‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [‎92r] (188/722)

It has 80 or 100 houses, inhabited by about 50 Kurd and 50 Turk
families. A fair road has been constructed to it from Gok-Tapa. A pass,
practicable for artillery, leads to it from Kaplan Kaia, through which the
Turkmans were wont to raid.— [Thomson, Napier, Stephen.)
GARMA— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in ^Northern Khurasan, about 4 miles from Jah Jarm, on the road
to Shahrud by Nardm. It contains about 150 houses, the people of which
are entirely Ajamor Persian. Underground communication is said to exist
with a stone fort half a mile east of the village.—(iVajMer, MacGregor.)
GARM-AB.
A river in Northern Khurasan, a southern affluent of the river Atrak.—
[Intelligence Department, War Office.)
GARMA-KHAN— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. 2,440
A village in Khurasan, about 11 miles east by north from Bujnurd. A
fine tributary of the Atrak joins it near this village. Slnrvanis 21 miles
south-east. Water, forage, fuel, and some supplies are procurable. The
district of Garma-Khan is described as hot and unhealthy on account of the
rice cultivation.— [Thomson, Napier, MacGregor.)
GARM DASHT— Lat. , Long ; Elev. 2,100'.
A portion of the valley south of Kiarat, about 20' miles south-east cf
Astarabad.— [Lovett.)
GARMI-KHAS-I-CHINARAN.
A stream in Northern Khurasan, flowing close to Chinaran, is called the
Garmi-Khas. It passes through a narrow, well cultivated glen, 18 miles
north-west of Shirvan ; the hills on each side being chalk and coloured
loams, low and easy of access. The stream also flows through a defile called
the Garmi-Khas before reaching the Gurgan. The stream is of importance;
as it is joined very near its source by the Kara Kazan spring, the true source
of the Atrak according to many. The confluence is at Mina. So that a
settlement of the boundary by this river as the Atrak would involve the loss
to Persia of some fertile districts.— [Napier.)
GAR MUZDARAN— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A Persian post in Khurasan on the south bank of the Kashaf Rud, at about
4 miles east of the Mazandaran post, and 57 from Mashhad.'— [Napier.)
GAUDUSI— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A ruined fort in Khurasan. It occupies a very strong position on the westerly
road from Mashhad to Herat, and about 43 miles south of the former town.
There was formerly a village here, but the Turkmans have gradually carried
nearly all the inhabitants off. The fort is placed high above the left bank
of a stream with steep scarped sides. It could, no doubt, be made almost
impregnable; as it is not commanded, and a short covered way would enable
the garrison to procure water from over the cliff.'— [MacGregor.)
GAUNIS KHUN— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A village, 11 miles east of Burujfrd, on the Sultanabad road. It is situated
between high ridges, and has several villages near it.— [Schindler.)
GAUR— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A place in Afghanistan, south-east of Herat, near Tiwara, where the chief
of the Aimak lives.— [Stewart.)
GATJRAT— Lat. , Long. i Elev. ^
A stage in Afghanistan between Herat and Mazar-i-Shanf, 4 miles from the
former, and signifying u the country of the Gaur. It is not a village, but
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