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gulichAhtappeh—
A halting-place in Kirmanshah, about 38 miles from that town on the
road to Tabriz, in the plain of Dlnavar.— {Napier.)
GULlKANDI—
A small village in Azarbaijan, in the MurdI valley and a couple of miles
south-west of Shaikh Islam {q. v.).—(Schindler.)
GULIN—See GlLAN Nos. (2) and (3).
GULIJA—
A village in southern Azarbaijan, about 40 miles west of Mianeh on
the road to Maragheh.— (Morier.)
GUL-I-ZARD—
A large village lying about 1 mile south of the Burujird-Qum road, about
41 miles beyond Saliun.—(Se^, 1884).
GULNABAD—Lat. 32° 40' 40"; Long. 51° 54' 2". Elev. S^OO'.
Correctly Gulunabad.—
A village in the Isfahan province, 14 miles east of Isfahan, on the Yazd
road. It is furnished with an old mud caravansarai, and consists chieflv
of rums, which date from the Afghan invasion. Near it, during the Af
ghan invasion of Persia, was fought the battle (8th March 1722) in which the
Persian army was defeated immediately before the siege and capture of
Isfahan. The water here is good, though slightly brackish. This place con
tains about 100 families. It lies on a broad, rich plateau.— (E. Smith,
GULPAlGAN—Lat. 33° 24'; Long. 50° 20'. Elev. 5,875'. Formerly Jar a-
dagan. ^
A town, 114 miles from Isfahan on the road to Hamadan. It is a
straggling town, with many of its houses in ruins, having stagnant water
m the open spaces, its cesspools all open and the streets narrow and dirty.
The place covers a good deal of ground, but, as so much of it is in ruins
it is not so populous as it would seem to be. There is a small unimpor
tant bazaar. The place is really nothing but an agricultural centre. It is
chiefly noted for some very good wood carving, fully equal to that which
comes from Abadeh and of the same type. A good deal of wool comes
here; it is made up into coarse yarn and sold in Sultanabad for carpet
weaving. - r
The town consists of four parishes, inhabited by Muhammadans and
two by Jews; it has 5,000 houses, 20,000 population, 1,200 being Jews.
I here are lo Masjids, 20 hammdms, and one college in the town.
. T ^ 10 taxes the whole district amount to 16,000 tiimans. The place
is watered by springs from the hills and by leads from the river.
There are two caravansarais, one being fairly commodious. It is close
to the Ab-i-Karj or Qum, or Khunsar, which flows past it on the west,
lire river is 150' to 200' wide; current rapid; banks of clay, 10' high • it is
crossed by a masonry bridge 100' long, of 3 arches, no span exceeding
In conjunction with Khunsar it furnishes 500 infantry armed with
muzzle-loaders:—
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