'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [‎12v] (29/706)

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ABUZ—ADIN
ABtZAIDiBlD or BOZlBlD—Elev. 3,282'.
A large village of 300 houses 20 miles from Kashan, on the high road to
Yazd. It has a post house and old and new sarai. The first chdpdrkhaneh
on the post road to Naln from Kashan. Supphes scarce but procurable ;
Water from kandts. — {Schindler).
ABVAR—Elev. 5,300'.
A small village in Azarbaijan, 22 miles due east of Manoh. It is close to the
Kizil Uzun, over which there is a stone bridge of 5 piers.—(Petermann’s
Mi ttheil ungen.)
IBYANEH—Elev. 6,550'.
A town in BarzrQd, a sub-district of Natanz, 250 houses; there is a good
road to Soh, 14 miles oil.— {Vaughtm — Schindler).
ACHEH RED—
A river in Mazandaran flowing into the Caspian and crossed by the coast
road between the Rud-i-Sar and Salmrud, four and-a-half stages from Rasht.
It has no considerable body of water except in the spring. {Holmes.)
ADAMITES—
A religious sect in Persia who are described as meeting, both men and
women, in a cave by night and the light being extinguis ed promiscuous and
often incestuous intercourse follows. In these extraordinary rites may be
recognised those which accompanied the worship of Mylitta of the Assyrians
the Alitta of the Arabs and the Mitra of the Persians.— {Chesney.)
ADARlN^
-(ScSfeO * 86 ^ mileS £r ° m Tehr4n t0 the right ° f the road t0 Homadin
ADAWAR—Elev. 5,100'.
A vil 'age of 20 houses on the edge of the Mahldasht plain of Kirmanshah.
it stands near a spur from the Kurkur range below its north-west slope-
A road from Tang-i-Shuan crosses the Mil Pass above and passes the villi™
toKnmanshah There is a vineyard fringed with poplars and neX
planted fruit trees. A large b,.riz stream and some springs of water In
the summer the village is increased by 15 Kurdish huts. Large flock* of sheen
are pastured on the Mahidasht plain : cultivation round : fuel is abuiuS
on the Kurkur range.— {Burton.) 18 aDunciant
ADHAMlAN —
A sect oi Sufis in Persia who take their mime from Snlt-in TKT'am a ji
who resigned the royal dignity to become a “an . They ire tw
ADINEH BAZAR CHAI Friday Bazar River
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