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ARMUGHANEH-
One of the 17 districts of Khamseh, with principal place of same name
24 miles north-west of Zinjan, 50 miles from Mianeh, 130 miles north
west of Kazvln, on the road to Tehran. The country in the vicinity is
well cultivated, considering the stony nature of the soil. It is intersected
by deep hollows, watered by clear streams. There is a fort here.— (Schind
ler.)
ARPACHAI (the barley river)—
A village and river, 34 miles from Kazvln, to the left of the road thence
to Tabriz. The river runs into the Abhar river. The hills to the south
of the vill ,ge are called Kuh-i-Arpacha T .— (Schindler.)
ARSHA—
A district of Azarbaljan bounded on the north by the district of Ujarud,
on the south by Mishkin and Ardabll, on the west by Ahar, and on the
east by Russian territory.
ARSOLl—
A village in Azarbaijan, about 30 miles north-west of Tabriz on the
road to Khii.— (Morier.)
ARUD—
A caravansarai 11 to 12 miles east of Sarbandan, which is 16 miles east of
Damavand.— (Schindler.)
ARUSAN—
A village in Yazd, 143 miles from Yazd on the direct road to Damghan.
Water from wells in bed of river ; no supplies.— (MacGreqor.)
ARVAJIK—
A small but prosperous village on the north-west border of Azarba'jan.
It is the frontier station between Persia and Turkish Armenia. It lies at
the foot of some low hills, on which are pastured large flocks of sheep and
goats.—( Ussher.)
ARZANEH—
A village, 11 miles north-west of Tabriz in Azarbaijan.—(£c/mwfc)
ARZANPUD—
A village on the Ab-i-Yalpan, about 12 miles south-east of Hamadan.—
(Schindler.)
AS’ADABAD (1) (also called SA’ADBAD) Elev. 5,575'. — (Bellew.)
A town, 78 miles from Kirmanshah, the last stage on the road to Haiina-
dan, from winch it is distant 25 miles. It is a large straggling village largely
in ruins, immediately under Mount Alvand and surrounded by gardens
and well watered by streams from the hills, which flow through the streets
of the town. In the valley about 3 miles higher up is a strong fort on a high
mound with a village at its foot called Karlz. There is a Persian Government
Telegraph Office here. It is the chief place of a small district of the same
name having a governor appointed from Tehran. The district which was