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GUD-GUR
A large flock of pelicans were on the banks and numerous white sheldrakes were swim*
ming about in the water ; but there was no sign of any other fowl.
To the south one could ttace a long line of sandhills, and to the north the low edge of
the dasht extending to Tarakun. To the ea>t the water extended as far as the eye could
see. The guide though informed us that the water wa* drying upon the far side just as
quickly as on this. Tnere are no “tutins" or reed-boats on the lake, and the Baluchis
apparently do not know how to make them. Sayyads from Sistan Hirouns would have
to be brought to make these. — (C. E. Yate, February 1894 ; Maula Bakhsh).
GUDAR-I-SHAH—
A campino: ground on the left bank of the Shela. Water good and sweet
from wells dug to 3 or 4 feet in the river-bed. Close to the camp is the
Ziarat-i-Shah Mardar. Gudar-i-Shah is 25 miles from Gumbad-i-Sar-5'hela,
really in Afghan territory. — (C. E. Yate).
GULI KHARD—
A village of 15 houses, 8 cattle, and 8 donkeys.— (H. D. Napier, IS93.)
GUMBAD-I-NADIK—
Ruins on the west of the road between Dakki Dela and Bandar on the
border of Afghanistan and Seistan.—
GUMBAD-I-SAR-I SHELA or GUMBAD-I-SHELA—
Locally called Gumbad or Gumbad Sia. A halting-place in southern
Seistan, 13 miles from Ramrud, 14 miles from Slab Ah, and about 2 miles
north-east of the Shela river. Brackish water procurable from a well about
a mile or so to the north east of the Gumbads (domes). Camel-grazing and
firewood plentiful.
Gumbad-i-Sar-i-Shela, or Gumbad, as the place is locally called, consists^
of four-domed mausoleums of sun-dried brick on a low rise surrounded by
an ancient graveyard. The-e graves, like those at Haozdar, are all vaults
of sun-dried brick, built above ground, and all have been opened and the
bones could be seen lying inside. To the east there is another single-domed
mausoleum by itself, the graves in which have also been opened. Between
the two there are some Baluch graves on a mound, and here too are collec
tions of curious stones. One heap of cylindrical stones, carefully cut
and polished, and varying in size from about a foot to six inches in length
and from five to two inches in diameter, are very curious, and no explana
tion can be given as to what they were used for or from where they came.
Others were evidently the remains of pestles and mortars cut and polished
from some sort of marble.
One of the Seistani sowars, a resident of Sadaki, and formerly employed
by Taj Muhammad in these parts in pursuit of Babich raiders, told us that
there was a hill called MadanaJk, where there were valuable mines, which
were worked in olden days, though he did not know of what, but he
thought of copper.— {C. E. Fate.)
GUMBAD-I-SAR-I-ZIRREH—
Called Gumbaz-i-Shah by MacGregor. Five domes standing on a low ridge
some 2 miles south-west of the spot where the R. Shela may be said to cease
and the God-i-Zirreh to begin; the buildings were apparently mausoleum ;
no habitations or even a ruined fort. They are really in Afghanistan.—
{C. E. Yate.)
GURGALI—
A village of 50 houses, 40 cattle, and 80 donkeys.— (H. D. Napier.)