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NIG—NUV
NIGIL (Kalatarzan)—
A village of the district of Kalatarzan. There is here an old mosque called
Abdullah Omar or Omaran. In thi^s mosque there is an old Cofan in Kufic
writing, said to have been written over a thousand years ago.
NIGIL (Hubitu)—
A village of the district of Hubitu .—{Government list.)
NIRVAN (Baneh)—
A village of the district of Baneh. It is at farsahhs from Seiranbend and
7| from Alut on the road between the two.— {Customs.)
NIZI (Javarud)—
A village of the district of Javarud .—{Government list.)
NUGHUD (Avroman Lihun)—
Chief place of the district of Avroman Lihun. It was taken in 1870 by
Farhad Mirza’s troops and was set fire to and its gardens destroyed.
Below Nughud, near the river Shirvan, is a tomb said to be that of Imam-
zadeh Izhak.
NUIJGAH or NAMAZGAH (Baneh)—
A village of the district of Banneh. It is 3 farsalchs from Baneh on the road
thence to Alut. Darineh Mustapha is 1J, and Sadbar 2 farsakhs distant.—
{Customs.)
NUSHUR—
A village, the property (1897) of Khwaja Parviz Tajer Bashi of Senna, Persian
Kurdistan, stands 3 miles up the valley of same name, which runs down to the
left bank of the Gav-rud, opposite the village of Kishlaq Iskander. There are
50 houses of Kurds ; the village is surrounded by timber and fruit trees. The
water supply is very good and abundant. The mountains immediately adjacent
are shaly, arid, and void of trees. The valley runs down from the northern slopes
of the Abdalan mountain, the cultivable and watered portion being about 5
miles in length. There is a stream with a considerable volume of wate thickly
lined with poplar and willow. Grass grows luxuriantly, and there are quantities
of black-berry, rose bushes, etc. The whole length of the valley is lined with
a narrow but gradually widening stretch of vineyards and cornfields. There
are also a number of groves of oak, some of a large size, and walnut and fruit
trees. A path from the Gav-rud valley to Yamenan and south-west on to Java
rud crosses the valley one mile from the Gav-rud. Corn is cut at the end of J uly
and beginning of August.— {Burton.)
NUVARA (Hubitu)—
A village of the district of Hubitu .—{Government list.)