"دليل بلاد فارس، المجلد I ويشمل محافظات أستراباد، شاهرود-بوستان، خراسان، وسيستان" [و‎‎١‎٠‎١] (٧٢٢/٢٠٦)

A mile above Gumesh Tapa the height of the river bank does not exceed
5 or (> feet, and at the village itself is not more than 3 feet at low water,
ihis height it preserves down to its mouth. When the river is at its
ordinary level, rt has a current of about half a mile an hour. ' During flood
time the speed is between 3 and 4 miles an hour.
At its embouchure the distance between the northern outlet at Gumesh
J a pa and the southern channel at Khojih Nefis is 4 miles. The westerly
unbroken ridge of the Ala-Dagh mountain divides the drainage basins of the
Atrak and Gurgan.
Even when the water is lowest in the Gurgan, lodkas can and do go a
couple of miles above Gumesh Tapa. At present they could go laden as
far as Ak-Kala bridge by being towed. At Gumesh Tapa the bed of the
river consists of a blue-black and very adhesive loamy clay. Its name
signifies a desert. The water, though not clear, is sweet anil very drink
able when its mud has been allowed to settle. The Turkmans swear by it.
Nothing can exceed fhe richness of the land through which this river flows.
About three miles breadth on either side of it is cultivated with the finest
wheat and barley.— [MacGregor, Connolly, Vambery, O’ Donovan.\
GURGU —Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
Some hills in Northern Khurasan, on the north side of the Nardin plain or
lake basin, about 8 miles west by north of Jah Jarm.— (MacGreaor.)
GURJAN.
A name of the northern gate of Astarabad, otherwise known as the Chahl-
Dakhtar.— ( MacGregor.)
GURMAH —Lat. , Long. ; Elev. / .
A village in Khurasan, 18 miles north-west of Khur, on the road to Tabbas.
[MacGregor.)
GUSHA —Lat. , Long. ; Elev. / .
A village in the KhushNeh subdivision of the Kain district of Khurasan.—
[Bellew). 1 . -
GITS HI— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A place in the Atak on the north-east border of Khurasan to which the
Hindi war pass leads.— [Thomson.)
GUSKAN or GUSKAM— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A village in Khurasan, some 20 miles east of Mashhad, on the road to
Sarakhs. It contains 150 houses of Tafmuris.—( Burnes, MacGregor.)
GUVESH.
A stage in Khurasan, 24 miles east of Mashhad, on the road to Daraghaz.
— [Kinneir).
GUZIK— Lat. 32° 55' 40", Long. 60°12 / 0"; Elev. 7 ; [Walker).
The chief village of the Suni-Khana subdivision in the Kain district of
Khrirasan. It lies on the road from Bfrjand to Herat, and about 55 miles east
of the former town. It is the frontier village of Khurasan on this road, and
is situated in an amphitheatre about 2 miles in diameter, surrounded on
all sides but the south-south-east by hills. It is an ugly, uninteresting
village, with the usual domed-roofed houses and the mud fort which accom
panies all Khurasan villages. According to others a flourishing village built
on a stream. The cultivation of this place has a diameter of about 3 miles,
the village being situated in the south-east corner under the hill. It con
tains some 300 houses; according to Stewart 1,600 inhabitants. The fort is