"دليل بلاد فارس، المجلد I ويشمل محافظات أستراباد، شاهرود-بوستان، خراسان، وسيستان" [و‎‎١‎٠‎٩] (٧٢٢/٢٢٢)

3. A tributary of the Kalmura, flowing 1 through the Isfarain plain,
from which it takes its name. It provides irrigation for the largest village
in the bu/uk, viz., Mianabad.— (MacGregor, Napier.)
IS FI AN— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A range of hills in Khurasan, in the district of Kain, being a continuation of
the Bihad range. It runs north-west and south-east to the north-west
of Dasht-i-'hiiaz, and at one point rises into a high mountain, the Suja
Kuh. In the valley at its base are the villages of Manaidah and Bushkabad,
and numerous hamlets.— (Bellew.)
ISF1D1LI'—Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A village in the district of Kain, Khurasan, and 27 miles from the town of
Kain on the road to Herat. It has some supplies, but the water is brack
ish.— (MacGregor.)
ISFIItGI— Lat. 87° 22' 50 ,/ , Long. 58° 13'20; Elev. ' (Napier).
A line village in Kurdish Khurasan, lying buried in a rocky glen on the
south face of the main Kuran Dagh range. The hill sides are covered
with terraced vineyards and orchards, and the village and stream are half
surrounded by groves of plane and poplar. The flnest fruit in Khurasan
is said to be grown here, and tinds its way to the markets of Mashhad and
Sabzawar. The village has bO houses, many of them in a ruinous condition,
from the effects of earthquake. The revenue paid is almost nominal, a large
portion of the village being held in fief by relatives of the Khan of Kuchan.
The wheat lands of the glen are said to be particularly productive, the price
(within reach of a market at Mashhad) being 35 lb. of wheat per kran,
-— (Napier.)
ISF1ZAR— Lat. 32° 52'5", Long. 59° 36'45"; Elev. ' (Lentz).
A village in Khurasan, situated under the Kuh Muminabad, and 27 miles
east of Birjand. It consists of some houses inside a fortlet, fixed in a com
manding position ; and a few outside. The fort would, doubtless, be difficult
to take it only infantry were employed; as its walls are very high, and it is
not commanded in any way. it is now, however, going to ruin. The
inhabitants are partly Shiah and partly Sum. It has a few gardens and corn
fields around it, with a good and sufficient supply of water from canal. From
Istizar there are direct roads to Sar-i-Bishah and Hum on the Sisiau road.
— (MacGregor, Forbes, Napier.)
ISHKABAD—Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
One of the buluks of Nishapur. ii consists of an unextensive, barren, unheal
thy tract of plain lying to the south-west of Nishapur, traversed by two
rido-es of the Kuh Mash, known as Chashma, Yakut, and Kam-i-Safid. The
soifis saline and unfertile. There are in all 32 villages and hamlets, and the
population is estimated at 8,000. The amount of revenue realized from
this buluk is 3,000 tumans.— (Napier.)
ISHK AM BARA BAD—Lat. ,Long.^ ; Elev.
A village in the Alghur district of Kain, Khurasan. It is 9 miles north-east
of Birjand on the road to Kain. It has bO houses and a little cultivation.—
(Goldsmid, Bellew.)
ISHK AM BAR— Lat. ^ , Long. ^ ; Elev.
A small tributary of the Khash river in Kliurasan. It rises a few miles
north-east of Birjand, and has a south-eastern course through a deep and
boulder-strewn ravine.— (Bellew.)
ISIIKAR—Lat. , Long. ^ ^ ; Elev. ^ b
A village of Khurasan, 66 miles from Turshiz, on tlie road to Khaf.— (Taylor)