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Section One: Máh-Kú
Máh-Kú: A stone castle and a village
In the furthest remote northwestern corner of Írán and far from all centres of activity sits Máh-Kú, a stone castle near the top of a mountain, at the foot of which lies a small village bearing that name. Located in the mountainous province of Ádhirbáyján, it is about 10 miles [about 16 km] from the border of what is present day Turkey [at that time the Ottoman Empire]. It is also not far from the border of what was then the Russian Empire. [The regions close by have now become the independent states of Armenia & Azerbaijan].
Modern day [2025] map of the Middle East showing location of Máh-Kú [at the far north-western tip of Írán] close to the borders of Turkey and Armenia.
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