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water is procurable near. There are three or four hamlets round this,
place about 2 or b miles off. It contains some Hindu shopkeepers, and
has a certain importance as being the junction of roads for Tabbas, Turshiz,
and Bashruyah.— [MucGrcgor,)
D1H-MULLAH*— Lat. 36° 16' 9', Long. 51° 4L 0"; Elev. 3,856 '
(Lemm). .
A villao-e in Shahrud, in the frontier line between that province and that
of Mazandaran. It is a village of 100 houses with a ruined fort on a mound
and a lar<m caravanserai. Supplies are.procurable in small quantities.
The water of the stream that irrigates the gardens of the village is
brackish; but about 1 mile beyond, and near the serai, is an excellent stream.
The caravanserai is loopholed and capable of being defended against
any sudden attack. In the small mountain range, about 4 miles south of
Dih-Mullah, there are said to be mines of gold and copper. This village
pays a revenue of 2,000 tumans (£800) and 51/0 kharwars of grain (about
220 tons).— {Stuart, East,wick, P<-Uy, GoGisutid 1G73 ; IS a pier , 1S74.)
DIHKUD— Lat. 30° 8' SO'VLong. 59°, 6'30 // ; Elev. 5,300 ' [Walker).
A villao-e in Khurasan, on the road from Mashhad toMshapur, and 23 miles
from the latter place. It is situated in a fertile valley in a forest of
gardens and fruit trees consisting of almond, walnut, apple, pears, mulber
ries, and others.
This village possesses very little corn land, and suffered in consequence
very severely from the famine of 1871, which is said to have swept off 1,500
inhabitants out of 3,000. It still contains some 500 houses, of which 300
were inhabited in 1874 .—[G ddsmid, Eaan-S<mth, Bellew, Napier.)
DIH SANG KILADAR— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in Khurasan, 12 miles from Shurab, on the road from Nishapurto
Sabzawar. The boundary between the Nishapur and Sabzawar districts is
at this point. There is a grand caravanserai and a station for post horses
here.— {liozario.)
DIH SAR-I-ZAH—Lat. , Long ; Elev.
A village in Khurasan, 45 miles from Mashhad, on the road to Daraghaz.—
[Napier.)
DIH SIH FARSANG— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in Khurasan, midway between Bajistan and Unasi, on the road to
Turbat-i-Haidari. It is situated in a plain covered with wild rue, poppies,
and camel-grass; and there is a gap in the mountains just above the village,
said to be a Turkman route.— [Rozario.)
DIHSIK— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A village in Khurasan, miles from Shahrud, on the road to Turshiz.
There are gardens here.— [Taylor.)
DIH SONANDA—Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village of Chinaran in Kurdish Khurasan, 5| miles north-north-west of
Kadkan, on the road to Daraghaz.— [Napier.)
DIHtTSHK— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. ^ 7 .
A village, with fruit gardens in a picturesque glen, in the Nimbuluk district
of Khurasan, a few miles to the west of the road from Kain to Girimunj.-—
{Bellew.)
* The “ Sailor’s Village.’