"دليل بلاد فارس. مجلد I" [و‎‎٣‎٥] (٨٢٠/٧٤)

ATT-AZA
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According to the Akhal-Khorasan Boundary Convention of 11th—23rd
March 1882, the course of the river Atrak serves as the frontier between
the possessions of the Russian Empire and Persia east of the Caspian Sea,
between Hasan Quli Gulf and Chat-i-Atrak.— [MacGregor ; C. Stephen ;
Petrusevitch ; Napier ; O' Donovan; TFar Office, “ Persia ; ” Mania Baksh.)
ATTAR—
A village in the Meshed valley in Khorasan. Water good. Supplies
procurable in small quantities.— [Mania Baksh.)
AUBARAN or AB-I-BARAN—
A village in Khorasan, 15 miles west of Meshed. It is surrounded with
cultivation on all sides.— [Clerk.)
’AUDEHRUSH-RUD—
A stream in the Astarabad district, flowing in a north-westerly
direction into the Gurgan river. It traverses the Fidarisk sub-divi
sion.— [Napier.)
AUL— Lat. 36° 41' 40" ; Long. 59° 42' 20".—[Napier.)
A village in Khorasan, on the road from Meshed to Kalat-i-Nadiri, and
32 miles north of the former town. It is situated in a small opening
in the hills about 1 mile long by 400 yards broad, its houses, cultiva
tion, and gardens occupying the whole of the level ground at the foot
of the cliffs.
Avard—
A village in the Shirvan sub-division of the Kuchan district of Khora
san, situated about 8 miles from Shirvan.— (MacZeaw.)
AVlZ or ABlZ—
A flourishing village of 80 houses in the Zirkuh sub-division of Birjand.
—(//. D. Napier.)
AZADMANJIR or ASAD MANZIL—
A village of 100 houses in Khorasan, about 6 miles east of Sabzawar,
close to Nazlabad, of which, it is said, it was formerly a part. It has an
old mosque with a dome 40 feet high. [Schindler.)
lZADVAR—
A village in the centre of the valley of Juvain m Khorasan, about
8 miles from Safiabad. .
This village is situated near the ruins of the old town of Juvain, from
which the district takes its name. _ _
These ruins consist of the remains of a lofty mud building, some 0
yards by 30 in size and 30 to 40 feet m height which formerly
W three storeys and possibly four. This was surrounded by a wall and
bastions, and to^the east of it lies a mass of mounds full of stones and bricks,
which mark the site of the ancient town of Juvain. See Jaghatai.
(C. E. Yate, 1897.)
48 I. B.