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L&rlstan.
mulberry, pomegranate and palm trees which fill the gardens
extending two miles to the north of the town. From a dis-
tance it looks prosperous but it is in reality poverty-stricken.
There is no trade as the town lies off the main route.
Mountains .—One of the chief ranges of the great mountain
system which runs across Persia from north-west to south
east cuts across the province of Yazd to the west of Yazd city.
Roughly speaking it extends from Nadushan to Kalvand, and
consists in itself of several ranges also running from north-west
to south-east and connected by high ground with an average
elevation of 5,500 feet. The highest peaks of the range are
the Sh r Kiih, 13,740 feet, the Kuh-i-T zarjan, 13,986 feet, and
the Kuh Ardarushk, about 14,500 feet. These hills as a rule
rise gradually from the Yazd side and fall abruptly on the other
side to the level of the plateau.
(c) Ldristdn.
Laris tan is bounded on the south by the northern shore of
the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. opposite the Pirate Coast, and has a coast line
of about 220 miles.
On the north-west and north it marches with Pars, on the
north-east with Kerman and on the east with the district of
Shamil. Like most provinces ot Persia its boundary on the land
side is ill-defined and vague, but it may be taken as starting in
the west from the eastern boundary of Galehdar and from there
takes a semi circular sweep in a north-east direction to Bidshahr
passing just to the south of that village and some 20 miles south
ot dahrum; from here d runs north-east to a point about midway
between Rusta] and Lurg and then, taking a curve to the
south wa Kajhu and Guhra nnd Latldan, to the sea at the
mouth of the Shur River near Khamlr. The southern bounda-
iy is the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. as far west, as, but excluding Mughu, and
thence to the Galehdar border.the boundary of the Sh.bkr h dist-
mnunt! Tu * ° 1,0 GOUntl y k di ^rsified with plains and
nmt wl .f’r 16 ^ ? ead of the !att e r being from north-
not sVZt tP sooth -south-east, but tire ranges in these parts are
tl?ev att^r 3111 ? theF Parts of South ^rsia, nor do
MoL^ni h ? Sa T elev ation,—seldom exceeding 6,000'.
a bdd an^ 6 ° ng 'w, Wfa ° !e eX ^ nt of coast giving it
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