'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME I' [‎19v] (43/820)

ARK-I-MUHAMMAD KHlN—
A village 7 miles from Bujnurd in northern Khorasan, on the road to
Jajarm.— (Napier.) It contains 30 families.(—fl - . M. Temple.)
ARK-I-Nt) Jt!—
A village of 50 houses in the Tabas sub
north-west of Tabas.— [Schindler.)
district of Sabzawar, 24 miles
ARK-I-QARBAN ’All BEG—
A small village in the Tabas sub-district of Sabzawar, 24 miles north-
west of Tabas.— {Schindler.) 0Uh
ARM!AN (No. 1 )—Lat. 36° 21'O'; Long. 55° 27' 10'; Elev, 5 360'—
{Napier.) ’ ‘ ’
Principal place of the Armian sub-district of Shahrud-Bustam Has
60 houses, extensive gardens, and an abundant water-supply Is famous
for its vines, many people coming from afar during the season to buv
grapes, paying sheep for them. Has an enormous chindr tree which ac
cording to local legend, grows over the grave of the prophet Jeremiah
(Armia) and over those of two other prophets, and hence name of place
Armian. as a post house, which, however, when fodder is dear is closed
{Schindler.) ’
ARMIAN (No. 2)—
A sub-d.stnct of Shahrud-Bustam with etght villages and a population
of about 1,600. The villages are Armian, Isril (Serail), Judaneh Kalateh
i-Asad, Muhammadabad, Maiamai, Zaidar, Ibrahimhbad The district
lies to the east of Shahrud and begins at Bidasht and ends at Zaidar —
{Schindler.)
ARMIAN judaneh kuh—
A mountain range south of the road from Mayamaito Shahrud, so called
from the two villages Armian and Judaneh, which lie on the’northern
slopes of the range.— {Schindler.)
ARMUTLl—
A small walled village containing about five families, situated in the
Armutli plain in the Buj nurd district of Khorasan, 8 miles west of
Robat-i-Karabil and 9 miles east of Dasht. It lies at the foot of the
Sarai range which bounds the valley on the south.
The Armutli plain drains westward through an opening at the end of
the valley, through a gorge which is one of the sources of the Gurgan. It
joins the main Gurgan defile a few miles below the village of Dasht The
plain is only cultivated in the vicinity of Armutli, Robat-i-Karabil and
Robat-i- Ishq.
The soil of the valley is very soft and adhesive after rain, and difficult
for wheels on that account. It is nearly level. In dry weather guns pass