"دليل بلاد فارس، المجلد I ويشمل محافظات أستراباد، شاهرود-بوستان، خراسان، وسيستان" [و‎‎١‎٧‎١] (٧٢٢/٣٤٦)

twin mountains, which form a landmark for many miles round. This
ridge has its origin in a spur, which, starting from Khush Ailak, bounds
the valley called Pusht-i-Bustan on the south and runs east of Bustan,
and then, turning west, is broken up into more or less disconnected ridges
round Maiumai, where there is an isolated peak rising to a heighc of
6,000 feet above sea-level. It has a good sarai of burnt bricks and a
line of fine, old plane trees. A spring of good water fills the ab-ambdr,
or reservoir, and irrigates a small stretch of corn-land. A detachment of
cavalry under a ‘ yd war/ or major, was stationed here in 1874 for the
protection of the half-dozen villages lying in the skirts of the plain.—
{Napier, MacGregor.)
MAJAK— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A range of hills in Khurasan. They are skirted by the road from Chah-
i-Sagak to Duruh at about 10 miles from the former place.— {Belleiv.)
MAJAN —Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A village in Khurasan, 40 miles on the road from Birjand to Kirman,
from which it is 215 miles. It is walled, and contains 400 bouses, inhabited
by Persians.— {Ferrier.)
MAJtJSl—
A religious sect in Persia, who are said to worship the cow. They are
also called Gaur Yazdi.— {Ogilvy.)
MAKDTJM— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A village in the Atak of Daraghaz, northern Khurasan, in which some
Turkumans of the Alaili tribe are settled.— {Stewart.)
MAKHtJNAK— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in eastern Khurasan, 16 miles east of Itiza, on the road to
Anardara in Afghanistan. It is a very wretched place. The people live in
small stone huts, having much the appearance and about the size of dog-ken
nels. They are only about 4 feet high and about the length of a man ; and
whole families live in them. The people are most miserable, and had hardly
any cultivation. Only women and old men were to be seen in the village.
Nothing but grass in the way of supplies can be obtained. The poor
wretches possess nothing. They had been brought from Bukhara by Nadir
Shah and settled there. They have the Usbak type of face. Nearly all the
young men had been taken away by the Amir of Kain to garrison the
border of Sistan. These men receive no pay, and only Iflbs. of wheat a
day as food—barely enough to keep life in them. The Amir insists on i
of the adult males performing this duty. The rest of the able-bodied
men had gone across the frontier into Afghanistan, to earn a little money
by reaping the harvest. Near here are two magnificent mulberry trees of
great age.— {Steivart.)
MAMTALtJ— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A fine village of 150 houses in the Katul district of Astarabad. A good
deal of cotton is grown.— {Napier.)
MANA— Lat. , Long._ ; Elev. ^
A large village in the district of Bujnurd, 25 miles from the town of
Bujnurd, on the road to Kara Kala. It contains from 455 to 500 houses,
with the neighbouring hamlets inhabited by Shahdillu Kurds and a few
Turks. Water, fuel, and forage procurable.— {Napier, MacGregor.)