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less intact.* Pelly thinks Mian Kutal is the first point on the road from
Bushire, where the climate can be considered such as would suit the
European constitution during the hot season. There is no village near
this, nor are any supplies obtainable except a little straw, but the
carfivanserai would accommodate 500 men, and there is camping-ground
for 500 or more on the plateau. The arrangements for watering animals
need improvement. The surrounding hills are covered with open forest,
bo fuel would be procurable—(Tm^or—£<. John-dark—Hardy—Pelly—
Newcomen, 1905 — Gibbon, 1908.)
MIAN LAK, or YURABIA— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Kirmanshah, 15 miles north-west of Karind, on the road to
Sar-i-Pul.— (Gerard.)
MlANL'O— Lat. 27° 44' N.; Long. 52° 13' E.; Elev.
A small village on the coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 3 miles westward of
’Aianat. See Shlbkuh Ports.— (Constable — Stifle—Persian Gulf Pilot.)
MlDAR HUSAINl— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village In the Tangistan district of Ears, 2£ miles south-south-west of
’Ali Changi. It contains 50 houses. Wheat and barley are cultivated
here.— ( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, 1908.)
MIHDllBAD (1)— Lat. 31° 21' N.; Long. 54° 58' N.; Elev.
One of a group of four villages in Kirman, between Kushku and Bahrain"
abad, 16 miles east of the former, on the Yazd-Kirman road, mdKirman-
shahan. The other villages are Hasanabad, Hurmuzabad, and Dihin-
abad (y.v.). These villages are all small, and contain about 100 houses
collectively. They are all situated near each other and surrounded with
cultivated ground ; water and supplies procurable. Mihdiabad has a large
yakh chal or ice house conspicuously visible from the road. (Smith.)
MIHDlABAD 1 (2)— Lat. 31° 21' N.; Long 64° 58' N. ‘. Elev. 4,826'.
A village in Kirman, 54 miles from Yazd, on the road from that place
to Kirman, via Gird-i-Kuh.
The village, which has sprung up since 1870, contains some 120 houses,
with a population of 600 souls. It is the largest of a cluster of seven vil
lages which are grouped together within a distance of 2 miles. Bandarun,
another of the group, is the oldest, and the only one which pays mdlidt.
Mihdiabad produces annually 20,000 mans of wheat and barley, 3,000
mans of cotton, besides quantities of vegetables. It is supplied with sweet
water from qandts. Sheep, goats, and other supplies are procurable in
fair quantities. The other villages of the group are :—
Bahardaram Bandarun
Karim abad
Husain abad
Faizabad
Shamsabad
’Aliabad
20 houses.
qandt, sweet: no suppplies.
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slightly brackish „
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(Wood, 1899.)