Nāzok-e Olyā

Nazok-e Olya lies in the northwestern country between Khoy and the Araxes, east of Maku. Here the settlements of the plateau stand among plains and mountain approaches leading toward the river and the neighbouring lands of the Caucasus. The wider district lay within the frontier zone contested by Ottoman and Iranian rulers, through which the roads from Khoy and Maku carried travellers across the region.