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It contains a caravanserai and an ancient mosque built of burnt brick
and handsomely ornamented with tiles. Close by is a lofty minar. There
are several pigeon towers in the vicinity, and the country there and
on the right bank of the river is highly cultivated, and dotted with vil
lages and gardens. The left bank of the river is bare and uncultivated.
Firewood plentiful from the river bank and from the sandhills near.
Camping ground good, on the left bank. The river is crossed by a
bridge of seven arches, length 55 yards, width 18 feet. The foundations
of the arches consist of large round stones, cemented by mortar and
qach. The upper portions of the piers and the arches are of burnt bricks.
In flood time the water rises to the crown of the arches. The bridge is
very old ; there is a tra,dition that it was built shortly after the Arab con
quest. The work is much rougher than that usual to the Safavian period.
Traffic from the Kumisheh side towards Yazd and Nain passes this way.—
(Vaughan ; Preece, October 1894.)
VARZEH—
A village, 32 miles from Kazvln, on the road thence to Hamadan.—-
(Schindler.)
VASTAM— (Buluk or District).
A small district to the north of Kirmanshah extending from Gaubandeh
Saleh to Hajiabad, and from the Kara-Su to Kinisht and the Parau moun
tains.
This district is practically entirely the property of Haii ’Abdur Rahim
Vakll-ud Dauleh.
The Pairavands inhabit this district, which contains the following villages :
—Kinisht and Karakuin, Shahabad (Tmadieh), Chiah Kabud, Vastam
(Bustan), Surkhalijeh, Gaubandeh Saleh. Total revenue is 3,426 hrdns
of which Shahabad pays 2,160 krdns, and 100 khan ■ drs of grain (Rabino
1907.)
VASTANG—
A village, about 10 miles west of Firuzkuh, on the right bank of the
Niss river.— (Lovett.)
VAVUS KUH—
A mountain bounding the Buzchalu district on the south, about 40 miles
north-east of Hamadan.— (Schindler.)
VAZEHKARUD or VAZKARUD—
A district of Qum, formerly divided into Vazarud and Langarud • is
now a small district with three villages and some hamlets, south and
south-east of Qum. The water-supply of the district is from the Bidhana
river, which rises between the Burzeh and Halil peaks, 30 miles south of
Qum ; mold times it joined the Qum river and filled the depression where
Langarud now stands.— (Schindler.)
VEIS—
The name of an ancient tower in Kirmanshah standing on the summit
of a large hill, near Kirmanshah c*ity. It is between the roads thence to
RawanScir and on the left bank of the Kara-Su. It has a domed roof and