'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [‎89r] (182/706)

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FARAHABAD Lat. 36° 48 / 30 ^ Long. 35° 5 / 25".—{Caspian Survey.)
A miserable village 26 miles from Ashraf on the north-w st, and some
three miles from the Caspian lying on the bank of the Tajand river, con
sisting of some 70 or 80 huts. There is a small establishm. nt near the
village for catching and curing sturgeon for the Russian market.
This place is remarkable as being the site of a ruined city and palace
of Shah ’Abbas.
Fraser in 1882 examined and carefully described the ruins of Farah-
abad, which he declared to be'vastly inferior to those of Ashraf in extent
as well as magnificence and to indicate only a temporary rather than a
permanent abode.— {Curzon.)
FARAHAN—
A district of Hamadan. It is famous for its carpets, which are made
in peculiar designs with subdued tints. They are more sought after than
any other. The wholesale price of the best quality is about 18 shillings
the square metre.— (Thielmann.)
FARFAHAN—
Fifty-six miles from Isfahan on the road to Yazd. The village con
tains 30 houses (population 130), and belongs to the Shah. It has 12 pairs
of oxen for ploughing. 50 kharwdrs (32,500 lbs.) of grain are sown yearly.
Taxes 80 tumdns. — {Preece, 1892.)
FARID AN.—See Vol. III.
FARlKANAR.— Lat. 36° 40' 0"; Long. 52° 32' 0".—{Walker.)
A village and river in Mazandaran. The village lies on the Caspian at
the mouth of the river, 5 miles west of Mashad-i-Sar.—(PwAcAm.)
There is a custom house here.—(/ScArnfc.)
FARISBEH.—Corrupted from Parl-Safid “ The White Fairy ”. (See also under
PARISPAR.) v er
A village of 100 houses, 500 people, situated 19 miles from Kangavar
on the road to Daulatabad. It belongs half to the crown, half to the
peasants, who originally settled here from Pars. Water very plentiful
from the river, to which a steep street leads through the village at the
bottom of which is a high pitched brick bridge. A good deal of good’pottery
is made about here. 40 pairs of plough oxen ; 52,000 lbs. of grain sown
annually.— {Preece.)
FARR or PARR or PARl— Lat. 34 0 7 / 45". Long. 48° 57' 59"
A village 20^ miles from Sultanabad on the road thence to Buruiird
{Schindler.) J
FARRASH—
A village 10 miles from Kirmanshah on the road to Sahneh. It is sur
rounded by gardens, and there are springs of water in the neighbourhood —
{Gerard.) °
FARSAN—
^ °f. the twelve villages in the Nuzdag sub-division of the
Chahar Mahall district on the road between Chiqakhur and Baba Haidar
Ihere is a small market here for Bakhtiaris—(£tac&.)