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BAHNRAVAN— Lat. 33° IT N. ; Long. 46° 14' E. ; Elev.
A plain in Luristan through which the road from Kutal’ Amareh on the
Tigris to Kirmanshah city passes, and about 86 miles north of the former
town. It is about 8 miles in legth from north to south and from 2 to 4
miles in breadth. It is surrounded on all sides by low hills, being separated
to the west from the Hashdana plain by a chain of low hills. The hills east
and west of it are impregnated with salt, and there is but little vegetation
on them. The plain itself, which is about 1,530 feet above the sea, is in
most places covered with scanty grass. The Gunjancham river flows down
it along its eastern border ; the plain is well watered by numerous streams
from that river about the neighbourhood of Amirabad {q.v.). It forms
the winter quarters of a portion of the Faili Lurs ; south of the plaim lies the
Tang-i-Gunjancham, the last pass in a southerly direction between Persian
and Turkish territory.— (Vaughan.)
BAHRAIN— Lat. 33° 31' N. ; Long. 49° 8' E.; Elev.
A village in Luristan consisting of a dilapidated mud fort at the junction
of the Ab-i-Burujird and the Kamand-Ab, in the Silakhur plain, with a
group of mud huts opposite on the right bank of the former stream. There
are a few trees in the village.— (Sawyer, 1890.)
BAHRAKAN—
A tribe of Hindian district (q.v.).
BAHRAM— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Laristan, 67 miles from Mughu Bay, on a road to Shiraz by
Lar, from which last it is 57 miles distant. The village is walled, and has
some date groves. Water is procured from we\\s.—(Petty.)
BAHRAMABAD (No. 1 )—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Shabankareh district of Fars, south-east of Deh Kuhneh-
It contains 30 houses inhabited by Shaikhs who are said to have immigrated
from Khisht. Besides wheat and barley, a quantity of tobacco is grown
here, some of which is exported to Bushire via Bandar Rig. The villagers
own 50 donkeys.— (Persian Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.)
Houses 30. Population 70. Rifles 10. Livestock 80. Water from i\
dbambdrs. Crops bardni.—(Sultan Muhammad, 1909.)
BAHRAMABAD (No. 2)— Lat. 30° 22'; Long. 66° 1' 1" ; Elev. 5,090'.—
(Schindler.)
A village in Kirman, about 75 miles west of the town of that name, on the
road to Yazd. It is the chief town of the district of Rafsinjan and the
residence of the Governor. The town has increased considerably in size in
recent years, and now consists of a well-built bazar, 3 or 4 caravanserais,
and about 5,000 inhabitants.
It is the centre of a considerable trade in cotton, most of which was former
ly exported to India, but since 1898 this trade has been largely diverted to
Russia, and consequently the Hindu inhabitants, who used to number about
15, have now left the district. Almonds, pistachios and asafoetida are
also exported, while the imports are sugar prints and pepper. The revenue
amounted to 6,500 tumdns in 1892. There is considerable cultivation