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Title: The universal geography : the earth and its inhabitants
Year: 1876 (1870s)
Authors: Reclus, Elisée, 1830-1905 Ravenstein, Ernest George, 1834-1913 Keane, A. H. (Augustus Henry), 1833-1912
Subjects: Geography
Publisher: London : J.S. Virtue & Co., Ltd.
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
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uman foot was formerly attributed to the gods, but is now regarded by devoutShiahs as a mark of Alls presence. The spot, however, is carefully guarded fromthe prying eyes of sceptics, more numerous in Persia than elsewhere in theMohammedan world, In the vicinity is the Cheshmeh-i-Ali, or Fountain of Ali,probably the most copious spring in the whole of Persia, with a flow, according toNapier, of about 75 cubic feet per second. Eound about Astana this perennialstream has created a smiling oasis, in the midst of the desolate yeUowish rockyscenery so characteristic of the southern slopes of the Elburz highlands. To itswaters are attributed mysterious virtues, which, while purifying the soul, act alsoefficaciously especially in the treatment of cutaneous affections. Beyond the Shamsherbur Pass, the main range is regularly continued under thespecial names of Hazarjar and Savad-Kuh towards the south-west, everywherepresenting to the Caspian steep richly-wooded slopes, but falling down to the
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THE ELBUEZ RANGE. 83 tableland ttrougli a series of rocky or grassy terraces, destitute of timber, except ina few depressions watered by perennial springs. Tbe Tilar or Talar, the mostcopious river in tbis part of Mazanderan, receives its first affluents not from, thenorthern but from the southern slopes, rising on the Khing plateau at an altitudeof 9,500 feet, and after collecting a large niunber of head-streams, forcing its waythrough a gorge in the Elburz range northwards to the Caspian. This defile isflanked on the east side by the Nezwar, a lofty peak rising to a height of 13,200feet, and almost completely surrounded by affluents of the Talar. The approach tothe pass near the village of Firuz-Kuh was formerly defended by some forts nowin ruins, and attributed, like so many other structures in the East, to the Macedonian Fig. 29.—Mountains and Passes op Astrabad.Scale 1 :1,600,000.

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