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the Karazu water in pipes for four miles to Gugumaz. Secondly, in
Gugumaz itself is the Makbara-i-Nadir,* or Nadir’s tomb, built under
Nadir’s orders. Not that Nadir was buried there, although it is pos
sible he may have intended that he should be. No one, I believe,
knows where the peasant boy, who rose to be one of the greatest
Oriental conquerors, lies buried—if, indeed, he was buried at all. In
his latter days he made himself generally hated by his subjects, and
he was assassinated by one or more of his own soldiers near Kuchan.
Naturally his camp broke up at once, and his corpse was not im
probably left to the dogs and vultures. His so-called tomb is a simple
but not inelegant edifice of red sandstone. The central chamber,
which was once domed—this dome has fallen in—is exactly like most
Mohammedan tombs. It is encircled, however, by a number of small
chambers, and below it is a very extensive cellar, which is not the
case in most Mohammedan tombs. It is a semi-ruin now, and will
be a complete ruin ere long. Not far from it stands a small masjid,
completely encased in Kashi, or painted tiles. This is known as the
Bulut-gumbaz. On the red-coloured eminence two or three miles
east of Gugumaz was Nadir’s Nakkara-khana. The Nakkara-khana
is the building in a city, or the spot in a camp from which are sounded
reveille, retreat, last post, etc., on drums and trumpets. Nadir’s
own usual residence was near Khisht, and its site (named Asiabad)
is now indicated by some uninteresting remains of walls, etc. The
water-tanks below Khisht are also due to him, and at a place called
Buikuli, on the outer face of the southern wall, between Arghawan
Shah and Kushtani, are to be seen the remains of a wall and tower
constructed under his orders. Such is the sum total of all that
remains here to remind the world of the once widespread fame of the
great Nadir Shah.
From the height north of Khisht a fine view of the Atak is obtain
able on a fine day. Yesterday it was very misty, and I could with
difficulty make out the following places when indicated by my guide:
North lay Aliabad, with Nurik, Tirmachin, Kahka, and Baward to
the west, and Dushakh to the east of it. The Kalat stream issuing
from the Nafta or north-east gate, flows away to Dushakh. Just
below the eminence from which I viewed the Atak a footpath winds
down the steep cliff and goes away to Aliabad. A guard is always
posted to watch this pass. Between the north wall of Kalat and the
Atak stretches a series of confused rugged spurs for six or seven
miles.
I returned from Kalat to Mashhad by a circuitous route,, to avoid
Dewa Boini and the Zaopirzan Gully, and probably arrived back there
on the 10th. I marched thence with Mr. Finn and Dr. Weir as far
as Kuchan, and there saw the Khan, a famous character, with whom
* MacGregor and Tod give pictures of it.