'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [‎60r] (124/652)

The village, in which the manufacture of tiles is carried on, is of fair
size. The houses are, as a rule, domed, and stand amidst gardens and cul
tivation. There is a plentiful supply of good water from qandts—(Jen
nings, 1885 ; Sykes, 1898.)
BURJ-I-GULVARDA— Lat. 33° 3' 30"; Long. 60° 21'.—(Walker.)
A stage in Khorasan, on the road from Blrjand to Herat by Fahreh. It
is 15 miles from the village of Gazik. Gulvarda is the most northern point
of the Tag-i-Namadi : there are said to be customs sowars at this well
under the Mirza of Avaz. The Afghans are said to graze right up to
Gulvarda , my informant, who was in the service of the farmer of customs
before the Belgian ever came, told me that the Persian Customs sowars
never ventured further east. A track from Gazik and Avaz to Anardarrah
in Afghanistan crosses the Tag-i-Namadi a little to the south of Gulvarda.
There is a well called Puzehjanga on this track.— (Keyes, 1904.)
BURJ-I-KONDAR—
A date-grove in Kirman standing amid some cultivation on the road
between Bam and Rigan, 39 miles from the former and 14J miles from the
latter place.— (Sykes, 1898.)
BURJ-I-SANG—
A mound of stones in Kirman, 72 miles south-west of Rigan, on the road
from there to Mlnab and 3 miles from the village of Kahn Rud.’The mound,
which appears to be of considerable antiquity, rises from a foundation
of solid masonry and is a conspicuous landmark.— 1885.)
BURKIH—
A village of Laristan, 24i miles from Bandar Abbas, on the road to Jashk
by the coast. Water fresh, from wells and reservoirs. (Felly.)
BUSHQA—
A \illage of Khorasan in the Naharjan buluh of the Kaln district—
(Bellew.)
BUSHGAZ—
A village in the Naharjan sub-division of the Kaln district, about 4 miles
east-south-east of (MacGregor.)
BUSJAD—
A village in Khorasan, 74 miles sou’-sou’-east of Blrjand. It is situated
on the west base of a bare gravelly hill, which forms the terminating point
of a line of low hills projecting into the plain from east-sou’-east. Below
the village is an extensive line of gardens, vineyards, and fields, watered
by a most copious clear stream from a canal. The trees are chiefly jujubes
and mulberry. Wheat and barley are cultivated in considerable quantity,
and some beetroot, cotton and turnips are raised. The village contains
about 200 families of Sunnis. The only manufacture is a sort of cotton
cloth for shirts,—(MacGregor.)