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MEH—MIA
It stands in a spacious but stony camping-ground and is supplied with
water from a birkeh. From Mehran a road is said to run east to Bandar
^Abbas, 10 stages distant.— {Vaughan, December 1857.)
MEHRAR (2) on JUNAH (River) —
A salt water river in Laristan, which, rising to the west of Janah, and
passing 2| miles to the north of that town, follows an easterly course, and
is said to empty itself in a mangrove swamp about 12‘ miles south-west of
Khamir.
About 3 miles north-west of Janah it is joined by a tributary which is
said to come down from Bastak on the north; just below the junction of
this tributary with the main stream is a ford by which' alone the river can
be crossed when in flood. When Vaughan passed this way in April 1890
the river was in spate, and its channel, about TO yards wide, filled with a
rushing, muddy torrent.— {Vaughan, April 1890.)
MEHRlJIRD —vide MEHRlZ.
MEHRlZ (1) or MEHRIJIRD— Lat. 31° 36' N.; Loitg. 54° 31' E.;Elev.
5,651'.
A large town about 22 miles south of Yazd. Situated on a low ridge of
rocks on a plateau about 2 miles square, covered with mulberry bushes,
at the foot of the northern slopes of the Shir Kuh. It consists of five towns,
the most easterly one being Manigabad which contains 1,000 houses. The-
names of the others are MazFaeh Bala, Mazr’aeh P&In and Khurmuza..
There is an immense amount of cultivation about, which stretches to the
south-west for 5^ miles to the chashmeh called KalBal Biz, and is of varying
width. There are numerous trees of all sorts about. Water is plentiful
and supplies of every description are available. Roads lead from the town
in almost every direction. West of the town is a long and narrow defile-called
the Tang-i-Mehriz. To the north-west is a sandy plain which slopes up in
a north-west direction towards Fakhrabad. It is passable in most places,
and the roads are all good. It is bounded north and north-east by the
Palangan range, at the foot of which lies a place of Parsi pilgrimage called
Naraki. The main water-supply of Yazd and its surrounding cultivation
comes from the Mehriz hills.— {J 7 aughan, 1890.)
MEHRlZ (2) —
A halting-place in Yazd about 40 miles south of Yazd city, on the camel
route to Bandar ’Abbas.— {MacGregor.)
MEHTABl— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Bastak district {g.v.).
MEHlUB— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village on the east shore of ’Abbadan island. It contains 15 huts in
habited by Drls.— { Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, 1908.)
MlANAR— Lat. 32° 5' N. j Long. 48° 50' E. ; Elev.
An island in Northern ’Arabistan, enclosed by the Shatait and Gargar
branches of the Karun river. The town of Shushtar stands at the north
apex, and the village of Band-i-Qlr at the south apex of the island. The