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MANUSHl—
A clan of the KaHihr tribe of Kirmanshah. They number about 500
families and dwell at Kifraur.— (Plowden.)
MANZINJAN —vide MAZlJAN.
MAQAM, BAGH —Lat. Long. Elev.
A village on the Bushire peninsula {q.v.).
MAQTU’A (1) — vide KARGN (River.)
MAQTU’A (2) (Village)— vide JARRAHl (River.)
MAQSUD BEG or MAQSUD BEGI— Lat 31° 9' N. ; Long. 52° 3' E.
A village in the Isfahan district, IT) miles south-south-east of Qumisheh,
23 miles from Yazd-i-Khast, on the Shiraz-Isfahan road. It has a small mud
fort, a caravanserai A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers). , and a few half-ruined hovels. Supplies in small quanti
ties are procurable, and water is obtained from a kdriz. — {Jones — Ouseley.^
MARA— Lat. 30° 40' N.; Long. 54° 46' E. ; Elev.
A ruined fort on the eastern borders of Ears, 89 miles south of Yazd. The
inhabitants number 12, and own 3 cows, 80 sheep and 160 goats. Plenti
ful water is obtained from a stream lined with walnut trees. The place
is occasionally visited by robbers who come and spend a few days in it,
and then leave, taking with them what they want. If the villagers oppose
them, they are killed by the robbers. Such an episode happened in 1887.—
{Vanghan, 1887.) .
MARAGH— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Parisi an, a few miles east of Shahir. It has a population of
about 70.— {Vaughan, 1890.)
MARAVANEH—
A nomadic tribe of Khuzistan, of about 300 families, living in tents on the
Karkheh river and tributary to Hawizeh.-—(Ross.)
MARBAGH— Lat. 26° 53' N.(?) * Long. 54° 24' E.(?).
A halting place on the road from Mughu Bay to Shiraz, 18 miles from
the former. Water from spring and wells.— {Jones.)
marbara (i)—
A river rising in the Zard Kuh mountains, and flowing into the Karim
; river, in a narrow valley below Kar Kunan {q.v.). Stack saw this river
about 100 yards above its junction with the Karun, and at this point it
flows with a smooth , silent stream, very swift, hip-deep, and very cold and
clear ; the breadth is about 30 yards. The bank is clothed with willows, and
immediately above them rises a steep slope of 100 feet covered with quarried
stones and splinters. At the junction of the rivers stand the remains of
the dam which was to throw the Karun water into the cleft; the Persian
monarchs were hewing for it through Kar Kunan. Ihere is an island midway
between the two streams and this ; and at the mouth of the ravine down
which the Karun flows, are the ruins of two piers, built of unhewn stone,
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