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ASTABAT

Volume 3 · 53 words · 1860 Edition

a small town of Persian Armenia, near the river Aras, 20 miles south-east of Nakschivan. The neighbouring country is fertile, and produces good wine. There is a root peculiar to this country, called romas, used for dyeing red, great quantities of which are exported to India. Long. 46° 30'. E. Lat. 39° N.