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miles distant, thence down an easy slope to the Kizil Uzfm and up its open
level bed till the caravan road, Tabriz-Kirmanshah, is rejoined near the
bridge of Salamatabad, a detour of about 10 miles,
AQDAGH (3)—
Part of the Chaldsean mountains overhanging the south of the village
of Kaiz, 8 miles from Guchi, 25 from Urumleh, on the west shore of that
lake.— {Gerard.)
AQDARKEH (the white valley)—
A valley in the Afshar sub-district of Azarbaijan. It has its name from
the white calcareous tufa with which the hills on both its sides are covered.
Its direction is north-west to south-east and its. stream flows into the Saruq
river.— {Schindler .)
AQDARREH BALA—
A small village in the upper part of the Aqdarreh (white valley) in the
Afshar sub-district of Azarbaijan.— {Schindler.)
AQDARBEH MlANEH— Elev. 5,674'. Lat. 36° 40 / 21" ; Long. 47° 11' 0".
A small village in the middle part of the Aqdarreh (white valley) in
the Afshar sub-district of Azarbaijan. Near it are hot mineral springs and
the Afshar lead mines.— {Schindler.)
AQDARREH PAlN—
A small vilage in the lower part of the Aqdarreh (white valley) in the
Afshar sub-district of Azarbaijan.— {Schindler.)
AQ-DASH (1) (the white stone)—
A village near Khdigan, 102 miles north-west of Isfahan on the road to
Bur u j ird.— {Schindler.)
AQDASH (2)—
A mountain in Faridan between Darun and Milajird— {Schindler.)
AQDIZEH— (the white fort).
A village in north-western Azarbaijan, 2| miles beyond Kara Aineh
on the road from Khoi to Kizil Dizeh lying about | mile to the west of the
road.— {Picct, 1894.)
AQ-GADUK—(the white pass).
A pass in the district of Khamseh, over a spur of the Elburz, which
separates the valley of Zinjan from that of Tarum, or the Safid Rud,
From the village of Tim on the south side, the road ascends very steep
ly indeed, for four miles to the summit, which is probably 7,000 to 8,000
feet in elevation. The descent on the north side follows the Liwan Chai.
In the early part the road dips down abruptly from the top of .the ridge
to a little dell, where a small ruined caravansarai still affords shelter to
travellers, who may be benighted or weather-bound; it then follows
the course of the stream, sometimes winding along the steep hillside,
but more generally in the rough rocky bed of the torrent, which it crosses
and recrosses a hundred times, till at length it reaches a huge craggy ridge,
formed by a vertical projection of the strata, which serves as a sort of