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spoken is Persian (Yazdl) with a smattering of tribal Turkish and Arabic.
The winter is extremely rigorous.
The style of building of the village here and in the surrounding district is
with a layer of mahk (liqourice root) or of thorny plants between each
ehineh of earth ; some of the walls seeming to be in almost equal propor
tions.— {MacGregor — Stack — Felly — Ross — Blackman.)
BAVAR—
A place in the Lingeh district (< 7 .^.).
- BAVARJl-SARAI— Lat 29° 23' N. ; Long. 52° 42' E.; Elev.
A place situated under the Maharlu range, Ears, commanding a fine
view of the whole length of the Shiraz valley, it is only a little lower than
Shiraz itself. The Pul-i-Fasa is a little to north of this place. There is
a goon mule-path between Bawarji-Sarai and the other villages of the Shiraz
plain.— (Durand.)
BAVl—(or Tavi— Rabino).
The Bavi are a large and exceedingly wealthy sub-division of the Kuhgalu
Chehar Banicheh, engaged in agricultural and pastoral pursuits, under the
chieftainship of As’ad Khan, son of Mehdi Quli Khan, and are divided into
3 sub-divisions, the names of which are as follows.—’Ali Shahi; Jalili, and
Nimduri.
Totalling 2,000 families, capable of putting 2,000 armed foot-men into the
field.
In the reign of Nadir Shah the Bavi were transplanted by the order of
that potentate of Khorasan, together with their Chief, Hashim Khan.
After the death of Hashim Khan, his son found means to return with his
followers to their former habitat.
The land inhabited by the Bavi is bounded by Mamassani, Buir Ahmadi,
Liravi, and the Behbeban district. The Bavi are a sedentary population
living in Basht, whose chief occupation is growing tobacco which sells at 10
tumans 'per maund. The following forts are in their territory :—
Kaleh-i-Pasht inhabited by As’ad Khan.
„ Du Gumbazum „ Ja’far Quli Khan.
„ Nim Lu „ Mulla Quli.
For resources, taxation, etc., see under Kuhgalu. — (Ranking, 1910.)
BAYlRDEH— Lat. 30° 19' 40" N.; Long. 48° 18' 15" E. ; Elev.
A village on the west coast of ’Abbadan island. It contains 20 mud huts,
and is inhabited by A1 Bu Ma’arrif.— (Persian Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.)
BAWIYEH—
A large and powerful Arab tribe of Southern ’Arabistan. They number
about 20,000 souls, and occupy the whole of the region between the Jarrahi
on the east and the Karun on the west, from the confluence of the Haddam
with the Gargar in the north to ’Ali-ibn-al-Husain on the Karun in the south.
A few are found also on the right bank of the Karun. The tribe are mostly
nomads living in tents with large flocks and herds ; but on the Karun they
possess the permanent villages of Kut ’Abdullah, Kut Saiyid Salih, Kut-al-
’Amareh, Lmm-at-Tamair and Ghazzawiyeh. The residence of the chief