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This is one of the only two points on the road from Lutfabad to Sarakhs
where there is water, of which, according- to M. Lessar, a Russian en«ine'er
who started in 1883 on a surveying expedition along the Ataks^ there
is a continual and plentiful supply.— [Petrusevitch , Napier, Stephens.)
MEHRlZ —Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A halting-place in Khurasan, 63 miles north-east of Bh-jand, on the road to
Ghurian (Afghanistan) via Daraksh and Oharakhs.— {MacGregor.)
MIANABAD—Lat. 37° 26' 0", Long. 59° 10' 0" ; Elev. ' {Stewart).
A small village in northern Khurasan in the district of Daraghaz, about 13
miles north-north-east of Muhammadabad, on the road to Lutfabad aud
the Atak.— {Stewart.)
MIANABAD*— -Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A large village in Khurasan, 73 miles from Mashhad, on the road to Bup
nurd, and about the same distance from Nishapur. It has water, fuel
supplies, and forage in abundance.— {Napier, MacGregor.)
MiANABAD—LaL , Long. ; Elev.
One of the principal villages in the district of Isfaram, Khurasan. It has
100 houses. 1,000 families of Hazaras from Herat were settled here in
1857. It has water and supplies.-—(iVaywr.)
MIANCHUf— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in Khurasan, about 55 miles from Birjand, on the road to Tun.—
{MacGregor.)
MIANDARAJ— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. / .
A village in the province of Astarabad, 16 miles from the town of
Astarabad, on the road to Samnan by Chahar-Dih. It is prettily situated in
a valley on the banks of a small stream, and belongs to the Shaikh-ul-
Islam at Astarabad. The houses are badly built; and the inhabitants
subsist chiefly by cultivating rice. Cotton is also produced here. The
village contains about 40 houses, and is divided into two parts,—one nearer
the foot of the hills than the other.— {Holmes.)
MIANDASHT—Lat. 35° 35' 0", Long, 59° 17' 0"; Elev. '{Napier).
A caravansarai in Khurasan, 22 miles from Turbat-i-Haidan, on the road
to Mashhad.'— {Napier, St&wart.)
MIANDASHT— Lat. 36° 25' 55", Long. 56° 2' 45"; Elev. 4,163k
A halting-place in Khurasan, 62 miles east of Shahrud, and 150 miles
west of Nishapur. The water here is brackish. The old sarai is partially in
ruins, but a new sarai has been built—a very defensible and solid build-
ing chat could not be taken without artillery, if properly defended.
Water is got from a reservoir outside the sarai. Supplies are very
scanty. Ciose on the left of the sarai is a small walled village, square with
bastions the angles, containing about three houses, with about 30 inhab
itants. It is surrounded by a wall and dry ditch on three sides, the fourth
being connected with the caravansarai.
This foit is garrisoned by about 40 or 50 matchlockmen, who receive the
unusually good pay of 100 tumans (about £40) a year. The water is small
in quantity and bad.
There is no cultivation. The two or three gardens, which the inhabitants
have, aie at the foot of some mountains two hours’ distant, where there is
f Probably “ Mianju,”
* The “ Midway City. 55
“ Mid-stream. 55 j
$ “ Mid-valley. ;