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NAUKHANDAN— Lat. 37° 25' 0"; Long. 58° 51' 4:5".—{Napier.)
A village in the Darreh Gaz district of Khorasan, lying about? miles west
of Muhammadabad. It is prettily situated on undulating ground, be
tween the mountains enclosing the plain to the north and a low ridge that
traverses it from east to west. On a high, circular mound is a mud fort
which contains the Khan’s residence, and commands the whole village
Around are extensive orchards, groves, and vineyards, extending for two
or three miles up and down the stream. The grapes of Naukhandan have
a great local reputation, and very good wine is made and sold. Almost
all the raisins are exported to AskhaLad, similarly with the peaches, which
are plentiful. These are packed in baskets and despatched on donkeys
across the hills to the Baba Durmaz railway station, ami thence railed m to
Askhabad, where they sell from 1 to 3 krans {5d. to 14d.) per man _(6p).)
according to the season. Large numbers of wild pig are said to invade
the gardens every night from the hills to the north, and scare-crows are
rigged up everywhere.
The population consists of 100 families of Turks, who possess 800 cattle
and 1 500 sheep and goats. The production of wheat and barley in normal
years’ is estimated at 9,000 and 4,500 Indian maunds, respectively.—
{Qranoffsky, 1894 ; G: E. Yate.\
NAUQAR—
A village in the Gunabad sub-division of the Tabas district of Khora
san.— (Bellew.)
NAURlZ TAPPER.— ' „ * ,
See Runiz Tappek
NAURilZABAD—
The ruined village of Nauruzabad is* 8 miles from Daulatabad on the
road to Sangar, from which it is about four or five miles.
Adjoining it is. a large marsh which drains under ground, and by some
little brooks, into the Hari Rud. During the dry season this water, which
re-appears in the bed of the Hari Rud in the form of springs, forms the main
supply of water which goes to both Persian and Russian Sarakhs.
There is a standing dispute on this account between the Russians and
Persi ans.— {MacLean.)
“Nauruzabad is 20 miles from Persian Sarakhs on the road to Meshed
bv Pas Kamar. It is now inhabited by a few families and the Governor
of Sarakhs is building a new village for others. I encamped at the latter
and found two wells of sweet water, similar to those at Sarakhs, which
they had recently sunk. This was the last sweet water that I tasted till
I got to Meshed, as beyond this one has to drink the waters of the Te jen,
and Kashaf Rud, which at this season (autumn) are both very salt; The-
less the water in the river, the salter it is.”— {Thomson, 1893.)
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