'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [‎402v] (809/1278)

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HAL—HAM
HALALABAD (1)— Lat. 29° 29' N.; Long. 53° 23' E.; Elev.
A large village of 500 houses in Ears, about 40 miles east of Shiraz. There
is good water from a spring here.— {Lovett.)
HALALABAD (2)—Lat. Long. Elev.
A mud caravanserai A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers). occupied by Illats, near the southern margin of Lake
Niriz in Ears, on the road from Shiraz to Niriz.—( Wells.)
HALAGAN —Lat. Long. Elev.
Name of a range of high conglomerate cliffs, overhanging the road near
Jireh, Ears, in the direction of Musghun. The Boulders falling from these,
choke up the road in many places, and the winter floods of the Dalik river
close it entirely. There is said to be another road behind these cliffs.—
{Durand.)
HALIL— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village on the Bushire peninsula {q.v.).
HALEH or HILLEH (Laristan)—Lat. Long. Elev.
A small place in the island of Shaikh Shu’aib, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , a mile south
of the hamlet of Has. It contains 15 houses, and there are 6 fishing boats,
120 date palms, 5 donkeys, 5 cattle and 100 sheep and goats.— {Constable
Stiffe—Persian Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.)
HAMAID—
A considerable nomad tribe of Southern Arabistan ; their range is from the
Gargar and from the Karun about Naddafiyed eastwards as far as Raghai-weh
and their tribal focus is on or near the Haddam affluent of the Gargar.
They are politically allied to the Bavieh. They own a few camels besides
large numbers of cattle .and sheep and goats, but they subsist chiefly by
the cultivation of wheat and barley. Their fighting men number about
1,700, of whom some 500 are armed with rifles.
The following are the principal tribal divisions. :—
t r , ■ ■ »•> ;
Name.
Location.
Fighting strength.
Remarks.
’Attab
Hasanieh, 11 miles east
of Saiyid Hasan on the
Gargar.
100, of whom 30 are
mounted and have rifles.
100 cattle and 50
sheep.
’Awamir
Zuwair, 4 miles east of
Naddaflzeh on the Ka
ran.
200, of whom 50 have
rifles and 100 are mount
ed.
40 camels, 200
cattle and 6,000
sheep. The prin
cipal Shaikh be
longs to this sec
tion.
Hawalat
4 miles north of Haddam
and east of the Gargar.
150, of whom 50 have
rifles and 51 are mount
ed.
200 cattle and 4,000
sheep.