'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [‎121r] (246/706)

fttfBATtX SARAL, QARATtREH—
? rhree small districts in Kurdistan, now joined together, forming a bulr'k
of that province, about 10 farsakhs, north of Sinandij. It has 93 villages and
a peace-loving and hospitable population of 15,000 partly composed of the
Grulbaghl and Mandami tribes ; also many Saiyids. The Governor has no
fixed residence. The climate is cold and in winter nearly all the roads
are blocked by snow for a considerable time. The district is famous for its
good butter (rughan) and mutton. The yearly taxes amount to 108,220
krdns. For list of villages see Rabino’s “Report on Kurdistan.”— (Schin
dler.)
hu-i-yAvar—
A village in Kurdistan on the northern slope of the Tableh Kuh (Kuh
Udalan) and south of, and several hundered feet above, the junction of the
Shirvan and Gava Rud rivers. It contains 100 houses, and below it are
a vast number of fruit gardens, vineyards, and plantations of willow trees,
which descend to the water’s edge. The place is owned by Parviz Tajir
Bashi of Sinneh, a wealthy Christian merchant; the revenue is 1,500 tumdns,
but is only paid once every three years. The surrounding hills contain
pasturage for sheep and goats, and a certain amount of corn is grown. Part
ridges abound in the neighbourhood.— (Vaughan.)
HUJJATABAD (1)—
It is situated at the foot of a bare, rounded ridge in the Kandula valley, 1£
miles south of Kandula ; above are gardens and the village of Tarazu Bara.
The valley below is flat and cultivated and contains good grazing; it joins
the Kandula valley a mile below on the Kirmanshah-Kandfda road.
The village has 40 houses and is the property of the Zahir-ul-Mulk of Kir-
manshah (1897).— (Burton.)
HUJJATABAD (2)—
The first march out of Yazd where there is a fine caravansarai and reser
voir of water. Population 10 to 20 people ; it is mainly cultivated by the
Parsis of Ja’farabad ; it is surrounded on all sides by sand hills rising to 20
feet.— (Sykes.)
HULAILAN—
A buluk or district of Kirmanshah, being part of Luristan. (See Volume
III.)
HULAKAN—
A hamlet of ten houses in Azarbaijan, 5| miles south of Lailan, on the
road to Sain Kaleh.— (Napier.)
HUBWUN—Kiev. 8,200'.
A range of hills crossed on the road from Qum and Khumain to Gul-
palgan, about half-way between the two latter places. This range is
apparently called by different local names, such as Kuh-i-Kahak, Kuh-i-
Hassan Falak, where crossed by Floyer between Kokah and Khumain.
The pass is between the summits of two detached hills, which rise 500 feet
above it. The last 70 yards of ascent is steep (^) and narrow. This range