'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [‎23v] (51/1278)

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ABI—ABK
ABISTAN— Lat. Long. Elev.
^ Name of a valley in Luiistan, inhabited by the Sagwand Lurs. The
Klmrramabad river, or Kashgan, runs through it, as does also the prin
cipal road from Burujird to Khurramabad.— {Schindler.)
AB-I-TALKH—
A considerable stream in the Ram Hormuz plain, south of Khuzist an. It
runs from Chal-i-Ghul westwards. It is crossed by a ford, 4 miles south of
Sarileh on the road from Rehbehan to Shushtar, where it runs between high
banks.— (DeBode.)
AB-I-ZAL—
It r ^ ses near Kuh Anareh Rud and Kal-i-Ispid and runs almost due south
through a succession of gorges, for the most part impassable. Rawlinson
puts its source in Kuh-i-Gurji near Gardan Mir ’Abbas Khan, not now
identifiable. It reaches the Riza plain in which it effects junction with the
Saidmarreh by two deep cannons, one known as the Tang-i-Kurnathi through
the Chinara range, which is known east of the Tang as Kamaisi and to the
v est as Rustamdan or Takht-i-Chin-i-Zal. Two miles to the south it
traverses the Kuseh-Takht-i-Marab range by an impassable gorge known as
Kul-i-Zal. Between these ranges lie the ruins of Shahr-i-Chin-i-Zal of great
repute amongst Lurs. They consist of a few ruined domed houses of no
interest m a fertile hollow, once irrigated : Zal is said to have been Rustam’s *
father, Chm a woman whose husband was Machin. Tang-i-Kurnathi is
passable on foot at all times and for caravans when the river is low. The
water of the stream is clear and free from salt except in the summer when
it is slightly tainted.— (Wilson, 1911.)
AB-I-ZANGl—
A s P™g of good water half a mile to the east of the road from Shiraz
to Zarghun, 3 miles from the former.—(tfowe, 1906.)
IB-I-ZARD—
•11 nv f r o f khuzistan, which rises in the mountains of Mangasht near the
village Mai Agha, north of the Ram Hormuz plain. Passing through a diffi-
cult gorge, it traverses Abul-’Abbas and enters the small plain of Bagh-i-
Mafik, and is here joined by a small stream, which rises near Kaleh-i-TUl.
.Leaving this plain it forces its way through the precipitous range of lime
stone and gypsum hills, and joins the Ab-i-A’la on the plain of Ram Hormuz
near e vi ageo Manjaniq. Its water is of the most exquisite transparency,
and is celebrated for its purity throughout the country : near the point of
its junction with the Ab-i-A-’la are several bitumen springs. This river varies
“ V .° !™ e ; f A P ri1 11 18 a ra pid torrent, between 2 and 3 feet deep,
, ^-rds m breadth ; in the month of May it is said to be often
i ipassalde but towards autumn it becomes again much diminished. It
. ' " _ foet wlde at Rud Zard > and turns several mi\h.—{Layard ; Wells.)
AB-I-ZAZ, vide AB-I-DIZ—
ABKHZAT—
A river of Khuzistan, crossed by the road from Badrah to Mandali.
it is salt and is said to fall into the r m r of Mandali.—(La^arcZ.)