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LIN—LIR
Lingeh district; besides these about 200 armed citizens can be mustered
by order of the Deputy Governor, for the defence of the town.— (Craufnrd,
1010 .)
A British Vice-Consul was appointed to Lingeh in 1910. The Consulate
is a Persian house on the outskirts of the town, and is practically inde
fensible against any organised attack.— {Lorimer, 1906.)
LINJAN—
One of the nine buluks of the province of Isfahan; it extends on both
sides of the Zindeh Rud as far as the frontier of Chehar Mahal, 50 miles
west of Isfahan. It is 7 miles long and 40 miles in width, and is well-
watered by the river or canals from it. It is divided into upper and lower
Linjan by the Gav Piseh pass. There are computed to be 300 to 400
villages in the district, which, for Persia, is fairly populous. Villages situated
on the rivers are called Cham. The district is fertile, growing melons
celebrated throughout Persia; it supplies the whole of Central Persia with
rice. It is sub-divided into the following 5 parishes, Linjalanj, Gargan,
Ushturjan, Ashian and Ai Diighmish.— {Schindler.)
LlRAVl—
Reputed to be the most fertile wheat-producing district along the Gulf.
30 villages. 800 tnfangchn. District extends from the Kuh-i-Bang bound
ary of Haiat Dimd to Bandar Hammal on the coast, where it meets the
Hindian district of ^Arabistan, a distance of 32 miles. From the sea it
extends about 16 miles to the top of the mountain range which separates
it from the Dareh-Shuri section of the Qashqai tribe on the east, and from
the Zaidan district, and the Agha Jari tribe about the Tang-i-Astaki on the-
west. As much of the land as is not salt is entirely given over to culti
vation. Two ports : Khur Imam Husain or Khur Sini and Bandar Dllam.
— {Clack, 1910.)
LlRAVl (District) —
The only coast district of the Behbehan province of Fars. It sepa
rates the ’Arabistan district of Hindian from the Gulf Ports district of
Haiat Daud.
Limits. Liravi extends along the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. from a point about 7
miles north of Bandar Dilam to Sabz Pushan 31 miles south-south-east of
that place, and is bounded inland by a low, maritime range which, at the
northern end of the district, is about 6 , and at the south end about 18,
miles from the sea; this range rises, behind Bandar Dilam, to a height
of about 1,000 feet.
P hysicab characteristics. —The principal points on the coast are Ras-ut-
Tanb, or lanub, 8 miles south of Bandar Dilam, a low, sandy point; Khur
Lailatain, a small creek 1 mile south-east of Ras-ut-Tanb; Khur Sini, an
other small creek with deep water inside, 8 miles south-south-east of khur
Lailatain, linally Sabz Pufhan, a slighly projecting, rocky point which has a
small water-course on the south of it, and is itself 18 miles south-south-east