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the Haiyadir tribe—who number 300 fighting men, own some horses, many
> donkeys, sheep and cattle, and are engaged in agriculture—also the Maq-
atlf, a small section said to belong to the Bani Tamim, and the Rajaibat
and Bani Rashid who are described as sections of the Sharifat, possibly
identical with the Shurafa of the Hawizeh districts The Rajaibat and Bani
Rashid till the ground, but they inhabit tents and possess some 200 camels
besides horses, donkeys, sheep and cattle ; their fighting men, together
number only about 50. The chief village of the district is Khalafabad
and there are about 30other hamlets on the banks of the Jarrahi, some
of which are described in the article on that river ; many of them, however,
are only occupied in the seasons of sowing and reaping by cultivators from
the Fallahieh district.
Agriculture and Trade. —Canal irrigation is confined, in the Jarrahi dis
trict, to a space of about three square miles in the neighbourhood of Cham-
us-Sabi, and the crops, except on the banks of the river, depend entirely on
rainfall. Wheat, barley and a little sesame are the staple products of cul
tivation. Onions and inferior tobacco are grown in the gardens of villages.
The exported produce of th? district finds its way chiefly to the towns of
Bandar Ma’shur and Buzieh, from which it procures in return its require
ments of piece-goods, spices, tea and sugar. Dates are brought fromhalla-
hleh and rice from Ramuz.
Communications. —The Jarrahi is naviga,ble by boats up to Khalafabad,
and the country on both sides is free from obstacles to movement*
Administration .—The Jarrahi district was once a part of the old Daiiraq
principality which belonged to the Ka’b Shaikh. In 1865 the Persian
Government separated it from Fallahieh and constituted it, together with
the districts of Bandar Ma’shur and Hindian into a separate governorship :
now it is a district by itself and is under the Shaikh of Muhammarreh who
is locally represented by an agent at Khalafabad. Revenue is assessed at
one-fourth of gross produce on canal irrigated lands at Cham-us-Sabi only,
at one-fifth on river-bank lands, and elsewhere at a cash rate of 44 krans
fer fadddn. The revenue was farmed 10 years ago to a Persian official,
who paid 3,000 tumdns down and engaged to render a yearly tribute of 6,500
tumdns. Another account says that 14,000 tumdns are payable annually
to the Persian Government, while 600 go to the Mustaufi .—(Foreign
Department Gazetteer , 1905 ; Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, 1908.)
JARRAHI RIVER—
This river is formed within the bounds of Ramuz district by the junction
of the Ramuz river with theMarun. Passing a place called Cham ManT,
4 miles below the confluence, the river breaks through a belt of low hills
and emerges near Cham-us-Sabi into the Jarrahi district. Thence it runs
via Khalafabad to the village of Maqtu’, 11 miles north of Ma’shhr, where
it changes direction and runs for about 10 miles west-north-west to Qar-
qar, where it leaves the Jarrahi district and enters that of Fallahieh. It
then flows practically west for'14 miles, and then turns south-west and
runs for 5 miles to Khazineh, 2 miles north of Buzieh town, where it mostly
is dissipated into canals* The remaining stream now becomes the Fallahieh-
Marid canal.
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