'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [‎16r] (36/706)

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AHMAQTEH—
A village 6 miles from Tabriz in Azarbaijan, on the road to Maraglieh,.—
{Schindler.)
AHSHUKA—
One of a group of villages immediately north-west of Khumain to the
right of the road to Sultir.abad. Well cultivated.— {Preece.)
AHUAN or AHAVAN.— Lat. 35° 4G 7 15", Long. 53° 43', Elev. 6,275'.
(Plural of Ahu the gazelle.) Imam Riza according to tradition saved
the lives of some gazelles here, hence the name.
A small village 22 miles north-east of Samnan, situated in a small plain
on the road from Tehran to Meshed, 42 miles from Lasgird and 44 from
Damghan. There is a well built burnt-brick sarai here, 80 yards square;
a reservoir of water and a post house, besides a sort of hollow, fortified square
for cattle and a few shepherds , huts. The mountains around are of
unusually barren aspect and the country is deserted and sterile. To the
east of the caravansarai are the ruins of a square structure built of stone and
mortar with walls in many parts, 9 feet thick and 80 yards long each way
and flanked by fine round towers on each side.
Eastwick, who visited this place in August, mentions the severe cold
experienced, and says that the cold here and on the passes leading to it is
often so intense that people are frozen to death in winter, and caravans are
detained for many days together by the snow.
The grain harvest of Ahuan is about 1|- tons per annum. Water plentiful
and good. This is Gibbons’ Akhlan. Supplies very scEiice.~(Eastwick—
E olmes — Clerk — Rozario — Schindler .)
AHYAN or AHYUN—
A number of caves and a small caravansarai 30 miles south of Amfd on
the left bank of the Harhaz river.— {Napier—Schindler.)
AMU—
Two mud forts two miles to the south of the Tehran-Shahrud road by Firuz-
kuh, at about 200 miles from Tehran and 32 from Deh Mulla. ^Holmes
described it as a village of 30 houses situated in a ravine. It furnishes 14
soldiers to the Damghan regiment, and the inhabitants cultivate a little
wheat and keep a few sheep and cattle—(Napier.)
AIDGHUMASH—
One of the five parishes of the Lanjan huluk of the Isfahan provinces
situated on both sides, of the Zindeh Rud, it contains the following vil
lages :—
Sadiqabad, Barinjan, Aidghumash, Zardkhushu, Champarkistan,
Bagh Badran, Kachavan, Khushu, Latari, Sovadajan, Murgan,
Cham-i-Mari, Cham-i-gav, Cham-i-’aqar, Cham-i-khalifeh, Vash-
manda jan, Hajataqa, Alehabad, Kaleh-i-aqa, Kaleh-i-imam, Cham-
i-zain, Cham-i-khurram, Cham-i-taq, Gham-i-’AlI Shah, Charn-
i-ilbegl, Zamanabad, Cham-i-kaka, Cham-i-’Ali, Karramdarreh.—
{Schindler.)