Ahar is a
town and the capital of
Ahar County in
East Azarbaijan provience,
Iran. The town is known on the market place for its
Ahar rugs.Ahar is one of the ancient cities of azarbayjan, its name before islam was "uzanlar" and was known as "meimad" too, after presentation of islam this city has been named "ahar" or "ahrich" that was chief town of "garadagh". Ahar in arabic is read as /Ahaer/ that means "van". Van is a tree that was abundant in Ahar region.
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