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Its population is about 3000. It is frequently mentioned in history.
In the northern part of the town stands the Bashnighan castle with a draw
bridge. In the southern part stands the castle called Kaleh-i-Hir, surrounded
by a double wall. Maibud with its deep ditch and strong walls and towers
and only two small well-defended gates must have been an almost impreg
nable place in former times. Of the colleges, mosques, and other public
buildings of the Muzafari family in the 13th and 14th century nothing is now
(1879) to be seen. South of the town and close to it is the grave of a Sultan
Rashid. [Abbott ; Smith ; E. Smith ; Floyer ; Sykes ; Schindler, 1879.)
MAID AN—
A village in lower Silakhur, south of Burujird, and 181 miles from that place
by the road, the right side of the Tahij river.— [Schindler.)
MAIDANJIG—
A large village in Azarbaijan, 10 miles south of Bunab, to the left of the
road to Sauj Bulagh.— [Gerard.)
MAIDANJIQ-r
A large village in Azarbaijan, on the road from Maragheh to Mianduab
and 2 miles north-east of Malik Ktm&l.—[Schindler.)
MAHIDASHT or MAIDASHT—Elev. 5,050'.
_A village 18 miles west of Kirmanshah on the main road thence to Ragh'
dad, situated in the centre of the fertile plain of the Mahidasht on the right
bank of Ab-i-Mark, a stream of fresh water, slightly muddy, about 20 yards
broad, fordable in summer and spanned by a fine brick bridge, There are
about 60 houses with 2 or 3 shops and a caravansarai built by Shah ’Abbas,
about 80 yards square, capable of accommodating 200 men and 200 horses,
recently in 1902 repaired by ’Ala-ud-Dauleh. The place is inhabited by Kal-
hur Kurds, a large proportion of whom migrate during the winter to Mandall
and Khaniqln with their flocks. The inhabitants of the village appear to be
half nomad, many of them spending a portion of the summer in tents adjoin
ing their houses in preference to dwelling in them. Their houses are largely
used as lodgings for pilgrims to Karbala. Roads run from here to Gavarra
(Guowara on map), distance 25 miles, and thence to Karind and Mian Taq
(same place as S-urkhedizeh, V'tde Karind and Surkhedizeh) and also south
east along the Ab-i-Mark into Luristan.
Supplies : cattle, including plough oxen 200, horses 30, donkevs 100, sheep
2,000, goats 4,000.— [Vaughan.)
MAHIDASHT (MAIDASHT.)-
Bul~tk or district of Mahidasht.—
Chief place, village of the caravansarai of Mahidasht, the first stage or
the road from Kirmanshah to Baghdad. Governor Haji Agha Khan, wh<
is answerable for the revenue.
. The °f Mahidasht is* some 10 miles in breadth and 70 miles in length
rt is watered by numerous irrigation canals and kandts and by the rive:
Mark. There are also a number of springs on Hie plain and on the adjacen
onnrfa tf 111 s ^ eS; r ^ se i n many instances to numerous streams whicl
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