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MARA—MAKG
where the Sowar In the East India Company army and later Indian Army, an ordinary native cavalryman or mounted cavalryman. Galibiri-ve-Bikam-i-Marand and the Sowar In the East India Company army and later Indian Army, an ordinary native cavalryman or mounted cavalryman. Mukri
irregular cavalry, nominal strength 350, probable strength 170, are recruited.
Strategically it occupies an important position. Its left; flank rests against
the Musho Dagh, its right agsnist the Kara Dagh, both very difficult ranges,
and on it converge two main caravan routes, from Julfa, on the north, and
from Kizil Dizeh, on the Trebizond road, on the west. The village itself,
lying in the valley, is commanded on every side, but above it between
the ranges is a position offering every advantage to a defending force,
w T hich could only be turned from Kh6I. The surrounding hills are all very
desolate and barren. Nothing larger than a camel bush grow*s in the
valley or on the mountain. Life, too, except for a few nomads and their
tents, is absent. There is a Persian Government telegraph station here.
In December 1911 Marand was occupied by Russian troops, when an
advance was made to Tabriz and Kh6L During 1912 the number of Russian
troops maintained here was reported to be about 1.000.— (Picot, October 1894.)
MARAND I—
A tribe of the province of Azarbaijan, who inhabit the vicinity of the
town of Marand.— (Malcolm.)
MARANKUH—
A village of 30 houses, half a mile to the left of the Tabriz-Kirmanshah
road, about 26 miles from the latter place.— (Napier.)
MARAQ—
A village of about 200 houses, divided into 3 mahallas situated in a fertile
valley, 20 miles south-west of Kashan, in the Sardsir division. It has ex
tensive gardens ; the hamlet of Sadian at the entrance of the valley belongs
to it. — (Schindler.)
MARAVAND—
A village 10 miles from Kashan, on the road to Isfahan, from which it
is 90 miles distant. It is situated to the east of the road and is inhabited by
a few families of ll dts. — (Clerk.)
MARCH!—
Thirty-four miles from Isfahan on the road to Yazd. There are some halt
a dozen black tents here, belonging to the Turks, who bring their camels to
graze during the winter.— (Preece, 1892.)
MARDABAD—
A village 2 miles from Yazd, towards Maibud.— (Abbott.)
MARENJ—
A village of Persian Kurdistan in the Kaila Gulan vaffey. It lies one
mile to the north of Mujhash at the foot of the mountain slope. Below and
round are many gardens, vineyards and groves of trees in which the village
is almost hidden. The water-supply is abundant. There are 40 houses.—
(Bellew.) •
MARGAM—Kiev. 2,650'.
A village in north-western Azarbaijan, 16 miles from ’Arab on the Shah
Takht-Kh6I road. A large amount of the land between here and ’Arab
is of poor quality and uncultivable. The road is over a wide open plain,
fit for carriages and ordinary transport.— (Picot, 1894.)