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BAKHTGAN, vide DARIA-I-NlRlZ.
BAKHTAJIRD— Lat. 28° 44' N. ; Long. 54° 32' E. ; Elev.
A village in Ears, passed about a mile distant on the right of the Fasa-
Darab road, about 7 miles before reaching the latter place—(Preece, 1884.)
BAKHTlARI—
In 1910 the Bakhtiari had collected 5,000 men with 2 quick-firing guns
for an expedition against various Kuhgalu tribes.— {Chick, 1910.)
The largest and most important section of the Lurs.
Geography. —They inhabit a district commonly known as the Bakhtiari
country, on the eastern and south-eastern borders of Luristan ; and so
merging with the latter as to make their boundaries indefinable to any
very clear extent. Its boundaries on the north-west, north and north
east, read in that order, are the Ab-i-Diz, the Shuturan Kuh, the district
of Faridan and the Zindeh Rud, and the province of Isfahan ; on the east
the Qashqai country ; on the south the district of Behbehan and the plains
of ’Arabistan ; and on the west Luristan. The whole district is divided
into three sections, both for geographical and revenue purposes—
(i) Chehar Mahal, the extensive plateau at its northern and
north-eastern boundary ;
(n) Pusht-i-Kuh, the mountainous country between the Chehar Mahal
and southern and western plains :
(m) Those plain and other lands merging with the province of
’Arabistan.
Mountains.—It is essentially a mountainous country, with its loftiest
peaks rising to a height of 14,000 feet. The general run of the many
ranges, which conduce to make this country one of the most rugged tracts
on the face of the globe, is by almost parallel lines from north-west to
south-east. Taking these in order from the south they may be arranged
as follows :—
(а) The Kuh-i-’Alwanl, rising to 720 feet above sea-level, and bounding
the plain of Ramuz on the north.
( б ) The range of gypsum hills running from the Tul Khiat, south-east
of Shushtar through Jaru, and rising to 2,000 feet above sea-
level.
{c) The Kuh-i-Darband and Kuh-i-Asmari ranges, rising to 3,200 feet
above sea-level.
(d) The Kuh-i-Mangasht, rising to 12,000 feet above sea-level.
(e) The Kuh-i-Garreh and the Kuh-i-Sabz, rising to 13,000 above sea-
level.
(f) The Kuh-i-Rang or Jaihun, the Saldarun and the Zirreh ranges,
with their loftiest peaks ranging from 14,000 feet downwards.
{g) The Kuh-i-Gurganak, Chui, Jehanbin and Ahangari, varying
between 12,000 and 14,000 feet above sea-level ;
{h) and, finally, forming the boundary on the north with the Isfahan
plateau, the Kuh-i-Rukh and Kuh-i-Badkun, rising to 9,000
feet above sea-leveh