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ZAIDAR— Lat. 36 o 25'40 // ; Long. 55° 44'0"— (Napier).
A small village of 20 houses, in the Armian sub-district of Shahrud-
Bustam, a few miles east of Maiamai on the high road to Meshed, 46 miles
from Shahrud; was built by Haji Mirza Akasi, Prime Minister of
Muhammad Shah, and garrisoned by 20 tufangchis to guard the road
against Turkomans. There are also two or three watch towers in close
proximity, built about 12 years ago. Zaidar gets water from two water
courses, which form a swamp a short distance to the north-west and then
run on to Ibrahimabad. The place is generally called Kaleh-i-Zaidar, the
pass at the entrance of which it stands Dehaneh-i-Zaidar.— (Schindler.)
ZAIMIR—
A village in the Turbat sub-division of the Turbat-i-Haidari district of
Khorasan.— (Bellew.) %
ZAINABAD—
A village in the Tun sub-division of the Tabas district of Khorasan.
Proceeding from Tabas to Bushruieh, the road to Zainabad turns off
48 miles from Tabas.— (MacGregor ; Bellew.)
ZAINADALLLT or ZAIN-UD-DINLU— Lat. 37° 30' 0"; Long. 58° 39'0''—
(Intelligence Division, War Office).
A group of two villages, Upper and Lower Zainadallu, in the Darreh Gaz
district of north-eastern Khorasan. They are situated in the Duringar
valley and contain 105 families of Kurds, who own 320 cattle and 3,000
sheep and goats. The normal annual production of wheat and barley
amounts to 1,440 and 720 Indian maunds respectively. Good water-sup
ply from the Duringar stream.— (C. E. Yate; OranofJsJcy, 1894.)
ZAIN-UD-DILLt or ZAQARIA—
Name of an old building said to contain the tomb of the prophet
Zachariah, situated on the south bank of the Gurgan river among the ruins
of some old town in the Astarabad district.— (C. E. Yale.) »
ZAIN-UD-DIN— Elev. 4,960'.
A halting-place-in Kirman, about 40 miles from Yazd, on the post road,
from there to Kirman. It, and the two succeeding stages, Kirmar.shahan
and Shams, constitute the three “ desert ” stages on this route.—( Wood,
1899.)
AMlNlBlD (Nc. 1)—
A hamlet 4 miles from Jajarm on the road to Sankhas in Khorasan.—
(Schindler.)
ZAMANABAD (No. 2)—
A large village to the south of the road from Za’afarani to Nishapur in
Khorasan. It is situated at about 24 miles from Za’afarani. Water good.
Supplies plentiful.— (Mania Bakhsh.)
ZAMlNABAD—
A village in Khorasan, 16 miles from Nishapur, on the road to Sabzawar.
It now contains eight houses, surrounded by the usual mud wall, and.
situated among corn-fields. The water is brackish, from kdriz streams.
There is a strongly-built brj.ck bridge here, thrown over the salt river
Shikab — (Goldsmid ; Bellew.)