'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART II: L to Z' [‎79r] (162/988)

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about 2\ miles of the bank. It is safe to approach in working up the
above river to 3 fathoms or 2| fathoms.— (Bruc/cs.)
MAHUR—
A division of the A1 Kathir tribe {q. v.)..
MAHUR—
A local name given to a low range of hills rising between the Qashqai
mountains and Shabankareh district. The range continues parallel to
the coast until it meets the Kuh-i-Rang in the Liravi district.—(C'/M
1910.) v
MAHURUZI (LARISTAN) —Klev. 600'.
A low range of hills in Laristan^ the continuation of the Kuh Gidanan,
which together with the Kuh Darbash, enclose a plain about 300 feet above
the sea to the north-west of Lar. They are covered with kunar and tamarisk
and with a flower called night stock, which gives the hills the appearance of
being clothed in a pale purple carpet. In one or two places these hills
are very steep, rising, a sheer black cliff, to a height of 600 feet.— [Stack)
MAIRAKUM—MIHRAKAN.
MAIDAN ’ALI ur ^ALI MAIDAN— Lat. Long. Elev.
A great flat lying off the coast of Khuzistan, about 15 miles in breadth-
The soundings Measurements of the depth of a body of water. on it are quite regular, the lines of equal depth being parallel
to the coast, or about west-south-west and east-north-east. The bottom of
it is mud and sand, the latter predominating as the shore is approached.
This bank lies (as to its south-west corner) south-east by east from
the bar of the Sfozki-vX-kxaB.—[Constable—Stiffe~ Per dan Gulf Pilot)
MAIDASSAR— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village about 40 miles south-south-west of Kirmanshah town, near the
border of that district and the Pusht-i-Kuh division of Luristan. It is
situated on the opposite side of a valley to the village of Palangir [q. ?;.)ona
ridge. To the west of this the Ab-i-Karind, locally known as the Ab-i-
Chanareh, flows down a wide valley. The village contains some 150 houses
and is surrounded by a large orchard.—(J/^rc^, August 1888)
Mx\IDAUD —Lat. Long. Elev.
_ A village and valley in Southern 'Arabistan on the left bank of the'Ab-i-
A la north of Ramuz. The village is a large one inhabited chiefly by the
JankI Garmsir Bakhtiari. The valley, though small, is exceedingly fertile
and is celebrated for its rice. In the hills to the south are the Celebrated
white^ naphtha springs and bitumen pits of Mai Baud. The Ab-i-Afla near
here is a strong, rapid stream, just conveniently passable in June. The
people of Mai Baud are somewhat wanting in civility. Fourteen miles
from here is Mamatain where the B'Arcy oil concession are (1906) sinking
an oil boring.— [DeBode — Bayard — Lorimer, 1906).
MAIGUN— Lat. 30° 32'; Long. 52° 22'; Elev. 7,460'.
A fort in Pars, 9£ miles south-west of Asupas. The fort is square and
built of mud with round towers at the corners, and contains 50 inhabitants,
and. one tree. Water and grazing here are plentiful, and numerous sheep