Agdash ( آقداش) is a summer camp in

Arasbaran Arasbaran ( fa, ارسباران ''Arasbârân'') or shortened to Arasbar ( fa, ارسبار ''Arasbâr''), meaning "The Banks of the Aras (river), Aras/Araxes river," also known as "Qaradagh" or "Karadagh" ( az, Qaradağ ...

region, which is located on lush mountains overlooking Abbasabad,

Oskolou Oskelu ( fa, اسكلو, also Romanized as Oskelū, Eskaloo, and Eskalū; also known as Iskyulyu and Osgelū; also written as Üskülü) is a village in Misheh Pareh Rural District of the Central District of Kaleybar County, East Azerbaijan p ...

and Balan villages. In summer months many families from low lands of

pitch their camps on the site and raise their livestock. Another name of Agdash is Topkhaneh, perhaps a reference to the time of

Russo-Persian War (1826–28) The Russo-Persian Wars or Russo-Iranian Wars were a series of conflicts between 1651 and 1828, concerning Persia (Iran) and the Russian Empire. Russia and Persia fought these wars over disputed governance of territories and countries in the Cau ...

when Iranian military had set their infantry in the area. According to local elders the final defeat of

Mohammad Khanlu Mohammad Khanlu (Moḥammad-Ḵānlū) ( محمد خانلو) is one of the six major Tribes of Arasbaran. It is a Turkicized Kurdish tribe dwelling for the most part in the Arasbaran region, in East Azerbaijan Province of Iran. Its summer quarte ...

in the battle with

Haji-Alilu Haji-Alilu (ḤĀJI ʿALILU) ( حاج علیلو) is one on the six major Tribes of Arasbaran. It is a Turkic tribe with two branches; one dwelling in the vicinity of Maragheh, and main branch lives north of Varzaqan and Ahar in the Qarājadāḡ r ...

tribe, commended by

Amir Arshad Sam Khan, the headman of Haji-Alilu tribe of Arasbaran, was a legendary military commander in early twentieth century. He was given honorary titles such as Arshad Nezam, Sardar Arshad, Shoja Nezam, Salar Nezam, and Amir Arshad (w:fa:امیر ارش� ...

, occurred in Agdash.M. mojtahedi, "رجال آذربایجان در عصر مشروطیت", Tabriz, چاپخانه نقش جهان, 1948, p. 184 In northern slopes of the mountain chain there is an area which is known as Nəbi Ölən, so named in the honor of the slain commander of the

warriors. The area has been peaceful since 1910. Nowadays, the lush mountain chain is a source of inspiration for the new generation of poets, Ashugs, and those romantic idealists looking for relics of imagined bygone idyllic lives of pastoralists.

References

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