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DAR—DAIl
DARES HK—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Yazd, 8 miles south-west from the town of that name on
the road to Shiraz via Abarkuh. {MacGregor.)
DARGA HO ROOT—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Kurdistan between Raian and Rayat, perched on the slopes
of the Warda mountainsj which rise to a height of about 11,000 feet.
( Gerard.)
DARGUWAN—Lat. Long. Elev.
A little village in the island of Kishm, Persian Gulf, about 8 miles
west by south from the table hill point, north-west of Kishm town.
There are some date trees here, and about fifty men, chiefly fishermen.
{Constable — Stiffe—Persian Gulf Pilot.)
DARlACHAH—Lat. Long. Elev.
A salt lake in the province of Ears, in the neighbourhood of Shiraz.
{Chesney.) 56 miles from Shiraz. {Petty.)
DARIA-I-MAHALG—Lat. Long. Elev.
A large salt lake in Ears forming the eastern border of the plain of
Shiraz. {Stack.)
DARIA-I-NlRlZ or NlRlS or NAIRlZ—Lat. Long. Elev.
A large lake in the province of Ears, about 10 miles east of
Shiraz. The length of it is about 60 miles, with a breadth of, perhaps,
3 to 5 miles. The water of this lake is almost entirely derived from
the river Kur, better known as the Band Amir. In dry summer
season the water evaporates entirely and its bed may then be tra
versed on foot, and the inhabitants take the opportunity of
collecting the salt with which its bed is encrusted, and which is
esteemed remarkably fine, and is in general use throughout Ears. Its
banks are often completely whitened by the presence of innumerable
water birds, chiefly swans and flamingos, which latter also may be
seen wading far into the water in search of their prey. The oyster-
catcher is seen abundantly, but is very timid. The water is extremely
salt. The shores have no sandy beach, but soft fine mud, which
has an unpleasant saline smell when stirred up, and no shells are to be
seen in it. The inhabitants say that it contains no fish or any living
animal, but it is not improbable that in the mud are found polypi and
other living creatures, upon which the birds feed. {Abbott.)
Wells (30th April 1881) describes the lake from his halting-place,
Khana-i-Kitf, as follow :—
“ We walked down to the lake for a bathe, but found it impossible
to get into water above our knees, though we trudged away for at
least a quarter of a mile. Large flocks of flamingos were flying to
and fro, and a large sort of black and white duck. The shore of the
lake had an unpleasant, soapy, saline smell when the mud was stirred.
In marching along the banks many fine streams of clear water are
passed, but they are all brackish to within | a mile of Khlr, when sud
denly one comes on a sweet spring. At 15 miles from Khlr the lake
dies away into a sodaish white ooze, and a good stream of fresh
water flows in here.'”