'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [‎239v] (483/706)

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NtR (1)—
A district of Mazandaran lying between that of Kujur on the west and of
Amul on the east, and bounded by the River Sulehdeh on the west and by
the Ahlam Rud on the east. The district of Nur is inhabited entirely by its
own peasantry, who have never allowed any lliat tribe to settle among
them. The revenue of Nur amounts to about 6,000 tumdns (£2,400) and a
proportion of produce in kind. The valley is very arid, and might be in
the highlands near Isfahan or Shiraz, so far as the lode of the hills enclosing
it and of the villages is concerned.— {Holmes; Lovett.)
NUR (2) (river)—
A river of Mazandaran which rises near the Nisain village, flows due
east and joins the Harhaz river at Siyah-bisheh ; it has numerous tributa
ries ■ it is a torrent in the spring but contains very little water in the summer
and autumn.— (Stal.)
NURAULA—Elev. 5,300 feet.
A stream in western Kirmanshah, 8 miles west of Karind, between Kirman-
shah and Khaqinikin.— {Gerard.)
NURGHAN—Elev. 7,320 feet.
A small village west-south-west of Khunsar, 13 miles towards Burujird
from Dum-i-Kamar, whence the Qum-Gulpalgan-Khunsar road joins the
Isfahan-Burujird road.
The head waters of the Ab-i-Kumar Karj are crossed here, 20 to 50 feet
wide and 3 feet deep (May) ; swift current; bouldery bottom. The ford is a
difficult one. There is a foot-bridge at Nurghan.— {Bell, 1884.)
NURIM—
A village at the end of the Kazvin plain, towards Tabriz ; the first in the
bulvk of Khamseh, about 142 miles from Tehran .—{Chanipam .)
NUKHALEH—
A stream falling into the Gulf of Enzali (q. v.). t
NUQLAWAR—Elev. 7,000/
A customs toll on border of Gilan proper, passed 26 miles from Rasht,
on the road to Kazvin via Manjil.—{Schindler, 1878.)
NUQRAN—
A village 31| miles from Isfahan, | mile before the ruined bridge over the
Zindeh Rud (Pul-i-Kella) in the Lanjan district.—(ScAmdAr.)
NU RUD—
A river in Gilan a little to the east of the village of Rud-i-Sar. It is
about 15 yards wide and runs over a sandy bed, between high and thickly-
wooded banks. Holmes forded a Nurud stream again between ’Abbas-
abad and Kurkrud, four stages further west.—(Mm^s.)
NtSHABAD—
A village in the Kashan district of ’Iraq, 8 | miles north of that town, on the
road to Qum. It has a conspicuous blue-domed shrine, and a good deal of
cultivation with trees.— {Trotter.)
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