'MILITARY REPORT ON PERSIA. VOL. IV, PART II.' [‎13r] (30/212)

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width from 2S—50 milps. In this volrnne the districts which
physical y, though not administratively, form part of FSrs
or Lanstan, are described under those provinces.
nhvsical 1 Ih climaticall y and to some extent Fars. Genera.
pnysicaJly into three divisions description.
(a) t he Sardsir or Sarhad, forming part of the central
iranian plateau (or high country).
{b) T t e J:T^ r l °L l0W , hil1 C0Untr - v ’ thr o»gh which access
is obtained to the plateau from the sea, and
(c) The coastal plain, which varies in width from 12 miles
near Bandar Ddam. more than 30 miles round Bushire
to only one or two miles or even less behind Tahiri.
whiSIST^ T™, r ° Ughly ST)eakin g all of the province Sardsir.
which hes north of a line through Mian Kutal, FlruzabSd
Jahrum and Barab and embraces the greater part of the provhice!
irom the sea as far as Shiraz, the mountains form a series
bl vafw« OU f g ? y P f Tallel t0 thC C ° ast ’ divided ^ach other
} eys of from four to ten miles in breadth. They are in
general very fertile, and afford abundant grazing • even in the
garmstr, water is always obtainable at no great depth, but lack
of population, and the anarchy, which with rare fntervals has
development m prOVmce ’ combine to rotard its agricultural
ami*H m Shl n az northwards the mountain system is less regular
Wil + n Va leyS generalIy more undulating, though very
le , the limit of cultivation is about 8 , 000 '. The^ills are
as, a ru e jarren ; oak fore.sts are found in Bars only alone a
farTthe "f 68 br ° ad ,,Car MiS " K-tal, extending
North of ’ r' 0 ! T re than 50 miIes t 0 the east
Bulanbr 1 , there is little forest, except near the Tang-i-
3 ulaghi, mountains are seldom over 4 , 000 ' from top to base •
from the sea northwards they rise tier upon tier increasing
gia ( ua y in elevation, the folds inclining outwards in all
fn heS'ofX r Centre ' and „ fairly re ^ular ; the increase
the hint. ervenmg valleys is proportionate to that of
lying^b^ffu^n^ttf*** ln parlance ’ si g nifies ad districts
b> ng between the sardm- and the sea, though for our
purposes it is convenient to consider separately °the coastal