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a space of 350 yards by 400, and to have been enclosed within a good wall,
with towers at the corners and at every 50 yards in the curtain ; and these
fortifications still remain. Probably, owing to increase of population, a
further space of 50 yards all round has been enclosed ; and the north side
is surrounded by an ordinary wall and a good, broad ditch. In the north
west corner of this area is a mound of the height of about 40 feet, looking
into the citadel, which is simply a portion of the village, 100 yards square,
marked off. The regularity of the streets in Muhammadabad is remarkable.
They are laid out at right angles to the walls, and have two main streets,
which meet in the centre, coming from the four points of the compass. A
large number of gardens extend for a considerable distance north of the
town. # r m i
Muhammadabad has now a population of 1,000 families of Turks, who
possess 1,100 cattle and 5,000 sheep and goats. The annual production
of wheat’and barley is 22,500 and 8,400 Indian maunds, respectively.
A Russian Agent lives in the village, also the governor of the district of
Darreh Gaz. There is also a post office and telegraphic connection with
Meshed and Kaiat-i-Nadiri. The Armenian traders have recently built
a good caravanserai A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers). (1906).—(C. E. Yate ; Oranoffsky, 1894 ; Smyth, 1906.)
MUHAMMADABAD (No. 3)—
A village in Khoraian, 12 miles south of Turbat-i-Haidari, situated in
a well-cultivated country. The fort of this place must at one time have
been a place of strength, if one may judge from the height and solidity
of its square outer wall, surrounded by a deep and wide ditch. It has
also a second or inner wall ; and the whole is commanded by a lofty and
massive tower in its centre. The present inhabitants are of a nomadic
race.— (Forbes.)
MUHAMMADABAD (No. 4)—
A hamlet of four houses, about 7 miles north of Turbat-i-Haidari.—
(H. D. Napier.)
MUHAMMADABAD (No. 5)—
A village in Khorasan, 14 miles from Kuchan, on the road to Sabzawar.
It contains 50 houses, and has good water and a few supplies—(MacGregor.)
MUHAMMADABAD (No. 6)—Lat. 37° 44' 0"; Long. 57° 12' 0" (Intel
ligence Division, War Office) ; Elev. 3,600' — (Yate).
A village in northern Khorasan, on the Shiiin Chal river, situated between
Katlish and Meshed-i-Ghulaman, about 7 miles north of the former and
15 miles from the latter. The village contains only 10 families, and was
onlv settled in 1893 by the Ak Sakai or headman of Glfan, who located
some of his Za’afaranlus here. It belongs to Kuchan, not to Bujnurd.—
C.C. E. Yate.)
MUHAMMADABAD (No. 7)—Elev. 2 200'.
A village in the Maneh sub-division of the Bujnurd district of Khoiasan
between Yan Chashmeh and Kharaqi, 8 miles from the fo mer and 18 miles
from the Utter.