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The best road to ITaf-Sheid is one going irom Ahwaz to Shushtar and
from Shushtar to Haf-Sheid, via Akili, the distances being as follows : : —
Ahwaz to Wais, 20 miles ; Wais to Band-i-Ghil, 20 miles ; Band-i-Ghil to
Jerideyi-Hassan-Khan, 20 miles ; Jerideyi-Hassan-Khan to Shushtar, 16
miles ; total, 76 miles ; and Shushtar to Haf-Sheid, 72 miles; 148 miles.
Between Shushtar and Haf-Sheid the road is in a most neglected state ;
in dry weather a mule can walk over it somehow, and with good guides
the two branches of the Karan river can be crossed at places where the
depth is not more than 4 feet.— {M. A. Allahverdiantz, March 20, 1891.)
HAFTAVAN— Lat. 27° 48' N.; Long. 53° 22' E.; Elev. 2,489'.
A village in Laristan, 73 miles from Lar, on the road to ‘Bushire. It is
situated on the northern side of a valley about 7 miles in breadth, and
consists of about 50 houses of mud and stone or of mats, and a dilapidated
mud and stone fort with a high tower over the gateway. It possesses a
dategrove and a cistern full of good water. There is hardly any cultiva
tion, but plenty of good grazing and a considerable quantity of fuel is
procurable.— {Butcher, March 1888.)
HAFTCHAH, KGH-I—
A range of mountains in the south-west of Laristan, between the town
of Gallehdar and the coast, and nearly parallel to the latter.
Two passes, passable for pack animals, lead from Gallehdar across this
range to the seaport of Parak, while another called the Tang-i-Fal, prac
ticable for infantry but not for pack animals, leads to the port of Nakhl
Taqi, distant about 13 miles to the south-south-west.— {Butcher, frorn
native information, 1888.)
HAFTJAN— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Tihran-Karvan district, of 34 houses, population 215,
surrounded by cultivation, 47| miles from Isfahan on the road to Burujird,
belonging to the prince. There is one qandt here ; 23 pairs of oxen for
the plough ; 60,000 lbs. of grain are sown yearly ; taxes 400 tumdns .—
{Preece, 1893.)
HAFT JUSH— Lat. 29° 17' N.; Long. 51° £' E. ; Elev.
A village in the Angali district of Fars, on the left bank of the Rudhilleh
stream, 2 miles above. Mahmad Shahi. It contain^ 150 houses inhabited
by the descendants of immigrants from Borazjun, Daliki, Kazarun, etc.
The villagers cultivate wheat and barley, and own 100 donkeys and a con
siderable number of houses.— { Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, 1908.)
HAFT LANG—
A clan of the Bakhtiarjs {q.v.) in Lurist&n.
HAFT MULLA— Lat. Long. Elev.
A pass in Fars between Nanlzak and Kalimeh on the southern road from
Bushire to Shiraz. It is 16 miles in length, and consists simply of the beds
of two torrents, one flowing south-east to Kalimeh, the other to Nanizak.
It is always passable, except during the rains, and with a little labour might
be made practicable for artillery, though not so easily as the Tangi-
Shidar to Khurmuj. There is no drinkable water in the Haft-Mulla pass.
— {St. John.)