'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [‎222r] (448/982)

cf fresh water, flowing in a broad, stony bed sunk below the surrounding
plains. It contains tamarisk jungle, and the adjacent desert much grass.
In the winter and spring many flocks are pastured along its banks. About
10 miles south-west ot Jikab it joins the Talazi vivzv.—(Burton.)
JILAN-I-GIRINGI— Lat. Long. Elev.
A precipitous mountain in Laristan between Valmian and Cham-i-Gaz;,
crossed on the eastern road from Khurramabad to Dizful.— (Schindler.)
JlMEH— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village, 3 miles west of Khush Ab in the Dashtistan district of Ears*
Containing 30 houses of settlers from Khush Ab (1) (q.v>). Wheat and barley
are cultivated, and the villages own 100 donkeys, 10 horses, 50 cattle and
200 sheep and goats. There is a tower here.— ( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer^
1908 .)
JIREH— Lat. 29° U'N. Long. 52° V E. Elev. 2,800'.—(S£. John's Map.)
A place, plain and district of Ears, 40 miles south of Kazarun, extend
ing north and south for 24 miles, and east and west for about 15 miles.
It is cultivated between the kundr bushes, which abound here.— (Kinneir
— Abbott,)
There is also a miserable little village of Jireh at the confluence of two
streams, one sweet and the other salt, coming down north-east and south
east respectively. They join the Dalaki a little below Jireh.— (Durand.)
JlRI— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Southern ’Arabistau, on the right bank of the river Hindian,
1 mile south-east of Eaili. It is inhabited by 550 Haidari Arabs, who
grow grain and own 30 horses, 300 cattle, 300 donkeys, and 1,000 sheep.
To the west, at a short distance, is an imdmzddeh called Shah Ibrahim.—
( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, 1908.)
JISHEH or YISHEH— Lat. 26° 32' N. Long. 54° 54' E. Elev.
A small village in Ears on the coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 3 or 4 miles
from Lingeh, lying in a slight bay to the eastward of Jisheh point, also
called Ras Khargu (Khargush, perhaps). The village is marked by
two towers, the western and larger of which is a round one ; there is a date-
grove behind the village, and there are a few date trees a little inland from
Jisheh point. The inhabitants are of the Juasmi tribe and are fishermen
and cultivators. They may, be from 100 to 200 men. Good water is easily
obtainable.—(Gomta&fe— Stiffe — Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Pilot.)
JIYtlM— Lat. Long. Elev,
A village in the Shiraz plain, Ears, to the southward of Lake Niriz.—
(Durand.)
JIZZEH or JAZZEH— Lat. (Jizzeh hummock) 26° 48' 20"; Long. 53°
40' 3".
A small village on the coast of Lar, 7 miles south-south-east of Nakhilu ;
has a tower and a few trees near it. It contains 100 houses of Hanbali
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