'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [‎16v] (37/706)

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AiDU—AIVA
AIDU GrHMISH—
A river rising on the western slopes of the Uriad mountains and flowing
into the Qarangu river at the Mlaneh bridge, 2 miles south-east of Mianeh
{q.v.). — (Schindler.)
AIGLAN—
A village in Azarbaijan 90 miles north-east of Tabriz, and 30 from Ahar.—
(Morier.)
AILAK (see YAILAQ).
AIN ALU (see SHAHSAVAN).
AIN-I-SHlRWAN— Lat. 32° 45' 24", Long. 51° 33' 54".
A fine, large, well built caravansarai of hard black stones situated near
a fine bluff terminating the plain of Isfahan, about 15 miles north of that
city.— (J ones — Floyer.)
A1N-I-VARZAN (or AIN-YEH VAR)—
One of seven fine villages lying 7 miles east of Damavand, and 53 miles
from Tehran. It has about 100 houses and has cultivation for nearly
a mile all round it ; wheat, barley, and cloves yielding nearly 300 kharwcrs
of grain. It pays 60 kharwcrs of grain and 120 tumdns nominal revenue
per annum (a comparatively high asses ment indicating great fertility)
besides furnishing 50 men to the Tehran regiment. Half the village is
held in free grant by Saiyids. Its irrigation, that of a stream coming from
a spring in a neighbouring mountain, might be much improved, and the tract
made to support a large population.
A short distance north of the village there is a coalmine.
Ain-i-Varzan, overshadowed by a lofty mountain ridge, seamed with snow,
with its avenues of poplar and other trees, is very picturesquely situated.—
( Todd — Eastwick — Stuart — Morier — Napier — Schindler .)
AlRANDIBl—
A village in Azarbaijan, 20 miles south of Julfa, on the Russian frontier.
(Champain.)
AIVAN-I-KIF— Lat. 35 o 20'24", Long, 52° 3'. Elev. 3,504'. (Fraser has
Lat. 35° 20' 20")
A village 41 miles east of Tehran on the Meshed road, generally called
Aiwanak. It is prettily situated among fruit gardens, which are famous
for their figs and pomegranates. In 1892 there were 500 families who paid
300 tumdns in cash, and 300 kharwars of wheat and bhusd. There are in
all seven caravansarais of which three are fairly new and commodious. It is
a telegraph station of the Tehran-Meshed line. The soil is rich, well-watered,
and highly cultivated. The village was originally contained within the four
mud walls of a large fort, but now about two-thirds of the houses are outside
them. It is on the bank of the Zamrud, the bed of which is about 30
yards wide, but is quite dry for a great part of the year. The river supplies
the town with capital water in the rainy season, but stops 3 miles short in
the hot weather when there is a great scarcity of water. The water here is
said to be very brackish.