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little cultivation round the fort, only a few peasants living in the enclosure,
which is garrisoned by “ tufangchis. ”
The marauding hordes of Baluch isused to make the road and country
near dangerous till very recently.— (Stack; Schindler.)
NUJUBARAN—
A village of twenty houses, If miles to the right of the Tabriz-Kirmanshah
read, about 26 miles from the latter jdace.— (Napier.)
NUKANDAN—
A village in Yazd, 54 miles north-west of that town on the road to Tehran.
Water is obtainable from springs, but no supplies.— (Jones.)
NUKANDEH—
A river in the district of Talish (Gilan), which flows into the Caspian
between Karganeh and Kupurchal. It is a shallow stream in the winter, but
a rapid torrent in the spring.— (Holmes).
EUKHAN on NOKAN—
Is situated on the slope from the southern side of the Parau mountain
about 7 miles north-east of Kirmanshah and some 3f miles from the main
road. Cultivation stretches below; the Parau mountain to the north
supplies grass and wood. The village contains 20 houses ; and the in
habitants own flocks of sheep and goats. It is the property of sons of
Imad-ud-DauL h, late Governor of Kirmanshah. The people belong to
different Kurdish tribes.— (Burton.)
NUKLUK— Elev. 3,080'.
The name of a chashmeh at the foot of the Nukluk group of hills, which
are a low detached range north of the Kuh Mahalla near Anarak. Water
good, from a well cut in the solid rock in the hillside. It is about 4 feet
square, and contains 4 feet 1 inch of water, 3 feet 6 inches below the surface
of the ground. •
There are some curious remains to the east of this hill. Near the chashmeh
are the ruins of a square fort and the remains of some three or four hundred
houses all built of stone. Large heaps of debris from which most of the
copper has been extracted, are lying about, and ruined dams, built across
the ravines of the hills, show how the inhabitants obtained their water.
About 1 mile further on are the remains of a fort about 80 yards square
and very massive, with round corner towers with a peculiar bulge in them.
The walls are 5' to 3' thick, and the remains of a thin parapet above still
exist. The building or dome near the entrance to the fort is curious, and
there is a similar one half way up a hill close by. It is most probably a
tomb or a temple. The only ornamentation remaining is that of the niches.
All the arches are circular. A noticeable feature is that all the buildings
appear to have their lines parallel to the ground, which has a considerable
slope, instead of being horizontal. This may be simply the result of age
or possibly of an upheaval.
Near the fort are the ruins of about 1,000 houses. Roads from here to
Jandak, Anarak, and Kashan.— (Vaughan, 1890.)
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