'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME I' [‎329r] (676/820)

river on to the desert at this point. It is a thin stream flowing west. It
forms the boundary between the Tabas and Turbat-i-Haidari districts,
and is said to be spanned by six other bridges similar to the one at lunsi,
mentioned above.— (Bellew.)
RtD-I-MlAN baiAz—
A brisk little stream in the Dasht-i-Piaz plain in the Kain district in
Khorasan, flowing on a pebble bed between high banks of conglomerate.
It is perennial and used for the irrigation of the plain. It is crossed on
the road from Kain to Gir.manj, about 14 miles from the former.-
(Bellew.)
RUD-I-MlL—
A valley in Khorasan in the district of Kain. It runs nearly north and
south, and has a high hill to the west, called the Kaleh-i-Kuh. The valley
is about 3 miles broad, and affords excellent pasturage. There is a wide
shallow watercourse in it, which is generally diy.—{Goldsmid.)
Rt)D-I-QIBQAN—
A river in Kurdish Khorasan, rising near the Allahu Akbar pass in the
district of Darreh Gaz and flowing for 40 miles nearly due east, when it
turns northward and descends to water the region of the Atak by
Abi YUrd.— (Napier.)
RUD-I-SAVAR—
A stream in the Juvain district, miles east of Jaghatai. It runs down
the northern slopes of the Juvain mountain towards the Kaleh-i-Mura
and forms the frontier between the Juvain and Sabzawar districts —
(Schindler.)
RUD-I-SHAH or SHAHRTJD—
A river in Khorasan, which rises in the main range of the Elburz moun
tains, some 20 miles north-west of Shahrud, and after watering that town
and the surrounding district is lost in the Jcavir to the south. This river
rises in two branches, one of which runs down from between the Shah
Kuh and the Shallvar Kuh, and is formed of two streamlets—one com
ing from the Chilchilian pass, the other from that of Vajmanu. The
other branch of the Shahrud drains the district of Pusht-i-Bustam, and
has its rise from the south slopes of the Abarkuh, and, flowing past.
Bustam, joins with the Tash branch north of the low ridge which bounds
the Shahrhd plain on the north..—(Napier ; MacGregor.)
rud-i-shamAt—
A buluk of Sabzvwar, Khorasan. It is an elevated, broken track, con-
prising the whole of the isolated range dividing Sabzawar from Nishapur
and connecting the Kuh-i-Mish and the Kuh-i-Surkh ranges. It is
watered by two streams, known as the Shamskhan and Kaleh Maidan
streams. There are seven principal villages. The soil is sandy and
generally unfertile, and the province inconsiderable. There is a large
mixture of people of ’Arab descent in the Persian population.—(Aapier.)