And it appeared to me to survive in that of
one of the rivers of the plain, which is mentioned by both Abbott and
Smith under the title of Rudkhanah-i-Duzdi, or Robbery River, a name
also applied to a village and old fort on the banks of the stream. This
etymology was, however, condemned as an inadmissible combination of
Persian and Arabic by two very high authorities both as travellers and
scholars - Sir H. Rawlinson and Mr. Khanikoff. The Les, therefore, has
still to be explained.[1]
[Major Sykes (Geog. Journal, 1902, p. 130) heard of robbers, some five
miles from Minab, and he adds: "However, nothing happened, and after
crossing the Gardan-i-Pichal, we camped at Birinti, which is situated just
above the junction of Rudkhana Duzdi, or 'River of Theft,' and forms part
of the district of Rudan, in Fars."
"The Jiruft and Rudbar plains belong to the germsir (hot region), dates,
pistachios, and konars (apples of Paradise) abound in them. Reobarles is
Rudbar or Ruedbaris." (Houtum-Schindler, l.c. 1881, p. 495.) - H. C.]
We have referred to Marco's expressions regarding the great cold
experienced on the pass which formed the first descent; and it is worthy
of note that the title of "The Cold Mountains" is applied by Edrisi to
these very mountains.
