'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME I' [‎48r] (100/820)

A small village in the Chinaran Valley, between Bnjnurd and Chinarasi
in Northern Khorasan. On top of a hill just be} 7 ond the village is the
grave of Imamzadeh Shahzadeh Sultan Ibrahim.— {Schindler.)
BlGrLIDILI—
A village of Khorasan, 52 miles from Astarabad, on the road to Kara
Kala.— {Taylor > Thomson.)
BIGNAN—
A village of Khorasan. It is the fourth stage (about 55 miles) from
Tabas to Turshiz.— {MacGregor's Routes.)
BIHAD or BIHUD or BIHAD!, or BIHAT (Hats) (No. 1)—
A range of low hills in Khorasan north of Kain and dividin g it from
Nimbuluk. They consist of mounds of trap, dark marble rock, old red
sandstone, and grey clay, among the whole of which talc, quartz, and slate
are lying about loose. The pass Gudar-i-Gul is 800 feet above Kain. These
hills are a continuation of the Barfi range.— {Rozario ; Goldsmid ■; Bellew.)
BIHAD, BlHUD, BIHTJDI, or BlHAT (Village) (No. 2)—
A village in the Kain huluk of the district of the same name. It is situat
ed near the hills described below, and is 42 miles from Tun on the road
to Kain. It has good Water and same supplies.—(-Redfen’ ; MacGregor.)
bihmangan—
See Behmangan,
BIJAN— F ’
A village of Khorasan near Nishaptir on the road to Meshed. It is situate
ed on the western base of the Nishapur mountains, where there are numer
ous flourishing villages and gardens.— {Bellew.)
BUISTAN (No. 1) (District)—
One of the five buluks of the Tabas district. It contains the following vil
lages :—Bijistan, Kalateh-bMirza, Daris, Varzu, Darcheh Darqas, Pukkah,
Rui Sang, Sar-i-Deh, Fakhrahad, Yunsi, Marandaz, Rud-i-Gaz, and others.
Bijistan is in a valley ; the mountains surrounding it consist of mounds of
basalt, granite, metamorphie rook, green rock, slates, and yellow and red
sandstones.
Drift stones of every description and saline deposits are found in the
watercourse ; good-sized bana trees, together with smaller plants of
rhubarb, absinthe, broom, tulips, and lilies, are seen about the hills.
Barley, wheat, opium, and silk are produced in fair quantity. The
district suffered fearfully from the famine of 1872 by death and emigra
tions. The villages are, for the most part, well watered, and their fields
fertile.
The revenue of the Bijistan sub-division of Tabas is 3,500bimdws per
annum.— {Rozario ; BellewMazda Bakhsh.)