Agdash ( آقداش) is a summer camp in the

Arasbaran Arasbaran (), also known as Qaradagh (; , ; ), is a large mountainous area stretching from the Qūshā Dāgh massif, south of Ahar, to the Aras River in East Azerbaijan province of Iran. The region is confined to Aras Riv ...

region, which is located on lush mountains overlooking Abbasabad, Oskolou 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 the

Russo-Persian War (1826–28) The Russo-Persian Wars ( ), or the Russo-Iranian Wars ( ), began in 1651 and continued intermittently until 1828. They consisted of five conflicts in total, each rooted in both sides' disputed governance of territories and countries in the Cauc ...

when the 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 Turkified Kurdish tribe dwelling for the most part in the Arasbaran region, in East Azerbaijan province of Iran. Its summer quart ...

in the battle with Haji-Alilu tribe, commended by Amir Arshad, 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.

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{{Portal, Iran Populated places in Khoda Afarin County