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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 876 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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AMOL , or Anrun, a See also:

town of See also:Persia, in the See also:province of See also:Mazandaran, 23 in. W. of See also:Barfurush, in 36° 28' N. See also:Lat. and 52° 23' E. See also:long Pop. about Io,000. It is situated on both See also:banks of the Heraz, or Herhaz See also:river, which is crossed here by a very narrow See also:stone See also:bridge of twelve See also:arches and flows into the See also:Caspian See also:Sea 12 M. See also:lower down. Amol is not walled and is now a See also:place of little importance, but in and around it there are ruins and See also:ancient buildings which See also:bear See also:witness to its former greatness. Of these the most conspicuous is the See also:mausoleum of Seyed Kavvam ud-din, See also:king of Mazandaran, who died in 1379, and one old See also:mosque See also:dates from A.D. 793. The town has spacious and well-supplied bazaars and See also:post and See also:telegraph offices.

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