"دليل بلاد فارس. مجلد II" [و‎‎٢‎٤‎٥] (٧٠٦/٤٩٤)

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PlSHKUR—
A district about 134 miles from Tehran on the road to Hamadan. It is
bounded in the north by the Kuh-i-Quliabad, in the south by the Kara
Chal. Its principal village is Karadai.
Infested with mosquitoes in autumn.— (Schindler.)
PISHYA—
The capital of Lahijan ; distant about 3 miles north-west of Kali-Sipan;
it is the residence of the Mamish chief.— (Todd.)
PITKINAH—
A village close to Tehran, on the Hamadan road. It is surrounded by
a mud wall, and is situated at the foot of a mound called Takht-i-Kai-
kaus.— (Morier.)
PUDAH—
A village in Yazd, 114 miles north-west of Yazd. It is described as
a large village, with a good sized fort .—(Euan ; Smith.)
PUDAZ—
A small village of ’Iraq near the Bilabad Pass, some 70 miles east of
Isfahan.— (Floyer.)
PUL—
A river of Mazandaran rising in the Niji-i-Kuh hills, which flows in
a north-westerly direction into the Chalus. The Pul has only one tribu
tary stream, which it receives from the east.— (Stahl.)
PULAD-BAGrHEH—
A village, 128 miles from Tehran on the road to Hamadan.— (Schindler.)
PUL-I-DARYlSH BEG (or BRIDGE OF FAQlR SUL AIM AN)— Elev.
4,840 feet.
This bridge is thrown across the Gaveh Rud (river) 8 miles above its junc
tion with the Qishlaq stream. The bridge is strongly and well built of brick
and rises to a point in the centre of its length : the roadway is paved with large
stones ; it is buttressed on rock and stone and has three pointed arches.
The way is 24 feet in length ; between outer buttresses 25 yards ; total
length 40 yards. The approaches on either bank are being gradually
eroded by water.
The bridge is commanded from above from a flat spur, distant 300 yards
on the left bank, and above it on the right bank rises a rocky cliff 100 feet
high terminating the spur down which the road runs. One hundred and
fifty yards below are the ruined buttresses of a former bridge beyond which
the river flows through a rocky gorge. The river bed is rough and bould-
ery with a strong stream, fordable 200 yards above. The bridge and adja
cent cliffs are haunted by large numbers of blue pigeons. On a plateau
| mile above the bridge is a nomad camp of 50 huts .—(Burton ; Preece.)