The Afshars of Asadabad
Between
Hamadan and Kungawur intervenes a fertile tract held by a branch of the tribe
of Affshar. The small town of Kungawur, which D’Anville considers as the
Concobar of antiquity, is remarkable for the ruins of a magnificent edifice
described by Sir R. K. Porter, and by him supposed to have been the celebrated
temple of Diana. A further route of fifty-two miles conducts to Kermanshah, a
thriving city, exhibiting in the time of the traveler just named the advantages
derived from the residence of a prince and court less dependent than others
upon that of the principal sovereign. It contains about 15,000 families, and is
adorned with many handsome public buildings.
J.B. Fraser — An historical and descriptive account of
Persia (1834)
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