'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME I' [‎110r] (226/820)

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GIP KtlTAL (written KABKX)—
A pass in Khorasan, on tlie road between Meshed and Qaratlgan by
Kanehgusheh. The best road, that taken by the Persian artillery, to Darreh
' Gaz, lies over this pass.—(Mac^royor.)
GIRAB or KIRU—
One of the eight small villages of Kalat-i-Nadiri, situated on the highlands
of the plateau. It is situated at the west entrance of the natural fortress
of Kalat-i-Nadiri. A path called Kaneh Gusheh, fit for infantry and mountain
guns, passes through this village from Guk Kutal. It has some 25 families
of Khuzai ’Arabs. The plateau on which it stands affords ample grazing
in the spring.— {MacGregor ; Na'pier ; Sykes, 1905.)
GIRDAB—
A stage in Khorasan, 59 miles north-west of Tabas, on the direct road
across the desert to Samnan. There are no inhabitants, but water is pro
curable .—( S tewart .)
GIRDAB AD—
See Quratabad.
GIRDBALEH—
A village in Khorasan, 8 miles west of Nishapur, situated on the same
plain as that town.— {Gibbons.)
GIRIMANJ— Lat. 33° 54' 30"; Long. 58° 51' 0"; Elev. 5,050'.—(IPafc.) '
A prosperous but filthy little village in the Nimbuluk sub-division of
Kam, in Khorasan, 22 miles north-west of Kain, on the road to Kakh. It
contains about 150 houses and a small fort, and is watered by kariz
streams. A few miles west are the villages of Dehishk and Buznabad,
situated in the Nimbuluk plain. It is 1,000 feet below the Gudar-i-Gud
pass. To the north-east are the villages of Salianl, Malriam, and Khizrl.
This valley is separated from the Gunabad plain to the north-east and
east by the Maisur range of hills, over which are four passes, named from
south to north, Dehaneh-i-Gharqab, MughriRijing, Balghur, and Dehaneh-i-
Sulaiman.— {Goldsmid ; Euan-Smith ; Bellew.)
GIRISH or GIVISH—
A valley or lake basin in Kurdish Khorasan, lying 25 miles north-west »f
Jajarm, on the road to Nardin. It measures about 3 miles by 2 miles.-—
{MacGregor.)
GIRIVAN or GIR VAN—
A village in the Rahshian Hisar sub-division of the Bujnurd district of
Khorasan, 14 miles south of Bujnurd, to which its relation is t_hat of a
summer retreat. Plenty of good water ; it is the property of the Ilkhani The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran. .
The defile of Darreh-i-Dartum ends in the open plain of Girivan ; in the
centre is a village built on a small hill sloping into the plain in every direc
tion.
Altogether there are three hamlets bearing the name of Girvan or Girivan.
The three have a population of about 200 families. The revenue (200
Tuman ) is paid direct to the chief of Bujnurd. There is plentiful supply of
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