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QADAMGAH— Elev. 11,008' {tire.)
The name of a conspicuous peak in the mountains 40 or 50 miles east
of Damavand.— {Lovett.)
QADAMGAH ILIAS—
A halting-place in Kirmanshah district, 14 miles north of Kirmanshah
on the road to Sinneh near a rock of this name. There is a fine spring
of water here, and many villages and much cultivation around.
There are two caves here, on opposite faces of a rock above the pond
or spring. These are said to contain the tombs of the prophet Elias and
his brother. The one I visited contained ’an empty tomb, built of burnt
and sun-dried bricks. It is covered with bits of rags, and with wooden
birds on small sticks, placed there by pilgrims in testimony to vows made
at the shrine. The cave is much frequented by the Kurds of the neigh
bourhood, who are fond of making a sort of picnic there. They bring
with them a sheep or goat, which they sacrifice and eat on the spot in
honour of the saint, and then pray for luck.— {T. G. Plowden,
QADIRABAD—
A village containing about 20 families in the Damghan district, about
6 miles from Deh Mulla on the road to Damghan.— {Rozario; Bellew.)
QADIR PAIGHAMBAR—
A fortress mentioned by this authority as existing in the mountains
near Sultanieh in the Khamseh district.— {Le Brun.)
QAHAB—✓
One of the nine buluks of the province of Isfahan, situated east of Jai
and Barkhar. Its area is 260 square miles, its principal place is Qaha-
daristan, commonly called Kujuristan, close to Habibabad in the Bar
khar buluk. Its principal villages are Arzanan, Gavareh, Galunabad
{oulg. Chalunabad). Very few gardens in this buluk.
The Qahab district is watered entirely by canals called in Isfahan Kai,
and it is said that its name was originally Kai-ab changed into Qahab.—
{Schindler, 1910.)
QAHRAN—
A village in Khamseh 17| miles from Zinjan on the road thence to
Tabriz. Some say the name Qahran is a contraction of Kara Jairan (the
black gazelle) ?— {Schindler.)
QAIDU—
A small village in the district of Kamareh in the province of ’Iraq where
the Governor of Kamareh lives. The village is 16 miles north of the town
of Gulpalgan.
QAIMABAD— Lat. 32° 41' 40"; Long. 52° 49' 14".
A small village in the Nam district, situated on the east end of the Bil-
abad pass on the Nain-Isfahan road.— {Schindler.) .
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