"دليل بلاد فارس، المجلد I ويشمل محافظات أستراباد، شاهرود-بوستان، خراسان، وسيستان" [ظ‎‎١‎٨‎٢] (٧٢٢/٣٦٩)

l>ase. Towards the south, the valley rises rapidly up to the hills. To the
west, the valley slopes rapidly down‘to Birjand. Its climate is bleak, and in
winter rigorous, snow lying on the ground for about two months’. The
people are a handsome, fair-complexioned race, particularly the women
They are well-clothed, and live comfortably.— (Gold amid, Bellew, Rozario.)
MtJGHAN (Shahrud) — Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village on the Shahrud plain, 1 mile south of Shahrud.—
Gregor.)
MUGBJ —Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A pass in ivhurasan over the Maisur hills leading from the Nimhhlhk fn
the Gdnabad valley.— {Bellew.)
MUHAMMADABlD—L at. 37° 19' 30", Long. 58° 59' 40" • Elev ] 200'
{Napier ).
A village in Khurasan, and the chief place in the khanate of Daraghaz. It
is contained within double walls, which enclose about 1,200 houses,'all of the
poorest description. There are two gates to the inner wall—one on the south
called Bala Darwaza, and the other on the north called Pain Darwaza • and
they are connected by a street, with trees down the centre, in which are the
shops of the place. The former town seems to have occupied a space of
oo0 yards by 400, and to have been enclosed within a good wall with
towers at the corners and at every fifty yards in the curtain and these forti
fications still remain Probably, owing to increase of population, a further
space of 50 yards all round has been enclosed ; and the north side is
surrounded by an ordinary wall and a good broad ditch. In the north
west corner of this area is a mound of the height of about 40 feet, lookim,
mnruf nff W Y* a P ortio11 of the 1 »0 yards square,
marked off The regular! y of the streets in Muhammadabad is remarkable
They are la,d out at rrght angles to the walls, and have two main streets,
which meet in the centre, coming from the four points of the compass. The
governor of the district, who resides here, was in 1881 Muhammad Ah'
Khan, who holds the title of ‘ Begler Begi ’> Beg of Bco-h) ““ Shf
The governorship of Daraghaz is hereditary in his famiTy ; and thouo-1, the
Shah occasionally changes the governor, he always appoints a man of this
family, who, besides the title of Begler Begi, holds thi rank of Sarti'p i-Aw!
- ‘ ’ 1 g en 6ial of the fust class in the Persian army. The usual garrison of
Muhammadahad consists of the cavalry, 500 in number, which the o-overnor
is bound to keep up for the defence of the border; hut frequently half a
“ Statl ° ned sometimes 7^“-
MUHAMMADABAD—Lat. Long e
whthTis n 3fmUef 11 ItA'^'o T ‘V ^ fr0m Sistan, ftmn
c It is miles. It is walled, and contains 100 bouses with 2() tents
m the environs, inhabited by Arabs—
MUHAMMADABAD—Lat. , Long. • Elev
A village in Khurasan, 45 miles east of TYira ^
There is water and also supplies here.—{MacGregor.) ^ ^ ^ Bll ' ]and -
MUHAMMADABAD*—Lat. Lonp t' 1
A village in Khurasan, about 52 miles north-west of
cattle TOn The S little ‘cdtivation considerable herds of
is cnietiy cotton. There is a water-