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ITAIKH-MlAN— Lat. Long. Elev.
A hard sand-bank at the entrance of the Shatt-al-'Arab, nearly dry at
low water, and the principal danger in entering the river. It divides the
channel into two parts; it is hardest at the southern end.— {Constable —
SUiffe—Persian Gulf Pilot.)
UAIKH SHAHM— Lat. Long. Elev.
A sand-bank lying to the southward of Dira island, coast of Khuzistan.—
[Constable — Stiffe—Persian Gulf Pilot.)
J UBAID— Lat. Long. Elev.
A Bakhtiari village in Western Khuzistan. It lies under the hills, about
10 miles south of Dizful, on the hill road to Shushtar. It lies a little to the
west of the road.— [Blunt — Robertson.)
UGANURI— Lat. Long. Elev.
A stage in Eastern Khuzistan, 114 miles east of Shushtar, on the road
to Isfahan by Bazuft, which is 17 miles east.— [Mackenziei)
GJAN—Lat. 30° 27'N.; Long. 52° 37' E.; Elev. [ and
A village and fine valley, 10 miles broad in Ears. It is about 60 miles north
of Shiraz, and was formerly a favourite hunting-ground of the Persian
kings. The village stands 14^ miles from Im&mzadeh Ismahl on the road
to Kizaabad, on the east side of the Kur river, and § of a mile from the
road, and is deserted. To reach Ujan from the south, the river must
be forded, the ford being 30 yards broad and 4 feet deep. Good camping-
ground on both banks of the river is unlimited. Water is from the river.
Supplies nil, but some are obtainable from the neighbouring villages.—
[Kinneir — Webb — Grahame, 1908.)
UKI—
A sub-division of the Bani Turuf [<l-r.).
ULAKIS—
A tribe of the Haft Lang branch of the Bakhtiari, who inhabit in sum
mer the mountains near Falard and Samirum, and during the winter
remove to the sea-cuast north of Bushire. They number about l,20u
families, and were originally a sub-division of the Baidarvands, but having
been long separated from them, they may now be considered a separate
tribe. They accompanied Nadir Shah in his expedition against Kandahar
and afterwards settled for a short period in Kandahar. They afterwards
returned to their own country with some difficulty; and now the greater
part of the tribe of Ulaki has proceeded from Shiraz to Tehran, where they
have since remained.— [Layard.)
UMM-UL-KARAM (?)—Lat.—27° 50' 30"; Long. 51° 38'; Elev.
An island in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , off the coast of Ears, just off Has Malgaram,
from which it is 1| miles distant south-west. It is a small, woody island.
There is a gut between it and the point, with 10 fathoms in it, and there
are 1| fathoms at low water on the bank without it. In this gut the Kangan
boats are laid up, when dismasted, for the season,— [Brucks.)