'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [‎464r] (932/1278)

JAR—JAR
457
Name.
Miles
below last
village
and on
which
bank.
Houses and inhabitants.
Remaeks.
H askeh
Nil
30 huts of Ka’b of A1 Bu Ghu-
80 fadddns cf ct/ltiva-
Right.
baish section. 00 armed and
mounted fighting men.
45 huts of Ka’b of the ’Asakireh
tion, 30 cattle, 500
sheep.
Maqtu’ HadranI .
1
10 fadddns of cultiva-
Left.
section. 90 fighting men, with
rifles, 60 being mounted.
tion, 30 cattle, 5,000
sheep.
Takhait
30 huts of Maqatif Arab. 60
20 fadldns of cultiva-
Right.
fighting men, 40 being armed
and mounted.
tion, 40 cattle 3,000
sheep.
Khamzeh
• • •
20 huts of Ka’b of Khanafireh
60 fadddns of cultiva-
Right.
division. 40 fighting men, all
mounted and armed
tion, 30 cattle, and
100 sheep.
Sidaireh
Nil
1 Kut of mud and 5 huts. 20
30 fadddns of cultiva-
Left.
fighting men.
tion.
Thilith.
Right.
10 huts of Haiyadir. 20 armed
and mounted men.
100 sheep, 30 fadddns.
Saraimeh
5
50 huts of Ka b. 100 armed
30 cattle, 200 sheep,
Left.
and mounted men.
100 fadddns of
cultivation.
Dub-al-Mir .
Right.
15 houses of Ka’b. 30 armed
and mounted men.
20 cattle, 200 sheep.
Tuwaiqiyeh .
2
Left.
30 huts of Ka’b. 50 armed and
mounted men.
30 cattle, 200 sheep.
Qarqar
Nil
Right.
75 houses of Ka’b. 150 fighting
men, 130 being mounted, 100
with rifles.
50 cattle, 1,000 sheep.
[ Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, 1908.)
JARREH— Lat. 29° 32' N. ; Long 51° 6' ; Elev.
A village in the Mazara’i district of Ears, 1| miles west by north of Dasht-
i-Kur .—{Foreign Department Gazetteer, 1905.)
JARU —Lat. 31° 34' N. ; Long. 49° 37' ; Elev. 1,560'.
A small village in the lower Bakhtiari country, 46 miles west by south of
Deh Diz. It is a permanent settlement, not entirely nomad. Inhabitants
Makawandis. Headman (1910) Qaed’ahdul Shah. It is the 3rd stage
from Nasirieh (65 miles on the Bakhtiari caravan route). It is situated on
a plateau near a range of gypsum hills, which runs from near Shushtar
in a south-easterly direction for 50 to 60 miles. The AsmarT range lies
beyond some low ridges to the north. The village consists of about 50
. mud and reed huts, with a population of some 250soals. A small stream
of brackish water, which animals will drink, flows past the village and
along it is some wheat and barley cultivation. Very limited supplies are
available, and the supply of water for drinking purposes, which is obtained
from a spring £ of a mile to the north of the village, is scanty. There is