"دليل بلاد فارس. مجلد II" [و‎‎٢‎٩] (٧٠٦/٦٢)

ARDA—ARDI
45
before 1900 ; also a Post Office which connects with Maibud, the ‘ Chlvilr
Kh~neh ’ not having been shifted. ’ l ^
Price of barley 22 shah s per Tabriz maund. There are a large number
of mullas in the town, which is surrounded by walls, with pepper pot
towers, above which rise innumerable ‘b dgirs’ or wind towers,
f Tlle caravansarai covers just an acre and is of the ‘ sar yosh'deh' type
almost the whole of the interior being arched over. It is built of burnt
bricks and is in a good state of repair.— (Sykes.)
ARDANA —Elev. 4,750'.
A village on the borders of Kurdistan, 3 miles south-east of Panjvln.
It lies on the south side of the Bimansu Chat valley. (Gerard.)
ARDALAN—
See Kurdistan. _ ■ !
ARDAHAK— Elev. 5,370'.
A village of 60 houses, 6J miles north-east of Yang! Imam, half wav
.wSo 66 !!, Tehran and Kazvm. Beiring from Ardahak to Yanei Imarn
209 . Taxes of villages 19 tumdns cash, 30 kharwdrs grain. Iron ore
and seams of coal in neighbourhood.—($cAmd7er.)
ARDlB—
See Urdib.
ARDISTAN (dhtrict)—-
A mahall of the Isfahan province, it consists of 5,400 square miles the
greater part desert, situated south-east of Natanz, north-east of Isfahan
north-west of Nam, and is sub-divided into four districts, Garmsir ITnnpr
and Lower Kuhistan and Barzavand.— (Schindler.) ’ ^
ARDISTAN (town)— Lat. 33°23'; Elev; 4,210. ( 4 , 082 ' 7.^.Y.Z).)
A large cluster of villages on the high road between Kashan and Yazd
It is situated m a valley between two lofty ranges of hills
. “nteiM about 2,000 houses with 10,000 inhabitants; and is divided
into six mahaUas, which spread over a considerable area, trees eultiv tion
and gardens intervening between them. The town has a covered
containing from 30 to 40 shops. There is a post-office, a
two caravansarais, several mosques and baths. 1 naneh,
The place has a resident Governor and the revenue (m7rt) is , 6000
twmn?. it is situated in the Garmsir district of the Ardistan Mahall of
tne Isfahan province. 11 UA
b y T Vrughan°d 0baCC0 gr ° Wn ' The ch ‘ ef CropS were e8t ™“*ed as follows
Wheat and barley, 100,000 Tabriz maunds, a good deal of wheat is exnort
ed to the Chahar Mahall and Farldan districts. Large quaStie
of opium and cotton. Fruits of all sorts in large quantitils
bVthrstream^ pl ° ntlfuI ’- alld tIlere are E0 ™ r ' : ' 1 corn-mills worked
There are many towns in the neighbourhood, such as Mahabhd 700
Sh.,rab 300 and Zuvareh 50 houses. There are not less than 30
villages within a ten-mile radius.