"دليل بلاد فارس، المجلد I ويشمل محافظات أستراباد، شاهرود-بوستان، خراسان، وسيستان" [و‎‎٨‎٦] (٧٢٢/١٧٦)

Kuelian and flows north, past the villages of ImamguH, Shorak, Durbadam,
Durangar, and Nanthandam to the Atak. The valley is capable o£ an
almost unlimited increase of cultivation in the unirrigated lands. A very
small quantity of silk is raised and some cotton, tobacco, and opium, the
latter for home consumption. Prior to about the year 1870 the use of the
latter drug was unknown, but since its introduction it has been largely
consumed by all classes.— {Napier.)
DU HANGAR— Lat. 37° 32' 30", Loxg. 58° 36' 20"; Elrv. 3,600 ' [Na
pier] .
The most northern Kurd village of the province of Daraghaz in Khurasan.
It is more properly a collection of hamlets, four in number, on the banks of
the Daraghaz; or, as it is called, the Durangar stream. Those lying up
stream are known as Durangar-i-Turki ; the lower hamlets Durangar-i-
Kurdi. They muster altogether about 200 “tufanchis” (musketeers), which,
would give a population of from 1,000 to 1,200 souls. The hamlets are
all defended by good walls and towers, and the men always around. They
are indifferent marksmen and use heavy rifles, supported on a forked rest.
Durangar is 8 miles from Askabad.— {Baker, Gill, Napier.)
DURBABAD— Lat. 37° 30'0", Long. 58° 30'0"; Elev.
{Stewart).
A village in Northern Khurasan, 30 miles north-west of Muhammadabad, in
Daraghaz .—{Stew a rt .)
DORI, or DAHRI— Lat. 33° 30' 0"; Long. 56° 8' 0", Elev.
{Walker). ^ . .
A halting place on the road from Khur to Tabbas in Khurasan. There is a
single house here, where a few supplies are procurable. The water is
brackish, but there is a spring of fresh water some three miles off.—
{MacGregor.)
DtJRTJD*— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. ' •
A river in Khurasan rising in the hills to the south-west of Mashhad and
flowing north-east into the Kashaf-Rud. Its waters are diverted by chan
nels for the supply of the town of Mashhad. {Napier.)
DURTJH— -Lat. 32° 15' 30", Long. 60° 26' 20"; Elev. 3,900 ' {St.
John). . , ^ . ,
A laro-e walled village in the Numimabad district of Khurasan, on the road
from ^Biriand to Sistan, and 86 miles south-east of the latter town. It
contains 300 houses and almost 2,000 inhabitants, and has extensive culti
vation and some gardens surrounding it. The hill which more particularly
overlooks it is crowned by a very old and ruined fort, which they say dates
from the time of the first Kaiani kings. From Duruh caravans go m five
easy marches to Farah (Afghanistan). It possesses six small springs ot
excellent water and two water canals (kanats). Its climate is good all the
year round, but cold in winter. It is protected by two fortified towers on
some rocky heights overlooking the village. ^ +1 -vr"
The Duruh valley is a favourite pasture ground of the Ihats ot the ivain
district on account of the protection it affords from lurkman and Afghan
raids. Their black tents are scattered all over the valley, but mostly along
the hill skirts, where water is generally found. Their flocks of goats and
sheep are very numerous, but not so camels and horned cattle, their goats
* The “ Two Streams.”