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I estimate the grain crop at 10,206 kharwdrs, which gives a surplus of
4,460 kharwdrs (1,285 tons).
The inhabitants, especially those of the Zir Kuh portion, are a handsome,
+ fair-skinned race, and of excellent physique.
They are very civil, and at the same time their
bearing is independent, more like that of Afghans than of Persians. Being
somewhat cut off from Birjand, they appear to be left a good deal to their
own devices. They are Shi’ahs by religion, and call themselves tdjiks. This
buliik could probably turn out 1,000 men with muskets, and they are good
material for soldiers.
On the plain between Kain and Zir Kuh are between 200 and 300 tents
of nomad shepherds, Bahluris, ’Arabs and Tajiks.
The only villages in Zir Kuh, that are not situated high up in the Ahan-
garan range, are those of Bamrud and Chahrakhts (Shahrakht).— (H. D.
Napier.)
The revenue of Zir Kuh, fo" which the Naib is responsible, is tumdns
2,428 per annum. The frontier Guard consist of 76 savdrs. — (Kennion, 1908.)
ZIRMEH—
A village in Khorasan, 25 miles from Sultanabad (Turshiz), on the road
to Khaf. The water here is good and plentiful; but supplies are scarce.
— {Taylor.)
ZlRUSTAK—
One of the six sub-divisions of the Shahrud-Bustam district. It lies in
the extreme west. The tract has a rough, hilly surface, with a few fertile
strips of plain, fairly watered by qandts. The best of these is the Shahrud
plain, on which stands Shahrud and ten to twelve fine villages, watered
by the Rud-i-Shah, a small brook, which rises in Shah Kuh and exhausts
itself in irrigation canals in the plains. The principal villages are Shahrud,
Bustam, Deh Mulla, Ja’afarabad, Yun'sabadandBldasht. A good deal of
silk and cotton is raised, as well as sufficient corn. Cultivation, being
dependent on qandts, suffers severely from drought. The villages have
fine, large gardens producing abundance of fruit, a good deal of which is
dried for export. The inhabitants are about half ’Arab and half ’Ajam
or Persian.— [Napier.)
ZU (No. 1)—
One of the three affluents of the Glfan stream, itself a northern affluent
of the Atrak river, rising in the Kupeh Dagh range of north-eastern Khora
san.— {Petrusevitch.)
ZU (No. 2)—
A village in north-eastern .Khorasan, passed on the stage between KhQr
and Kalat-i-Nadiri. It was re-peopled about 1875.— {Napier.)
ZUBARAN (No. 1) (Hill)—
A hill in Khorasan, miles north-east of Kuchan. From its summit
2,000 foot above the valley, a good view is obtained of Shirvan and the
, lower course of the Kuchan stream, and of the country between Kuchan
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