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AL— Lat. 36° 41' 40"; Long. 59° 42' 20".—{Napier.)
A village in Khorasan, on the road from Meshed to Kalat-i-hiadiri, and
32 miles north of the former town. It is situated in a small opening
in the hills about 1 mile long by 400 yards broad, its houses, cultiva
tion, and gardens occupying the whole of the level ground at the foot of
the cliffs.
The population consists of 50 families of Turks, who possess 200 cattle,
2,000 sheep and goats, and 8 horses. The annual production of wheat and
barley is 300 kharudrs.—{Yate ; Oranofsky, 1894 ; Smyth, 1906.)
See Panj Maneh and Darband-i-Al.
’ALAM—
A stage on the western border of Khorasan on the northern road
between Biabanak and Nan, about 60 miles from each—{MacGregor.)
*ALAMDASHT—
Name of a small village and qandt near Meshed in Khorasan. {Maula
Bakhsh.)
’ALAM KUTAL—
A steep but not difficult pass forming the watershed between the Atrak
and Kuchan drainage.— {Maclean.)
ALARtJ—
A small stream in Northern Khorasan flowing north-east from the AbU
Kuh, and crossed on the road from Jajarm to Astarabad by Naudeh at
11 miles from Kanchi.— {Napier.)
’ALAS—
A small village containing about eight families of Bhghiri Turks, seven
miles north-west of Safiabad in the Bam-Safiabad sub-division of Meshed
in Khorasan. Supplies scarce.—(C.E. Yate.) The little isolated hamlet
of ’Alas is about 13 miles from Biqrabad and about 12 miles from
Dehaneh-i-Shirin. The mountain to the east of ’Alas is called Kuh-i-
Yaramjeh.— {H. M. Temple.)
ALDANG—
A village in the Alghur division of the Kam district of Khorasan.
{Bellew.)
ALEH DAGH— Lat. 37° 24'0" ; Long. 57° 11'0" ; Elev. 12,300'.- (Yaper.)
A lofty, rugged peak of the Elburz range in Khorasan, trending to
wards the valley of Isfarain on one side, and_throwing spurs towards the
Atrak river, one of which encircles the Bujnurd basin on the north. Ijae
name signifies “The piebald,” which is very commonly applied to
mountains high enough to retain patches of snow late into the summer.
According to others the peak is called after a fine peach. T e ighes
peak of this mountain is 4,600 feet above the level of the valley, and
called Baba Buland.—(Mew ; MacGregor] Napier.)
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