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some trees and a little cultivation, and belongs to the buluk of Zarand.
The water is good, and there is fair camel-grazing, but few supplies are
procurable.— {Wyatt, September 1909.)
RIZVAN— Lat. Long. Elev.
A halting-place in Lar, the first from Bandar Abbas on the caravan
route from Bandar Abbas to Tarum. There are 40 houses. Livestock :
30 donkeys, 100 cattle, 900 sheep and goats. Water somewhat
brackish from a qandt. There are many date trees.— (Sher Jang, 1902.)
ROB AT (1)— Lat, Long, Elev. 4,270'.
A pass in Luristan, about 8 miles north of Khurramabad on the road
to Kirmanshah. The descent towards Khurramabad is a most dangerous
and difficult one over slippery rocks, and is barely practicable for laden
animals.— {Burton, 1897.)
ROBAT (2) — Lat. 30° 4' N. Long. 54° 51' E. Elev. 5,200'.
A ruinous village on the eastern borders of Ears, 48 miles north of
Bishneh. The villagers number 150 and own livestock of 50 camels,
6 horses, 70 donkeys, 30 cows, 500 goats and 1,000 sheep. The water
here is brackish.—(1887.)
ROBAT (3)— Lat. 29° 22' N. Long. 51° 55' E. Elev.
A village on the hills to the right of the road, at the 15th mile, going
from Kazarun to Jireh, Ears.— {St. John,)
f 5,566'.
ROBAT (4)— Lat. 30°16' N. Long. 36°36' E. Elev. ■ ]
(. 5,907.— Schindler,
A village in Kirman, 34 miles from the town of that name, on the road
to Yazd. Between this and the next stage to the west, Kabutar Khan,
there is a tract of country which is liable to inundation. This is shown on
the survey of India maps as a swamp, but it was quite dry when Wood
passed in the month of October, and he gathered from the inhabitants
that it was only after very exceptionally heavy rain that any water col
lected here. The plain is perfectly flat and stretches from hill to hill
some 8 miles, and acts as a sort of basin : it is not a marsh. The Central
Persian Telegraph line skirts its southern edge, When under water, the
going is very sticky and trying. There is no necessity to pass through
this ground, which is known as the Daqq-i-Kabutar Khan, as, by hugging
the hills on the north and passing through Bakilabad and Qasimabad,
firm and secure ground would be traversed.
The village, which has a good caravanserai A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers). and a large and well-built
db-dmbar, consists of about 300 houses, with a population of 700, and
belongs to Saiyids. Extensive cultivation surrounds it, and it is watered
by 4 qandts, the water of which is slightly brackish. Near the serai
there is a hauz with excellent water.
The crops consist of 30,000 mans of wheat and barley, 5,000 mans of
millet, 3,oOO mans bhusd, 2,500 mans of cotton, and 2,500 maps of beetroot.
Wood scarce. Camel-grazing good frorg alur.