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GUL—GUL
marks the second stage from Shushtar (53 miles) on that branch of the
Bakhtiari caravan road. It is surrounded by a certain amount of culti
vation. Fair supplies are obtainable, but the water, which runs in a
stream of brackish water, is scarcely drinkable owing to pollution from the
village. It bleongs to Darab Khan of the Chehar Lang Bakhtiari. 260,000
lbs. of grain and 390 lbs. of rice are sown yearly dependent on the rainfall.
The village pays 900 krdns taxes and owns 100 pairs of plough oxen and
80 horses. Population, 320.
In April the thermometer registered 62°, the barometer 28’5".
(Report of a journey through the Bakhtidrl country to Shushtar — Arhuthnot,
1905.)
GULGUL (1)—Lat. Long. Elev.
A mountain slope in the Pish Kuh of Luristan, 7 miles from the crossing
of the Madian river on the road to Deh Bala. There are some large camps
of Lurs by the road-side ; kdrlz streams and some little cultivation ; large
flocks and herds. About a mile farther on some stone fortifications crown
the adjacent low mounds and hills, with a large camp of the Amrai Lurs near.
Paths diverge from Gulgul to Hulilan, Khava, and Alishtar.— (Burton,
September 1897.)
GULGUL (2)— Lat. 33° 32' N. ; Long. 46° 17' E. ; Elev. 3,776'.
A valley in the Pusht-i-Kuh of Luristan, 15 miles south of Deh Bala,
on the road to Dizful. There is a stream down a fair area of cultivation
stretches. Camp room is available with abundant wood and water. The
grazing on the mountain sides is good or bad according to the time of year.
Supplies are dependent on whether crops are standing and on the presence
of flocks.— (Burton, September 1897.)
GUL-I-BAHAR—
A range of hills, just north of the Safid Kuh. It bounds the Barbarud
plateau on the south, half-way between Isfahan and Burujird.— (Schindler.)
GULISTAN— Lat. 27° 10' N.; Long 56° 16' E.
A hamlet of 3 or 4 houses and a large date grove in the Shamil district,
7| miles west of Bandar ’Abbas, on the road to Lar. A few wells in the
grove contain fresh water. No supplies. About 300 date trees. Live-stock
are : 8 donkeys, 20 cattle, 100 sheep and goats.— (Butcher, 1888—Sher
Jang, 1902—Wilson and Cruickshank, 1907.)
GULNABAD—
A village in Kirman, about 92 miles from the town of that name, on the
road to Yazd. It contains about 15 houses and has 2 qandts of sweet water.
—(Wood, 1899.)
GUL SAFlD (GARDAN-I-)— Lat. Long. Elev. 6,700'.
A pass in the Pusht-i-Kuh district of the Bakhtiari country over Kuh
Bazgaran, a spur of the Sabz Kuh. It is crossed on the 6th stage from
Isfahan at the 97th mile by the Bakhtiari caravan road.— (Morton, 1905 —
Arbuthnot, 1905.)