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DAL—DAQ
DALIVI—
, d A „ vllla ?e m the Gunabad buluk of the Tabas district of Khorasan.—
(Bellew.) Perhaps the same as Daltii and Dlluhi (p. 224.)
DALUI—
A village in the Gunabad buluk of the Tabas division of Khorasan
It has a patch of cultivation all round it; the inhabitants cultivate all
the ground round that is cultivable or that there is water for; but outside
these patches all is utter waste.—(ATac^re^of.)
DAMAN-I-KUH—
4-1. ° f i ^ un ^ ain ® on the northern frontier of Khorasan, also called
the Atak and Kupeh Dagh. It begins at Kizil Arvat, near the Little Balkan
mountains and extends as far as Darreh Gaz in the south-west. At its base
to which all the rivers descend from the northern slopes, are all the villages
of the Akhal Tekke. At the same time the frontier line of Persian settlements
extends m almost a straight line from west to east as far as Sarakhs ; pro
jecting, as at Kalat and Darreh Gaz, somewhat to the north. Consequently
in the east, at Datreh Gaz, the Akhal Tekke and Persian settlements almost
join ; while on the west they are about 132 miles apart. The whole of the
triangle between the Persian and Tekke settlements is filled with spurs of
the Elburz and Daman-i-Kuh range. Here are many beautiful valleys,
once peopled and still showing signs of prosperity. The climate is exceed-
in &v good and healthy, and there is forest on the mountain sides, though not
so much as in the province of Astarafcad. The mountains are not so rugged
as those of Kalat and Darreh Gaz, and in many places there are pasturages
amongst the slopes. The Atrak river has its sources in these moun-
taii's ; The strategical importance to Russia of extending her frontier to
this river consists in the security that the possession of the passes over the
Daman-i-Kuh will afford to her communications, which, in case of a
further advance eastward, must, except she obtain permission to pass
t rough Persian territory, lead along the foot of the northern slopes of
the Daman-i-Kuh, where water and forage are obtainable—(RefrwsmM;
Intelligence Division, War Office, 1880.) {See also Atak.)
DAN1AL or KUH-I-DANlAL—
Name of a hill north-east of Nardin in Khorasan. The hill derives its
name from a mausoleum called Buka-i-Danial (Daniel’s mausoleum), which
is situated in a grove of 500 or 600 trees with several springs near it.
{Sani-ud-Dauleh.)
DAQQ-I-DGALAN—
A name given to a great depression in the surface of the ground which
receives the drainage of the Nlmbuluk, Kain, and Khaf-i-Pain districts
of Khorasan. It is the tract lying between the Khaibar Kuh and the
Gazik Kuh.— {MacGregor.)
DAQQ-I-PITARGAN—
See Pitargan.