Nowkhandan
November 6th, 1874.
― Marched with the Khan’s son, and a guard of 100 men, to Nowkhandan, a large
village lying some miles up the course of the Darehgaz stream.
Nowkhandan
is the property of the Khan’s two brothers, Syud Mahomed and Mahomed Khan; it
is prettily situated on undulating ground between the mountains enclosing the
plain to the north, and a low ridge that traverses it from east to west. On a
high circular mound is a mud fort, which contains the Khan’s residence, and
commands the whole village; around are extensive orchards, groves, and
vineyards, extending for 2 or 3 miles up and down the stream. The grapes of
Nowkhandan have a great local reputation, and I found that very good wine was
made and sold without the usual intervention of a Jew or Armenian to take on
his shoulders the sin of the consumer. The village has 700 houses and a
population of 2500 Turks and Kurds.
G. C. Napier, Kazi Syud Ahmad — Extracts from a Diary
of a Tour in Khorassan, and Notes on the Eastern Alburz Tract. With Notes on
the Yomut Tribe (1876)
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