'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME I' [‎378v] (781/820)

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YAM—YAM
At the 5th mile we came to the first Yamut obd on the hanks of a
Harhar stream. stream known as Harhar, consisting of some
Igdar (chdrvd). 30 Aldchuqs of the Igdar (Chdrvd) section.
From Igdar we had a ride of some 8 miles across a bare, open plain to
Oba-i-Murad Chala near Gumbad-i-Kalus, crossing another stream from
hills called Sumbar at the 10 th mile. Murad Chala is the head of the
Chumur of the Kan Yukhmaz section of the
Kan Yukhmaz ( humur). Yamuts, and gives his name to the obd he is
living in. There is nothing to fix it by. We passed within 3 or 4 miles
of Gumbad-i-Kabus on the road.
The Sumbar stream is situated about Smiles norfch-north-west of Oba-
i-Murad Chala (Kan Yukhmaz— CJiumur) and
Gumbad-i-Kabus {q.v.) about a mile beyond.
From Oba-i-Murad Khan Chala, Kan Yukhmaz Chumur, we turned
back eastwards to the Kan Yukhmaz Chdrvd
Kan Yukhmaz (CTuw-ya). settlement at Qaplan Tappeh {q.v.), about a
Qaplan Tappe . farsakh to the west by north of Sangar-i-
Hajl Lar, on the edge of the oak forest.
Much of the forest has been burnt of late, and the ground about is
covered with charred trunks of trees, and, from
Destruction of forest. what I could gather, I should say the forest is
being rapidly destroyed, as the Yamuts regularly fire the grass and un
dergrowth for grazing purposes.
There is a settlement of Kan Yukhmaz Chumur at Yaram Tappeh, 8 miles
west of Qaplan Tappeh, at the foot of which
flows the stream called Kara Su. This mound is
full of broken bits of jars and pottery from top
to bottom.
From Yaram Tappeh our road led across the open plain to Kujuk, a dis-
Sumbar stream.
Yaram Tappeh.
Kara Su.
tance of 8 miles. W’e crossed two streams, the
Agrikul, 3 miles, and the Almakanli, 6 miles,
out on the road.
2 farsakhs north of Fidarisk, and 1| farsahhs
south of the Gurgan river, but the farsakhs
must be very short ones if the map is any
where near correct.
From Kujuk we went to Badrak, 14 miles.
Our route again led straight across the plain about half-way between
the forest on the south and the Gurgan river on the north.
All the Yamut dbas lay to the south of us, mostly of the Kuchak sec
tion, and the country to the north along the
river continues entirely deserted.
At about the 9 th mile we passed a large, shallow tank full of pelican
... and wild duck. The embankment of this tank
An ancient irrigation tank. . g length and evidently of very
ancient construction, and the marks of ancient canals lead off from it in
various directions.
Kujuk.
Agrikul.
Almakanli.
Kujuk is said to be
Situation of Kujuk.
Badrak.
Kuchak.