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around, it, it would be delightful.” Unfortunately, it is the most un
healthy spot in all Gilan ; the marshes which surround it, combined with the
dreadful heat of summer, render it, at that season, almost uninhabitable,
and the richer people retire to Lanjan, or the neighbouring mountains.
In Hanway’s time it was the same, and he remarks that, as Gilan was ac
counted the sink of Persia, so Langarud was considered the sink of Gilan.
It is now a town of some commercial importance lying in the centre of a rice-
producing district ; it has a population estimated at 50,00. There are,
however, some excellent well-built brick houses and among the trees stands
conspicuous a circular summer-house of three storeys high, surmounted
by a dome. The revenue derived from the custom house at Langarud is
said to amount to between £750 and £,1,000.
LANGARUD (3)—
A village in the Vazkarud division of Qum, 10 miles from the town of Qum
on the road to Kashan situated on a stream of running water; during winter
most of its people reside at Khurabad.— {Schindler.)
LANKURAN—
This town, which is only another open roadstead, seems to be
more of a military station than of commercial importance. The town is
situated in Northern Talish and is now Russian territory.
Climate feverish, but better than at Astara— {Sykes, 1894.)
LAR (I)—
A small village in the hills north of Tabriz, 23| miles north of the city,—
{Schindler.)
LAR (2)—
A river which rises on the east slopes of the Kasil Kuh, 25 miles north of
Tehran. South of mount Damavand at the Pulur bridge it takes the name
of Harhaz., {Schindler, 1910.)
LARADUL {Persian) — Elev. 4,900'.
Stands back | mile from the Sinneh-Kirmanshah road in a small grassy
ravine, affluent to the right bank of the Shenih stream a mile from its
junction with the Gavarra river. Water-supply good and plentiful from
springs ; the surplus from the cultivated land escapes across the Kirman-
shah road. The village consists of 15 houses, Kurds : some corn, Indian
corn and vegetables are grown ; willow and fruit trees. The people graze
some flocks of sheep and goats, and own cattle.— {Burton.)
LARGAN—
A valley in Mazandaran between Arsinkiru and Mlkhsaz It is wide
and well cultivated; the huge mountains on the south afford copious
supplies for numerous streams by which the valley is irrigated.— {Lovett.)
LARlJlN—
A district of Mazandaran, which commences north from Paras and ex
tends to a distance of 7 miles south of Ask, its capital. A more impene
trable valley could not easily be found. It is said to contain 72 villages, and