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JULF—JULG
section are only of local importance, and do not appreciably afiect the
strategical question of Azarbaijan.
JULFA— Elev. 5,400. (Official name Julahleh.)
A suburb of Isfahan on the south side of the city on the right bank of
the Zindeh Rud. It is well known that the suburb was founded by Shah
’Abbas in 1604 who transported several thousand Armenian families from
Julfa on the Aras ; hence the name.
The present population is about 2,500 of whom 80 per cent are Armenians.
There is a Church of England Mission in Julfa and a certain number
of Europeans, employes of the Telegraph company and merchants.
The Armenians of Julfa are a poor oppressed race, unprincipled, de
ceitful, mean and much addicted to drink.
There is a fine Armenian cathedral dating from the time of Shah ’Abbas,
but the town itself has no pretention to architectural skill or beauty.
The streets are narrow and only admit of narrow muleloads ; many
of its lanes are entered by narrow gateways, closed at night. Narrow
canals, lined by poplars, mulberry shrubs, low elms, etc., run down the
centre or sides of most of them. The houses built round courtyards into
which they open, and many of which are occupied by gardens well stock
ed with flowers and well watered, are surrounded by high mud walls which
give the place a most uninviting appearance. The houses are of mud
bricks, the walls being 4 to 5 feet thick. Drinking-water from wells ;
supplies plentiful and cheap. Plums, melons, grapes, peaches, cucumbers,
lettuce, etc., of excellent quality and abundant when in season. The red
and white wines made here are excellent. Grapes are so plentiful and
cheap that horses are fed on them.— {Bell; Curzon.)
JULGEH-I-ABBARIK—
A valley between Sahna and Bisitun, through which flows the Rud
Khaneh Pur from the snowy top of the Kuh-i-Purau. It is the upper part
of the Julgeh-i-Sahna {q.v.). — {Rozario.)
JULGEH-I-AS’ADABAD.—See As’adabad (1).
A plain at the foot of the Kuh-i-Hamadan. It is dotted all over with
green fields and villages, and enclosed within spurs of the ICuh-i-Hamadan.
The principal village is As’adabad {q.v.). — {Rozario.)
JULGEH-I-BlSITUN—
The name given to the lower part of the Julgeh-i-Sahna {q.v.).—
{Rozario.)
JULGEH-I-CHAM CHAMAL—
The name give to the middle part of the Julgeh-i-Sahna {q.v.). It
possesses a ruined caravansarai on a mound of Shah ’Abbas’ period and a
camp of Mat.— {Rozario.)
JULGEH-I-KOTALAN—
A plateau a 1 ittle way beyond Firuzkuh, traversed by the Tehran
. Shahrud road which passes through Firuzkuh.— {Napier.)