"دليل بلاد فارس، المجلد I ويشمل محافظات أستراباد، شاهرود-بوستان، خراسان، وسيستان" [و‎‎٣‎١‎٠] (٧٢٢/٦٢٦)

the goodwill of the Persian people, and equally to that of the Turhumans
on the border, towards England, is well known. The assistance looked for
by the latter against the Ixussian advance, up to the very moment that
Gok-Tapa was stormed, forms almost a romantic episode in the relations
between that border and ourselves, as told by Colonel Stewart.
— {Kinneir, Malcolm, Watson, Wheeler, Morier, Fraser, Monteith,
Shiel, fyc.)
PESH-I-GIAZA— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A halting-place in western Khurasan, three stages north of Khur in Bia-
banak and two from Samnan.— (MacGregor.)
PESHINJAN— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A spring, overlooked by a small tower, on the south-east border of
Khurasan, 80 miles from Yazdan and 38 from Sabzawar. A large bodv of
Afghan nomads, chiefly of the Alizaf and Nurzaf clans, are settled here.—
(Stewart.)
PESH-KTJ H— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. , .
One of the three subdivisions in the hills north-west of Yazd, the others
being the Mian-Kuh and Pusht-i-Kuh. It contains the villages of Aliabad,
Nasrabad, Sunich, and Parasha.— (MacGregor.)
PESH RUBAT, or TUMAN AGHA-Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A sarai on the Persian bank of the Hari Rud in south-eastern Khurasan.
It is situated on the old caravan route, and is still in habitable repair.
It lies a few miles from Muhsmabad towards the Afghan outpost of
Kuhsan, and east of Khaf.— (Stewart.)
PETIRGTJN —Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A spring of very slightly brackish water close to a curious depression, 22
miles south-east of Charaks, on the road to Yazdan : both places south
east of Khaf in eastern Khurasan.— (Stewart.)
PICHAK MAHALLA— Lat. 36° 55' 51" (Fraser), Long. 54° 5P 27"
(St. John) ; Elev. '.
A village in the province of Astarabad, 22 miles east of the town of
that name.— (Napier, 1876.)
PlRASTlR— Lat. 36° 12' 0", Long. 57° 26' 0", Elev. ' (Napier).
A village in Khurasan, 10 miles from Sabzawar, on the road to Shahrud.
It possesses gardens and cultivation; but only some 50 inhabitants since
the famine.— (Rozario, Bellew.)
PlRGlRDU KGH— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. 10,500'.
A mountain in the Astarabad district, south of Astarabad, and a few miles
north of Tash. At the summit of the mountain are several cairns, upon
which are deposited the customary votive offerings of copper ornaments, &c.
Prom this peak a good view of Astarabad and surrounding peaks is to be
had.— (Lovett.)
PlRIIASAN— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village just outside the western borders of Khurasan, one stage beyond
Rawanduz, on the road to Mosul.— (Ainsworth.)
PlR-I-HAJAT— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A small village of 30 houses in Khurasan, 86 miles from Pusht-i-Badam, on
the road to Nishapur by Dih-Nau-Band. There is some cultivation here ;
and, besides, wheat, dates, and pomegranates are gxovrn.-~(MacGregor.)