'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [‎25r] (54/1278)

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ABL'—ABT 19
ABLEil— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in tlie Baklitiari mountains, Luristan, on the left bank of the
Halagun river, and about 4 miles north-north-west of Kaleh-i-Tul.
AB MAH— or ’AB MAR.
A hamlet with a small date grove in the district of Fin, situated on the
left bank of stream, 72 miles north-west of Bandar ’Abbas, on the road
to Yazd.— {Galindo, 1888.)
ABNEH —Lat. Long. Elev.
A small village in Ears, situated west of Shiraz. It produces grapes
and is celebrated for its syrups. Wheat and barley are also cultivated
here, but in very small quantities .—(Pelly ; Ross.)
AB PUNA— Elev. 7,145'.
A small village, 41 miles from Imamzadeh Isma’il, on the road to Isfahan.
It is surrounded by a high wall, and the houses are full of vermin. Straw
and barley very scarce.— {Bell.)
ABRAJ—
A hilly district of Ears, north of Shiraz. It has two divisions, one called
Dashtak containing many gardens and springs ; and a fort said to be the
coolest spot in Ears. The other division is called Shahrak, and consists
of two or three villages producing only wheat and barley. Ross adds that
the district produces corn and grapes also.
It contains the following villages:—
Hisamabad.
Hisar.
Dashtak.
Shahrak.
Qasr Khalil.
Gul Mian.
Probable population, 1,000.
{Pelly ; Ross ; Pars Ndmeh-i-Nasiri.)
ABRKUH— Lat. 31° 8' 34" ; Long. 53° 19' 39" ; Elev. 5,050'.
A large town of 2,000 houses, the chief town of the Abrkuh sub-division of
the Isfahan province of Surmaq. It lies about 35 miles east of Abadeh,
34 miles from Yazd, and 164 miles from Shiraz, in the centre of an oasia
surrounded by a waste. It is governed by a Khan. Water and supplies
of every sort are procurable. Fuel is scarce.
The plain of Abrkuh lies, roughly speaking, from north-east to south
west, and is bounded on both sides by mountains. It is 52 miles wide at
its narrowest point. The plain is a dreary sRndy waste, with here and there
patches of salt. The villages of Isfinabad, Mihrabad and Shiraz lie on its
western border. Near Abrkuh and to the east of it is a line of black, jagged
hills, rising abruptly from the plain and crowned with ruins of some size,
amongst which a dome, called Gumbad-i-’Ali, is particulary conspicuous.
Abrkuh was the place of assembly of the adherents of Luff ’All Khan
Zand before the last attack of that Chief on Shiraz in 1793.— {Pelly ;
Malcolm ; Browne, 1888 ; Vaughan, 1891 ; Arbuthnot, 1905.)
ABTAF— Elev. 4,270'.