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kalu and Rud-i-Kambil. They possess 200 cows, 2,000 sheep and goats,
700 donkeys, 10 mules, 10 horses and 60 khish of unirrigated land.
(/) Baghdill. —The Baghdili are a small tribe of 100 families, under ’Abbas
Beg-i-Baghdili, whose habitat is in the vicinity of Behbehan. They can
turn out 100 fighting men, only 50 per cent of whom are armed with rifles.
They possess about 300 cows, 2,000 sheep and goats, 20 horses, 150 donkeys,
5 mules together with 100 khish of unirrigated land. They produce
j about 1,000 jizza wool and 20 maunds of ghi.
(g) Jam.-i-Buzurgi.—The Jani-i-Buzurgi are a tribe of 100 families capable
of supplying 100 armed men, who live at Deh Bisheh, whjch is part of the
Zaidan district, under the chieftainship of Amur Agha, Agha Jari. They
possess about 200 cows, 2,000 sheep and goats, 70 donkeys, 20 mules, 20
horses and 70 khish unirrigated land.
(h) Kashdil. —The Kashdil comprise_100 families under Agha Zulfikar,
who owns allegiance to Amur Agha. Agha Zulfikar’s armed fighting force
does not exceed 100 men. They possess about 200 cows, 2,000 sheep and
goats, 70 donkeys, 5 mules, 20 horses and 70 khish unirrigated land and
trade with Behbehan and Zaidan.
(i) JDandi. —The Dandi are, strictly speaking, Agha Jari, but have become
separated from the latter. They comprise 70 families, capable of supplying
70 armed fighting men, under the leadership of Muhammad Husain Khan.
They possess about 100 cows, 1,000 sheep and goats, 50 donkeys, 5 mules,
10 horses and 60 khish unirrigated land.
ItEScfijRCES.—The soil, particularly in the plain, is a rich alluvial deposit,
yielding in the neighbourhood of the town a return of twenty-four fold of
corn. In 1910, 9,000 tons of wheat were grown, of which about 400 tons
were surplus to local requirements. Near the Gulf, cotton and rice are the
staple productions. Among the fruit-trees are the lemon, orange, pome
granate, and plum ; of these the last takes precedence. Wild cabbage is
the ordinary weed of the plain. The districts of Zaidan and Behbehan
(near the town) could each of them support about a brigade in addition to
their own population.
For Administration, Communications and further information see Beh-
hehdn (Town) and Kuhgalu (country).
(Jones ; Layard ; Montieth ; Stocqueler ; Ross ; Boykins, 1903 : Gabriel,
1905, Ranking, 1910).
BEHBEHAN (River), vide MARlJN (River).
BEHISHTABAD— Lat. 32° 3' N.; Long. 50° 44' E. ; Elev. 5,750'.
A Bakhtiari village, on the right bank of the stream of the same name
situated on a small level plain at the south exit of the Tang-i-Darkash
Warkash. A bridge of one pointed arch with a 30-foot span, made of stone
and mortar, crosses the stream just above the village. It is sometimes
made the intermediate stage between Kharaji (16 miles) and Du Pulan
(8 miles) in preference to Ardal by caravans on the Isfahan-Nasiri road,
when the route by the Tang-i-Darkash Warkash is utilised. Population
600. Supplies fair. Water abundant and good (coal reported h re).—
(Arbuthnot, 1905.)