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ARTIK K ALA— Lat. 36° 41' 0", Long. 60° 56' 0"; Elev. ' [Napier):
A village on the road from Mashhad to Sarakhs by Chacha. It lies at the
base of the Zari-Kuli range, and a little to the north of it. It is culti
vated by Turkmans, who pay one-tenth of the produce to the Governor of
Kalat- t-Nadiri as revenue. It belongs to Persia.— [Petrusevitch, Stewart.)
ARUFKFANI. .
A clan of Baluchis consisting of 400 families resident in Khurasan, having
been settled there about 17-tO A. D. by -Nadir Shah.— (Stewart.)
ARWAND— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in the Narjun subdivision of the Ghain district of Eastern
Khurasan.— (Bel/ew.)
ARWl— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in Khurasan in the Alghur buluk of the district of Kain. It is
picturesquely situated in a dell, surrounded by vineyards and orchards and
small patches of corn cultivation. It contains about 200 houses.— (Bellew.)
ARWTTA—Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A. wide undulating pasture tract outside the borders of South-Eastern Khu
rasan, between the Harut Rud and Chahi Sajak, on the borders of the
Ghain district. It extends north to the Kuh Chahi Shor, and beyond it
joins the valley of the Harut llud below Anardara. Its soil is firm and
gravelly, here and there strewed with lumps of cellular trap or lava of black,
red, and orange colour. The surface is covered with pasture herbs and grasses.
— (Bellew.)
ARZANA— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '.
One of a small group of villages between Zugam and Rui Khaf in Khura
san.— (Stewart.)
ARZANA —Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A small village in Eastern Khurasan, about 10 miles south-east of Khaf,
on the direct road to Kain. It lies with two other villages below the
Kuh-Kalata range.— (Stewart.)
ASALABAD*—Lat. 35° 37'10", Long. 59° 18' 50'; Elev. h,m' (Walker).
A single fortified village in Khurasan, 52 miles south of Mashhad. It is
situated in the plain or valley of Gulgah Rukh in the Dasht-i-Rukh sub
division of the Turbat-i-Haidari district. The entrance gate to this village
is peculiar. It consists of a circular opening closed by a great millstone,
about a foot thick and six feet in diameter, which rolls back into a side
casement. Owing to the scarcity of timber, large slabs of slate or millstone
grit are commonly used as doors for houses and gardens in this district.
The village was built about 1863 by Asadida Mirza as a check to Turkman
raiders. Water is supplied by karez streams, but is of insipid taste. The
soil is light and gravelly. There are eight or ten other castellated villages
in the valley of Gulgah Rukh.— (Goldsmid, Euan-Smith, Bellew.)
ASADABAD— Lat. 34° 21' 30", Long. 59° 45' 30"; Elev. ' (St. John).
A village in Khurasan, 17| miles south-west of Khaf, on the road to Guna-
bad.— (Stewart, Khanikoff.)
ASHKABADf —Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in Khurasan, 5 miles from Mashhad, on the road to Sarakhs.—
(MacGregor.) %
* The “ City of Lions.”
f The “ City of Tears.”
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