"دليل بلاد فارس. مجلد II" [ظ‎‎٢‎١‎٨] (٧٠٦/٤٤١)

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the carpet in which Sultan ’All’s body was carried, and which, after being
wjwhed^is locked up in the mosque. The Afghans m their great invasion
destroyed the place The mosque has been restored, but rs now rapidly
falling into ruins.—(Preece, 1893.)
MASHAD-I-SAR.—Lat. 36° 42' 35"; Long. 52° 38' 20". ^
Fifteen miles north of Barfarush at the mouth of the river Babal; it is
11 hfldlv built village with an open roadstead, without any pier or
wlTr or otk coLnLles for loading or unloading ships, but such as
7' is : t continues the only harbour of Mazandaran. Here the Russian
steamers of the Caucasus Mercury touch in their circumnavigation of e
CasoTan and there is a considerable trade, both export and import, prm-
tasp a , Tj - .n-ongh Astrakhan. Three or four steamers call weekly
Xkt-S other places. The efforts of river and wind have
crested a bar which no attempt has been made to dredge, with the result th
, earners htve to lie out in the oiling, some 2 or 3 miles from the shore ;
fed nlssenser and cargo can only be disembarked in fine weather, when
., P a re transferred to flat-bottomed native boats. There is absolute y
fo nrotectlon from the north, and when the wind is blowing from that
direction ships have to anchor in much deeper water to avoid the surf ,
m else do nrt attempt to call, and go on to Bandar Gas ; on these occasions
^The^^a^Persian'custom-house at the place, where the Babal river flows
Sra ^lkImImzali w!th a g conica y i spire, standing on the brink of the
sm ‘ n a. „ stance looking very much like an English country church.
ItTs the burial-place of Imam Ibrahim, brother of the Imam Raza ; also ca e
th h“ m are Ja 2 W la b rge Armenian shops, 5 offices of trading companies, and
“TherTistSLable 3 'export trade, 50,000 “ 8-pood ” bags of rice and
10 000 “ 2-pood ” bags of flour being annually exported to Russia, wh
°’ Hv of Russian trade goods for Tehran arrive at this port. The prin
cipal imports from Russia are iron, copper, hardware, sugar, glass, china,
“Sort has 40 large cargo boats, used to unload and load the steamers
Theri a P re also 40 fishing boats, without sails, belonging to Lianozofi he
Armenian, who is the Russian concessionaire for the whole of the g
industry on this coast.
Ust. nf Customs on the Persian Littoral.
1. Gumishtappeh.
2. Bandar Gaz. :: .
3. Mahmudabad.
4. Earahabad.
5. Mashad-i-Sar, 2nd class customs house.
6. Earikinar.
7. Shah Sowar.