"دليل بلاد فارس. مجلد II" [و‎‎١‎٨] (٧٠٦/٤٠)

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of 8,440' for Akhura-i-Bala and 8,140' for Akhura-i-Pain. The vallev
is clear of snow for 7 months, but for 5 months from November to March J the
snow lies so deep that the villagers have to keep to their houses ; the flocks
are housed m underground chambers. Provisions for man and beast
or the 5 months of winter are laid in during the open weather. In June
^ P i a fnn r ! 1S o S nn d n ^ ^ese villages contain about 350 houses
and 1,500 to 2,000 inhabitants. Provisions scarce, sheep numerous • corn
scarce ; donkeys abound,_ every village having 50 or 60. The popular
etymology of the name is Ab-Khuran, giving to drink or irrigating, because
the rivers, which rise m the mountains in the neighbourhood of Akhura
water the country all round. A road leads from Akhura toDizfulmi
Gartak, 6 stages.— (MacGregor — Bell — Schindler.)
AKHURD—
A village, 52 miles from Isfahan, on the road to Yazd. It consists of
a few huts and gardens and trees. It is near the spot where the waters of the
Zmdeh Rud are lost m the salt marsh.—
AKJABAD—
A small village in Azarbaijan, 2f miles north-west of Ajabshlr and about
a mile west of the Maragheh-Tabrlz high road.—(Mmto)
AKOVNA—
A village in Azarbaijan, 9 miles from Marand on the road from Julfa to
Tabriz.— (Bicot, 1894.)
AKU—
Morier gives a village of this name 70 miles south of Tabriz and 151 north
: of Maragheh, Schindler says this is the same as Alkuh (q.v.).
’ALA, ALSO CALLED KAHLA—
A village of 120 houses, 4|- miles east-south-east of Samnan ", formerly a
place of some importance, now half buried in sand, blown over it from the
desert to the south. Has a fine mosque minaret built in 12th century.—
(Schindler.)
ALACHUM—
A small village, of round houses with domed roofs, 24 miles on the road
from Qum to Gulpaigan ; the fields are irrigated, and there are a few trees
and cultivation about— (Bell.)
ALLAHABAD—
A village passed on the road from Isfahan to Yazd, about 85 miles from
the former.— (Smith.)
AL-AHWAZ—
A high barren chain of mountains near Khunsar.—(Jones.)
ALAK—
A village in Kirmanshah situated in the Bllawar valley about 33 miles
north of Kirmanshah city. It contains about 50 houses inhabited by Bilawarl
Kurds and is close to the Razawar Rud. Water from a stream; a fair number