"دليل بلاد فارس. مجلد II" [و‎‎٣‎٤] (٧٠٦/٧٢)

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A VAN JALA—
A small mud sarai on the left of the Tehran-Firuzkuh road, near some
gardens and fields, about 25 miles from Tehran.— (Napier.)
AVAKZAMAN— Elev. 5,588'.
A village of 30 houses in the Malayar district, 17| miles from Daulatabad
on the road to Nihavand.— (Schindler.)
AVASAN (or ABAS AN) (?)
A river of Kurdistan crossed by the road from Zuhab’ to Sulaimanleh
a few miles from the former.— (Rawlinson.)
AVAZABAD—
A village in the Damghan district, 8 miles from Damghan on the road to
Tehran.— (Schindler.)
AVEH—
An insignificant little place of some 100 houses situated south-south
east of Saveh, its revenue is 2,350 krdns cash and 235 kharwdrs of grain.
It is Government property and is held in fief by the chief of the Khalaj
tribe.— (Schindler.)
AVRUMAN DAGH—
The Avruman range lies south-west of, and parallel to the Zagros moun
tains. The hills are wild and rocky, only traversed by footpaths. Between
Avraman and Zagros is a narrow valley, thiough which runs a direct road to
Kirmanshah from Sulaiman'eh, called the Shanran road. Througi; this valley
flows a little river, which comes down from the Guran pass and falls into the
Diala (Ab-i-Shlrwan.)
AVRUMANI—
A tribe divided into 2 Sections, inhabiting the country east of the
Avruman range, and a few villages at its south-east foot in Turkish
territory. The two sections are, however, separated and under different
chiefs. The tribe is mostly sedentary, but very warlike. The 2 sections
are under Ja’far Sultan and Shah ’Ali, respectively. The first can place
possibly 50 horsemen in the field ; the second, in Persian territory, is a much
stronger tribe and has a reputation for fierce fighting. The majority fight
on foot. The number of riflemen under Shah ’All is reckoned at 500.—•
(Soam, 1910.)
AVRUMAN LAHUN—
A buluk of Kurdistan 18 farsakhs west of Sinandlj and a sub-province of
Ardalan. It is well wooded with oak, has 23 villages and a population of
5,000. The inhabitants are poor and ill-fed but less wild than their neigh
bours of Avruman Takht. It is. divided into four or five smaller districts.
It is always governed by the same family, though the Vali of Kurdistan
always chooses the particular member.
Geography. —The hills of Avraman are a very prominent feature.
To the west and south it touches Turkish territory. The district is very
difficult of access on account of the Shirvan river which limits the district on