Persia past and present; a book of travel and research, with more than two hundred illustrations and a map . lillNs vv rii), Al K\\.:\\Ai;(Fart ..r ihi soiithwesteni wall with a huillllu^ lu the haeUgniiiml) SITE OF AN ANCIENT CUSTOM SOUSE 243 base of the great mountain ridge whose steep and ruggedheights make a formidable barrier to surmount before reach-ing the city of Hamadan. Asadabad is the regular halting-place for all caravans that go by this ancient route, and I believethat this not inconsiderable village represents, in location atleast, the Bazigraban, or Custom Hou
Persia past and present; a book of travel and research, with more than two hundred illustrations and a map . lillNs vv rii), Al K\\.:\\Ai;(Fart ..r ihi soiithwesteni wall with a huillllu^ lu the haeUgniiiml) SITE OF AN ANCIENT CUSTOM SOUSE 243 base of the great mountain ridge whose steep and ruggedheights make a formidable barrier to surmount before reach-ing the city of Hamadan. Asadabad is the regular halting-place for all caravans that go by this ancient route, and I believethat this not inconsiderable village represents, in location atleast, the Bazigraban, or Custom House, mentioned by Isidorusin the passage already quoted. The etymology of the nameBazi-grahan (Gk. Ba^iypd^av) immediately becomes clear whenwe restore the word to its probable form in Ancient Persian,*Bdji-graband, tribute-taking, toll-collecting, indicating theplace where the customs dues were levied, somewhat like theModern Persian hdj-gdh, toll Asadabad, being situated in a plain at the base of the spursof Mount Alvand and watered by the streams that descend fromthe great ridge, has a fertile
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