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QUR—RAC
grown. There are also a few date trees and orchards containing much fruit.
There are some cattle, donkeys, and sheep.— [Persian Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.)
QURSDASHT—
A walled village of 100 houses in the province of Pars situated in the
Kalilak plain about 6 miles from Quvvarmbad. After the harvest suffi
cient barley and bhusd would probably be obtainable here for 2 cavalry
regiments and one infantry battalion.— (Howe, 1906.)
QURUMIZl— vide GARGAR (AB-I-).
QUSIBEH— Lat. Long. Elev.
Some rising ground in Southern 'Arabistan, 20 miles north-east of Khu-
viseh, and 10 miles north-west of Qarqar on the river Jarrahi. It fornis
the northern point of the angle of the boundary of the Fallahieh district.
— (Foreign Department Gazetteer, 1905.)
QUYVAMABAD (1)—-Lat. 30° 9' 7" N.j Long. 53° 2' E.; Elev. 5,800'.
A village in the province of Ears. It is the 4th caravan and post stage
from Shiraz (66 miles) on the post-road to Isfahan (260 miles). It is situ
ated towards the western extremity of the valley of the same name. The
village consists of some 100 inhabited houses, enclosed by* lofty brick walls,
500 yards square, with towers at each corner. Its only entrance is by a gate
way facing south and immediately opposite to the garden- residence - of the
Quvvam. The latter is the hereditary title of the. descendant, of Haji Quv-
vam, who was minister at Shiraz in the early part of . the 19th century. Close
to the village is the post-house, while about 200 yards farther to the west is a
new and spacious caravanserai. The inhabitants numbering about 400 are
truculent and uncivil. Water is supplied by qandts, which are inclined to
be muddy and polluted in the immediate vicinity of' the village. Preece
states that 210,000 lbs. grain is sown yearly, and that there are 54 pairs
of oxen for tillage.— (Trotter — Curzon—Preece, 1892 — Newcomen, 1905 —
Arbuthnot — Gibbon, 1908.)
QUYYAMABAD( 2 ) —Lat. Long. . . . Elev.
A village, 53 1 miles from Isfahan, on the road to Shiraz, via Abadeh.—
(Taylor.)
QUVYAM 'ALI— vide KHWAJA JAMALI.
R
RABAT— Lat. 30° 4' N.; Long. 54° 51' E.; Elev. 5,200'.
A ruinous village on the eastern borders of Ears, 48 miles north of Bish-
neh. The villagers number 150 and own live-stock of 50 camels, 6 horses,
7 0 donkeys, 30 cows, 500 goats, and 1,000 sheep. The water here is brackish.
(T aughan, 1887.)
RAC II Ell— *
A village in the Mugwl Bakhtiari country near the principal village of
Kaleh Huma (vide this Gazetteer).— (Sawyer, 1890.)