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bad and Macjsud Begi. The southern boundary crosses the road a few miles
north of Khaneh Khurreh ; to the east the Dum-i-Lar range divides it
from the Ab kuh district, the Talingi pass being the boundary on the
Abadeh-Abrkuh road. To the west a fairly well-defined range separates the
district from that known as Chehar Dangeh.
Population. —The annexed list gives a total of 2,800 houses in the district,
excluding the towns of Abadeh and Iqlxd. Adding 200 to this number, on
account of 12 villages of which we have no statistics, gives us a total of 3,000
houses ; and 1,0(0 for Iqlld and 500 for Abadeh and we have 4,500 for the
whole district. This means, assuming the correctness of our figures, a
sedentary population of about 25,000. The population includes some 500
Bahais.
Nomads scarcely live in the district at all, but it has nevertheless suffered
greatly from their depredations in recent years. The Yazd-hkhast-Amm-
abad part of the main road is particularly liable to raids by Bojr Ahmadi
and other tribes, but all the roads in the district are at present extremely
unsafe. Miss Ross, a lady doctor travelling from Ispahan to Shiraz, was
twice robbed in November 1911, once near Shulgistan. once near Khaneh
.Khurreh.
Products and Commerce. —Wheat, barley, cotton, gum ; a little dairy pro
duce and wool are also available for export.
Coal is said to exist in the Khaneh Khurreh hills.
Abadeh, rather than Iqlid, is the collecting and distributing centre of the
district; it has a fairly well-stocked bazaar, furnished principally from
Ispahan, at present, owing to the disturbed state of the Shiraz-Abadeh
road.
In an ordinary year a brigade stationed here could obtain supplies with
out serious inconvenience to the inhabitants. For details of accommoda
tion. etc., for troops see, Route 59.
Revenue. —The annual mdlidt of the district is 17,900 T. p. a., but Saulat-
ud-Dauleh, Qashqai, collected 23,000 T. in 1909-10 and 40,000 T. in 1910-11,
Of the 40,000 T. collected in 1911, 32,000 T. went to the Saulat and the
remaining 8,000 T. to the Deputy Governor of Abadeh and his staff.
Climate and Sanitation. —Maximum thermometer in 1911 was 95 Q in the
shade : minimum thermometer in 19ll was 18°.
Syphilis is very prevalent amongst the population of Abadeh, nearly
90 per cent of whom are infected. The disease is spreading rapidly among
the neighbouring villages,
For further details see Wilson’s Fars 1916 from which above is taken,
ABADEH (2)— Lat. 29° 49' 45" N. ; Long. 53° 39' E.; Elev.
A village in Fars, 54J miles north-east of Darab, on the north shore of
Lake Nargis. It consists of a fort and a camp of about 200 tents. This
is the head-quarters of the Lashani tribe and the Kaldntdr, or headman of
the tribe, resides here. The valley in which the village lies is green and
fertile, and furnishes good supplies. The villagers own large flocks of sheep
and goats and numerous cattle and homes. This locality is very healthy.