'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [‎14v] (33/706)

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AHlN—AHLA
AHANG—
A peak in the Avroman range of Kurdistan seen due south of Bandar,
•which lies 30 miles north-west of Sinneh : its spurs run down to Sinneh
on the east.— [Gerard),
AHAR (1)—
A town in Azarbaijan 52 miles north-east of Tabriz. It is the principal
town of the district of Karadigh, and is situated in a wide valley, surrounded
by lofty mountains and is encircled by a decayed mud wall, flanked by
numerous round towers. It contains about 700 houses, and from 5,000 to
6,000 inhabitants. It has a few mosques, a public bath, a spacious caravansarai
and a good bazar, and is celebrated for its fruit. The streets are narrow,
but apparently clean, and’ some of iits houses are plastered with Persian
inscriptions bearing the date of their erection. Holmes, who visited it
in 1843, states the greater part of the place was in ruins, notwithstanding its
being the residence of one of the Persian princes, its Governor. A stream
of the same name flows by it in an easterly direction, on the bank of which
wheat and barlev are grown. The district abounds in very rich veins of metals,
iron, t’n, and copper [vide Urguhart) which, under a better government, might
be a source of incalculable wealth. A Persian Government Telegraph Office
is here.— (Morier — Todd — Holmes.)
Ahar was one of the centres from which the Russian troops operated against
the Shahsavan tribe in 1912, when that tribe ro^e in revolt.
Ahar (2)—
A village in the Qasran district of Tehran province, about 30 miles due
north of Tehran, on the road to Shahrist inak. It is situated at the junction
of two streams and is surrounded by cornfields and trees. Supplies and
water plentiful.— [Lovett—Schindler.)
AharchAI—
A river of Azarbaijan which rises in the Kashka Dagh mountains, north
of Tabriz and flows east for 55 miles, then turns north for 15 and flows
past Ahar into the Kara Sii, a tributary of the Aras, near Varaghan, 22 miles
east of Ahar. It runs nearly east and west and is extremely narrow.
It generally rises in spring from rain and in autumn from the melting of
the snow. It flows through a broad fertile valley, extremely well cultivat
ed and with several water mills.
In November it is fordable, bemg about 20 yards broad, but when Mignon
crossed, it was 5 feet deep and extremely turbid.— [Mignon.)
AHFUZ-Elev. 8,240'.
A village in Faridan on the slopes of the Kuh-i-Khushkehrud and on
one of the sources of the Zindeh Rud.— [Schindler.)
AHLAM RUD—
A river in Mazandaran (so called from the village Ahlam on its bank,
5 miles from the shore of the Caspian) which flows into the Caspian west of
Amul. It forms the boundary between the districts of Nar and Amfil. It is
deep, rapid, and very dangerous from quicksands, and though fordable, is