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1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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or Amur., a town of Persia, in the province of Mazandaran, 23 m. W. of Barfurush, in 36° 28' N. Lat. and 52° 23' E. long. Pop. about Io,000. It is situated on both banks of the Heraz, or Herhaz river, which is crossed here by a very narrow stone bridge of twelve arches and flows into the Caspian Sea 12 m. lower down. Amol is not walled and is now a place of little importance, but in and around it there are ruins and ancient buildings which bear witness to its former greatness. Of these the most conspicuous is the mausoleum of Seyed Kavvam ud-din, king of Mazandaran, who died in 1379, and one old mosque dates from A.D. 793. The town has spacious and well-supplied bazaars and post and telegraph offices.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Amol'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​a/amol.html. 1910.
 
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