'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART II: L to Z' [‎221r] (446/988)

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of the valley is the rocky Kuh Bahrain Shah which presents, for the most
part, a cliff-like section with a lower range of gravelly hills, 500 feet high,
at its foot. One mile north of the village are some low, rounded, sandstone
hills. A good road fram Riz enters the hills east-north-east, and leads vta
Kuh Baraftab to Pas-i-Kiidak, 15 miles distant. Another road enters the
hills slightly east of south-east by east and leads to Dad-ul-Mizan, 18 miles
distant, the seaport of Daiyir lies about 23 miles south-south-west over
hilly country.— {Boss—Butcher, 1888.)
RlZ (2) (River) —
This river appears to commence under the name of Riz from a very shallow
and pebble-covered basin about 500 yards broad, to the north-east of Kuh
Puzeh Badri near Jam. Its course is nearly identical with the Bandar
"Abbas-Bushire road between Jam and Baghan, a distance by road of some
45 miles. The south bank of the river touches the road some 6 miles from
Jam, and here forms a cliff from 50 to 100 feet in height. It receives many
rivulets on its course, but all are of inconsiderable depth. A little more
than 10 miles from Jam the river is crossed by the main road, and here, in
March and April 1888, had only a depth of 6 inches and a breadth of 25
feet. The basin is very shallow and wide, and the southern side is covered
with a dense jungle of tamarisk. Farther on at 15 miles from Jam the west
bank is perpendicular and some 20 feet high. The main road crosses here,
as it does again 2^ miles farther. At both these crossings, in the months
mentioned, the river-bed was dry ; it has at the last-named crossing a breadth
of 50 to 60 yards, and the west bank has increased in height to between
30 and 40 feet. Outside Riz village the road again crosses the river by a
ford, the depth of water being 6 inches, breadth 20 feet, and general direc
tion east to west. Just beyond Riz the river is 2 to 3 feet deep and flow
ing from south to north. The road again crosses here by a ford. The bed
of the river, being gravelly and stony, is always firm, and the depth, which is
usually only a few inches, is stated to never exceed 3 feet. At 2 ^ miles from
Baghan the road again crosses the river by a ford, the banks here being shelv
ing. Pinally, Baghan is reached, standing on a narrow spit of land of which
the west face is washed by the river Riz. The cliff here is 36 feet high,
and the river, which runs north-west, is about 20 yards broad and of its
normal depth. The river here is sometimes called the Baghan. The river is
folded once more, for the last time, some 1^ mile? beyond Baghan and short
ly after runs into the Mund river, and loses its identity as a separate stream
—{Ross—Butcher, 1888)
RIZ (3), or RlZ-I-GHULAM— Lat. 32° 45' N. (?) ; Long 50° 37 ' E •
Elev. 5,660'.
A conglomeration of villages in the Bakhtiari country, situated on both
banks of the Zindeh Rud, in Upper Linjan, about 65 miles by its bends
from Isfahan. The river is fordable here at most seasons of the year.
The cultivation, which is entirely by irrigation, is limited in breadth owing
to the river-bed being some 20 to 5.0 feet below the plane of the vallev —
{Sawyer, 1880—Ar but knot, 1905)