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ZABARl—L at. 34° 8' N. Long. 46° 48' E. Elev. about 5,075*.
A village in Kirmanshali situated on the high road from Baghdad to
Kirmanshah. It is the half-way halting-place between Harunabad and
Mahi Dasht. It contains 20 houses inhabited by Kalhur Kurds ; has
no trees ; contains 2 coffee-shops and has some cultivation. Water
plentiful from a stream : troops could camp in the vicinity.— {Vaughan.)
ZABARl Plain—Elev. 5,000'.
A level plain in the Kalhur Kurd district of Kirmanshah, lying along
the south-west slope of the Kurkur range which divides it from the broad
valley of Mahi Dasht. The plain is crossed by various roads and paths
leading from Harunabad to Kirmanshah. It is well watered by streams
along both its north-east and south-west sides, is well-cultivated and
contains much grass. Many thousands of sheep and goats are pastured
here in summer, the property of the Kalhur Kurds, whose encampments
dot the plain. The chief villages are Shian, Chalak and Tang-i-Shuvan.
— {Burton.)
ZABBEH—
A division of the A1 Kathlr tribe {g.v.).
ZAD MAHMUD, KUH—
A r^nge of hills in Laristan, about 65 miles east-south-east of Lar, to the
south of which the Lar-Bandar ’Abbas road runs.— {Butcher, 1888.)
ZAFADILEH—
A section of the Ka’b tribe {q.v.).
ZAFARAINA— Lat. Long. Elev.
A camp of Shahan Lurs in the Pusht-i-Kuh district of Luristan. It is the
second stage from Zurbatiyeh on the road to Dizful, distant about 35 miles
from the former. Water and forage abundant ; supplies are obtainable
in winter and spring only. The country is uninhabited from April to Oct
ober.— {Burton, September 1897, from native information.)
ZAGHEH— Lat. 33° 30' N. Long. 48° 49' E Elev.
A village, 22J miles from Khurramabad, on the road thence to Burujird.
It consists of some 70 mud huts built round a low hill, known as the Kaleh-
i-Haidar Khan in the Harud district. It belongs to peasant proprietors,
and pays 1,000 krdns and 70 loads of 260 lbs. each, of wheat ard barley as
taxes annually. There are 30 pairs of ploughing oxen ; 97,000 lbs. of
grain are sown yearly.
The village is situated east of the pass of the same name which leads into
the Abistaneh valley over the summit of the Buluhan hill. The last 400
yards of the ascent s steep (|). Height of the pass 6,330 feet. The road is
said to be closed for general traffic for one month only during mid-winter,
16,330'—(M.)
^5,800'.