'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [‎154r] (312/1278)

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MRCHAH— Lat. 26° 38' N. (?) ; Lono. 54° 52' E. (?).
A place in the Lingeh district (q.v.).
BARDAN-I-KUH, vide ’ALI KUH, GARDAN-I-.
BARDA KHAN (KUHNEH)— Lat. 28° 4' N.; Long. 51° 32' E.; Elev
A village in the Dashtl district of Ears, on the Mund river plain, 7 miles
north-east of Bardeh Khan Nan. It contains 30 houses of Mullas, Saiyids,
Jatut and Bahrainis. There are said to be 1,000 lemon trees and 20,000
date palms here.— ( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, 1908.)
BARDl KHAN NAIL— Lat. 27° 59' N.; Long. 51° 27' E. ; Elev.
A village in the Dasht! district of Ears, on the Mund river plain, 14 miles
south-east of Khur Ziarat. It contains 60 houses of Mullas, Saiyids, and
was once the residence of the Dashti Chief. Here are 1,000 lemon trees
and 1,500 date plams, and Bahrainis.— (Constable — Stiffe—Persian Gulf
Pilot—Persian Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.)
BARDEH BAR SANGAR—
A defile on the road from Nurabad to Shahpur, 12 miles north-west of the
latter place.— (Grahame, 1908.)
BARD-I-BULAND— Elev. 7,300'.
A plateau at the head of the Ab-i-Sabz valley in the Bakhtiari country,
1 mile long by f mile wide, forming a considerable summer camping-ground
for the Ilidts. — (Sawyer, 1890.)
BARD-I-MIR JAMAL, GARDAN-I— Lat. Long. Elev. 9,880/
A pass in the north-western Bakhtiari country, leading out of the Gurbeh
valley, an off-shoot of the Tang-i-Gaz, into the Muguvi country and the
Faridan district of the Isfahan province. A good track by easy gradients,
with a good camping-ground on the top of the col and water available.
The peaks on either side rise to 12,000 feet.— (Sawyer, 1890.)
BARD-I-SHlRAZ— Lat. Long. Elev.
A halting-place in Ears on the eastern road from Shiraz to Yazd, three
stages from the former.— (MacGregor.)
miles north-north-east of Daiyir and the same distance from the moutn of a
valley which comes down from Kuh-i-Darang to the sea, 2 miles east of
Daiyir. It contains 100 houses of Facpheh, Jatut and Amranis and a tall
Bddglr. The reef is now generally known as Ras-ul-Mustaf (q.v.). ^ The
“ reef,” says Brucks, “ extends from Munakala to longitude 51° 52' 30",
and south as far as latitude 27° 41' north. It is dry in many parts at
low water. It is formed of hard sand and rocks, and is dangerous to
approach in the night under 10 fathoms, as it shoals quickly. Within
that depth the gap mentioned by McClure is very small, and may have
filled up since his time. In a nor’-wester, if you wish to anchor, you
should do so in the tail of the reef with the following bearings, where you
will lie sheltered r—Centre hummock of Kenn ? north 26 west, or a little