"دليل بلاد فارس. مجلد II" [ظ‎‎١‎٣‎٤] (٧٠٦/٢٧٣)

95« JAI—JAJ
JAIRtTN— Elev. 4,275'.
A village, consisting of two or three hamlets, about 30 miles south-east
of Urumieh, Azarbaijan. This is about the southern limit of the Urumieh
gardens. The lake is about 2 miles west, and hills about as far east of
the village.— (Gerard.)
JAIZ—
A small village in the Jajrild valley, between Shurukabad and Galandavak
(q. v.)— (Schindler.)
JAJRGD DISTRICT—
The district east of Tehran with the Royal hunting grounds. It begins
on the west at Surkh Hisar and extends eastwards as far as the Karakaj
mountain. Its northern boundary is the high road leading from Tehran
to Firuzkuh past the villages Kimar, Bumahin, Riidahan, and Astalik
and southwards it extends to the beginning of the Varamln plain near the
village Hisar-i-Amir. The district, which is very hilly, is watered by the
Jajrud river. The Shah made it QuruJc (private enclosure ; preserves) in
1862 and since then no one excepting the Shah shoots there. The Shah
visits it three times a year and has great sport. Before 1862 the trees
and brushwood of the district were cut for the Tehran market; this was
put a stop to and some parts of the districts are now thickly wooded.
Willows, poplars, tamarisks, and Bohemian olive-trees grow in the valleys,
with almond trees and barberry bushes on the hills. The district being
well sheltered on all sides, its climate is very mild in winter and the nomad
Hadavand tribe make it their winter-quarters. About twenty years ago
eome sand partridge (the Indian sisi) and francolin were brought here from
Astrabad and Luristan, and two years ago some pheasants from Gilan and,
what with red-legged partridge, geese, duck, teal, etc., game is very
abundant. Of larger game the district has also a large quantity ; there
are mouflon, gazelle and mountain goat. The district is also famous fcr
its many panthers and cheetahs, wolves, hyaenas, foxes and jackals. The
Shah has a couple of shooting lodges there with a number of little houses
for his suite and some hammams .— (Schindler.)
JAJROD river—
A river which rises between the Shimran range and the Kasi Kuh north
of Tehran and flows with a direction south-west in an undefined bed, more
or less deep, to the plain of Varamin, where it is expended in irrigation.
All accounts agree as to the extreme rapidity of this river, especially in
winter, when it is much swollen by the melting of the snow ; it comes
down with very great velocity, carrying everything before it. The lands
irrigated by this river are deemed especially fertile and seldom change
hands. It is crossed on the road from Tehran to Mazandaran 20 miles
east of Tehran ; fording is attended with some difficulty on account of
the rapidity of the current and the loose boulders in the bed. Its over
flow joins the Kand and Karaj rivers south of Varamin ; its principal tri
butaries are the Shakarab and Valayit-rud.— (Schindler.)