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AMI— 5 ANl
AMlRABAD (3) — Lat. 29° 53' N. ; Long. 52° 47' E. ; Elev.
^ A village in Ears, on the Mervdasht plain, about 3 miles north of the Pul-i-
Khan and 1 mile on the left of the road from Shiraz to Isfahan.— (Taylor—^
Arbuthnot, 1905.)
AMlRABAD (4)— Lat. 29° 45' N.; Long. 55° 52' E. Elev. 5,900'.
A village in Kirman, 19 miles north-east of Sa’idabad, on the road to
Mashiz via Takia.
It consists of a small fort and about 20 houses, and belongs to the Qaral
nomads, who occupy tents during the summer. It has a supply of excel
lent water.— (Sykes, May 1900.)
AMlRABAD (5), vide Anueabad.
AMIRI— Lat. 30° 8' N.; Long, 50° 18' E. ; Elev.
A village in the Liravl district of Ears, and dependent on Bandar Dilam.
It is situated on slightly rising ground 6 miles north-east of Bandar Dilam
on the road to Behbehan. It contains 60 mud huts, inhabited by 500 Lurs
and one or two houses of Arab Saiyids. Some grain is cultivated here, and
a few horses and about 200 sheep are owned. There are two wells of brack
ish water. Close to and south of the village is a good camping ground,
800 by 700 yards.—(Eorngw Department, Gazetteer, \Wb~Gabriel, 1905.)
’AMIRI— Lat. 28° 31' 30" N. ; Long. 51° 9' 30"; Elev.
A village on the coast of the Tangistan district of Ears, 1 mile south of
- Bu ’1 Khair, containing 50 houses. The inhabitants are sailors, fishermen
and cultivators ; they own 5 boats which run to Bushire, Basrah and
Bahrain. Their crops include wheat, barley and dates, and they also
manufacture and export gach.—(Foreign Department Gazetteer, 1905.)
AMNABAD— Lat. 31° 39' N.; Long. 52° 8' E.
The last village, 9 miles from Yazd-i-Khast, 75 miles from Isfahan on
the main road thence to Shiraz. It has a caravanserai A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers). and fort, and ruins.
AMRAI—
Name of a tribe in Luristan (q. v.).
AMRl —Lat. Long. Elev.
A village on the road from Bushire to Ahwaz, 9 miles north of Shaikh
’Abdullah, which is the 7th stage.—(Bailward, 1905.)
’AMUR—
A division of the Bavieh tribe (q.v.).
fANAFIJEH (1)—
An Arab tribe, said to be related to the A1 Kathlr, once powerful and of
primary importance in Southern ’Arabistan, but now diminished in num
bers to about 5,000 souls, and associated with the Bait-i-Sa’d. The former
boundary of the ’Anafijeh tribe ran along the right bank of the Shatait river
from its confluence with the river Diz, to a little above Chehar Dingeh ;
thence it crossed to Kut Bandar on the river Diz, and, passing by Khaira-
bad on the Shavur to the left bank of the river Karkheh, followed the