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TIie Kuli-i-Lalabait, whicli ends at the Mahidasht-Harunabad road ia
continued by the Gardaneh Kurkur, which extends up to Gahwareh, changing
its name into Milieh-Maikhan (length 2 farsakhs) then into Kal-i-Kazi (length
| farsakh), and finally into Milleh Kabud, this last mountain extending up to
Gahwareh.
The main road to Mahidasht, crosses the plain forming an angle of 110°
with the mountain bordering the plain .—(Vaughan ; Rabino, 1907.)
(For a list of the villages, and their revenues sec Rabino’s “ Gazetteer of
Kirmanshah, 1907).”
MAIKURIKHAN on MAHDI QULI KHAN.—
A permanent stream in the northern end of Gilan, north of Kuruk, rising
in Pushta, between the two ranges of the Bazi Daraz, flowing into the Ab-i-
Gilan and thence to the Hulvam (Soane, 1912.)
MAIMEH—Kiev. 6,670'.
A little town of 400 houses in the Jusqan province. It is a pleasant
litTe place, situated on a plain, with extensive gardens, watered by kanals
and wells. Good accommodation for travellers.— (Schindler.)
MAIMUN—Lat. 32° 2'; Long.54°6'2". MAIMANEH, MAIMANAK, MAI-
MUNEH—
A vil’age about 14 miles north-west of Yazd, and 17| miles due north
of Taft, on the road from Yazd to Isfahan.— (St. John.)
MAJARD (?)—
A village in Yazd near the caravansarai of Maibud between Isfahan and
Yazd.— (Abbott.)
MAJADEH—
A village half way between Ardakan and Maibud.
MAJlDABAD (1)—
A village in the district of Saveh 17 miles from Saveh, on the road to
Qum. The village is a ruin, but it has a new and well-constructed brick
caravansarai .—(Kinneir ; Abbott.)
MAJlDABAD (2)—
Some gardens and an enclosure so called, about 10J miles from Gulhak
near Tehran, on the road thence to Eiruzkuh.—(Aapter.)
MAKU (District).
Maku is the general name given to the north-west corner of Azarbai-
jan. The district which takes its name from the mountain stronghold
of Maku extends from the Darreh Sham and Karaziadin valleys on the east,
to Awajik on the west and from Mount Ararat (Agra Dagh) on the north
to Kara Aineh [Chalderan] on the south. Its mountain system consists of
the Agra Dagh range, extending from south-east to north west, some 46
miles in length; parallel to it and separated by the Bayazid-Danalu valley
are the mountains ofMakfi, which, commencing in low hills, north of Kara-