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GUR-GUR
In short, the town would seem to have been built by Ardaslnr Baba
Khan, the founder of the Sassanian dynasty, on the site of an older town,
Gur, and he then changed the name to Ardashir Khuvrih, or “ the
glory of Ardashir.” In the 10th century it was taken by Azad-ud-
Daulat, who was of the Dilemite dynasty, which held the mastery in
Fars in the 10th and part of the 11th centuries. The name then
became Flruzabad at the dictates of its new master. {Durand.)
GURAK—Lat. _ Long. _ Elev.
A village in Fars, 12 miles from Bushahr on the Flruzabad road.
There is water here from wells, and groves of date trees. (Jones.)
This place is called Mir Abdulla also. It has fifty or sixty huts,
grouped round a masonry building, with an upper storey. Wheat and
barley are cultivated, dependent on rainfall.
(Jones — Taylor — &t. John — Telly — Durand.)
GtlRAKALAN—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village on the western border of Kurdistan, two stages from Zohab
on the road to Sullmanla.
GURAM or GURAN—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the island of Kishm, Persian Gulf, at the entrance of the
straits of the same name. It may be known by an old mosque.
There are some reservoirs here, and after rain there is plenty of good
water. It is said to have formerly been a Portuguese station. It is
resorted to, like Laft, by many boats, for firewood, which is sent to all
parts of the Gulf; large quantities are kept stacked on the shore
ready for shipment. (Constable — Stiffe—Persian Gulf Pilot — Bracks.)
GtiTRAN—Lat. Long. Elev.
A district of Karmanshah. In 1834, when British officers were
attached to the Persian army. Major Rawlinson was appointed to raise
a regiment of Guran Kurds, which he succeeded in doing. The
Kurds, from which this regiment was formed, are a frank and hospitable
race, and, like most mountaineers, are hard and enduring; very little is
known of their faith, which appears to embody the various doctrines of
Judaism, Christianity, and Shiah Muhammadanism. They are termed
’All-Uahls, and are supposed by Major Rawlinson to be of Jewish
origin.
Regarding this tribe, Mr. T. C. Plowden (1881) says : “ The Gurans
have frequently threatened to transfer their allegiance to Turkey, and
but for their disinclination to quit the sacred vicinity of Zardah (the
holy place of the AH-llahl sect), they would, in their impatience of
control, probably have emigrated ere this to Sullmanla. They are a
branch of the Kalhur. Their present teritory extends from the plain
of Mahldasht to Harun Nishln Khan near Banah. Kala Zanjlr
and Mount Dalahu are included in it. The territory of the tribe is
separated from that of Turkey by the Upper Diala. The present chief
is Husain Khan, son of Asad-Ullah Khan, who is both Sartlp and
Hakim (vide Kalhur) and resides at Gahwara, south of Karlnd. His
regiment of infantry is considered to be the best in the province of
Karmanshah. It is divided into eight companies, each 100 strong,