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JALALABAD (5) — Lat. 29° 50 N. Long. 53° 15' E. Elev.
A village in Ears, 1 mile from Jamalabad, in an off shoot of the
Marvdasht plain.— (Preece, 1892.)
JALALl— Lat. Long. Elev.
A small stream of Ears flowing northward, crossed 3| miles from
Jam on the road to Lar.— {Butcher, 1888.)
JALDAN (?)— Lat. Long Elev.
A village on the right bank of the Khurramabad river, Luristan,
( opposite tne entrance to the plain of Khurramabad.— (DeBnde.)
JALGIRD— Lat. Long. Elev.
The hills south of the Karun river, and between Malamir and
Susan in Luristan, are so called.
JALIAN— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Fasa district of Ears, on the road between Fasa and
Darab. 16| miles from the former.— (Preece, 1884.)
JALIL, vide KHAN-I-KIRGAN.
J ALIL A V AND—
A division of the Lak tribe oi Persia, who are spread over Persia,
but are found principally in Ears and Mazandaran.— {Chesney.)
JALLABAD— Lat. 26° 42' 30"; Long. 53° 46' 30". Elev.
A village on the Laristan coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , north of the isle of
Kinn. It is a small village, with several towers on the hill over it. It is
inhabited by about 300 men of the Bani Ahmad tribe, has a few boats,
and affords small quantities of cattle and poultry. It has good water and
is well sheltered from nor’-westers.— {Bruchs.)
JALLAKAN —Lat. 32° 11' N. Long. 48° 50' E. Elev.
A village in Northern ’Arabistan on the right bank of the Karun river,
9 miles north of Shushtar and 3 miles south-east of Gutvand. The Karun
is here a stream of 100 yards width between cliff banks, 200 yards apart.
It has a shelving shingle bed. The village contains 200 houses of Haft Lang
Bakhtiari who possess about 100 rifles. It is owned by the Bakhtiari
Khans, who seized it 20 years ago from a Kalantar of Shushtar. There
is small mud fort and some date-trees. Water is obtained from the river.
There is no irrigation. There is dry cultivation of wheat and barley.
Livestock comprises horses, mules, donkeys, cattle and sheep. The annual
Persian revenue assessment of Jallakan is 280 tiimans.—{Burton, 1903 ;
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, 1908.)
JAM- Lat. 27° 49' 37" ; Long. 52° 24' 10''; Elev. 2,689'.
A town of Ears on the road from Bushire to Lar and 144| miles from
the former place. It is situated about three miles from the south-east end of
a grassy, fertile and well-cultivated valley, dotted with frequent hundr trees