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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 127 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JAHRUM , a See also:

town and See also:district of See also:Persia in the See also:province of See also:Fars, S.E. of See also:Shiraz and S.W. of See also:Darab. The district has See also:thirty-three villages and is famous for its celebrated shdhdn See also:dates, which are exported in See also:great quantities; it also produces much See also:tobacco and See also:fruit. The See also:water See also:supply is scanty, and most of the See also:irrigation is by water See also:drawn from See also:wells. The town of Jahrum, situated about 90 M. S.E. of Shiraz, is surrounded by a mud-See also:wall 3 M. in See also:circuit which was constructed in 1834. It has a See also:population of about 15,000, one See also:half living inside and the other half outside the walls. It is the See also:market for the produce of the surrounding districts, has six caravanserais and a See also:post See also:office.

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