'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [‎63r] (130/1278)

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AMBAR-I-CHAUZI—
A small domed building on the west of the road from Shiraz to Zarghun,
3^ miles from Shiraz.— (Howe, 1906.)
AMBEH— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Ears, 45 miles from Lingeh, on the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , on the road
to Shiraz by Bastak. Water is procurable from reservoirs and wells. There
are a few date groves here, and a little cultivation. (Petty.)
AMDUl— Lat. 29° 9' N. ; Long. 51° 5' E. ; Elev.
A village in Ears 17 miles south-west of Borazjun, 21 miles north-east
of Bushire.
’AMEH—
A canal branching off from the left bank of the Jarrahi river. The depend
ent population are Saiyids. Fifteen faddans of cultivation are under irriga
tion.— ( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, 1908.)
AMINABAD— Lat. 31° 5' 10" N.; Long. 52° 48' 40" E.; Elev. 6,130'.
A brick-walled enclosure with buttresses and extensive gardens 6 miles
south of Abadeh in Northern Ears on the road to Shiraz.—(Ero^er—
Arbuihnot, 1905.)
AMINABAD— ^ ^ •
A village with mud walls in the province of Fars, 12 miles from Yazd-i-
Khast, on the road from Isfahan to Shiraz. It stands amid cultivation,
and at harvest time supplies, sufficient for half a battalion with transpor ,
would be available. Deserted by the greater part of ^ vll !y ers ’ 191 °;
owing to the disturbed state of the locality.—(Howe, 1906—Mow, 1911.)
AMlNlEH, vide KARON (River).
AMlRABlD (1) — Lat. 30° 9' N.; Long. 53° i' E. ; Elev. 5,850'.
A small village in the province of Ears, surrounded by extensive gardens
on the post-road, Shiraz to Isfahan, about 2 miles east of Qavvamabad—
(Arbuthnot, 1905.)
AMIRABAD- . Elev ' f 90 ' ^ .
A haltino place in Pusht-i-Kuh near the Ab-i-Ganjamchum lo people
all the year round. The Yali has a garden here through which flows a
stream from the Ganjamchum. Water m plenty from the stream^ Sup-
plies^i A small brick ambar. It is said that 40 tents of the Zargush
are to be found 2 miles to the west all the year round.—(Ranking> 1909.)
AMIRABAD (2)—Lat. Long. Elev. 1,530'. n ^ .
A small village in the Pusht-i-Kuh of Luristan, south of the Bahnravan
rdain and about 34 miles south-south-west of Deh Bala on the road to
Husainieh. It has about 10 houses with trees and^gardens, some cultiva
tion, and irrigation streams.—( Vaughan, September 189/.)