'Military report on Tehran and adjacent Provinces of North-West Persia (including the Caspian Littoral)' [‎81v] (167/610)

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Telegraph .-—Persian Telegraph Administration's line on Iffe-As
wooden poles.
Rasht-Lahljan-Langarud-Rudisar-Khurramabad
(Tunakabnn).
Telephone. —Rasht-Lahijan-Langarud-Rudisar. ' J:r0
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Water. —Plentiful. Good drinking water is obtained from T( ^
wells, and for animals from the stream which is crystal clear one (
unless in spate. , ,
Camping Grounds .—The Sabz-i-Maidan East of the town has
an excellent level grass surface and measures 570 yards by 250.
Administration .—It is a Deputy Governorship, comprising
Siyahkal and Dailiman and sometimes Langarud, Rudisar and h tie rest
Ranikuh, under the Governor General of Gilan. fe,-W a ti
It has 2 schools, one Government and one Municipal, with Asmeestei
about 320 pupils.
12. Langarud.
Population about 5,000. *
General .—Situated on the plain of Gilan, 40 miles East of
Rasht and 12 miles East of Lahijan, on the East bank of the 11
stream of the same name, about 4 miles from the portlet of Jmistmth
Chamkhaleh where it enters the Caspian. The town is sur- H«isari
rounded by trees andthe summer climate is abominable owing to ’^ordinate
its position in the centre of a large rice producing district. A Deputy I
little tea, sugar and tobacco are also grown, and previous to the *®fflent, or
war silk cocoons were produced. Some weaving of woollen
and cotton cloth is done. A brisk trade with Russia was for
merly carried on, the principal imports,being sugar and naphtha _
and exports rice, barley, wheat, silk, onions, potatoes, oranges, Ration !
cucumbers, eggs, etc. ^ at ge villa
Inhabitants .—The town contains 8 quarters and about 1,000 |®W ( andi
houses, 450 shops and a naphtha reservoir. Nearly i of the (
population is said to have been carried off by typhoid in 1918-19.
In 1919, with the exception of about 20 Russians and a few
Armenians, it was Gllaki with a very small percentage of
Persians from ’Iraq. The clergy have considerable influence
and Langarudis have the reputation of being more fanatical
than people of Rasht or Lahijan. 30 per c§nt. to 35 per cent.. For^
are reputed to be opium smokers. A large proportion of the
inhabitants used to be engaged in trade and have now fallen
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on hard times. Well-to-do people migrate to the “ yailaq
•n summer.