'MILITARY REPORT ON PERSIA. VOL. IV, PART II.' [‎39v] (83/212)

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Arabs.
Lars.
rtn estimated population, including that of the
capital, of 140,000 made up as follows
Shiraz district
30.000
40.000
1,000
Shiraz town ..
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Abraj
Ardakan
6,000
12,500
Arsinjan
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0,000
Kam Firuz
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3,500
2,000
Kavar
Khafrak
2,500
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Kurbal
10,000
Mahin
2,500
Marvdasht
10,000
Sarvistan ,.
8,000
Total
140,000
Setting aside such an abnormal occurrence as the influenza
epidemic, there is no indication that the population is rnereas-
i n <r ; on the contrary, everything tends to show that it is either
stationary or decreasing.
The inhabitants of the provinces of Fars and Laristan are
of several quite distinct types. Along the coast and for some |
distance inland, from Kangan eastwards, are colonies of Arabs |
from the opposite coast, some of them comparatively recent
arrivals, some of long standing. The population of the Shibkfih
p r ,its is predominantly Arab. These Arabs arc mostly Sunnis
with a few Shi’ahs. they are bilingual and are gradually being
absorbed by the stronger Persian element around them ; they
keep to their Arab dress, and, amongst themselves, to their own
speech, and it is plain from their features and other physical
characteristics that they are of a different racial type from
their Persian neighbours.
In the Haiat Paud district and further east will also be found
colonies of Arabs, mostly Sunnis, with a few Shi’ahs from Hin-
dijan.
The population of the coast is however for the most part
Per nan, but of a type quite distinct from that met with in Central
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