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along with ease. In the spring of 1888 the Rukn-ud-Daiileh brought his
guns this way from Simalqan, to which he had driven them from Meshed
via Kuchan and Bujmlrd. The passes by which the Yamuts cross into
the Armutli plain from the north are as follows, beginning from the east:—
1. The Chalbash pass.
2. The Yakeh Taqlan.
3. The Chanda ’Abbas pass.
4. The branch of the Gurgan defile which carries off the drainage
of the Armutli plain, at the western end of the valley.
The occupation of Shaugban would stop Nos. 1, 2 and 3, and would tend
to discourage use of No. 4, which, however, is also completely commanded
from Dasht.— {Maclean) C. E. Yate.)
ARSABAD—
A village in Khorasan, on the left bank of the Ab-i-Meshed or Kasbaf
Rud, and 1 mile below the ford on the Sarakhs road. The village of Kaleh-
i-Ulang is opposite to it on the right bank of the river.— {MacGregor.)
ARTAK KALEH— Lat. 36° 41' 0"; Long. 60° 56" ^'—{Napier.)
A village on the road from Meshed to Sarakhs by Chehcheh. It lies at
the base of the Zari Kuh range, and a little to the north of it. It is cul
tivated by Turkomans, who pay one-tenth of the produce to the Governor
of Kalat-i-Nadiri as revenue. It belongs to Persia.— {Petrusevitch ;
Stewart.)
ARTIAN— Lat. 37° 23' 0" ; Long. 58° 59' V.—{Stewart.)
A village in the Darreh Gaz district of Khorasan, 2 miles north by west of
Muhammadabad. It contains 27 families of Turks, who own 160 cattle
and 400 sheep and goats. The normal annual production of wheat and
barley amounts to 3,200 and 1,600 Indian maunds respectively.—
{Oranofsky, 1894.)
ARTUMAN—
A village containing 100 houses in the Bujnurd district of Khorasan.—
{Stephen.)
ARUSAN—
A village in Yazd, 143 miles from Yazd, on the direct road to Damghan.
Water from well, in bed of river, no supplies.— {MacGregor.)
ARVAND—
A village in the Neharjan sub-division of the Kain district of Eastern
Khorasan.— {Bellew.)
ARVl—
A village in Khorasan in the Alghhr huliiJc of the district of Kam.
It is picturesquely situated in a dell, surrounded by vineyards and
orchards and small patches of corn cultivation. It contains about 200
houses.— {Bellew.) ~ w - - . j