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LAR—LAS
Qais, Jizzeh, Qalat-ul-’Ubaid, Guru, HindarabI island, Bandar Basitin,
Shaikh Shu’aib island and Shitvar islet, Shiyu, and Bandar Bidkhun, details
regarding each of which will be found under their respective headings.
The chief sea-port of Laristan is Lingeh, the value of the exports and
imports at this port amounting in 1904 to £248,956 and £307,690, respec
tively, but the greater part of the goods represented by these figures is
consigned from or to places beyond the limits of the province, or is tran
shipped here to other ports. Much of the sea-borne trade of the province
is, however, carried on through Bandar ’Abbas, owing to the superiority of
the roads from that port to the interior.
The three main lines of communication from the coast to the north are
^ from Lingeh to Yazd via Lar and Darab ;
Communications. . t- i .l i i
irom Lingeh to Y azd via 4 urg ; and
from Mughu bay to Shiraz via Lar ; but there is no great caravan tsaffic
over any of these routes. The principal road running east and west is that
from Bandar ’Abbas to Bushire, which passes through the centre of the
province. Further particulars will be found in Routes in Persia—Vol.
III. Camels and donkeys are, as usual in Persia, the chief means of
\ transport.
There is no telegraphic communication tlm ugho it Laristan.— (Kinneir
— Butcher, 1888 — Vaughan, 1890 — Curzon, 1892 — Napier, 1900 — Chirol,
1903.)
LARVARl (?)—Lat. Long. Elev.
A stream crossed several times on the road from Isfahan to Shushtar \
it is quite brackish.— {Report of a Journey through the Bakhtidri Country
. to Shushtar.)
LlSAPID—L at. Long. Elev.
A village on the left bank of the Marun river, in the Hindlan valley, on
the road from Behbehan to Gargari. It contains 50 inhabitants— Behbeh-
anls—who are herdsmen and grain cultivators. Resources : 25 cows, 25
donkeys, 50 sheep. — {Lorimer.)
LASBA—Lat. Long. Elev.
An inlet in the coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. into which the river Jarrahi falls-
The river here, through very much reduced, is still navigable for boats.
LASHANl—
A tribe inhabiting the northern shores of lake Niriz. During the summer
months they live in black tents made of goats’ hair, and in the cold season
move into huts inside square mud forts close by their summer camping-
grounds. There are about 300 families in this tribe, and their Kalantar
lives as a rule at Abadeh, which may be considered their chief village or
camp. They are celebrated for their predatory habits, but they generally
prefer to plunder at a considerable distance from their tents, to which
they then retire with their booty. In June 1893 a party of them plundered
a large cafavan of camels close under the walls of Yazd, and successfully
retreated. They have decided military qualifications, which might be turned
to good use. Several of them accompanied Stotherd as escort, and worked