'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME I' [‎263r] (542/820)

MAHUl—
A village in the Tun buluk of the Tabas district of Khorasan.— (Bellew.)
MAHYILAT—
A buluk, or sub-district, of the Turbat-i-Haidari district of Khorasan. It
is an undulating plain situated to the south of the Kuh-i-Faghan {q.v.), with
numerous villages on it, the principal of wdiich is Faizabad, where a deputy
governor, subject to the governor of Turbat-i-Haidari, resides. This is
the chief soiree of supply of silk for the Turbat district. The melons of
this buluk are famous all over Khorasan.
The following is a list of the principal villages of this buluk ;—Dar-
mlan, Faizabad, ’Abdullahabad, Muhammadabad, Hasanabad, Shamsabad,
Mihna, Kalat-i-Nau, Durghabad, Sarmindasht, Sabira, Shahrah, and
Mianabad.— '{Stewart; Bellew ; Watson, 1906.)
MALAR—
A village in the Kadkan sub-division of the Meshed district in Khora
san.— {Maula Bakhsh.)
MAIAF—
See Rudbar (River).
MAIAMAI (No. 1) (? GAIAMAI)—
A village in the Meshed district of Kborasan, one farsakh to the south of
the road to Sarakhs by Mazdaran. It has a population of 50 Persian
families who own 100 cattle and 1,000 sheep and goats. The annual
production of wheat and barley is 200 kharwars each.— {MacGregor;
Oranoffsky, 1894; Smyth, 1906.)
MAIAMAI (No. 2) (Shahrud) — Lat. 36° 24' 57"; Long.55° 38' 45"; Elev.
3,068'.— {Lemm.)
A village in the Shahrud-Bustam district 40 miles east of Shahrud, on the
road to Meshed. It is a fine village, picturesquely situated at the foot of
two remarkable twin mountains, which form a landma k for many miles
round. This ridge has its origin in a spur which, starting from Klmsh
Yallaq, bounds the valley called Pusht-i-Bustam on the south, and runs
east of Bustam and then, turning west, is broken up into more or less
disconnected ridges round Maiamai, where there is an isolated peak ris
ing to a height of 6,000 feet above sea-level. The village is surrounded
by a wall with 16 towers ; has two mosques, a fine caravanserai A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers). , now in
want of repairs, built in 1655 by Shah ’Abbas II, and a post-house. The
Maiamai water comes from between the twin mountains in the south
through the Kalachian valley, and is called Ab-i-Kalachian or simply Ab-
i-Maiamai. On one of the hills (the western one) are the ruins of a fort
with four towers, a cistern and some graves. A foot-path leads from
Maiamai up the Kalachian valley, between the two valleys into the
BIrjumand plain beyond.
Maiamai pays a yearly revenue of 172 tumdns, 18 kharwdrs corn and
21 kharwdrs straw. It has about 180 families, who manufacture coarse
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