"دليل بلاد فارس. مجلد III. جزء I: من A إلى K" [ظ‎‎٢‎٥‎٤] (١٢٧٨/٥١٣)

DAM DALTI, RDKHANEH-I—vwie DALLIEH-AB-I-.
DAMAVAND Lat. Long. Elev.
A valley, vide Ab-i-Sard.
DAM NALU— Lat. 28° 33' N. ; Long. 51° 20' E. ; Elev.
A village of the Dashti district, situated about 10 miles south-south-west
of Khurmuj town on the west side of the Khurmuj valley. It consists of 50
houses of Sadat, Khajaha, and Jatut. There are 7 horses, 10 mules, 30
camels, 80 donkeys, 40 cattle, 1,500 sheep and goats, and 6,000 date-
palms.— {Persian Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.)
DAMUKH—
A tribe of Arab descent, who formerly resided in the village of Chah
Kutah in the Bushire division of Ears. They were formerly a very brave,
ancient, and independent race, and had always behaved well to the Persian
Government ; but they possessed the finest breed of horses in the province,
and, in order to gain possession of these, the Vazir of Fars had the tribe ex
terminated. That he was not successful in this nefarious plan is proved
by the fact that the Damukh are still found in a group of settlements in
the south-east corner of the Dashtistan districts, Ohah Kutah being the
largest. The Damukh are said to be connected with the Dawasi of
Bahrain, and were, until recently (1905), all Sunnis. They speak Arabic,
as well as Persian,— -{Ouseley — Foreign Department Gazetteer, 1905.)
DANAKl— Lat. 27° 51' N. ; Long. 51° 54' E .; Elev.
A village in the Dashti district of F’ars on the coast between Daiyir and
Batuneh. It contains 15 houses of Arabs from Bastaneh, nearLingeh.
The people are fishermen and cultivate dates and corn. They have two
large mdshuvehs and 6 fishing-boats.— {Persian Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.)
DAND—Lat. Long. Elev.
A camping-ground of Kindazdlls near Shushtar in Khuzistan.—
(P. J. C. Robertson.)
DAR— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Khuzistan, 1 stage beyond Ram Hormuz on the road
from Shushtar to Behbehan, some 120 miles from the former. It is situ
ated on the river which skirts the valley of Ram Hormuz.
DARA (1)—
A village in the Mian Kuh sub-division of the province of Yazd.—
{MacGregor.)
DARA (2)—Lat. 30° 4' 22" ; Long. 49° 5' 50" ; Elev.
A low and swampy island, 3 miles south-west of Bunneh, on the coast of
Khuzistan. There is a deep water khur between them running to the south
ward, called Khur Wasita.— {Constable—Stiffe — Persian Gulf Pilot—
Bruchs.)
DARAB District —
A district of Ears about 145 miles south-east of Shiraz measured to its
capital town Darab or Drabgird {q.v.). The district extends 50 miles east
and west and 27 miles north and south. The soil of the district is reputed
to be of great fertility in many places, and, when rain falls in sufficient