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GAY—GAZ
here runs in two channels, each 30 yards wide, separated by a gravelly
bank or island : in the summer months the left channel only holds water,
the stream at midsummer being 10 yards wide and 2 feet deep of clear and
good water. During the melting of the snows, the river is unfordable and is
crossed 200 yards above the ford at a narrow point by a temporary wooden
bridge. The valley here is broad and cultivated: on the left bank
it slopes 2 miles low hills, on spur of which is village of Kaleh commanding
the ford and bridge. Height 5,500 feet.
It is crossed by a caravan route from Kirmanshah to Sinneh, 14 miles
south of Girdakanu. It is crossed by the Kirmanshah-Bijar road between
Sunqur and Bisitun, 21£ miles from the former; it is here a small
stream, with a descent to it of 300 feet, fordable, except* in flood, with
sound bottom.
The Gaveh-Rud valley is in the Sunqur district of Kirmanshah.—
(Napier; Vaughan; Schindler, 1902.)
gavsowAr—
A village on the road between Hamadan and Sultanleh, three stages
from the latter; it is situated in a plain.— (Morier.)
GAZ (1)—
A village 3 miles north-east of Damghan, to the left of the road to Skah-
r ud.— (Schindler. )
GAZ (2)— Lat. 320° 48' 15" (St. Jo/m.)—Kiev. 5,400'.
A large village, chief place of the Barkhar buluk of the Isfahan province,
11 miles from Isfahan on the road to Tehran. It is situated in the midst
of cultivation and has a good caravansarai. It is in the form of an enclo
sure, 800 yards by 500 yards, and flanked by round towers.— (Schindler.)
GiZ (3)—
A village with large gardens and enclosures, 3 miles north-east of
Damghan to left of the road to Shahrud.— (Schindler.)
GAZAFRUD—
A river in Gilan flowing into the Caspian between the villages of
Rud-i-Sar and Salmrud, on the road from Lahijan to ’Abbasabad.— (Holmes.)
GAZAN—
A small village of 60 houses in the Natanzrud division of Natanz on the
left of the road between Kashan and Isfahan, between Khaiidabad and
Natanz.— (Schindler, 1879.)
GAZANAK—
A village in Mazandaran, 3 miles from Rahna, on the road from Tehran
to Amul. It has about 50 houses.— (Napier.)
GAZ-GAZAREH—Kiev. 6,730'.
Stands in a cultivated valley below the north side of the Ramol pass
(Persian Kurdistan) on the Kandula-Sinneh road, 5 farsakhs from Sinandij.