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GUL-GUL
220
is composed of three villages ; Hajiabad, of 150 houses ; the Kaleh or fort,
containing another 150 houses ; and Pain Mahalleh with 200 hpuses-total
500 houses. Water good from Chashmeh-i-Sabz. Supplies plentiful.—(C. E.
Yate ; Maula Bakhsh.)
GULMAN DARREH, GHULMAN DARREH or GH1LMAN DAB.REH—
A small defile beyond Kizil Yad m hutal between Armutli and Dasht, in
the Buinurd district of Khorasan. A considerable stream passes through
this defile. It runs from the south and, passing the village of Dasht, enters
the Gurgan defile.—(MacLmn.)
GULMlRAN—
A village of a few miserable houses in the Sunmkhaneh sub-Amsion of
the Kain district of Khorasan. It is the second stage on the Tabas Kha
road, and is situated 28 miles from the former p ace. Good water-supply
from 3 Unzes. There are 10 families f Bah ^ who own 1,500 sheep
and goats.— (Zarudni, 1899; Keyes, IM) Abbas Ah, 1907.)
GUL MUHAMMAD—
A village in the KfLchan district of Khorasan, about % of a mile to the
right of the load from Zubaran fo Imam Quli, about 5 miles from the
former and about 12 miles from the latter. It contains about 20 families
of Za’afaranlu Kurds. There is no irrigation, and cultivation depends on
rain water,—(A
GULRlZ—
See Gulmaki
GULSHANABlI
A village in
from Hisar to Chaqaneh.
1 mile
UHUUUIH,
to Chaqaneh. It is about
from the latter, and about 17
2 miles from the former, about
irom mo miles from Saidabad. The village
contains 11 some 20 families of Mashkanlu (Za’afaranlu) Kurds, under the
chief of Kuchan, like all the Za’afaranlu villages in this part. Water
good; supplies procurable in small quantities. (C. E. Yate.)
GULUGAH— Lat. 36 ° 45 ' 40 Long. 53° 59' b0"~(Na V ier).
A village in the province of Astarabad, situated at the junction of the
cross roads to Shahrud and to Ashraf, and on the border of Mazandaran,
about 9 miles from Bandar-i-Gaz and about 14 miles from Ashraf. It is a
very straggling village, covering not less than 2 to 3 square miles, and is
said to have a population of 4,000 to 5,000 souls. The houses are of cane
and light wood-work, and are usually surrounded with ricks of hay and
straw The scattered position of the houses is intended as a precaution
against fire. The distance from the shore to the cultivated margin of
the village is about 8 miles. . .
Gulugah is the last village in the Astarafcad district in this direction.
Indian corn and sugar-cane are grown here, and buffaloes are also to be seen.
A stream of the same name divides the province of Mazandaran from
that of Astarabad.—(Aa/Aer; MacLean.)