'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [‎213v] (431/706)

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MALHA—
A halting place, 13 miles east of Samnan. There are no inhabitants,
and the water is brackish.— {Stewart.)
MALIAN—
A village on the Ab-i-Malian, about 12 miles south of Daulatabad to the
right of the road thence to Burujird.— {Schindler.)
MALIKABAD (1)—
A small village of 30 houses, 2| miles west of Khanabad, to the right
of the road to Hamadan; 57 miles from Tehran.— {Schindler.)
MALIKABAD (2)—
A village, 10 miles south-west of Tehran, on the road to Saveh.—
{Abbott.)
MALIKABAD (4)—Kiev. 7,320'.
An Armenian village with 30 houses in the Barbarud district of the
Japalaq division, in the Burujird province, 68 miles from Burujird on the
road to Isfahan.— {Schindler.)
MALIKEHBAND—
A defile in Mazandaran, in the Elburz mountains, about 2| miles south
of Baijan, on the road from Tehran to Mazandaran. It passes for half a
mile between walls of rock, rising to 200 and 300 feet in the perpendicular
and divided by a space of 15 to 20 yards only at the narrowest point. A
new road was being cut sheer into the face of the cliff in 1874 by the Persian
engineers. There are traces of an old road and very curious relics of two
old bridges.— {Napier.)
MALIK KANDl—
A large village in Azarbaijan, 14£ miles from Bunab and 12 miles from
Mianduab. It is situated on the Murdichai, which is dry in the autumn.
It has a large tract of corn land cultivation and extensive gardens.— {Schind
ler.)
MALUCHEH or MALICHEH—
A village in the Darreh Buzurg district of Malayar on the southern slopes of
the Tajar Kuh.— {Schindler.)
MAMA-GAN—
A large village of 500 houses in Azarbaijan, lying in the hill district to
the left of the Tabriz-Bunab road, about 20 miles south of the former. The
inhabitants do not grow sufficient corn for their own consumption here.
This has apparently long been the condition of agriculture in this district,
but of late years a large demand for dried fruits for foreign export has stimu
lated the production of fruits, rendering the villages more dependent than
ever on external support of grain. Probably not more than an average of
a month’s supply for each family would be found in the villages at any time
of the year, and in the summer much less. This would be available only
at a very high price or by prompt requisition. Forage would be even more
difficult to find in any large quantities. Chopped straw is the principal