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4LLAH or A’LA or TAZANG or RUD-I-ZARD vide JARRAHl (River).
ALLAHABAD (1) — Lat. 28° 26' N.; Long. 56° 28' E. ; Elev.
A rinncd fort in Kirman, lying north of the road from Ahmadi to Sald-
abad, 14 miles from Daulatahad.— {Abbott.)
ALLAHABAD (2)— Lat. 29° 17' N. ; Long. 55° 47' 30" E.; Elev.
A village in the Sirjan district of Kirman, 16 miles south of Saidabad.
t contains about 80 houses and also a good caravanserai A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers). . Supplies are
procurable, and water is good and plentiful.—(Aewcomm, 1905.)
ALLAHU-AKBAR (TANG-I-)—
A defile through the Bamu range outside the Quran gate of Shiraz with
the mountain of Murtaza ’Ali, on which is the well of the same name, rising
abruptly to the east; and the Baba Kuh rising to the west. The road from
khiraz to Zarghun is led along the side of the latter. The mountains on each
W06 r 6 impractlcabIe except for infantry and mountain guns.—(Howe,
A Ele™ sir* (TANG ' I) ~ Lat - 29 ° 40, N - 5 Long - 52 ° ST' E. ;
A defile in Ears, a few miles to the north-east of Shiraz, vide Bamu.
firom this pass, the first view of Shiraz is obtained on Approaching the
city from Zarqan. The end of the pass was formerly fortified, and complete
ly filled by an arched gateway stretching from mountain to mountain,
ifie gateway known as the Darvazeh-i-Quran-i-Haidar Man fell into ruin
but was rebuilt by ZakI Khan, who was Vazlr of Shiraz in 1820. In the
^ Pper 0 S 0 t 1 f® y above the arch is kept a monumental Quran said to weigh
some 225 lbs. In the Safavl days, an aqueduct brought water into Shiraz
1905 ) thlS PaSS ’ bUt 18 n ° W m com P Iete niin.—(Cwraw, 1889—Arbuthnot
ALLAHllRl— Lat, 29° 21' N.; Long. 50° 50' 30" E. ; Elev.
_ of , 15 h ^ SeS ^ the Haiat DaGd distri ct of Ears, 10 miles east by
south of Bandar Rig.—(Pemiw Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.) ^
ALUVI— Lat. 32° 4' N.; Long. 53° 39" E. ; Elev.
A small fort m the district of Yazd, 6| miles east-north-east of Nadushan.
189lT " klSh water - suppl ^> ^ for animals o*\y.-{Vaughan,
AL MISH’AL—
A sub-division of the BanI Turuf {q.v.).
ALIJKUH— Lat. Long. Elev.
to A T 5lf' n « 9 Uris f n ’ n .if sta S es ’ or 73 miles, east of Shushtar, on the road
o Isfahan, 82 miles distant. — -{Mackenzie.)
,’ALWAN—
AL V ^° n Saleh tribe {q.v.)i
A canal branching off from the left bank of the Jarrahi river. The depen
dent population consist of Ka’b of the AI Bu Banaidar section. The canal
rrngafes 20 faidans of cultivation.—( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gaztlker, 1908.)