'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [‎189v] (383/706)

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KUD—KUH
KUDRUN or QUDRUN—Elev. 4,700/
A small village of Yazd, the first across the Kirman border, situated in
a very narrow valley, the houses being built on a ridge rising tier upon
tier ; at the top there is an enormous chindr tree supposed to be sacred ;
there is a tradition that Alexander the Great planted this tree. Water
plentiful.— {Sykes.)
KUDUM—Elev. 273 / .
A village in Gilan, 16 miles from Rasht on the road to Kazvfn. It has a
post-house and, sometimes during the rainy season, a telegraph station.—
{Schindler.)
KUDUNU— . 1
A village between Nam and Naugumbaz, from which a good view of Naln
is obtainable.— {Stewart).
KUHAN—Also pronounced KOHUN.
A village with fine gardens and plenty of water, between Najafabad and
Varpusht, on the Isfahan-Burujird joad.
The road here crosses a rapid stream, the Ab-i-Tehran, 8 feet wide, by
a dry stone bridge 40 feet long, of three arches ; bridge 6 to 8 feet wide ;
no parapet.— {Schindler.)
KUH-I-ABDALAN—
A peak in Kurdistan 7 farsakhs south of Sinandij. On its summit are the
graves of seven Abdal Dervishes and its slopes grow the famous Abdal onions,
which on the spot are as good eating as cultivated onions but when taken
elsewhere become bitter and uneatable (1902). Haussknechts map has
Andalan (1910).
KUH-I-’ABDUL ’AZlM—
A pointed mountain 8 miles south of Tehran.— {Rozario.)
KUH-I-AHEUZ—
A high snow clad mountain range, south of Khunsar ; it appears to be
part of the general watershed of the river system of Western Persia. It
throws off the Ab-i-Kumb, etc., to the north ; Kamand-Ab running into
the Ab-i-Diz to the west; and Ab-i-Ahfuz, etc., to the east.— {Bell, 1884.)
KUH-I-AHMAD RAZA—
A mountain west of Ashgarun, about 53 miles from Isfahan on the road
to Burujird. At its foot is the grave of the Imamzadeh Ahmad Raza.
Armenians assert that it is the grave of one of their priests, who died 200
years ago.— {Schindler.)
KUH-I-ALVAND—
A range of steep hills south-west of and overlooking Hamadan. It is
practicable for infantry and mountain artillery. There are orchards on
the lower slopes ; snow is said to lie on the summit all the year round
giving a perpetual supply of water in the nullahs. On one hill there are 2
rocks 6 feet square, on which are ancient inscriptions .—{Inzar Gul, 1909).