The Afzar district of Fars
AFZAR―Lat.
28° 15’ N.; Long. 53° 10’ E.; Elev.
A
district of Fars, lying south-east of Shiraz and Firuzabad. It produced wheat,
barley, tobacco, gram, dates and cotton.
The
inhabitants are mainly sedentary Turks, with a proportion of Persian tajiks or peasants. They are entirely
under the control of the Qashqai Chiefs, who for the most part own the lands.
The
district consists of two plains, one that of Afzar, to the north, the second,
immediately south of it, that of Laghar and Maku, on the right and left bank
respectively of the Mund, here known as the Waz River. All the villages have
extensive irrigated lands, and a vastly larger area could be brought under
cultivation.
The
total sedentary population is about 3,000. In winter many nomad Qashqai camp in
the district, which is on one of the main lines of tribal migration
southwards.― (Wilson, 1911.)
Gazetteer of Persia. Volume III, Part I: A to K,
Simla: Government of India Press, 1924, p. 21.
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