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barren mountain ranges, some 3,000' in height. It is Sparsely populated^
villages in some of the ’Bulukdt lying at a great distance one from another ;
numerous ruins demonstrate the existence in lormer times of a much larger
sedentary population ; the plains and valleys are sparsely wooded, the only
common tree being the kundr or jujube, but on the higher hills there is a
very large quantity of wood, small trees as a rule, wild almonds, banak and
kulkhung predominating. Grazing is usually excellent, but dry afcer May ;
nomad tribes frequent this tract from November to April, spending the
rest of the year in the sarhadd.
The date palm flourishes everywhere even in the more northerly district
of Firuzabad, Fasa and Jahrum ; the fruit is but little exported, but forms
an important addition to the indigenous food supply. Kazarun represents
about the most northerly point of cultivation of the date palm along the main
caravan routes.
The Coastal strip. —The following districts, taken from west to east, are
comprised in the flat alluvial tract lying between the sea and the most
southerly mountain ranges of Fars
Name.
Estimated
population.
Remarks.
LIrawi .
14,500
Haiat Daud and Elg
12,000
Rudhilleh
4,000
Angal! .
Shabankareh .
2,500
10,000
Zira
•
4,000
Mazarai
3,000
Burazjan
Tangistan
Dashti .
12,000
10,000
20,000
Shibkuh
•
8,000
^ ^ > r f , r
Total
100,000
The Bastak district is excluded from consideration, as it is part of Laristan
as also Lingeh and Khamir, which are included in the jurisdiction of the
Gulf Ports. The above tract is generally level, partly alluvial, and partly
sandy, studded with date palm plantation, and very sparsely wooded with
kundr bush. It supports, as will be seen from the above list, a relatively
large population, which has, despite a sedentary life, not yet learned to
forego the luxury of blood feuds, and internecine was on a small scale. It is
nevertheless better ordered and governed than the rest of the province.
Regarding the country from Bushire to Jahrum, Stotherd (1893)
reports :—
General character of country .—“ A level, sandy strip of over 30 miles
broad, studded with date plantation runs along the coast near Bushire,
only broken by one long ridge beginning uear Gurak and following