'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART II: L to Z' [‎405r] (814/988)

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WAIS (2)— Lat. 31 c 32' N.; Long. 48° 54' E.; Elev.
An island in the river Karun ; a little below Muwailheh.— [Foreign Depart
ment Gazetteer, 1908.)
WAKHAMEH (Village)— vide JARRAM (River).
Inhabited by Waisi Arabs^ Headman (1910) Shaikh Zahir Parhan.
Supplies for 400 mules daily. Fuel scarce: drift wood and dung cakes.
WALMIAN— Lat. 33° 5' N. ; Long. 47° 55' • Elev. 2,700'.
A valley on the Dizful-Khurramabad road under the Kialan range.
Grazing good : fuel scarce. Water indifferent from Ab^i-Fani —( WiUnv
1914.) ■ \r * n,
WANNAI—
A village and valley near Burujird belonging to the Gudarzi tribe [q.v.].
The Wannai valley would be an excellent place for the incumbent of the
Luristan appointment to camp in for a period, when visiting this part of
Luristan. The Gudarzi Khans who own it are friendly and useful, and
are in relations with all neighbouring tribes, who could be visited, or invited
to come in, much more easily than at Burujird. The Gudarzi Khan extended
a cordial invitation to me and to all of my successors to camp in this valley
—( IFilson, 1913.) * y '
YAFTEH KUH-Lat. Long. Elev.
A precipitous and rocky mass rising some 2,000 feet above the Pushi-i-
Kuh road, 9 miles west of Khurramabad, thence it runs along the north
of the load foi 4 miles in a parallel wall of cliffs. The summit is wooded
and grassy, and is said to contain springs of good water. The precipices also
contain dwarf oak. It is encircled to the north by the Safid Kuh. A
footpath is said to pass between the two mountains, ioinino- the p na Lf ;
Kuh road at either skU.—[Batcher.) ° USUl " 1_
It is crossed by the pass of Maleh Shabaneh 4,575'.
yahrabad — see Saadatabad.
YA'QUBABAD —-Lat. Long. Elev. 6,120'.
A walled village in Pars, 10 miles south of Absdeh, on the road to KhMz
from Isfahan, situated on a flat, barren plain destitute of fuel or vegetation
bounded by barren hills.—( Ar but knot, 1905—-Wilson, 1907.)
IARDUN —Lat. Long. Elev.
A place near Behbehan, inhabited by the Darreh Shuri clan of Iliats in
.rars.— [Ross.)
YARG— Lat. 28° 35' N.; Long. 53° 10' E.; Elev.
A village in Ears, 51 miles from Firuzabad, on the road to Jehrum and
the third stage from the former place. The village contains a few mud
• f uts encl f 111 a square of mud wails, with small turrets, and is inhabited
by some 3U families. There is a small fruit garden here and a good stream