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FAS—FAT
Products and Commerce —The district produces tobacco, opium, sesame,
corn, rice, dates and every kind of fruit. The principal trade is in opium
and tobaccco which are sent to Shiraz. The Fasa opium is as good as any
produced in Persia and fetches a high price in the market; exports vary
from 300 to 6 ,COO Tabriz mans a year. There is a little earthenware made
locally, and a variety of cJ alar is weaved in the town and sold in Shiraz
and elsewhere, but with this exception agriculture is the sole occupation
of the bulk of the inhabitants of the district. Fasa is notable for its mild
climate : the date does not bear fruit N. of the town and it is said that only
in Fasa can ripe dates, snow from the mountains and various garden fruits
such as grapes, pomegranates, etc., be placed on the table simultaneously.
The town is fairly well built and there are several gardens with summer
houses on the outskirts.
The Tcaldntars of the town in 1911 were Muhammad Hasan and Mlrza
Hasan ’All. The mdliydt of the town is about 70,000 Tcrdns a year, that of
the district about 200,000 krdns. Most of the villages belong to the
Qawarms or to their adherents.
There is a P. O. with a weekly post to Shiraz, and occasionally to-
Jahrum.
FASA PLAIN— Lat. Long. Elev.
A plain in south-east Fars in the district of the same name. In the centre
of the plain stands the town of Fasa. The plain is completely surrounded by
hills, and presents somewhat the appearance of an elongated diamond. It is
probably about 20 miles long, east to west, and 12 miles broad, north la
south. On it are numerous villages dotted about, and also a number of
watch towers, but the latter are falling into ruins. Although the plain
has been said to have a dreary and deserted appearance, Preece in 1884
said the soil was apparently alluvial and rich, being cultivated everywhere
with barley, wheat and opium, and in some places with Indian-corn and
Stotherd, who visited it in 1893, described it as fertile, well cultivated and
dotted all over with numerous small villages and camps of Illdts. — (Ouseley —
Abbott — Jones — Preece, 1884 — Stotherd, 1893.)
FASHT (?) AL-MUl—IRlTH (?)— Lat. Long. Elev.
An extensive bank of sand and mud in Fars, extending 11 to 12 miles:
south of Has Tunub, and dry in patches at low water. A channel, called
Khur Ghazlan, separates it from Has Tunub, and the shoal is divided in
two parts by a narrow channel, running east and west, with 5 to 7 fathoms
in it.— {Constable — Stiffe—Persian Gulf Pilot.)
FATHABAD (1)—Lat. 28° 37' N. ; Long. 54° 44' E. ; Elev.
A village n the Darab district of Fars, 17 miles south-east of Darab town
and a j mile south of the road thence to Furg. Near it are the ruins of a
large mill.— {Preece, 1884.)
FATHABAD (2)—Lat. 29° 15' N. ; Long. 52° 45' E. ; Elev.
A village of Fars, between Baba Haji and Ka\ar caravanserai A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers). , on the
road from Shiraz to Firuzabad.— {Ross — Stoltze.)