'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [‎388r] (780/1278)

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north of Persia. Many Arab families have joined them. They have among
them a considerable number of expert horsemen, and in the time of Muham
mad Taqi were very useful in encounters with the Arabs. Until recently
they spoke a Turkey dialect. They inhabit Bulaiti on the river Gargar.—
(Layard — Bell—Foreign Department Gazetteer, 1905.)
GUNGRI— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Ears half way between Iqlid and Mashed Murghab, and
about 24 miles from either place.— {Vaughan, 1891.)
GUNISKUN—
A village 11 miles east of Burjird, on the Sultanabad road. It is situated
between high ridges, and has several villages near it.— {Schindler.)
• GUNIZ— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village reported t© be 5 stages from Khuzistan, the mountain range
intervening being crossed by a large pass.— {Wilson and Cruickshank, 1907.)
GUNJANCHUM— See KUNJIAN CHAM.
GUPAL—
A brackish stream which traverses the great plain common to the Ramuz
and Ahwaz districts of ’Arabistan, forming a somewhat serious obstacle on
the road between Nasirl and Ramuz town. The Gupal consists at first
of merely the surplus water of a canal which takes off from the right bank
of the Ramuz river at a piont about 5 miles east of Ramuz town. At about 4
miles north of the town the water of the canal is augmented by a brackish
tributary, which has its rise in the gypsum hills bounding the Ramuz district
on this side ; the increased stream continues to flow north-westwards, keeping
within a mile of the hills and parallel to them, until the mounds of Kut-ash-
Shaikh are passed, lying about 2 miles to the southward. Three or four
miles on the Gupal changes direction to the south-west, and so passes about
6 miles north of the village of Mirbacheh. Near this it receives on the left
bank two tributaries, the fresh stream which has its course about a mile
eastward of Mirbacheh, and the salt Muwailhah stream. About 9 miles
after passing Mirbacheh a salt stream from the north called the Kindak
falls into the Gupal on its right bank.
Eventually about 12 miles west of Mirbacheh the Gupal intersects the
usual route between Nasiri and Ramuz ; there is some choice of crossing
places. At this point in its course the water of the Gupal is salt even after
rain. The banks, which are in most parts perpendicular and of clay, rise
about 20 feet above the level of the bed, and the distance between them
varies from 20 to 70 yards. In summer the Gupal is almost dry ; in winter
it sometimes rises 20 or 30 feet and overflows its banks and at that season
it may be found either fordable or unfordable. Quicksands occur.
About 300 yards below that points the river bends to the west, and 8
miles farther on it is drawn off in a southerly direction in numerous small
canals, some of which, being 3 feet deep, are difficult to cross. The Gupal
now ceases to exist and the surplus water which is not used for the cultiva
tion spreads out to form the Shakheh marsh. { Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer,
1908.)