'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART II: L to Z' [‎401r] (806/988)

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UMM-US-SAKHR— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Khuzistan near Fallahieh, where the huts of the Hazbeh
section of the Ka'b tribe are chiefly located.—
UMM-US-SUBA— Lat. Long. Elev.
An island in the river Karun, between the second lowest and lowest of
the Ahwaz rapids .—(Foreign Department Gazetteer, 1905.)
UMM-UT-TALUL —vide KARUN River.
UMM-UT-TAMAIR— Lat. 31° 14' N. ; Long. 48° .46' E.; Elev.
A small village of mud huts ; 21 (12?) miles from Ahwaz_, on the right
bank of the Karun river, Khuzistan, where there is a ferry. A small ferry
boat (ballam, native, wide, flat-bottomed boat, 15 feet to 20 feet long,
3 feet wide, drawing 6 inches of water, provided with huge lateen sail) plies
across the river, which is here 250 feet wide, 18 feet deep, banks 5 feet of
firm soil. It can take across 1 ton per trip.
Horses and mules must swim across. Low bushes grow along left bank.
Two hours were expended in crossing over 8 mules with their loads; current
strong (27th March 1884).— (Bell)
UMRI— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Liravi district of Ears, administratively dependent on
Bandar Dilam. It contains 10 houses. This is probably Amiri {q.v.).
—{Foreign Department Gazetteer, 1905.)
URAF— Lat. 30° 13' N.; Long. 56° 1' E.; Elev.
A hamlet in Kirman, situated on the Pariz-Bahramabad road, on the
skirt of the range which bounds the Rafsinjan plain to the south. It con
sists of a few huts grouped round some small ponds, and an old fort.
Water is plentiful, but supplies scanty.— {Sykes, 1902. — Newcomen, 19050
URCHINI, GARDAN-I (Pass)—
A pass over the hills between Margh and Mahyar, 5,250 feet high, the
second caravan stage between Isfahan and Shvraz, 15 miles south-west of
Isfahan.— {Schindler, 1912).
URDIB— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Fars, 3 miles north of Abrquh. Water and supplies are
available Ylqyq.—{V aughan, 1891.)
URMUDEH— Lat. Long. Elev. Hurmudar Yol- IV.
A village on the plain of Bandar 'Abbas in Lar, on the way thence to
Vasin (? Isln) on the Furg road.—-{Abdur Rahim.)
USB AN (plural of Asib, difficult) —
The Arab name for the coast of Lar, for about 30 miles below Ras Na-
band. The mountains are all of light colour. The tide hour is only approx
imately known here.— {Constable—St iffe — Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Pilot.)
USHTAJAN— Lat. Long. Elev.
One of the five parishes of the Linjan buluk of the Isfahan province situ
ated on both sides of the Zindeh Rud; it contains the following villages —
Ushturjan, Sar Shir, Fidun, Bagh-i-Vahsh, Cham Gusaleh, Isfineh, Kuhr
cheh, Jifreh, Hulmeh, Khulinjan, Gargun, Adarjan.— {Schindler0