"دليل بلاد فارس، المجلد I ويشمل محافظات أستراباد، شاهرود-بوستان، خراسان، وسيستان" [ظ‎‎٩‎٢] (٧٢٢/١٨٩)

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a small district and the head-quarters of the Aimak or nomad tribe of
Taimuni.— [Stewart.)
GASK Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
a" laro-e villa^e in South-Eastern Khurasan. It lies 9 miles south of
Sari-Chak, anrf about 3U from Birjand. The Tuk river hows at miles
distance.— [Stewart.)
GAVIN Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A hamlet on the eastern border of Khurasan. It lies 9| miles north of
Dumlq and 6| from Lahno^the extreme frontier east of Birjand.—
GAWARS— Lat. , Long. _ ; Elev. 600 '
Formerly an Akhal Turkman post m the Atak, now Russian, lies 22 miles
south-east of Askabad. It forms the extremity of the newly acquired
Trans-Caspian province. M. Lessar, in his journey to Sarakhs, says there
was no water after Gawars for 50 vents. The Gawars pass, by which the
Turkman used to raid from the Akhal country, passes fiom Daiaghaz to
Anau.— ( Stewart, Thomson.)
GAZ (or GIZ) BASHI. , _
A stream in North-Eastern Khurasan draining the eastern extremity ot the
Kopet-Dagh range northwards in the vicinity of the ^ Kalti-Chinar
stream. Petrusevitch also calls it the Yezbashi Koti.' [Petrusevitch.)
GAZDlS— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. , ;
A village in Khurasan, 66 miles from Birjand, on the road to tarah m
Afghanistan. The water here is bad. There are a few supplies. [Mac-
Gregor.) ;
GAZGAH— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. .
A village in Khurasan, in the district of Kain, about 6 miles from Llian-i-
Sajak, on the road to Duruh.— [Bellew.)
GAZf— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. , •
A village in the Tun subdivision of the Tabbas district of Khurasan, 49 miles
from Bashruyah, on the road to Mashhad by Bajistan. It has good water,
and supplies are procurable.— [Bellew, MacGregor.)
GEBUR.— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. ^ ’
A flourishing village in the very south of the Shahrud-Bustan district, an
dependent on the town of Biarjumand, from which it lies south-east. Altuong
the deputy of the Shahrud governor lives at Biarjumand, Geburisamore
prosperous place, owning 1,200 inhabitants. The villages of Dhazian an
Kabbalah are associated with it. There are some ruins here, not exten
sive, but appearing to be very ancient, and many curiosities are found tiere-
in. There is an abandoned vein of lead ore near Gebur; also copper is
found in the hills of quartz rock some few miles distant. The copper is
impure, containing some sulphur. It sells at bs. "dd. per maund. Ampe
supplies are obtainable.— [Stewart.)
GEK-KOL— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A latitudinal valley on the north-east border of Khurasan. It lies between
the Kizil Bair range on the south nearest to Daraghaz, and the Zar-i-hur
on the north. It is open to the east, completely waterless, and unpeo
pled.— [Petrusevitch.)
GEO GUMBAZ— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. 3,800 / -
A village in Eastern Khurasan, 22*miles from Kalat-i-Nadiri, on the roa
to Chahardeh. The Darband-i-Aghun Shah is 2 miles distant. [Bgpier.)