"دليل بلاد فارس. مجلد III. جزء I: من A إلى K" [و‎‎١‎٧‎٤] (١٢٧٨/٣٥٢)

BEH—BIB
1C7
n 7'V i
There is excellent grazing round the village but little cultivation except
'dates. Water is good and plentiful ; fu ;1 from kundr and tamarisk bushes
moderately so ; and supplies in very limited quantities are procurable.
The camping-ground is good.— (Butcher, March 1888.)
BEHNU— Lat. 28° 32' N.; Long. 55° 35' E. ; Elev.
A village of Kirman, near the boundary of Ears. It is about 38 miles
from Furg, on the road to Kirman. It is situated in a long plain at the
foot of the Dehistan hill. There is abundance of water from several small
streams.— (Stack.) Probably the same as Biknu (q.v.).
BETA KHAN (Lar[stan)—
Major Wilson in a report to Government, dated 24th May 1828, says that
Beta Khan, a place in the hills m the neighbourhood of ’Asalu, on the
Persian coast, was recommended to him as a good place of resort for con
valescents from India or the Persian Gulf, and he accordingly made a fatigu
ing march to satisfy himself on this point, but found nothing to induce
him to think it could be eligible for such a purpose.— (Wilson.)
BlAB— See Kuh-i-Biab.
BIABEH—
A stream in Laristan, a tributary to the Ab-i-Diz after receiving the
waters ot the Gukun at Shuleh.— (Sawyer, 1890.)
BIAWTIUN—
A village in Northern ’Arabistan roughly 4 miles to the east of Kut
’Abd-ush-Sahah. Its 50 houses are inhabited by Bakhtiari, Arabs, Sagwand
Lurs, Kurds, and a few Dizfulis, who cultivate the ground. The fighting
strength of the village is 200 unmounted men and 5 mounted men, with
20 rifles. There is also a small fort in the village. Irrigation is carried
out from the ’Ajlrub.— (Foreign Department Gazetteer, 1905.)
26 miles from Shushtar. 300 Bakhtiaris. Water in plenty from cuts.
Fuel and forage in moderate quantities from the village.— (Ranking, 1909.)
BlBABA— Lat. 29° 28' N.; Long. 51° 17' E. ; Elev.
A village in the Dashtistan d st ict of Fars, 4 miles north-west of Daliki.
It contains 200 houses of Borazjunls, Dashtls, and Kazaranis. The village
is farmed by the Salar-i-Mu’azzam to the Khan of Shaban kareh. Wheat
and barley are grown, and the villagers own some 300 donkeys, a few horses
and 400 sheep. The hot winds are very trying here in summer.— (Persian
Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.)
BlBARREH (Hill)—
A rocky mountain, lying to the north-east of the road from Deh Bala
(Pi sht-i-Kuh) to Dizful as it enters the Khushkadul valley. Its peaks rise
in jagged masses of limesto le falling to clay slopes below. A few dwarf
oaks are dotted about its precipices. Above it to the north tower the
rocky clifts of the Kabir range.— (B).
BlBT HAIAT— Lat. 30° 24' N. ; Long. 56° 24' E. ; Elev. 6,900'.
A village and shrine in the Khinaman district of Kirman, about 36 miles
west of Kirman city. The shrine is dedicated to Blbl Haiat—a sister of
the Imam Riza—and is accessible to women only.