'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [‎370r] (744/1278)

GAR—GAR
from a point called Umm-ul-Hamam, about a mile above Band-i-Qir,
and up to Saiyid Hasan, the ruins are visible of the city of Lashkar of
’Aska Mukram : they occur on both banks. ’Askar Mukram took its name
from Mukram, an Arab Commander, sent by Hajjaj, the celebrated Governor
of I’raq under the Omaiyids to subdue a rebellion in ’Arabistan. In the
10th century A.D. the main town stood on the western bank and was con
nected with the remainder by 2 bridges of boats. ’Askar Mukram still
existed in the 14th century and was then generally called Lashkar.
GARGtR— Lat. 28 6 53' N. ; Long. 51° 4' E. ; Elev.
A village in the Tangistan district of Ears 7 miles south of ’All Changi.
It contains 30 houses ; and there is cultivation of wheat, barley, and dates.
—(Foreign Department Gazetteer, 1905.)
GARMlLl— Lat. Long. Elev. 6,500'.
A small village on the slopes of the Gair range, Ears, near the Kam-Firuz
plain, and about 20 miles trom Diz-i-Kurd. The slopes are covered with
oak trees. The head of the village pays three-fourths the produce to the
Ilbegl of the Qashqals, who does not supply seed. There is no poll-tax
or tax on animals, owing to the village not being regularly settled. This
place must have been of importance formerly, to judge by the tomb
stones.— (Durand.)
GARM-I-SHAH— Lat. Long. Elev.
A small village between Mahiar and Qumisheh, to east of road, in a
The term which is applied to the road which leads from Bandar ’Abbas
by Farghan, Tarum, Furg, and Darab to Shiraz. It is said to be much
infested by an insect called “ Sinn, ” and there is very little forage or pro
visions on it.— (Abbott.)
the laws are transported to the Garmsir, in particular between the Shiraz
mountains and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . ”
Bell writes (1884) :■—
Inland from the low, sandy shore of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , extends to the low
hills of sandstone and conglomerate a vast level of variable width (average
35 miles), a barren mud flat for some miles, liable to be flooded by high
tides and heavy rains, and beyond, a plain growing cereals of various kinds,
melons, etc., it is sparsely populated, its few villages being planted at
considerable intervals apart ; water is found 10 feet from the surface ;
it is of good quality, except for some miles to the east of the Karun. Wells
are numerous in and round about the villages not situated on streams.
It is poorly irrigated. A few trees, chiefly the date-palm, grow round
about the villages Only ; firewood is scarce. Each village commr nity owns
from 50 to 60 donkeys, 300 to 500 sheep, and 5 or 6 cows.
‘‘ 'lire cl,mate of this plain may be assumed not to vary to any appre*
ciaHe extent from that of Buslnre.
valley.'— (Taybr.)
GARMSlR—
Stack says it is
A term applied by the Persians to all warm regions, particularly those
that are also deserts, or on the borders of deserts. Certain offenders against