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GrIARMAU —Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A stream in Northern Khurasan draining northwards from the eastern
extremity of the Kopet-Dagh. The head waters of the Giarmau are occu
pied by Kurd settlements belonging to the Kucban province. The Giar
mau valley is small, and its population the same. The heights are rugged
to the west of it; else the Tekkes would have given the Kurd settlers small
peace. The Firuza flows close to it.— (Peiruisevilch.)
GIFAN, on GIF ANA— Lat. 37° 51' 0," Long. 57° ST'O" ; Elev. 4,431)
{Intelligence Department, War Office).
A village, stream, and hill in Northern Khurasan. The village is situated in
the valley of the Shirin Chai river. The peak is the first of a series which
run south-east from the northern chain of the Kuchan province.
The stream from it joins the Atrak, having issued from under the rocky
Misinau ridge west of Giarmau. There are no Gifan settlements beyond
its extremity. Below the gorge in the Gifan valley there is no popula
tion for 13 miles; as far as Kattish, where the Gifan and Kush-Khari blend.
Beyond the villages of Nau and Kalajika the Gifan and Khush Khari unit
ing enter the Shirin Dere. The Sumar-Su joins the Gifan in the
M ama valley. There is no population from the extremity of the Misinau
range to Mahmudabad, 28 miles.— [Napier, Petrusevitch.)
GILAAB— Lat. 38°8 / 0", Long. 56 c ’40' 0" ; Elev. ' {Intelligence
Department, War Office).
A village in Northern Khurasan situated on a branch of the Ab-i-Chamur.
— {Intelligence Department, War OJjice.)
GILANGAN— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A small stream in Khurasan crossed on the road from Birjand to Mashhad,
about 28 miles from the former town.—( Goldxmid, Bellew.)
GILAN MAGAS— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A village of 100 houses in the Shahrud district, 14 miles from Bustan,
on the road to Jah Jarm. Supplies and water ample.— {Napier.)
GIL CHASHMA— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A spring and halting place, 176 miles south-east of Samnan, on the road
to Tabbas.— [Stewart.)
GIUK-GUMBAZ (Ja-i-Gumbuz*)—-Lat. 37° O' 50", Long. 59° 52' 0";
Elev. 2,070' [MacGregor, Napier).
A village in Khurasan, situated within the stronghold of Kalat-i-Nadiri,
about 2 miles from the southern entrance, called Darband-i-Arghunshah.
It is the residence of the Khan of this district, but is a poor place, consisting
of some one hundred wretched houses of mud built on the edge of the
level ground. An old red sandstone tower, fluted with half columns of the
same stone, and handsomely decorated with carving in blind arches, well
executed, built by Nadir for his descendants, has been repaired by the Khan,
and contains his family.— {Napier, MacGregor.)
GIUK KAMARt— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A pass in Northern Khurasan, about 70 miles from Biijnurd, on the western
road to Kara KaFa. It is passable for light guns.— {Napier.)
* The former signifies the “ Vault of Heaven ” in Turkish,
f The “ Vault of Heaven.”