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KHIJSHKUH.—Vol. IY, page 253.
One hundred and twenty-two miles from Yazd. It is a small village, with a
fort, caravansarai and clean Chaparkhana. About six tofangchis are kept
here. The place belongs to peasant proprietors and contains 200 houses,
population 600; one kanat supplies 50 jeribs in 21 hours ; 6,000
mans (73,000 lbs.) of grain are sowu yearly. Taxes amount to 1,050
tomans per annum.— (Preece, 1892).
HIMATABAD.—Yol. IV, page 157.
One hundred and thirty-six miles from Yazd on the road to Karman. A
small walled village of 20 houses, belonging to peasant proprietors. No
taxes are paid. Twenty jeribs are watered in 2d hours; 1,000 mans
(13,000 lbs.) of grain are sown yearly. Population 70. There are
numerous kanats about and some curious clusters of small tumuli, none 20'
high, probably the ruins of old gardens and houses which have been covered
by sand.— (Preece y 1892j.
KAMA LA BAD.—Vol. IV, page 207.
A village, about one mile south-east of Bahramabad.
Governor of Rafsinjan district, resides here.—
The Zabet, or Deputy
{P recce, 1892).
BAHRAMABAD.—Vol. IV, page 17.
Sixty-six miles from Karman and 143 from Yazd. The chief town of the
district of Rafsinjan. It has a small fairly well built bazar, with three
or four caravansarais. The population is about 8,000. Taxes amount
to 6,500 tomans. A fair trade is done, mainly by Parsees and British
Indian subjects. A few Parsees and about 15 Hindus of Shikarpur do a
very good export business with India, chiefly in cotton, almonds, pistachio
and assafcotida. The imports are sugar (loaf and moist), prints, pepper,
etc. This year only some 130,000 lbs. of cotton was sent, but the
average crop runs to about 65,000 lbs. During the last three years the
wheat crop has been ruined by the Sen, an insect like a flying bu^,
reddish olive in colour, with heavy broad shoulders; when crushed, it emits
an abominable smell.— (Preece, 1892).