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AQD—ARB
AQDASH (No. 1)—
A village situated on the south front of the Kalat-i-Nadir! plateau in
North-Eastern Khorasan. It contains 80 families of Yangiji Turks,
who own 150 cattle and 400 sheep and goats. The normal annual pro
duction of wheat and barley amounts to 4,000 and 1,600 Indian maunds
respectively.— (Oranofsky, 1894; Sykes, 1906.)
AQDASH (No. 2)—
A village in Northern Khorasan, 23 miles from Muhammadabad, in Darreh
Gaz, on the road to Meshed by Radkan It lies 2,000 feet below the Allahu
Akbar Pass. It is inhabited by 5 families of Kurds, who own 10 cattle
and 300 sheep and goats.— (Napier; Oranofsky, 1894.)
4RA—
A newly-built village in the Nasiria or Sang bast sub-division of the
Meshed district of Khorasan. Water good. Supplies procurable in
small quantities.—(Maw^a Bakksh.)
’ARAB—
A sub-section of the Kai section of Guklan Turkomans. See Guklaa.—
(C. E. Yate.)
’ARAB AB AD—
A village of considerable size in Central Khorasan, 48 miles north-east
of Naiband, on the road to Tun. Water plentiful.— (Stewart.)
* ARAB -D -’A JAM—
The inhabitants of the Shahrud-Bustam district are designated ’Arab-u-
’Ajam (Arabs and Persians), though there is a small proportion of Turks.
The first are the descendants of the ’Arab conquerors ; but the three races
have now fused so completely that they are undistinguish able in feature
and language. One of the finest regiments in the Persian Army is called
’Arab-u-’Ajam, and is celebrated for its valour.— (MacGregor.)
ARADAN—
See Ardan.
<ARAF KHANI—
A clan of Baluchis, consisting of 400 families resident in Khorasan,
having been settled there about 1740 A. D. by Nadir Shah.— (Stewart.)
’ARAGHl—
A village in Shahrud-B istam, the second stage north-west of Shahrud
on the road to Bandar-i-Gaz.— (MacGregor.)
ARBAKAI—
A sub-district of Nishapur with 8 villages and some hamlets and a
population of 1,200. Its principal village is Sultanabad
(For full description see Article on Nishapur.)— (Schindler.)