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HAND—MANS
MANDARIN—
A rich valley in Kirmanshah, inhabited by families of the Gurgal sec
tion of the Kalhur tribe.— (Plowden.)
MANDlLASAR—
A peak in the hills east of the Murdi valley and south of Maragheh, in
Azarbaij an.— {Schindler.)
MANDILU—
A village in Azarbaij an, 20 miles from Tabriz, on the right bank of the
Aji Chal.— {Schindler.)
MAGUNDEH—
A small river of Gilan which falls into the Enzali lake a little east of
the Pir Bazar stream. It is about 8 yards wide and flows between deep
sandy banks, and is crossed on the road from Enzali to Rasht by a wooden
bridge. On the occasion of the Russian attempt to advance on Rasht
they got only as far as this.— {Holmes ; Rabino.)
MANGAYl—Elev. 6,904'.
Village of 60 houses, 13^ miles from Hamadan on the road to Daulata-
bad Malayar.— {Schindler.)
MANGUR—
. A sub-division of the Bilbas Kurds, who lead a wandering life, pastur
ing their flocks in summer upon the Persian frontier, along the south skirts
of the mountains from Sardasht to Ushnu, and retiring on the approach of
winter far within the Turkish line to the warm pasture of Baitush and Gar-
migan, on the banks of the Lesser Zab. The sub-divisions of this tribe are as
follows :—
(1) Qadir Vaisi, (2) Zudi, (3) Rasgai, (4) Babrasu, (5) Marna Kana.—(Raw-
• linson.)
MAN IEH— vide Mian eh.
A village in Azarbaijan, on the right bank of the Surduz Chai, between
Shaikh Ahmad and Sauj Bulagh about 22 miles north-west of the latter.
—{Gerard.)
MANJIL—Lat. 36° 44' 0"; Long. 49° 21' 0".
A town of 1,600 inhabitants in the Gilau district on the road from
Kazvin to Rasht in Gilan, on the right bank of the Kizil Uzun or Safid
rud, as the united stream of the Kizil Uzun and Shahrud is called. The
Kazvin road crosses the river here by a serviceable iron bridge replacing
the old ruined Persian bridge. It is situated at the west extremity of the
Elburz range and is the last village in Gilan. It has a post house and
a Persian telegraph office.— {St.John; Todd; Monteith; Schindler.)
MANSHAR or MANSHAI (?)
A village in the Shirkuh District about 25 miles south of the town of
Yazd. It lies in a hollow and is watered by two streams. It is the largest
village of Shirkuh and has a mosque and a few shops.— (Stack.)