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RAJ—RAM
RAJAT-AS-SIFLI and RAJAT-AL-^ALl—
Names given by the Arabs to the two bands enclosing Bnshahr
harbour, or Khor Dairah, : the former being the lower or inner
bank, the latter the higher or outer one ; the former extending off
the town, and the latter southward from Ras-as-Shat. *
The inner bank consists of a series of dry sandbanks, lying off the
north end of the town. Its outer edge, which commences just above
the Residency, runs north-west by north for 2^ miles from the flagstaff.
The north-west point of these shoals, called Ras-al-marg, is the chief
danger in entering the harbour, being leeshore in a “ shimal. ”
{^Constable — Stiffe—Persian Gulf Pilot.)
RAKl—
A subdivision of the Durakai tribe of the Haft Lang Bahtiaris.
See BakhtiarI.
RALEH—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Ears between Khan-i-Kitf and Kerameh on the road from
Karman to Shiraz. {Lovett.)
RAMGHUN?—Lat. Long. Elev. 5,400'.
A village in Ears, between Masarm and Jarah, celebrated for its
good salt, its figs, and its pomegranates. {Durand.)
RAMGIRD(?)—Lat. Long. Elev.
Name of a plain in Ears, to west of Persepolis. {Durand.)
RAM HURMUZ—Lat. . Long. Elev.
A plain in Khuzistan, south-east of Shustar, on the banks of the
Jaiahi river. This plain is inhabited by the following tribes, who
are partly nomadic and partly stationary : 'All Khamis, 'All Bu-Kura,
Shuli, 'All Bu Murad, and Gurgi. The plain has a flourishing ap
pearance. The south part of the district is constantly exposed to the
forays of the Kuhgehlu. The principal villages on the plain of Ram
Hurmuz,Dih Yar,Kala Shaikh, Sultanabad, Jaizan, 'Ali-abad, Kherfend,
Jaizan, and Chah Mula. The annual tribute claimed from Ram Hurmuz
was, until lately, 3,000 tumans. There are naphtha springs near it.
Beyond the Zaitun range is the fertile plain of Ram Hurmuz, which
extends to the river Karun, from a low range of hills running at
right angles with this great chain, joining the Zaitun hills and forming
the boundary between Ram Hurmuz and the plain of Bihbahan. The
plain has a rich alluvial soil, suited to grains of all kinds and to rice,
fruit trees, dates, &c. Here are the remains of numerous villages
and frequent assemblages of mounds, and remains of large canals,
marking the seat of an overflowing ancient population. To the east
of Ram Hurmuz is a range of sandstone and limestone hills, abounding
in gypsum, and containing the celebrated white naphtha springs and
bitumen pits of Ma-i-Daud.
Ram Hurmuz itself must have been, from its appearance, a great
city once. Its position at a point where several rivers meet, and at
the foot of a gorge leading through the mountains to Shiraz, makes it
naturally a place of importance, but it is little more now than a
market for the Bedouin tribes and a military station. The position
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