AMOL
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V01,
Page 876
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
AMOL
, or Anrun, a town of Persia, in the province of Mazandaran, 23 in
.
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 See also: - STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
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, See also: - KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
of Mazandaran, who died in 1379, and one old mosque dates from A.D
.
793
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The town has spacious and well-supplied bazaars and post and telegraph offices
.
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