'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [‎365r] (734/982)

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apparently contentious writings of Greek and Latin authors as to the true
site of Cyrus palace. It may, however, be confidently accepted to be the
site here described (For further details, vide Curzon’s “ Persia,” Volume
li, Lnapter 2LX.)—(Curzon — Arbuthnot, 1905.)
PASBANDl— -Lat. ; Long. ; Elev. 6,965'.
• ^ pass , ^ Khuz i st an, 4 miles from Kharaji, on the road to Shushtar It
is bare of trees. Shalamzar village lies east of it.—{Schindler.)
PASHANDAGAN— Lat. Long. Elev. 7,700'.
A hamlet in the Muguvi Bakhtiari country, situated in a well-watered and
cultivated valley, to the north of the Shahan range. From here a mule
track passing through the hamlet of Samistan leads over a high range by
the Chukashan pass into the Faridan low lands.— {Sawyer, 1890.)
PASHTUH— Lat. 33° 29 'N. 7 Long. 48° 25' E. Elev. 4,120.
A village of 30 houses, 2 miles south of Khurramabad on the road to
the Dirakwand hills. It is situated at the foot of a spur from the Safid Kuh
on the edge of the Khurramabad plain. There is a large kdriz stream •
the plain around is fully cultivated.— {B.)
PAS-I-RUDAK —Lat. Long. Elev.
A. village in Ears, 15 miles north-east by east of RIz. Roads (from
native information) meet here from Riz, Darvishi and Shumbeh • and two
roads lead from the village, one to Firuzabad and the other to’ Jehrum
•— {Butcher, 1888.)
PAS PAR DALAN or PAS PAR DALUN— Lat. 27° 21' N. Long. 55° 8° E.
Elev. 881'.
A large serai, 8_ stages from Bandar ’Abbas, on the road to Lar
by the Tang-i-Dalan. Excellent water in unlimited quantity from a
cistern, and from an open aqueduct running through a low, rocky range
of hills to the south from Kuh-i-Zad Mahmud (here known as Kuh-i-
Shu) to the village of Dalan. To the south of the serai, on the rocky cliffs
about 100 feet high, stands a small watch tower. Supplies scanty from the
village {q.v.).—{Wilson and Cruickshank, 1907.)
PASUN— Lat. Long. Elev. 3,675'.
. A valle 7 Piyh Kuh of Luristan, 14f miles south-west of the cross
ing of the Madian river, on the road from Khurramabad to Deh Bala.
It is about 2 miles broad, and stretches away to the north-west; there is
abundant water and a large area of cultivation. Large flocks of sheep
and goats ; fuel scanty in the vicinity, but the gorge of the Tarkhan pass 1
mile to the south, contains a quantity of small willow trees Supplies
in summer.— {Burton, Sepember, 1897.)
PATAK Lat. Long. Elev.
f A ^ name to a P lain in Khuzistan, crossed by the road
from Behbekan to Shushtar.—(Zk&wfc.)