"دليل بلاد فارس. مجلد I" [و‎‎٩‎٠] (٨٢٠/١٨٤)

DASH YARD!—
Very extensive ruins on the Atrak, situated about 6 miles below the
Russian frontier post of Yaghitlum. According to Marco Polo its original
inhabitants were Christians. Silver coins bearing the effigy of Atonder
the Great are occasionally picked up amidst the rums. (Logofett, 190 .)
DASTGARDCN, DAST-I-GIRDtjN, DASTGIRDAN, DASTGlRDtfN,
DASTJIRDAN or DASTJARDUN— Elev. 2,850'.
A village in Khorasan, 54 miles north of Tabas. The plain on which
it is situated is very extensive, and the soil, which is cultivated to a large
extent, appears to be saline in many places, and patches of are of
frequent occurrence. To the west it terminates m the great kavir. The
total number of houses is said to be 1,000 and Hie population is about
4 000. The villages are all walled and towered, or else contain to t .
Wheat is largely grown and exported to Tabas. The roads over the plain
are boggy in rainy weather, but are said to dry rapidly. There are arge
flocks of sheep and goats belonging to the place, which graze on the slopes
of the surrounding hills, and a large number of camels are owned by the
people, many of whom are camel-drivers. Firewood and water are plenti
ful P There is no good camping-ground near ; it would have to be on the
slopes above Dastgardun. Supplies in small quantities can be procured at
Dastgardun itself, but a large quantity of supplies could be drawn from the
villages in the vicinity, as they are rich for this part of the country and
numerous There are roads from Dastgardun, which cross the desert
from Samnan and Damghan. The camels which carry tobacco from Tabas
to Tehran go by this road ; but no food for horses is procurable on it.-
(Stewart; Vaughan.)
DAST GlRVAN—
A village in Khorasan, 112 miles from Pusht-i-Badam, on the road to
Nishapur by Deh-i-Nau Band. It has 50 houses, good water, and some
wheat cultivation, but no caravanserai—{Gill.)
DAST-I-GIRD (No. 1)—
A village in Khorasan, betwee'n 5 and 6 miles from Meshed, on the
road to Sarakhs.—(MacGregor.)
DAST-I-GlRD (No. 2)—
A hamlet of about 6 houses with a spring of good water, 32 miles from
Khusf, on the road to Khur in Khorasan.—-(StewarJ.)
DAST-I-GIRD (No. 3)— n ^
A cluster of villages in Khorasan, on the road from Khur to Sabzawar,
and about 160 miles from the former town. Water and supplies are pro
curable.— {MacGregor.)
DAST-I-GlRD (No. 4)— Elev. 4,900'.
A village in the Bam-Safiabad district in Khorasan, 10 miles from Alas
. and 9 miles from Nasrabad. The lands belonging to Dast-i-Gird are nnga-
ed by a stream from Banidar. The village contains about oO families oi
Bughiri Turks. Water good supplies plentiful. (G. A. laU.) ^