'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [‎43v] (91/1278)

AIK-AIY
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AIKUNl— Lat, Long. Elev.
A village in the plain of Khisht (q.v.).
’AIN KUSH— Lat. 32° 31' N. ; Long. 47° 25' N.; Elev. 710'.
A site of a Kurdish camp near the right bank of the Talazi river, about
4 miles below where it is crossed by the Dizful road. It is occupied by
a few tents throughout the year. There is some area of cultivated land
and in spring good grazing. Immediately to the south is the low ridge of
the Shirguni hills.— {Butcher.)
’AIN KUBlEH— Lat. 32° 32' N. ; Long. 47° 24' E.; Elev. 700'.
The site of the camp of a Kurdish Chief of Pusht-i-Kuh, usually occupied
by 50 tents. It is inhabited throughout the year. The Talazi river flows J
mile to the north in a broad, pebbly bed, lined with tamarisk jungle : beyond
it is a large stretch of Indian corn.. South are the low ridges of the Shirguni
hills and beyond the Jabal Hamrin marking the Turkish frontier. There
are large flocks and herds,, and in the spring the grazing is very good.
- ’Ain Rubieh is within the jurisdiction of the Yali of Pusht-i-Kuh.— (Butcher.)
AIVANDEH PASS— Lat. 34° 17' 20" N. ; Long. 47° 34' ; Elev. 5,550'.
Is crossed by easy gradients by the road from Kirmanshah, 16 miles north
west of Khurramabad. The adjacent mountains are rocky, seamed with
ravines and well-wooded. There is water in valleys near by. The pass con
sists of a long incline to the Khurramabad side and-a short ascent from the
Takatu plateau, a level stretch of 1 mile. Above to the left runs a wooded
ridge, and a wooded and grassy valley lies below to the right hand.—
(Butcher.)
AIVAN—
A tribe of Kirmanshah. The Aivan country borders on Luristan towards
the south, and on the Turkish town of Mandali to the west. The Aivan
do not furnish any contingent, infantry or other, but pay mdlldt to the
amount of 2,000 tumdns per annum : they are cultivators and shepherds,
and are armed with old flint lock guns. The Aivan control the head-waters
of the Ab-i-GanzIr, which supplies the Turkish town of Mandali; they
receive 120 iumdns a year from the people of Mandali in return for the use
of water.
AIYUB— Lat. Long. Elev.
A well and grove in Ears, situated on a hill of the same name, near Cham
BurakI north of Shiraz, and sacred to the memory of Job, who is supposed
to have been buried here, together with his wife. The well is a spring of
clear water (coming out of the hill), over which a shed has been erected ;
water passes thence to a stone cistern a few paces off, about four feet
deep , this will hold fifty or sixty bathers. It runs thence through the grove
of tall trees, sycumores, and others, on the hill side below the bathing-place.
In the grove are to be seen encampments of devotees coming to be healed
fat the spring. The tombs of Job and his wife are shown, each under a dark,
dirty, brick-built shed, with one small door and no window.—(HwramZ)
AI YUVAN— Lat. 29° 18' 30" N. ; Long. 53° 47' E.; Elev.
A small, unoccupied fort on the south bank of lake Nlrlz in Ears. It lies
9 miles from Khlr on the roa£ t.o Darian.—