"دليل بلاد فارس، المجلد I ويشمل محافظات أستراباد، شاهرود-بوستان، خراسان، وسيستان" [ظ‎‎١‎٧‎٠] (٧٢٢/٣٤٥)

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The ascent from the south is very rocky, steep, and difficult at first, and
would have to be much improved for artillery. The top is level for three-
quarters of a mile ; and the descent to the village of Darband is generally
very easy, over open, rounded hills, covered in the summer with magnificent
grazing, the roadway being over earth. The whole is about two-and-a-
quarter miles.
The plateau of Maidan-i-Khuni is the watershed of this portion of the
Alburz mountains The rivers, as the Atrak, which rise on their western
slopes, flow into the Caspian Sea; while those which rise in the eastern
slope flow towards the Tajand river and are lost in the Kara Kuna desert.
Light guns may with difficulty be taken by this route. Its elevation
above the sea exceeds 5,000 feet.— {MacGregor, Napier, Stewart.)
MAI GAN— Lat. , Loxg. 59° 24' 30"; Elev. ' {Lentz).
A village in the subdivision of Nihbandan in Khurasan, lying at the
western foot of the Sardara pass. It is surrounded with fields cultivated
with unusual care.— {Kkamkoff.)
MAIM EH —Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A pass or defile in the Atak mountains, northern Khurasan, leading from
Bujnurd to the Atak territory, through which the Turkumahs pass on raids
in the Persian territory from the Akhal country.— {Thomson.)
MAINABAD— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A range of mountains in Khurasan crossed by the Gudar-i-Darmian pass
at 5 miles from Isfizar on the Birjand-Herat road. It is a continuation
of the Samand Shahi range.— {MacGregor.)
MAINTALU— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in northern Khurasan, 14 miles west-south-west from Eindarisk,
on the road to Astarabad, and situated in the forest at the edge of the
plain.— {Napier.)
MAI Rl— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in Kurdish Khurasan, about 8 miles east of Kuchan. It has
about 100 houses and an abundant supply of good water; but there are no
gardens or trees about it.— {MacGregor.)
MAISHMAST*—
A tribe of Arabs, who inhabit the district of Turshfz, Khurasan. They
belong to the Jumali tribe ; but got this name, which signifies “the Wan
ton Sheep,^ from having entered into a war about a sheep.— {Malcolm.)
MAISCR— Lat. ^ , Long. ; Elev.
A range of hills in Khurasan, which divides the subdivision of Nimbiluk
from that of Gunabad. The passes through it from south to north are
named Dahan-i-Gharkab, Mugri, Rijing, Balaghur, and Dahan-i-Sulfman.
— {Bellew.)
MAIUMAI —Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A village in Khurasan, 28 miles from Mashhad, on the road to Sarakhs by
Muzdaran. There is good water here, and supplies are procurable.— {Mac
Gregor.)
MAIUMAI (Shahrud)— Lat. 36° 24' 57", Long. 55° 38' 45"; Elev 3,168'
{Lemm).
A village in the Shahrud-Bustan district on the Shahrud-Mashhad road
It is a fine village, picturesquely situated at the foot of two remarkable