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DEH-I-SHlR—L at. 32° 29' N. Long. 53° 48'E. Elev.
A village in the Pusht-i-Kuh division of Yazd, situated 5 miles from, and
on the southern slope of, the hills to north of the Abrquh plan. It has
great deal of cultivation, all in terraces and well-watered. The village con
tains 40 houses, all of mud, with domed roofs. There is a good_ and new
serai here, and the remains of a strong old fort, called Kaleh Shir, said to
have been built by a former king named Muhammad Musafir, there being
a fine inscription to that effect in enamelled tile-work over the gateway.
To the east is a flat-topped hill, with scarped sides like the droogs of
Southern India, also called Kaleh-i-Shir. The water here is fair, but food
supplies are bad, and there is no fuel obtainable.—(Mac^or-Aew-
comen, 1905.)
DEHISTlN— Lat. Long. Elev.
A place in Ears on the road from Furg to Saldabad, situated in a little
plain covered with date trees. —{Pioneer’s Correspondent.)
DEH-I-TANG-I- KARIM— Lat. Long. Elev^ ^
A village in Ears, 71 miles east of Shiraz on the road to Darab via Fasa.—
{Onsdey\
DEH JlBAR— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Northern ’Arabistan, 10 miles south of Dizful on the east
side of the Diz river. It contains 30 houses and a fort, and is inhabited
by Kurds, Sagwand Lurs, and a few Dizfulis who live by cultivation The
village musters 80 fighting men with 4 rifles. M ater is obtained from
the river Diz by the Sharafabad canal. There are two water-mills.
{Persian Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.)
DEH KAHID— Lat.^ Long. Elev.
A spot marked by three large willows and extensive ruins, 17 miles from
Baba Shaikh Ahmad on the Shiraz-Isfahan road via Asupas. {Grahame,
1908.)
DEH KHAIR— Lat. 28° 40'N. Long. 54° 42' E. Elev. 3,810.
A village in the Darab district of Ears, 10 miles south-east of Darab town,
on the road thence to Furg. It is a prosperous place with many gardens,
and has signs showing that it was once a big town. It now contains about
200 houses, the property of the inhabitants, who number about 500.
The villagers also own 50 span of oxen, 100 donkeys and 550 sheep.
About 7,500 mans of wheat and barley are sown here annually, and the
village pays annual rndlidt of 13,000 krdns. (Preece, 1884.)
DEH KHANtj—
A village in Kirman, situated about 3 miles to thi west of the Kirman
Zarand road, about 30 miles from the former place. [Wyatt, 1899.)
DEH KHWAJA— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Kirman, 30 miles south of Bafq, lying on the road to Anar.—»
{Sykes, 1894.)