IV. SHULISTAN, best represented by Ramusio's Suolstan, whilst the old
French texts have Cielstan (i.e. Shelstan); the name applied to the
country of the Shuls, or Shauls, a people who long occupied a part of
Luristan, but were expelled by the Lurs in the 12th century, and settled
in the country between Shiraz and Khuzistan (now that of the Mamaseni,
whom Colonel Pelly's information identifies with the Shuls), their central
points being Naobanjan and the fortress called Kala' Safed or "White
Castle." Ibn Batuta, going from Shiraz to Kazerun, encamped the first day
in the country of the Shuls, "a Persian desert tribe which includes some
pious persons." (Q. R. p. 385; N. et E. XIII. i. 332-333; Ilch. I.
71; J. R. G. S. XIII. Map; I. B. II. 88.) ["Adjoining the Kuhgelus on
the East are the tents of the Mamasenni (qy. Mohammed Huseini) Lurs,
occupying the country still known as Shulistan, and extending as far east
and south-east as Fars and the Plain of Kazerun. This tribe prides itself
on its origin, claiming to have come from Seistan, and to be directly
descended from Rustam, whose name is still borne by one of the Mamasenni
clans." (Curzon, Persia, II. p. 318.) - H. C.]
V. ISPAHAN? The name is in Ramusio Spaan, showing at least that he or
some one before him had made this identification. The unusual combination
ff, i.e. sf, in manuscript would be so like the frequent one ft, i.e.
st, that the change from Isfan to Istan would be easy.
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