'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [‎250v] (505/706)

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The districts, which are flat, are represented in the map by the names Ban
Kudra, Baba Pilavl, and ’Aliava (’Aliabad). The first and second are sepa
rated by the Jabal Murwarld hill, and by the spurs coming from the little
Agh Dagh (Kuchuk Agh Dagh) Baba Pilawl and Aliava are separated
by the Hulvan and the districts Quia and Baba Mahmud. The Baghcheh
and Qatar mountain in the south of the district is a stony waterless waste of
hills, and the tract Kuzaraqi south of Khaniqin is desert also, with layers
of sandstone and hillocks. Wheat is cultivated in the northern portion
of Baghchoh.
Water. —(1) Persian Side .—The water supply is good except in the tract
between Daridivan and the Sirvan river. This latter forms the frontier
between the northern limit of the district and the northern spurs of Agh
Dagh, and in the extreme north of the district the ’Abbasan stream flows
into it, which rises in the mountains Laqlaq and Bamu and at Sar Qalao
on the western side of the latter mountain. This stream passes through the
Bamu mountain by a defile known as Darband-i-Ur and flows N. W. south
of Bamu, and rising in the mountain Dalahu, is the Quretu river (known
as Dalashir in Zuhab) which flows by Zuhab and across the Bajlan plain.
Reaching the foot of the Agh Dagh it is forced to turn northwards, as the
slope resulting from the foot of the N. W. spur of Sumbulak, and the height
of Agh Dagh slopes are greater S. E. than N. W. From quite close to the
village of Quretu, it turns, deflected by the flank of the Ak Dagh, and
flows into the Shlrwan near Gurashala, where the frontier separates from
the Shirwan river.
The Quretu stream receives in its N. W. portion the Saikawand brook
(also known as Dalashir) and in spring the Qizil torrent. These constitute
the regular water supply of the northern part of the district, except for
a few very small perennial springs at KanI Pamu, Chla Surkh, Kanl Shirina,
Saiyid Mustafa, and Sangar.
In the centre of the district is the Hulwdn River, the sources of which
are—
(а) RIzhab in the Ban Zarda mountain.
( б ) Sar-i-Mil near Karind.
(c) Sarab-i-Garm in Danavishk.
(d) Ab-i-Dira rising in Gulin.
(e) Ab-i-Kal-i Shahin rising in Kal-i Shahin.
These all unite in the Sar-i-Pul valley, and flow N. W. round the end of
Sumbulak, where, headed off by the rising ground towards the Ak Dagh,
the stream is forced southwards in order to gqt round that mountain. At
the termination of this obstacle it turns immediately west, then south, and
ultimately N. W. to join the Shirvan, which it does near Dakka, outside the
district under report, near a range called Anara, an extended spur of Bagh
cheh N. W.
On the southerly portion of its course it receives—
1. Nehpahn or Naipan, composed of—
(a) Garrav, rising in Sumbulak.
(b) Kurrkirik, rising in Sumbulak.
(c) Imam Hasan, rising in BazI Daraz.
(d) Hudara, rising in Gamakawu.