'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [‎474v] (953/982)

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ZAI—ZAM
ZAINlBlD— Lat. 30°48'N. Long. 54° 17'E. Elev.
A tillage in the Yazd district, 8 miles south-west of Yazd town. It is
half in ruins. The village is near the hills.— {Abbott — Newcomen, 1905.)
ZAIN-UD-DIN— Lat. Long. Elev. 4,960'.
A halting-place in Kirman, about 40 miles from Yazd, on the post-road
from there to Kirman. It, and the two succeeding stages, Kirmanshahan
and Shamash, constitute the three “ desert ” stages on this route.— (Wood,
1899.)
ZAIZAR— Lat. 28° 28' N. Long. 51° 20' E. Elev.
A village in the Dashti district of Ears, 9 miles south-south-west of
Khurmuj town on the west side of the Khurmuj plain. It contains 20
houses.— {Foreign Department Gazetteer, 1905.)
ZAKARlAI —Lat. Long. Elev.
A small village in the Shabankareh district of Ears, west of Deh Kuhneh.
It contains 10 houses inhabited by original Persians, who cultivate the
ordinary crops, and own some 20 donkeys.— {Foreign Department Gazetteer,
1905.)
ZAL (AB-I-)— vide AB-I-ZAL (River)—
ZALAKl—
See BakhtiarI and MamIwand.
ZALl— vide LALI—
ZALIMI, Kt}H— Lat. Long. Elev.
A range of mountains in the south-west of Laristan, opposite to the sea
port of Tahirl, and about 20 miles from and parallel to the coast.
The drainage of its northern slope is into the ’ Alam-arvdasht river, while
that of its southern slopes is carried off by the Kana river, flowing through
the plains of Gallehdar which lie at the foot of the range.
From the summit of the Kuh Bala Si ah, one of the peaks of the Kuh
Zalimi, which rises to a height of 3,880 feet above the village of Asir,
a good view is obtained of distant peaks and ranges, including the Kuh
Puzeh Padri of Jam.
The Kuh Zalimi is crossed about 2J miles north-east of the village of
Bahristan by the Gardan-i-Zalimi {q.v.), a pass which is followed by the
Bushire-Bandar Abbas road, and which is practicable for infantry and
mule transport, but not for field artillery. ^
The prolongation of the Kuh Zalimi to the south-east of the Gardan-i-
Zalimi is known as the Kuh-i-Tahmi.— {Butcher, 1888.)
ZAMANABAD— Lat. 31° 53'N. Long. 51° 2'E. Elev.
A village in the Bakhtiari country, of prosperous appearance, situated in
a wooded hollow to the east of the valley of Chigha-Khur.— {Sasr, 1890.)
ZAMANAK— Lat. Long. Elev. 6,800k
A cultivated valley in the Bakhtiari mountains, lying between the two
streams of the Duab, 5 miles above its junction with the Karun, and
inhabited by the Gandali tribe of the Bakhtiarwand. — {Sawyer, 1890.)