Astrabad

Astrabad, a town in Persia, at the foot of the Elburz Mountains, and 30 miles south-east of the Caspian Sea. It was once the residence of the Kajar princes, the ancestors of the Shah. Owing to its unhealthiness, the Persians call it "the City of the Plague." The province of which it is the capital bears the same name, and has an area of 5,633 square miles.