'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [‎27v] (59/706)

42
ARAS-ARDA
baijan r.re the Sarisu, Makuchai, Zumuzchai, Kuturchai, Anaschai and
Kara-urt.
There are numerous fords between Julfa and Zakirlu on the upper Aras,
which will be found described under their respective names, i.e., Julfa,
Darrch Sham, Kazartga, Kizilvank, ’Abbasabad, Bulgam, Kara Chukh,
Shiblfi, Kaigach, ’Arab, Zakirlu. In addition to these there are others of
minor importance along various reaches of the river, which are open during
the summer and early autumn to men on foot, but in winter and
spring the river is rapid and is impossible to cross except at the fords.—•
(Thielmann; Picot, 1S91.)
The Russians have built a bridge across the Aras, intended for the railway
from Gulfa to Tabriz (1912).
ARASH (on ARAB)—
A village a few miles from Tehran towards FirazkQh. —{Napier. )
ARABUN—
A small hamlet, 14 miles south of Khur in the Biabanak sub-division of
the Samnan province.— (MacGregor.)
ARATA—
A village in Mazandaran, between Sari and Barfarush. It is a large
straggling place, beautifully situated at the foot of the hills, surrounded
with fields of barley, wheat, and beans, and the green open slopes of the
hills are dotted with flocks of sheep. Sugarcane is also grown. It lies
3 miles east of the S'ah Rud stream.— (Holmes.)
ARBABAT—
A peak, 3 miles south of Baneh, a town in north-western Kurdistan.
Its slopes are covered with vineyards more than half-way up.— (Gerard )'
ARBAT—
A village on the western border of Kurdistan, four hours’ march south
east of Sulaiman 7 eh in Turkey on the road to Gulambar.— (Rich.)
ARDABlL— Lat. 38° 14'; Long. 48° 21'; Elev. 5,000'.
A town in Azerbaijan of about 10,000 inhabitants, situated on the left
bank of the Karasu, or more accurately on the BaJuksu, a tributary of
the Karasu, 100 miles east of Tabriz, 40 miles west of the Caspian Sea. It
is situated near the south side of the great plain of Ardbad, which is about
40 miles long by 40 broad, and has an elevation of 5,000 feet. To the
west rises the mighty snow peak of the Savalan Dagh and to the east
a narrow ridge divides the plain from the Caspian. It is a large straggling
place, built from the ruins of a famous city, surrounded by ruinous walls
and flanked by towers in a like state of decay. The houses are mean and
small, built of mud or sun-dried bricks, with flat roofs. There is a Persian
telegraph station in communication with Tabriz ;‘this is the terminal station.
The fort is situated 500 yards east-south-east from the town, and was
eonstructed according to the European system of fortification. It is 180