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Dilam (q.v.) and its dependent villages. The people are all Shi’ahs unless, as
is reported, there are a few Babls at Shahr Viran. They are quiet and free
from fanaticism and engaged for the most part in agriculture or sea-faring
occupations. Martini rifles are numerous, there being, it is said, three rifles
on the average to every two houses. Dwellings outside of Bandar Dilam
are nearly all huts. During the six winter months the district is visited by
th3 Daren Shull and Kashkull, llidt nomadic hill tribes whose summer
quarters are in the mountainous locality Blbi Hakimeh, 30. or 40 miles
inland from the coast. „
Agriculture and. Trade. —Wheat, barley, dates and tobacco are the chief'
products, and of the first two a certain surplus is ordinarily available
for export. Cattle, sheep and goats are fairly numerous. The exports and
imports are those described in the article on Bandar Dilam. There iss
no internal trade. Currency, weights and measures are the same as those,
of Bandar Dilam, except the gaz or yard which is 2 inches, less, thanj
that of Bushire.
Transport and Communications .—Blravi is believed to possess about 200
horses, 100 camels and 2,000 donkeys. The best known route is one which:
traverses the districts longitudinally from Shahr Viran to Kunarku, at
some distance from tho coast; the marching by this is easy and there are
numerous convenient halting-places.
Administration.-r-The district is ruled by a Khan named Hji Hasan,
who has. his residence at the village of Chah Tahl and is subordinate
to the Governor of Behbehan. He is said to have obtained recognition by
the disbursement to Persian officials of part of. the wealth which he accu
mulated 30 or 40 years ago when he was a robber in the hills, plunderincr
caravans between Bandar Dilam and Behbehan and raiding the settled vil
lages of Liravi. There are no Persian officials in his territory and he
manages the villages through their Kadkhudds or headmen. The Khan,
is now about 85, years of age and has seven sons, one of whom resides
at Hisar as his father’s deputy. Land-revenue appears to be collected
only on actual cultivation at the rate of 20 to 60 Jcrdns per gdv (the
amount of land that a yoke of oxen can plough in a day ).—Persian Gulf'
Gazetteer, 1908 — Chick, 1909.)
LIR-I-MANGAN— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Ears in. the huluk of Kam Firuz {q. v.).—(Durand.)
LXSHTAR— Lat. 30° 3.8' N.; Losjg. 50° 43' E-; Elev. 1,370'.
A village in the Behbehan province of Ears, situated in a plain of the
same name which lies between Du Gumbadan and Behbehaji town. The
village is situated 21 miles south-east of Behbehan town, and consists of
a dozen booths and tents inhabited by Persians. The plain is covered with
grass and tho n trees. This village is under ’Abbas Quli Khan, who
resides at Kaleh-i-Aru, 18 miles up the Khairabad river.— (DeBode—
Hopkirs, 1903.)
LU—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Khuzistan, on the road from Orujan to Isfahan, notfh
by east of tire former; it is largely occupied by the former andpesent
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