'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [‎14r] (32/652)

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ASPARAN— Lat. 31° 58'; Long. 60° 51'.
A kanz in the Kain district of Khorasan, 30 miles south-east of Duruh
40 miles north-east of Gisha, 15 miles west-south-west of Damdam hill.
There are traces of its having formerly been a populous and well cultivated
neighbourhood. There is only one dwelling with about a fourth part of a
square mile of cultivated land. About 50 Indian maunds of bhusd might
be obtainable. There is plentiful grazing for mules, but camel-grazing is
scarce. With the exception ofshrubs there is no fuel. For latest report on
Asparan see Duruh.— {Smyth, 1902 \ Gibbon, 1908.) 1
ASPClH—
A village of Dizak in Persian Balilohistan. It appears to be about U
miles down the valley, a little beyond Muhammadi. (See also Dizak 1-
{St. John.) ''
ASPI DARREH—
A valley in Kirman, lying about 3i miles north of Saqdir on the
Bl] nabad-Kirman road on the slopes of the Jabal Bariz range, some
30 miles south-west of Bam. 6
Brazier-Creagh thus describes it
“ Leaving Saqdir the track was over a smooth path for i mile and’
5 So fJet 8 tUran ‘ height then ™ climbed a real tough bit, admirably
’ , , , named Ushturan Gudar, camel’s pass on
the lucus a nonlucendo principle, as Mr. Floyer mentions in hFs book.
n t e summit of this pass the barometer read 24 10" or 5 550 feet A
gentle descent brought us into the large open valley of Aspi Alone
under the hills on the right cultivation is seen and also an old ' orchard
contammg some good fruit trees called the Bagh-i-Guru. As you enter
the valley there is a cemetery on the left of the track with a circular stcne
f In it isa superior white headstone with the following inscription-
Bmt (daughter) Shah Muhammad, 1091, Shahai Saffr.’ OppcsRe
i fVfr ]S E - kanZ ’ near Whlch 18 another cemetery, similar P to the
last but larger ; m it are five amber-coloured marbly stones with legible
mscnptmns on their upper surfaces. They are a foot or more thick
and the under surface is hollowed out to admit of its being laid over the
“ThehiHs surrounding this valley are thickly wooded and the parts not
8 U 000 V f e t T graSSy ’ T Guardln g thls oasis is a lofty snow-clad peak, some
3,000 feet above us. Leaving the Aspi valley we again begin to ascend a
rugged track on the summit of which the barometer read 5 700 feet We
i 6S ,f nd a ^ d c , ro f an0th ® r valle 7 with cultivated patches on both,
sides of the path, which runs through a cemetery a little way beyond. A
® es ^ nt from here, and we cross a running stream and again ascend
summiTof thr 88 ’ S ° me y 00 ° f6e ' high - ° n tlie left of the ^ oad at the
eld- q t F aSS 18 Z S rat Hazrat Ilias ’ lcokin g towards Karbala.
Gudar Surkh : he lg ht 7,000 Below is the hamlet of Gudar Surkh. Under
the rook from whi u the moUn t ain there are said to be fissures in
summit ofV 1 ? 11 m 86 ! - SSUe Wlth a 8tron ^ hissin g noise - From the
Caron at the ntf &S ] ^ aS ! C R n 18 vlslble a mde below us. We reached the
- cam P at tT>e 11th mile.”— (Brazier-Creagh, 1894 .)
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