'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [‎312r] (628/1278)

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The following forts are in their territories :—Kaleh-i-Kalat, inhabited by
Surab Khan, and Kaieh-i-Rak inhabited by Mehdi Quit Khan.
The Dushman Ziari are on friendly terms with the TaiyibI (Sarhadi) and
Bulr Ahmadi, but on bad terms with the Bakhtiarl. For Resources)
Administration y etc., see Kuhgalu. — {Ranking, 1910.)
DUSIRAN—Lat. Long.. Elev.
A village in Fars ; 10 | miles east of Shapur and 7 miles by road south
east of Nudan. It contains about 20 houses built of stone and mortar.
A few supplies are procurable here and water is obtainable from a small
stream. When visited by Vaughan in 189R nearly all the inhabitants,
who are Lurs, were encamped about 4| miles off under some shady oaks
on the banks of a stream of running water.. If miles west of the village
is a deep and precipitous ravine,, which is crossed by a bridge, partly artifi
cial and partly natural, and passable by guns.—{Vaughan, 1891.)
DUVAIREH— Lat. 29° 5' N. ; Long. 51° IF E. ; Elev.
A village in the Dashtistan district of Fars, 2 miles north of Chah Kutah.
It contains 20 houses of Damukh ’Arabs w r ho are Sunnis and speak both
Persian and Arabic. The village is under Bushire and is administered by
the Shaikh of Chah Kutah. Wheat, barley and dates are cultivated here.
—{ Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, 1908.)
DUVARI— Lat. Long. Elev.
A river of Khuzistan, formed by two streams rising in the hills, usually
occupied by the Lur tribe of Sagwand, which unite in the lower part of the
small plain of Patak. Thence it forces its way through the sandstone hills,
and after winding for a few miles in the plain, in which it is joined by a
small stream called Bugrab, it loses itself in a marsh before reaching the
Tigris. — {Layard.)
DUVVAN— Lat. 26° 35' N. ; Long. 54° 34' 36" E.
X considerable village of over 200 stone and mortar houses on the coast of
the Lingeh district, about 7 miles north-west of Bustaneh and 4 miles east
of Mughu. The place is divided into two quarters ; that on the west is called
Kafarghan or Duvvan Qawasim One of the ruling families of the United Arab Emirates; also used to refer to a confederation of seafaring Arabs led by the Qāsimī tribe from Ras al Khaima. , is inhabited by Qawasim One of the ruling families of the United Arab Emirates; also used to refer to a confederation of seafaring Arabs led by the Qāsimī tribe from Ras al Khaima. , and pays revenue
to the Deputy Governor of Lingeh ; that on the east is called Ruvvan ’A!
’All after the tribe inhabiting it, and is under the Shaikh of Charak. The
A1 ’Ali who are only about half as numerous as the Qawasim One of the ruling families of the United Arab Emirates; also used to refer to a confederation of seafaring Arabs led by the Qāsimī tribe from Ras al Khaima. , have a large
fort in which they reside for fear of their enemies, the Maraziq of Mughu.
Except a few Wahhabis all the people are Sunnis. The A1 ’All have 12
pearling baqwrehs which work on the Arabian side of the Gulf and some
times at Farur island ; they also possess about 20 smaller craft {baqdrehs,
shuais and drjis) which they use for fishing and pearling near Bustaneh
and for fishing at Farur island. The Qawasim One of the ruling families of the United Arab Emirates; also used to refer to a confederation of seafaring Arabs led by the Qāsimī tribe from Ras al Khaima. own 8 sambuqs, which run
as far as Basrah on the one side and the Batineh coast of ’Oman on the other-
The A1 ’Ali have about 70 rifles and are a warlike tribe : of the Qawasim One of the ruling families of the United Arab Emirates; also used to refer to a confederation of seafaring Arabs led by the Qāsimī tribe from Ras al Khaima. only
about 15 possess arms. The people are sailors, fishermen, pearl-drivers, agri
culturists and date-growers ; some of them are Nakhudas in command of
boats belonging to other ports, which ply upon the Lingeh and Shibkuh
coasts. Animals are : 100 camels, 100 donkeys and 700 sheep and goats;, the
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