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It is cultivated by the people of the neighbouring village of Sa’di.—
{Wood, 1899.)
ISMl’lLABAD (4)—Lat. 30° 48' N. Long. 56° 30' E. Elev.
A village in Kirman, 104 miles from the town of that name, on the road
to Yazd. It contains about 10 houses and has a qandt of sweet water.
—{Wood, 1899.)
LSMA’lLlEH, vide KARftN River.
ISMA’lLYAND— Lat. Long. 1 Elev.
A large village, 2 miles north of Farrashband, Fars.— {St. John.)
ISMISUN— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village of Luristan, passed at i J miles from Khurramabad, on the road
to Deh Bala. There are some groves of fine trees round ; the plain is richly
cultivated and has abundant water, and good grazing for the many sheep
and cattle of the inhabitants ; there are 40 houses.— {Burton, 1897.)
ISPEH— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village, 12 miles south of Mahir, on the road between Isfahan and
Shiraz.— {Taylor).
ISPI KT}H, vide SAFlD KtlH—
ISTAKHR— Lat. 29° 58' N. Long. 52° 44' E. Elev.
A village in Fars, 10 miles west of Persepolis and 20 miles north-east
of Shiraz. It is celebrated on account of the ancient castla of Istakhr,
one of the citadels of Persepolis. The rock on which the castle is placed
arises abruptly to a height of 500 feet above a steep, conical hill of some
1,200 feet in height, and is visible from a great distance. It is one of the
three hills called “ Seh Gumbazan,” or “ Three domes.” The avenues
to the summit are so difficult that the villagers assert that the goats were
the only four-footed beasts that could climb them, but Morier thinks asses
and mules could get up. The rock at its summit exhibits nothing but a
few scanty shrubs, and one large fir tree placed at its south extremity near
the largest of the remains of four reservoirs. —{Kinneir — Morier.)
A tower, which once stood within this rock fortress, is said to have once
contained Darius’ library of sacred books, which were removed by
Alexander the Great. Istakhr is said to have been the true capital of the
Sassaniahs ; and many learned men have believed that it was itself the an
cient city of Persepolis. The castle was used as late as 1501 as a state
prison.—( Vssher — Durand.)
ISTEHBANAT— Lat. 29° 8' N. Long. 54° 2' E. Elev.
A town in Fars, situated 12 miles from the south-east corner of the lake
of Niriz. The district of Istehbanat extends from the south border of the
lake, some miles beyond the mountains, to the south. The products
consist of wheat, barley, beans, and a good quantity of opium from the
shitvi, or winter sowings, and tobacco, gram, cotton, and rice from the
saifi, or summer sowings. Walnut and sycamore trees flourish and there is