Cities, Towns and Villages in Markazi Province - Arak, Iran, Jasb, Tafresh, Saveh, Delijan, Mahallat, Ashtianarak, Iran, Jasb, Tafresh, Saveh, Delijan, Mahallat, Ashtian, Khomein, Ashtiyan, Tarkhuran, Khomein, Ashtiyan, Tarkhuran (Paperback)

Chapters: Arak, Iran, Jasb, Tafresh, Saveh, Delijan, Mahallat, Ashtian, Khomein, Ashtiyan, Tarkhuran, Teraran, Shazand, Naragh, Visman, Vafs, Kazaz, Astaneh Arak, Garakan. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 50. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Ark, (in Persian: ) previously known as Soltan-abad, is the center of Markazi province, Iran. It had an estimated population of 511,127 in 2005. Arak is built on the ruins of a small town called Daskerah, which was destroyed during the Mongol invasion of Persia. Modern Arak is a relatively new city on fertile lands, reestablished in 1795 with primary construct ending in 1852. The new city was founded and financed during the Qajar era by an Iranian Georgian Yusef Khan Gorji, a pro-Iranian Georgian warlord given refuge by Agha Mohammad Khan (Persian: ) (17421797) following a territorial dispute with his cousins who were supported by Imperial Russian Empress Catherine the Great. In the period between 1795 and 1797, Yusef Khan-e Gorji, renamed Yusef Khan-e Sepahdar by the Shah, settled his army in the fertile though poorly-controlled territory that would become modern Arak. Hostile tribes in this region had operated autonomously from Qajar rule. With the Persian Shahs approval, Yusuf Khan diverted the main river to drive out the hostiles and built the Soltan Abad fortress, or Baladeh, a war fortress to act as a buffer and serve as the foundation of what would become modern Arak. Yusuf Khans organized military force was established in this region aptly named (or more accurately, re-named) "Persian Iraq" (Iraq-e ajam) ( ) from ancient times meaning 'smooth land'. According to historians, Yusef Khan built Arak from his own personal income and with the aid of affluents. The town would remain a military base and fortress until 1892. The Soltan Abad fo...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1131360