Persia past and present; a book of travel and research, with more than two hundred illustrations and a map . Mount Ararat, nkak Ki;ivan. RUSTOiM, MY (iEOKGIAN GUIDK TO THF. FRONTIER MOUNT ARARAT 17 The Persian name for it is Koh-i Nuh, Noahs Mountain,^while the Tartars merely call it Aghri Dagh, Steep Moun-tain, the name given to the range running eastward. Theold superstition current among the natives, to the effect thatits summit cannot be reached by man, has long been dispelled,since no less than sixteen different ascents by Europeans havebeen recorded within the past hundred years. Legends
Persia past and present; a book of travel and research, with more than two hundred illustrations and a map . Mount Ararat, nkak Ki;ivan. RUSTOiM, MY (iEOKGIAN GUIDK TO THF. FRONTIER MOUNT ARARAT 17 The Persian name for it is Koh-i Nuh, Noahs Mountain,^while the Tartars merely call it Aghri Dagh, Steep Moun-tain, the name given to the range running eastward. Theold superstition current among the natives, to the effect thatits summit cannot be reached by man, has long been dispelled,since no less than sixteen different ascents by Europeans havebeen recorded within the past hundred years. Legends about Noah naturally cluster around Ararat and itsvicinity. The place where the patriarch planted the vine andpartook to excess of the juice of the grape was formerly shownnear the village of Akhuri (Akori), or Arguri — a hamletwhose name, by popular etymology in Armenian, is supposedto mean he (Noah) planted the vine (^arh ur),^ whence themodern form Arguri. In like manner the spot where he builtan altar and offered burnt sacrifices to Jehovah used to bepointed out, as well as a stunted willow sprung from a plankof the ark.^ T
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