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QISHLAQ— Lat. sriS'N. Long. 5^°4'E. Elev.
A place in Ears, 146 miles from SMraz and 105 miles from Isfah an, on the
western road between these places. There is a fort here. It is the 9th stage
on the road from Shiraz to Isfahan tiia Asupas, and 23 mdes north of Baba
Shaikh Ahmad. There is abundance of water from springs and the river.
Camping-ground is unlimited but not good, that near the river being marshy
and that near the fort stony and uneven. The inhabitants are from Yazd-i-
Khast and are said to number 5. Neither supplies nor fuel are obtainable.
— {M. S. Route -Grahame, 1908.)
QRANEH, vide KARllN (River.)
QRAIYEH—
A division of the Ban! Saleh tribe ( q. v.).
QUBAD KHANI—
A clan of the Qashqai tribe of Iliats inhabiting the region from Maimand
to Padina in Pars, numbering some thousand families and possessing some
hundred mules. They have no heids.—(Robertson.)
QUBBAN—
Generally pronounced Gubban. A deserted site on the western border of
the Fallahieh district of Southern ’Arabistan. It lies at the point where
the Khurs Bu Khuwairin and Khadhair unite to form the Qanaqeh branch
of Khur Musa, and it is distant about 12 miles south-east from the Marid
creek of the Karun river, and 7 miles north and a little east of the village of
Bu Shaneh on the Bahmanshir. Boats can come up the Khur Qanaqeh
to within 1| miles of this place. In dry weather, e.g., November, there is
scarcity of water round Qubban, but at other seasons the whole country to
the northward, as far as the eye can reach becomes a swamp, and the mounds
mentioned below are converted into islands. These mounds are the only
traces of occupation now remaining. They are 3 in number, 20 feet high,
and appear to be relics of fortified buildings.— ( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer,
1908.)
QUDRATABlD— Lat Long. Elev.
A village close to the road from Kirman to Yazd, opposite Mihdiabad
(q.v.), 10 miles beyond Bahramabad.— (Gill.)
QUDRtJM— Lat. 31°24 , N. Long. 55°50'E. Elev. 4,700'.
A village on the southern border of Yazd, 29 miles from Bafq, towards
Kirman. It is situated in a very narrow valley, the houses being
built on a ridge rising tier upon tier. At the top there is an enormous
chindr tree supposed to be sacred. There is a tradition that Alexander the
Great planted this tree. Its houses are built amidst huge masses of fallen
rock, surrounded by pomegranate, fig, willow, and other trees. The village
is supplied with water, in clear, gushing rills. There is little land fit for
cultivation. It has a local reputation for having a fine climate.— (Abbott —
Stack.)