'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [‎238r] (480/652)

PETAK,— see Sarkaur (River). . : J
PlB or PIP— Elev. 3,300'.
The capital of Lashar, in Persian Baluchistan, situated nearly in the
centre of a valley some 6 miles long by 3 broad, surrounded by hills,
49 miles north of Geh and 55 miles south of Bampur. Scattered
over the valley are the following villages and date groves:—
Vashmaqan, Jakkas, Patkun, PIz, Gurdahan, Kuch Khan, Hari
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Pib village consists of some 200 houses and huts, huddled together round
a small mud fort (of no importance) quite in the open, with no date or
other trees round. Population 1,000.
Supplies are plentiful. There is a considerable amount of cultivation
both here and in the other villages, and the tribes
esources. own i ar g e fl oc ^ s 0 f g^eep and goats. The soil is
good and impregnated with lime, and, being well irrigated, superior crops
are produced. Fig, mulberry, grape, and pomegranate are seen, also the
castor and cotton plants. Lucerne and bean crops grow well. Water is abun
dant and good. Fuel and camel-grazing plentiful. Climate reported to be
healthy.
The following bearings of points were taken from Pib :—
Kuh-i-Gatak, 204°.
Kuh-i-Yazbag or Nilag, 265°.
Kuh-i-Bazman, 357°.
Kuh-i-Shlsheh Pusht, 48°.
Kuh-i-Suhran, 56°.
Kuh-i-Dahan, 75°.
The lofty pyramidal Bazman peak is called here Zind-i-Pir.
Kafileh routes run respectively east and west from Pib to Qasrqand
via Champ (two stages) and to Fanuch and Bint via Maskhutan.
The Lasharis are different from other Baluch tribes in being taller and
The Lashar Baluch. physically finer men. They have a wild, indepen-
dent, frank appearance, with clear-cut features
and long ringlets. When seen armed and mounted on fast-stepping camels,
they present a warlike appearance. They are of nomadic tendencies, and
wander about with their flocks, only returning to their villages during the
date harvest and to cultivate the ground, and then again wandering afar.
Six miles north from Pib on the road to Isfakeh the following villages
are passed.
A village of some 50 flat-roofed mud houses and huts, with the remains of
an old mud fort, some 20 acres of rich cultivat
ed soil and a date grove. The crops are parti
cularly good : jowari, lucerne, cotton, beans, onions and tobacco are seen in
the gardens, also fig and mulberry trees and castor plant.
A village with some 30 houses and huts, situated in a date grove 300
yards to the right, a little way below Gurdahan.
Here also is some good cultivated ground. Sup
plies can be obtained at either of these villages in small quantities.—^
(Brazier-Creagh, 1893.)
Gurdahan.
Hari Du :
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