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QIZ QUM
QIZ KALEH—
A fort in Azarbaijan on the road between Khol and Julfa.— {MacGre
gor.)
QIZLI—
A halting place in Azarbaijan, 137 miles south of Tabriz. It is at the
end of the 11th stage on the route from Tabriz to Sinneh, via Maragheh.—
(IT. 0. Report on Persia, Part II, Route 247.)
QUBADBAZAN, MlAM or MAIAM and DASTGIRD—
A group of three villages in the Kuhistan district of the Qum province
20 miles south of Qum, each with 40 to 50 houses. Their water is from
the Furdu river, which rises south-east near Fardu and joins the
Bldhand river near Kahak.— {Schindler.)
QULAGHA. Corrupted from Qull aqa.
A village of 8 houses in the Plshkhur district, 134 miles from Tehran
on the road to Hamadan.— {Schindler .)
QULASARA—
A Kurdish village of 100 houses at the head of the valley of the same
name which runs south-east to the Sinneh-Kirmanshah road at Asaula,
where joining the valley of Sursur its drainage runs north to the Gavarra.
The water-supply is abundant from several streams and springs; there
are some fine groves of poplars and some fruit trees. The mountain slopes
and the valley itself are well cultivated. The corn at and round the village
is not reaped till the first week of August: lower down at the end of July and
begi ning of August.
The village occupies a commanding position on a spur facing down the
valley ; it contains a large brick house with flanking towers built by the
owner of the village, the Vakil Elected representative or attorney, acting in legal matters such as contracting marriage, inheritance, or business; a high-ranking legal official; could also refer to a custodian or administrator. of Sinneh. A path from Yamenan to Juanrud
runs past the village crossing the spurs forming the valley to either hand.
Grazing is very good, fuel, except of cow-dung scarce; room for camping
on the slopes north of the village. Above Qulasara the valley is merely a
seres of narrow ravines; below it spreads out as far as Asaula, about 3 miles
distant, to a width of 1 to \\ miles. A number of cattle and sheep are owned.
— {Burton.) .
QULBEGU—
A tribe of Azarbaijan.
QULIDEH—Lat. 36° 13 7 26 / '' ; Long. 49° 57' 45"; Elev. 4,666 (Lemm).
A village a few miles south-west of Kazvln.— {Sl-John' , s map)
QULISHAH—
A village between Kahf-i-Rukh and Bagh-i-Wahsh, on the road from
Isfahan to Shushtar, 40 miles from Isfahan at the foot of the Gardan-i-Kuh-
i-Rukh in the Lanjan district.— {Schindler.)
QUM— (Province.)
This province is bounded on the north by Tehran, on the east by the
desert, on the south by Kashan, west by ’Iraq, Faragan, Hamadan and