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H outf N o; 4r —contd.
From Isfaltdii to Bekhahdn and Bandar-Dildin, fyc,—contd.
D istance iit
miles.
Time.
Names of towns, villages, &c.
Interme
diate.
Total.
Eemarks.
The district of Ardakun comprises Ardakun itself, with
about L,0 ')0 families, Berghat), with about 40 families, and
Dal in, with about 60 families ; these are the dehat of the
^district; besides these there belongs to it three small nomad
tribes the Khafr (vul rar iChduri), 60-70 families, the Reis,
about 30 families, the B^ker, about 15 families, who all apeak
a Lur dialect.
Without taking into considerafion the irregular expenses,
this district pays to the diwan 1,700 tomins.
Of the 1,0)0 families living in Ardakun, about 250-303
families do not pay any taxes; these are Seyyids, Mullas,
Akhunds, relatives of the Kalantur, runaways from other
Tillages and tribes.
Tne 1,70) to niaii are distributed as follows ;—
Ardakun itsolf ... ... 1,320 tomans.
Berghan ... ... ... 100 ,,
D ilin ... ^ ... ... 100 (110) „
Merchants from Shiraz who keep a
shop in Ardakun ... ... 70 ,,
The farmers of the Gel ... 70 „
Inhabitants of the now ruined vil
lage of K'lushmikau living in
Ardakun (about 12 families; ... 30 „
The Khafr ... ... 60
The Bftis ... ... 30
TheBeker ... ... 20
Sum total ... 1,700 ,,
These items are, of course, onlj to be considered as ap
proximations ; the regular taxes enumerated ab^ve are increas-
-ed by a great nu nber of irregular expenses which are particu
larly heavy in this district.—(J>r. Andreas.)
Ardakun is divided into five mahal-
lehs. The pul-i-diwani is said to be 1,500
tomans, but as an agent and a Khadkhuda
both live here, a considerably larger sum
must be collected, probably two-thirds
more, or 2,00!) at least. The poll-tax
varies from 1 to 5 tomans. Mules pay
10 krans yearly, cows and donkeys 5 ;
walnuttrees 1, bees per hive 1, young
swarms 10 shahis. All shopkeepers are
taxed at from 10 to 35 krans. The
two nalbands or shoeing-smiths paying
8 tomans between them, iron-smiths only
P a y
brings
4J krans (extraV The earth only
in 30 tomans to the revenue,
but 100 tomans are said to go to the
agent. Vines are as yet untaxed ; 2
krans rent are taken for every 9 square
yards of good corn land, whether sown
or not. The measure used is the long
lance of one kafiz or 3J zar, in the space
of which, when measured, 2\ Ardakun
maunds can be sown. There are two
or three small Iliyat tribes under the
jurisdiction of Ardakun, the Khafr,
E.eis, and Beker, who speak a Lur dialect.
A direct road, general direction 180°,
zigzags steeply up the hill-side, and
crosses it at the Gardan-i-Shinakh, whence
a steep path leads to Sisakht, the tents of
Ali Baksh. Foot passengers take this road as a rule ; laden mules take the longer, but less diffi
cult and steep road, having a general direction of 130°, skirting the hill-side by easy irradients.
The Kuh-i-Dma is here chiefly composed of deep blue shales and clays, with outcropping
horizontal layers of grey rock, of unequal thicknesses at varied intervals, between which the
shales, <fec., stand at steep slopes {see 'page 363).
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Khafr
The mule track -followed gradually winds up the hill-side ; it is badly laid out ; the soft
and shaly soil favours the construction of a good road ; many springs flow out of the nil -
side.