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ZANGANEII—
A tribe of Janaki Garmsir Bakhtiari who, according to Bayard, inhabits
the plain of Bagh-I-Malik in Khuzistan (see Bakhtiari). Baron deBode,
ho we vet, says it is a Kurdish tribe, brought here from Kirmanshah by Nadir
Shah at the time when he transplanted the Bakhtiari to the Turkoman fron
tier. The colony of Zanganeh originally consisted of 2,000 families, which,
from various causes, are now reduced to 4<Q0.-^(Layard — deBode.)
There are two tribes of this name, one in Khuzistan, the other in
Kirmanshah.— (Rabmo — see also Gazetteer of Kir manshah, p. 342.)
ZANGAR, KUH-I— Bat. Bong. Elev.
A range of hills in Baristan, situated to the south of the Bar-Bandar
’ Abbas road, opposite to Birkeh Sultan (q. vi). — (Shakespear, 1905.)
ZANGAVAR— Bat. Bong. Elev. 4,105'.
A valley in the Pusht-i-Kuh district of Buristan, reached on the road,
from Kirmanshah to Deh Bala, 76 miles from the former, and 20 miles
from the latter place. It is about 6 miles broad; down its centre flows a
small river, the Ab-i-Zangavar, which passes through the Tang-i-Zanga-
var to join the Ab-i-Chanareh or Karind. A green fringe of irrigated maize
and rice crops, varying from 4 t° £ mile in width, follows the river bank.
The ridges are well-wooded. The river-bed is composed of large, round
stones and gravel, and is about 60 yards wide. When visited the channel
was only 20 feet wide and 6 inches deep, the water being led into irrigation
cuts. There are a few mud huts in the valley, but in summer most of the
people camp in booths of branches. Barge flocks of goats and sheep were
seen.— (Maunsell, August 1888.)
ZANGlABAD —Bat. 30° 26' N. Bong. 56° 55' E.; Elev.
A prosperous village in Kirman, 15 miles from the city of that name
on the road to Zarand. It consists of 200 houses, and forms part of the
district of Kavlr under the Kaldntdr of Kirman.— (Kirman Political Diary>
1904.)
ZANGUBEH— Bat. Bong. Elev. 4,150'.
A range *of Buristan, about 30 miles west of Khurramabad, crossed on
the road to Deh Bala by the Diraz pass. The spurs are covered with grass
and oak forest. September 1897.)
ZANGUM— Bat. Bong. Elev.
A place near Shamsabad, about 70 miles south-west of Isfahan, and
a few miles north-east of Shalamzar.— ( Wells.)
ZANGG MUHMIBEH— Bat. 27° 45' N. ; Bong. 53° 10' E. ; Elev. 2,337'.
A village in Baristan, 86 miles from Bar, on the road to Bushire, situated
at the foot of the northern slopes of the Hava range, in a valley 6 miles
wide. The inhabitants number about 200, and the houses, which are of
mud and stone with flat earth roofs, are built round, and open on to an inner
square yard. It possesses a stone fort, a large irrigation well, and a cis
tern full of good water. There is no cultivation, but the grazing is good,
and kundr bushes provide a plentiful supply of fuel.— (Butcher, March
1888.)
[Note.— Za/ngU and Muhmileh are shown on vernacular maps as two separate villages
fhout a mile distant from each other.)