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course running past this place, the water of which is at the end of the
summer very salt, and at all times is brackish.— -{Forbes, Perrier. )
MUHAMMADABAD —Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A village in Khurasan, 12 miles south of Turbat-i-Haidari, situated in a
well-cultivated country.- The fort of this place must at one time have
been a place of strength, if one may judge from the height and solidity of its
square outer wall, surrounded by a deep and wide ditch. It has also a
second or inner wall ; and the whole is commanded by a lofty and massive
tower in its centre. The present inhabitants are of a nomadic race.—-
{Forbes.)
MUHAMMADABAD— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A fort in Khurasan, 3 miles south of Tabas. It is built in a circular form,
with lofty mud walls, and contains about 60 houses, some within the walls
and the rest without, forming a circle around it. The inhabitants are
chiefly nomads.— [Forbes.)
MUHAMMADABAD— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A small village in Khurasan, on the road from Tabas to Nishapur, and about
40 miles north of the former town. It lies close to the village of the Pash-
nadarun.— [Stewart.)
MUHAMMADABAD— Lat. 37° 44' 0 y/ , Long. 57° 12' 0" ; Elev.
[Intelligence Department, Par Office).
A village in northern Khurasan, on the Shirin Chai river. —[Intelligence
Department, War Office.)
MUHAMMADABAD— L\t. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in the province of Astarabad, on the road from Astarabad town to
the river Kara Su. It is surrounded by a deep ditch, and has a mud
tower in the centre, pierced with loopholes for musketry. It is on the
skirts of the forest bordering on the steppe.— [Holmes)
MUHAMMADABAD— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in Khurasan, 14 miles from Kachan, on the road to Sabzawar. It
contains 50 houses, and has good water and a few supplies.— [MacGregor.)
MUHAMMAD BAGH— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village and fort in Kurdish Khurasan, 8 miles from ChapushM, on the
road from Kuchan to Daraghaz. It is situated in the midst of a well- cul
tivated plain, and is surrounded with groves, gardens, and vineyards. It is
defended by a strong outer Avail and a good rampart, with a deep and wide
ditch. There is an inner line of Avail, Avith towers. The rampart and wall
are, as usual in Khurasan forts, deficient in flanking defences; but the place
is altogether stronger than these forts usually are.— [Napier.)
MUHAMMAD MlRZA—
See a Gudar-i-RukhA
MUHAMMAD ORUZ— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
One of the villages of the Kalat Atak, inhabited by Sunni Muhammadans.
— [Stewart.)
MUHSINABAD— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. 3,012b
A villao-e and river in Khurasan. The river is crossed by the road from
Mashhad to Herat at 8 miles Avest of Kihriz.* It is described as having a
broad bed, but as being dry during a great part of the year. It is a tributary
* or, " Karfz/