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DAQQ-I-QARSH AB—
A name given to a great depression in the surface of the ground between
Chahrakhts and Yazdan in Khorasan, which receives the drainage from
the Sunnikhaneh. This daqq is about 26 miles long and 7 miles wide.
In winter, after heavy rain, it becomes a sheet of water ; but in the dry
season, only a portion of the bed is covered ; the rest is deep mud, very
unpleasant to cross. The water is beautifully clear, but very salt to the
taste.— {Stewart.)
DAQQ-I-TUNDl—
A daqq or depression in the Dasht-i-NamadI, similar to the Daqq-i-
Qarsh Ab.— {Stewart.)
DARAMIAN—
A picturesque village, 12 miles east of Astarabad, situated on a r hill-
slope 2 miles off to the left of the road toBandar-i-Gaz.— {MacGregor.)
DARBAND (No. 1)—
A village of 40 houses in Khorasan at the foot of the Kuh-i-Saluq^
in a defile formed by the Kuh-i-Saluq on the east and the Kuh-i-Buhar
on the west, and at the beginning of the Dasht-i-Shaughan. It is also call
ed Darband-i-Shaughan.— {Schindler .)
DARBAND (No. 2)—
A village in Khorasan, 3| miles south of Kuchan, on the road to Sabza-
war.— {MacGregor.)
DARBAND (No. 3)— Lat. 37° 36' 30"; Long. 57° 1'0*— {Intelligence Divi-
j - sion. War Office.)
A village in Northern Khorasan, 20 miles north-west of Bujnurd.—
{Intelligence Division, War Office.)
DARBAND (No. 4)—
A group of 3 small villages in Kurdish Khorasan, 20 miles from:
Muhammadabad the capital of the Darreh Gaz district, and on the road to
Kuchan.— {Napier ; Stewart.)
DARBAND (No. 5.) —Elev. 3,800'.
A halting-place mKirman, 114 miles north of the town of that name,
on the road to Naiband. It has a large and well-kept caravanserai, capable-
of accommodating some 200 men, surrounded by a few date-palms. The
water-supply is from a spring which, though sweet, haa a somewhat un
pleasant taste. There is some camel-grazing, but supplies are very scarce.
The serai, which has a garrison of 5 soldiers, is commanded by some hills
to the east.
Nine miles north of Darband, between it and Chehilpai, is a water
course, flow.ng. eastwards, which forms the boundary between the province*
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