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AYAG-AZAN
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from Khalifa Quli Khan, the founder of the family, now rules by hered
itary right. The people are hardy and fairly well-off. They raise good
crops of wheat and barley, and possess a fair number of sheep and
horses. During the summer the higher slopes of the mountains afford
excellent grazing for the sheep and cattle of the Jalali Kurds, who migrate
here from Maku and Agra Dagh. The climate in winter is severe, but not
such as to stop the camel and mule caravan traffic from Trebizond. Fair
supplies are to be had and during ordinary seasons a surplus of grain is
exported to Bayazid or to Russia. The chief is responsible for such part
of the road as passes through his territory, and 100 horsemen are maintained
for this purpose. From Awajik the road runs southwards, over a pass 6,800
feet, into Chaldaran. The road from Maku is very difficult and mountainous.
Awajik is interesting from an antiquarian point of view : Armenian relics
are constantly unearthed.— (Picot, 1S94.)
AYAGHLl—
A small village in the Anguran sub-district of Khamseh, 45 miles from
Zinjan.— {Schindler.)
AYl— Lat. 36° 54'. Long. 48° 54'..
A village in the Khamseh district, 22 miles north-east of Zinjan. It is
very pleasantly situated in the vale of Tarum, and possesses a garden house,
which was built by a late governor of the province.
’AISHABAD—
A village in Yazd, about 3 miles south of Yazd. It is situated on the verge
of an utterly sterile plain, but is itself surrounded by gardens.— {K. Abbott.)
AZ—
A hamlet in Mazandaran, 7| miles from Sari, on the road to Barfarush.—
{Holmes.)
AZADANAK see AZADTAIN—
AZADBAR—
A range of hills in Southern Mazandaran. They lie about 40 miles north
of Tehran and run from north-west and south-east to the Kachan peak.—
{Lovett.)
AZADTAIN (Azadain ?)— Elev. 5,680 r .
A large and flourishing village with good water-supply and extensive
gardens 82| miles from Tehran on the road to Hamadan. The hills
around it are called Zarau Kuh. The village is also called Azadanak.—-
{Schindler.)
AZANDARIAN— Elev. 6,900'.
A village of 100 houses, 24 miles from Hamadan on the road thence to
Daulatabad Malayar.— {Schindler.)
AZAN-UZAN—
A village of 20 houses, 1 mile to the left of the Tabriz-Kirmanshah road
about 30 miles from the latter.— {Napier.).
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