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ALGHGR (No. 1)—
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A town in the district of Kain, Khorasan, and the chief town of the
Alghur buluh or sub-division. It is said to contain 300 houses.— (Bellew.)
ALGHUR (No. 2)-
A buluk or sub-division in the district of Kain, Khorasan, situated north
of Blrjand. It is said to c ntain upwards of 300 villages and hamlets and
farmsteads (mazra’eh), scattered about in nooks and dells amongst the hills.
Arvi and Zarvi are amongst the largest of the villages. Bellew’s report
gives the names of forty of them.— (Bellew.)
Alghur contains the following villages (Bellew) Mahiabad * (15
* Marked on the map. Gh >. k ’* Gazai >* NukM n,*
Lhah-i-Khan,* Hasanabad,* Ishaq ’Ambarabad
(20 houses), Firm] (15 houses), Isma’ilabad, Aldang, Naudeh, Arur (150
houses), Zar (150 houses), Pisteh Khan, Maian, Barkuk, Zamini, Taghab
Kundar, Khushki, Birinjan, Khaniq, Rashavand, Naik, Sihch, Tighdar,
Badmak, Haidara^ad, Aqa Mirza, Ayasiak, Sehdeh (280 houses), Maraci
Bujd (20 houses). 4
From this list, and taking the remainder at a little below the average
of the ones specified, say 80 houses each, a total of 2,810 houses is
arrived at, or 11,240 inhabitants.—(Z^. D. Napier.)
The revenue of the Alghur buluk is 1,720 tumans per annum.—(i/awh*
Bakhsh.)
ALGHUR (No. 3)—
A range of mountains in the district of Kain, Khorasan, having an ele
vation of some 12,000 feet above the sea. It lies above the village of Ghip,
which is itself 8,600 feet above the sea. To the north of this it is called
the Saqi, and to the south the Samand-i-Shah range. The Alghur range
gives its name to one of the principal buluks or sub-divisions of the
Kain district.— (Bellew.)
ALHAQ— Lat. 36° 22' 0" ; Long. 56° 14' tt".—(Napier.)
A hamlet f 30 houses in Khora an, on the road from Shahrud to Meshed,
12 miles from Miandasht and 8 from ’Abbasalad. There is a small
fort here in the last folds of the hills, tenanted by 90colonists who receive
a grant from Government for the protection of the road. There arc also
a dilapidated serai, a stream, and a few mulberry trees, and a good little
kdriz close at hand.—(5eZ/ew; Goldsmid', Khanikoff.)
* ALIABAD (No. 1)— Lat. 35° 11' 0" ; Long. 58° 56' 0".—(Napier.)
A small village of 30 houses, in the Azqand sub-division of the Turbat-
i-Haidari district of Khorasan. It is situated in a plain 16 miles west
of Turbat-i-Haidari, has a good supply of water, and is provided with a
strong wa 1 and a ditch.
It contains 10 ploughs of land and its annual revenue is 106 tumdns in
cash, 6 kharwdrs of grain, and 6 khanvdrs of chopped straw. The in
habitants possess BOO sheep and goats, 200 camels, 35 cattle and
donkeys —(Maula Bakhsh; Winter. 1905.)