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a tremendous gorge into the plain of Bagh-i-Malik ; at this place are the
ruins of a town of some extent. These remains consist chiefly of roughly
hewn stones, united by cement.— (Layard — deBode).
BUL ’ABBAS RIVER— {Ranking, 1910.)
RULAGl(?) —Lat. Long. Elev.
A plain in the province of Ears, which extends from Qavvamabad to
Mashhad-i-Madar-i-Sulaiman on the Shiraz-Yazd road. It is quite level
and completely surrounded by mountains. A fine stream of water flows
through it to the south, and the soil is good ; but the level of the plain being
considerably higher than that of the stream, irrigation would be difficult.
Near the hills the plain is stony and unsuited for cultivation.— (MacGregor.)
BULAITl, vide GARGAR (AB-I-).
BULAK (AB-I-), vide ALBULAQ.
BULAWAS (River)—Elev. (at ’Ala Khurshid) 2,150'.
A considerable stream in Bakhtiari land, also known as the Jibur. It
rises in the Kuh-i-Bulawas, a spur or off-shoot of the great Kuh-i-Mangasht,
some 20 miles south-east of Kaleh-i-Tfil. It is fed by two small streams,
the Ab-i-Jalal and the Sard-Ab, near ’Ala Khurshid, and by several others
later in its course of seme 30 miles south-east and east. It then makes a
bend to the south, leaving the plain of Tuleh to the west, and flows past
Ramuz, finally emptying itself into the Jarrahi river, about 15 miles south
of that place after a total course of some 60 miles. Near Ramuz it runs m
a bed half a mile wide of shingle and boulders, with a breadth of 70 yards
and a depth of 3 feet, and with a strong current .—(Foreign Department
Gazetteer, 1905 — Arbuthnot, 1905.)
BULDAGlR vide CHIGHA KHUR and BULDAJl.
BULDAJI —Lat. 31° 57' N. ; Long. 51°12' E.; Elev.
A village of 400 huts in the Chehar Maha 1 district, 13 miles east of
Chighakhur. It is situated at the junction of two valleys, one from
Chighakhur, the other frem Gahrud. The two valleys are separated by a
slight ridge, on which is the imdmzddeh of Hanifa ’All. Here the roads
meet from Isfahan via Safid Dasht, and from the same via Shalamzar ; also
the roads from Burujan and Ganduman. About 4 miles east of Chigha
khur, a rocky spur is reached, and a dam holding up a large body of water.
When the water is low it is possible to get round the spur in shallow water,
otherwise a very steep and difficult path, about 100 feet high, has to be
followed. The village of Buldaji is watered by channels from this dam.
There are also several small springs of drinking water. Around and in
the broad valley is much corn land (reaped at the end of August) ; there are
some willows, but no other trees. To the south are the rums of a well-built
Armenian village, whose inhabitants evacuated it in 1902 and moved into
the neighbourhood of Gandaman. The village is well suited for defence.
The walls are strong and the houses loopholed. There are several towers.
Part of the village is a fort-like enclosure. A vast number of sheep are pas
tured here in summer, moving towards Ram Hormuz at the end of August.
Some 10,000 of these belong to refugees from the Qashqal tribes of Ears.
The soil in the vicinity is alluvial and, as seen when eroded by irrigation