"دليل بلاد فارس، المجلد I ويشمل محافظات أستراباد، شاهرود-بوستان، خراسان، وسيستان" [و‎‎٥‎٧] (٧٢٢/١١٨)

the attacks of Uzbeks and Turkomans, and were called the Chahar
Mujtfzil-i-Makhu£, “ the four dangerous stations.”
""oTFrom Nishapur to Quchan, Kuchan or Kabushan, the load "ops v i a
Xerendi 30 miles, Chekpneh 23 miles, etc. Zerendi, on the Sufid-rud,
between the Bar and Bar-i-Ma len districts, is a small village on the
southern limit of a district inhabited by the Amar u Kurds. Ihe district
is called Julgeh-i-Marus (the plain of
The Amarlu Kurds. IMarus, from Marus, principal village
of the district), or Khak i-Amarlu (the ground of the Amarlu), or Dcrreh-
i-Satid-rud (valley of the white river), or simply Kurdistan. I his little
district has a separate Governor, who generally resides at Mashad. It is
watered bv the Satid-rud and bounded on the east by the high mountains
of Bar, mi the west by the Bar-i-Maden district, on the south by the
Nishapur district, and on the north by the sub-district Sar-i-Vilayet, a
part of the Mashad district. The Amarlu Kurds were brought here by-
Nadir Shah, and number at present about 500 families, which are divided
into five branches, viz., Begearlu, Urtukanlu, Izullu, and llafiad-we-
do-millet. The villages of this district are—Zerendi, Sheid Quh, Kelateb-
i-Mamish Khan, Marjan, Marus, Kelateh-i-lsmail, Lang i-pam Tang-i-
bala, Oarii, Kelateh-i-Mulla, Kelateh-i Murad, Bur], Relateb-i-Mulla Jafer-
Ali, adah-i-Mustafi, Kelateh-i-Shahi, Sineh-i-Asp-pain, Khunaver S.neh-
i-Asp-Bala, d'he mad to Chekeneh follows the right bank of the bafid-rud
and enters the S .r-i-vilayet sub-district, somewhat north of Khunaver o
the east is t he lleidari mountain, above 9,000 feet in height, to he west are
several mountain ranges, 5,0;)0 to 6,000 feet high, with the villages Bam,
Zahamekan, etc., on their western slopes 1 be river uhich uateis the
Sar-i-velayet sub-district, called at its beginning Ab-i-Sultan Meid.m,
(lows below the village Sultan Meidan between two peaks called respec
tively, Markub and Ashiqkuh. Near Asluqkub lies the v.bage (.bekenec*
(originally Shah-kaneb) ; thence one road goes off to left to the Kuchan,
another to the right via Khalalu (Khanlerlu) Mashghuli, Gulsbanabad
Anderazi, Saidabad, Chinaran to Tus and Mashad. 1 his was also the o d
road between Asfarain (tsfara-’in) and Tus The valley of the Keshef-ruu
from Chinaran to Mashad forms the sub-district M lan-i-vilay et win
the country south-east of Mashad is called Pain-i-y.layet (middle and
lower country) ; many of the villages of the Mian-i-v.layet sub-district
are inhabited by the Kevanlu Kurds. t-.it- ^
A few nomads come every summer to Nishapur ; these are Baluchis and
Teimuris. The former settle down in the western, the latter in the eastern
part of the district. There are about 3,000 Baluchi families in Khorasau,
they were removed from Baluchistan ia \S6b In the Darb-i-qazi suu-
dish-ict, near the village Jilu and in the laghunkuh district near bhuiai,
live, since about 1839, some Afghan families. (Sc/un<l(et).
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