'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [‎168r] (340/982)

GANKHAK HIRANl— Lat. ! Long. Elev.
A village in the Dashti district of Ears, 1| miles south-east of Gankhak
Shamall. It contains 10 houses of Ruuseh, Faqiha and Jatut.— {Persian
Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.)
GARAVAhfD— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Eastern Khuzistan, 85 miles from Shushtar on the road to Du
Pulan and Isfahan. It is situated on the left bank of the Pandab (?)—
{Schindler.)
GARDAK— Lat. Long. Elev. about 2,000'.
A pass, 2^ miles long, leading from the Hormuz valley into the ’Aliabad
valley; through this pass the Bandar ’Abbas-Lar road passes. For a
detailed description of the pass, vide route from Bandar ’Abbas to Lar via
Hormuz. From the summit of the pass an excellent view of the ’Aliabad
plain is obtained, Kuh-i-Hormuz being also prominent to the south-east.—
{Wilson and Cruickshank, 1907.)
GARDANEH AMRULA— Lat. Long. Elev.
A pass in Kirmanshah on the road from Mandali to Kirmanshah city. It
crosses the Kaluja range. The ascent from the south is easy, the descent to
the north very steep. It is turnable to the west by the Gardaneh Timanjik,
distant 1| miles, and to the east by a pass,the Kamar Zard, distant Smiles,
and leading into the Guar valley from Asmanabad. The gradient, etc.,
of the Gardaneh Amrula is fully described in Maunsell’s Reconnaissances in
1890 under the name of Kaluja pass. It is passable to laden mules, but
not to field guns.— {Vaughan.)
GARDANEH (Birkeh)—
A place in the Lingeh district {q.v.).
GARDANEH DARBADAM— Lat. Long. Elev.
A pass in Kirmanshah on the road from Kirmanshah to Baghdad via Man
dali and Harunabad, and 47 miles south-west of Kirmanshah city. It consists
of an open watershed connecting two valleys, viz. , the Syehes and Pusht-i-
Tangd-Jumark. A high range of hills is south of it and a lower one to the
north. The approaches to it are very easy. The hills and slope s on either
side of it are well-wooded, principally with dwarf oak. There is good grazing
upon it and immmediately east of it is a small spring. It is a small
camping-ground of the Kalhur Kurds. Its elevation is 5,920 feet.—
{Vaughan.)
GARDANEH DARREH DARIGH— Lat. Long. Elev.
A pass in Kirmanshah on a road between the Asmanabad and Ivan valleys.
It passes through Bankur after leaving Asmanabad. The pass is about
9 miles in length, and out of this 7 miles are either over rocks or else along
a roadway strewn with loose stones. Its summit is reached at the
6th mile from the northern side. The ascent from the north is not steep ;
it runs over a series of rounded hills, each higher than the other, with the
intervening ground nearly level. It runs through fores t throughout. The