'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [‎93r] (190/706)

OAVGAN—
A town in Azarbaljan, 34f miles south of Tabriz, on the caravan road
to Kirmanshah. It has 1,000 houses, but the inhabitants do not grow
corn enough for their own consumption. The tract is mountainous, the
pasturage poor. The plain, though fertile, is scantily watered. The shore
of Lake Urumieh is miles west.— (Napier.)
GANJABAD—
A village in the Anguran district of Azarbaijan, situated 6 miles north
east of Yang!jeh. It is considered the chief place of the district.—(.Ra^tn-
son.)
GANJA QISHLAQ—
A village on the southern border of Azarbaljan. It lies in the Gulghun
Aghach valley, 35 miles south of Sain Kaleh on the road to Bijar.— (Na
pier. )
GARAILI—
A tribe in Mazandaran (q.v.) living near Nikah and in the district of the
same name.— (Holmes.)
GARCHIN KALEH— better known as Gogarchin or Gogarchin Kaleh.
A village in Azarbaijan, situated about 20 miles south-east of Dilman, on the
road to Urumieh. It has received its name from an old castle built on a
high promontory overhanging the lake. This stands on a lime stone rock
and is perforated with caves and is considered by some to have been the
treasury of Halaku. The view from the rock embraces the lake and its
islands and the surrounding mountains.—(JFo^ner.)
GARDANEH-I-ALAKABUT—
A pass in Gariid 1| miles south of Bijar, on the road to Kirmanshah.
It is reached by a rough, narrow, and tortuous path, 550 feet of ascent,
enclosing heights 100 to 200 feet high, steep and rocky but accessible,
whence a sharp descent of 500 feet to plains takes place. But the whole
length is so short, and the gradients so easy, that a road might be made
without great cost.— (Napier.)
The caravan route from the town of Bijar lies through a narrow
defile known as the Tangl-i-Khallja, and up a rough glen to the southern
slopes of the plateau. The road is tortuous and the rock, which crops
out freely, a hard limestone. The total ascents and descents from the
town to the south slope of the plateau are 600 feet and 500 feet respect
ively. The pass may be turned by a long detour, 12 to 15 miles by the
villages of Kara-bulagh and Mukalla. The artillery of the Shah’s escort
have come horsed to Bijar by this route.— (Napier.)
GARDANEH-I-’ALlABAD— Elev. SjOOO'.
A pass in Zard, south-west of the village ’Aliabad, between Deh-i-shir
and Taft. The pass divides the Pusht-i-Kuh and Pish-kuh sub-divisionis.
The ascent is about 1| miles along and is difficult. It is steeper on the
northern side.— (MacGregor.)