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DAL—DAM
DALIAN—
A section of the Sinjabis, a tribe living in the Kirmanshah district,
occupying a tract which extends from Mahidasht to Chila and Zaliiab, which
is 8 farsdkhs (about 30 miles) to the west of Kirmanshah. They are noted
for the breeding of mules, but the three years’ famine has told heavily on
their resources, and they are not in a prosperous condition.—( Plowden .)
DALl-CHAI (mad river)—
A stream formed by a number of streams rising north-west and west of
Damavand and flowing into the Lar river south-west of that mountain.
It contains much trout and European residents of Tehran resort to it in the
summer for fishing. The elevation of the camping grounds is from 7 000
to 8,000 feet.— {Schindler.)
DALl-CHAl—
A caravansarai about 60 miles east of Tehran, on the road to Barfariish
via Ahabad.— {Todd.)
DAL I-CH AI-NAMR UD—
A river, irrigating the Khar district which has its origin in FIruzkuh in
the Elburz range. It passes through the village of Khar, where the
Governor resides, who, it appears, has caused several streamlets to be cut
from it for irrigation.—(Lozano.)
A canal led off from the Hableh Rud.—{Schindler.)
DALI JAN or D ALIN JAN—
A large village with a population of about 1,500 to 2,000, 16 miles
north-east of Mahallat in the province of that name. It has its water
from the Jaib river and two hand’s. The village is divided into blocks
enclosed by walls and gates which are closed by night. It is a station
on the Isfahan-Kazvin high road. It has extensive tobacco fields.
Opposite Dalijan on the left bank is a hot medicinal spring which cures
cutaneous diseases.— {Schindler .)
DALISSABAD—
A large and prosperous village near Hisar (2) ; many streams rise in the
hills behind the village ; there is a good deal of cultivation —{Preece )
DALU—
A Village m Kirmanshah, 2 miles east of the high road from Baghdad
to Kirmanshah, and about half-way between Harunabad and Mahidasht.
It contains about 20 houses inhabited by Kalhur Kurds : has large plant
ations of trees, and some crops and cultivation : water plentiful from a
stream.— {Vaughan.)
DAMAVAND—(Mountain)—L at. 35° 57'40°, Long. 52° 6' 47°.— (&. John.)
There is considerable difference of opinion as to height of the mom-
tarn, which is a peak of the Elburz range between ’Iraq AjamI and Mazan-
daivn, 40 miles north-east of Tehran, and 45 south of the Caspian. In 1858
on?on/T ? th hypsometric al apparatus made it 21,520'. Lemm made it
^0,120 by trigonometrical computation, whereas the Russians, by the same
means, only made it 18,549', which is probably correct.