of Gahgah ; it gives its name
to the Gahgahi or Jahjahi tribe.— (Preece—Schindler.)
JAHREM or JEHRUM District—
A district of Fars. Its extent measures 30 miles by 15 miles, and it con
tains 18 villages of which Jehrum town is the principal one. All the vil
lages about here are enclosed in mud walls with small turrets, as disputes
regarding boundaries, water, etc., are always arising between villages and
generally result in fighting.— (Abbott SiOtherd, 1893.)
JiHRllM or JEIIRUM Town—Lat. 28° 30' N. Long. 53° 27'E. Elev.
3,370'.
A town in south-eastern Fars, 63 miles (75 by road) south-west of Darab;
90 miles south-east of Shiraz ; and 72f miles by road east-south-east of
Firuzabad. It is the chief town of the Jehrum district.
Town and inhabitants. —Jehrum is situated in an extensive plain of the
same name under the northern slope of Ivuh-i-Bafreh, a rocky mountain
extending east and west. The town is enclosed by walls of great length
and in very dilapiated condition (1893), although they were of recent con-
Btruction when Abbott visited the town. The w~alls are about 3 miles in
circumference, but Abbott says there are more houses outside them than
inside. Many of the houses possess turretted towers as places of defence.
Wilson estimated the numbers of houses in 1907 at 1,000, with another 3,000
in the outskirts of the town. The number of date-plantations inside the
town walls gives it a green appearance from the distance, and also makes
the town appear larger than it really is.
The town contains two large caravanserais, one inside and in the centre
of the town, and one outside the town walls and—according to Abbott—4
smaller ones.
Abbott estimated the population at 3,000 families ; Stotherd at 10,000
souls ; Wilson at 4,500 (1907). Among the inhabitants are numerous traders,
who receive the tobacco brought here from the surrounding districts and
distribute it over the country, far and near. Many of them are wealthy;
they usually transact their business in their own houses without resorting
to the caravanserais. The postmaster is a native of Tehran.
Trade ; Resources ; Supplies ; and Transport—The land round Jehrum is
principally irrigated with water drawn from
Cultivation. wellg ^ bullocks. The plain is dotted every-
Trad0- where with these wells, but running water is
scarce in the extreme. Jehrum is the principal mart for tobacco, which is