'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [‎100r] (204/652)

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Villages in Fanuch district.
Names.
Number
of
houses.
Remarks.
' ' ' ' #
Mirabad ..
50
A village, 11 miles north-west of
Fanuch, on a stream of the same
name, he., the main Fanuch stream ;
cultivation and dates.
Darambakan
20
A hamlet on the same river near the
source, 10 miles further on. Small
amount of cultivation ; dates.
Kamshabir
20
A hamlet on a river flowing west,
some 30 miles from Fanuch. Small
amount of cultivation.
Mutarabad .*
100
Some 45 miles north-west of Fanuch.
Large village and fort; cultivation,
dates; four kdrlzes. Mdliat, 400
tumdns.
Kutich ..
o
00
Village with cultivation, dates, and
kdrlz. Twelve miles north-west of
Mutarabad. It forms the boundary
between the Ramishk and Fanuch
districts.
Rumpk ..
100
A village to the west of the Fanuch
on the river Somilan; 100 houses;
cultivation, dates. Property of
Chakar Khan. Maliat, 530 tumdns.
Pardin
20
A hamlet to the west of Rumpk on
the river Zurat cultivation, dates.
Property of Chakar Khan. Mdlldt,
30 tumdns.
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Brazier-Creagh thus describes the Fanuch gorge, which he visited in 1893—
“ The general direction is north vith considerable deviations; at about
The Fanuch gorge. t ^ le m ^ e t ^ ie entrance to the gorge is passed.
It is marked by a large crimson-coloured rock,
which is now on our right; this rock is called ‘ ‘ Girl, ’ ’ but why it is so
named, our guide was unable to inform me. At about the 8th mile the
scenery becomes magnificent. We are now confronted with a series of
natural weirs or dams, which are formed of stones swept down the hillsides
and ravines. These weirs fill up the entire bed of the river and the stones are
of every size, shape and colour, snow-white predominating. The track is
not confined to one side, but winds about, avoiding as far as possible the
deep pools under the cliffs and larger boulders, and the jumbled masses
irregularly scattered round. The climb over these dams is a difficult one for