'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME I' [‎287v] (591/820)

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MlANJC—
A village in Khorasan, about 55 miles from Birjand, on the road to Tfin-
— {MacGregor.)
MIAN KUH (No. 1}—
A small village in northern Khorasan, about 5 miles south of the Allahu
Akbar pass, containing some 30 families of Kurds. It is an old little
place, situated, as its name implies, between hills, and perched on a low,
isolated hillock. There is an immense deal of tobacco cultivation about
for so small a place, and abundance of water ; and there seems no reason,
except want of population, why every part of the ground that could be
got at by water should not be cultivated.— {MacGregor.)
a AN KUH (No. 2)—
A range of mountains in north Khorasan, running from Hazar Masjid
to the west, south of AllahuAkbar range. On the north side of this range
in the Tabarik defile lies the source of the Atrak, which first bears the name
of the ‘ Tabarik rivulet,’ and then that of ‘ Khurram Darreh.’— {Petruse-
vitch.)
MIAN TULEH—
A village in northern Khorasan, 14 miles west-sou’-west from Fidarisr
on the road to Astarabad, and situated in the forest at the edge of the
plain.— {Napier.)
MliN VILAlAT—
A buluk of the Meshed district of Khorasan. It lies to the north-west
of Meshed, comprising the whole width of the plain nearly to Chinaran.
It extends from the Bala Khlaban gate of the town of Meshed to within
12 miles of Chinaran, or a distance of about 32 miles.
This is the most populous and well-cultivated tract in the whole district,
having over 200 villages. It suffered much in the famine of 1870-72.
The people are chiefly ’Ajam, Kurds, and Turks, with 1,000 tents of Timuri
nomads. A large number of the villages belong to the shrine of Imam
Riza. The estimated population of this buluk is 50,000.
The Kashaf Bud, which takes its rise from the springs situated in the
Radkan and Chinaran valley, flows in its upper part right through this
buluk.
The Meshed-Askhabad cart-road passes through this buluk and divides
it into two parts.
The following is a list of villages in the buluk —
Villages to the right oj the road from Meshed towards Chindrdn.
Sardeh, Nikah, Khaikan, Fathabad, Kashf, Isma’ilabad, Firizi, Bagh-i-
Shalvaran, Lukmain, Ardan, Khan ’Arab, Nuri, Baku-i-Mudanha, Khushk,
Jarmak, Tukhm-i-Angir, Chaman, Giran, Jutab, Sar Asiab, Isfandian,
Shurab, Qasr-i-Mihdi, Husaini, Kalat-i-QulI, Tukhm-i-Marz, Pargandabad,
Baku-i-Mulla, Husain Kahkai with its well-known chaman, Kharastanak,
Ashuqan, ’Amrikan, Shabankara, Kazimabad (or Qasimabad, situated at
about 12 miles from the town, belonging to HajI Qasim, a large village with
extensive gardens extending for 3 or 4 miles), Khan Chumaki, Sabadabad