'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [‎144v] (293/1278)

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BAN—BAN
BANDOBlR or BANDOBAL— Lat. 32° 23' N. ; Long. 48° 27' 30" E. ; Elev.
A village of 30 houses in Northern ’Arabistan, 2 miles from Dizful, south
of Banvar Nazir, and west of the Diz river. Its population consists mostly
of Dizfulls. Wheat, barley, hunjld, beans, indigo, rice, water-melons and
fruit are grown, while water is obtained from the river Diz by canal. The
people have only 2 rifles. There is a mud fort here .—{ Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer,
1908.)
BANG (No. 1)—Lat. 29° 45' N.; Long. 50° 28' E.; Elev.
A village in the Haiat Daud district of Ears, about 2 miles east of Kuh-i-
Bang, in the Liravi district. It contains 10 houses inhabited by Lurs from
Behbehan, who own a few horses and donkeys, and 100 sheep. There is
a small amount of date and other cultivation .—{ Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer,
1908.)
BANG. (No. 2)—Lat. Long. Elev.
A small village, 15^ miles from Isfarjan (?) west of the road to Sular.—
{ Grahame , 1908.)
BAN! HARD AN—
A considerable Arab tribe of some 2,500 souls, living dispersed on both
sides of the boundary between Northern and Southern ’Arabistan. They
are found at Shartagh on the left bank of the old bed of the river Karkheh
and in the neighbourhood of Li’aimi on the river Karun, also inland from the
left bank of the Gargar at Shiraif and Shakheh. The Bani Hardan culti
vate wheat and barley : they also own 300 camels, and large numbers
of donkeys, cattle and sheep. The fighting men of the tribe are reckoned
at 700, of whom over 200 are mounted on horses and 100 or 200 have
rifles. All the sections of this tribe are tent-dwellers ; the only exceptions
are a very few families settled at Kraidi on the Gargar.
The divisions of the Bani Hardan tribe are as follows :—
Name.
Habitat.
Fighting strength.
Remarks.
Hardan
Sharagh, 7 miles east
of Kut Nahr Hashin.
200, of whom 50
are unmounted.
The ruling chief belongs
to this division who
pay their revenue in
the same way as the
’Abudeh.
’Abudeh
Ditto.
150, of whom 40
are mounted.
The revenue of this sec
tion is paid through
Shaikh ’Anaieh at
Ummut-Tamair.
Bani Tamlm .
Ditto.
100, of whom 40
are mounted.
The revenue of the Bani
Tamim is paid in the
same manner as the
’ Abudeh. They have
40 camels, 100 cattle
and 200 sheep and
goats.