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They therefore went by the plains south of the Ahuan hills, which is the
road even now generally preferred by camelmen. This road is a few miles
longer than the one via Ahuan and 144 miles from the Caspian gates would
bring us to the neighbourhood of Frat where, without doubt, Hecatompylos
stood.
Between Frat and Qusheh there are many mounds, probably covering
ruins, and a number of ancient subterranean water-courses lined with
bricks. The people of the villages in the neighbourhood find most of their
building material by digging in the mounds. Hecatompylos was the chief
city of the Comisene district which adjoined that of Choarene (Khar).
Comisene was the Persian Qumish, the Arabicised Qumish, the district
with Damghan and Bostam. Even now the people speak of the riches
and the greatness of the old city of Qumish (Hecatompylos ?) which, they
say, extended from Qusheh to Frat. At Qusheh they say, stood the great
gate and the Naqqar Khaneh {vide Volume I) and the Qumish river there
entered the town. Innumerable canals supplied the town with water.
In connection with Hecatompylos it may be interesting to give details
of Alexander the Great’s forced march in pursuit of Darius—from Rhages
Rai (Shah-’Abdul-’Azim S. of Tehran) to Shah Rud, where he came up
with the dead or dying Darius.
1st day 44 miles. ^
2nd day 34 miles.
3rd day 38 miles. [ , . 0 .
4th day 42 miles. f 0r an avera ° e of 42 miles a da y m Persia.
5th day 48 miles.
6th day 46 miles. J
HlDAJ— Elev. 5,010'.
Also pronounced Khieh and Hia. A village with 300 houses, in the
Khamseh district 55f miles from Kazvln on the road thence to Tabriz.—
{Schindler.)
HIGOR— >- 7J
A halting place in Yazd, 64 miles north of Yazd, on the road to Jandak.
There is good water here.— {MacGregor.)
HILISABAD—
A village in Kurdistan, 11 miles from Sinneh on the Hamadan road
2 miles to the left of it.— {Kinneir.)
HIMAM BABA JAMAL—
A place in Yazd, between Chah Kavar and Khan-i-Panj on the Kirman
road; some bushes grow here by the side of salt spring. It is occasion
ally the resort of Baluch robbers.— {Abbott.)
HIMMATABlD— (1).
A village, three miles east of the Gardan-i-Shamsabad on the road
from Yazd to Isfahan, containing seven houses, 30 people, and belonging
to Mirza Muhammad, Vazir ; 20 mans (260 lbs.) of wheat are sown yearly;
one jarib watered daily. No taxes are paid.— {Preece^ 1892.)
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