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MlR —Lat. , Long. ; Elev. / .
A village in northern Khurasan, in the district of Daraghaz, and on the
road from Muhammadabad to Lutfahad and the Atak.— {Stewart.)
MlRABAD—L at. , Long. ; Elev.
A range of hills in Khurasan, which hound the plain of Nishapur on the
east, and lie between Mashhad and NEhapur, being crossed by the Eihrud
pass, 9,300'. They are described as high, bare, and stony, and are called
further north the ‘ Binaluh Kuh ’ range. They are a spur from the Alburz
hills.— {Clerk.),
MIRANDlz—L at. 34° 46' 0", Long. 58° 23' 0"; Elev. ' {Napier).
A fortified village in Khurasan, 2 miles to the west of the road from
Bajistan to Mashhad, on the borders of the Kavir, or salt desert.— {Bellew.)
MIR WAN—Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A village in northern Khurasan. It is situated on the hills, about 16 miles
west-north-west of Kuchan.— {MacGregor.)
MtRZA GAS HIT —Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A pass in Khurasan, 56 miles from Mashhad and 4 miles from Wardih, on
the road to Kalat-i-Nadiri. This watershed drains to Kalat on one side,
and towards the Dasht-i-Turkuman on the other.— {MacGregor.)
MlRZAZAl—
The name of a clan of Baluchis resident in Persia, numbering about 400
families.— {Stewart.)
MISHKAN—Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A village in Khurasan, about 27 miles from Sabzawar, on the road to
Nishapur by Sultan Maidan, and 60 miles from north-west of Nishapur.
It is described as a considerable village.— {Gibbons, MacGregor.)
MOJANU— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. ' {Shdhrid).
A village in the Kuhpaia buluk of the Shahrud-Bustan district. The inhab
itants are Arab and Persian in about equal proportions.— -{Napier.)
MONAH— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A valley in the Kurdish portion of Khurasan, at the head of the Atrak
river. It is described as a very fine valley. It was once populous, but was
devastated by Turkomans, and is now occupied by some Goklan Turkomans,
who have been driven from their own country.— {Fraser.)
2TTJD— Lat. 32°42 / 0' / , Long. 59°29T0' / ; Elev. 5,260' {St. John), 6,050' {Bel-
lew).
A village in Khurasan, 24 miles south-east of Birjand, on the road to Sfstan.
It is situated in a valley of the same name, about 4 miles broad. Mud
is an open village of 300 neatly-built domed houses, many of which were
found deserted in 1872, partly owing to the emigration during the former
three years of famine, but principally to the insecurity of the country
during the past century from forays by Baluch, Afghan, and Turkumaa
robbers. These have, however, of late years been repressed by the firm rule
of the Amir of Kain. The valley of Mud is encircled on the right by sand
stone hills of varied hue, the whole terminating in a narrow strip of rock,
over which is situated a village, surrounded by an orchard. About midway
there is a break in the continuity of the hills; and through the gap another
extensive valley is visible. On the left, snow-clad mountains rise high, and
send down an ample stream over the plain to irrigate the villages at the