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in any town of south-west Persia. The town is managed by one and
or more Icaldniars, who are responsible for the revenue; a deputy an d
governor’seldom makes his appearance and is never, even when ness
present, in a position to enforce his authority. Some 15 miles frequ
to the east of the town is the liaharlu fort of Kalat-i -1 awar. para]
Firuzabad.—ls surrounded by a mud wall and ditch and T
there are a few plantations of date trees round it. It con- ^ ^
tains some 200 houses : on the outskirts of the town is a large ° h ^ }
walled house, the residence of the Ilkhdni of the Qashqai tribe ( uar)
who is the ex-officio Governor of Firuzabad and Farashband. ^ ^
The town, though walled, is incapable of offering any resistance
to an army and is commanded by a low range of hills on the T
east side. The inhabitants are for the most part engaged in vale
fruit farming and cultivation ; there are also a few carpet- trees
makers. The people are civil and disposed to be friendly.
Firuzabad is the best place along the route to Niriz from menl
Bushire vid Jahrum. Its chief importance from a military
point of view is that it is admirably suited for a halting place T
and a supply depot. The estimated population of the town perso
is 4,000. ' souls
This district enjoys a moderate climate and is generally alway
healthy The heat is never excessive. Colonel Taylor recom- chief!
mended it as being in every way eligible for a cantonment. synag
The whole of the plain around the town is extremely fertile, r ]
and, for Persia, well inhabited. It bears the same name as the are ei
town and is elevated, well watered and bears rich wheat and in spi
famous rice. It is one of the best corn-producing and grazing healt
districts in Persia. For the most part it is 7 miles w ide, but at the princ
south-eastern extremity narrows to 5 miles. Here it only pro- ■ the I
duces grass and has a rocky mountain ridge on either hand, that road,
on the north-east rising to 2,000 feet. It has only 13 villages. draug
It is watered by the Firuzabad river, which has its sources in the an ea
Dasht-i-Muk and enters and leaves the plain by great gorges, the place
last of which has perpendicular cliffs, 500 feet high : it then are tc
joins its w aters with those of the Kara Aghach and flows ink whicl
the Mand river {q.v.). Saltp
Kdzarun. —Elevation 2,800\ A town and plain 95 mile! made
northofBusliire, situated in a valley, 30 miles long and 4 broad tains
The drainage of the valley flows into the former lake on the soutt sumn
east of the valley. The town is divided into the upper (Bdlo swair
and lower (I din), each under the administration of a Kadkhui *