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KAIN , the name of a sub-See also:

province and of a See also:town of See also:Khorasan, See also:Persia. The sub-province extends about 300 M. N. to S., from Khaf to See also:Seistan, and about 150 M. W. to E., from the hills of See also:Tun to the Afghan frontier, comprising the whole of See also:south-western Khorasan. It is very hilly, but contains many wide plains and fertile villages at a mean See also:elevation of 4000 ft. It has a See also:population of about 150,000, rears See also:great See also:numbers of camels and produces much See also:grain, See also:saffron, See also:wool, See also:silk and See also:opium. The See also:chief manufactures are felts and other woollen fabrics, principally carpets, which have a See also:world-wide reputation. The best Kaini carpets are made at . Darakhsh, a See also:village in the Zirkuh See also:district and 50 M. N.E. of See also:Birjend. It is divided into eleven administrative divisions: See also:Shahabad (with the See also:capital Birjend), Naharjan, Alghur, Tabas sunni Khaneh, Zirkuh Shakhan, Kain, Nimbulak, Nehbandan, Khasi, Arab Khaneh or Momenabad. The town of Kain, the capital of the sub-province until 1740, when it was supplanted by Birjend, is situated 65 m.

N. of Birjend on the eastern See also:

side of a broad valley, stretching from N. to S., at the See also:base of the See also:mountain Abuzar, in 33° 42' N. and 59° 8' E., and at an elevation of 4500 ft. Its population is barely 5o00. It is surrounded by a mud See also:wall and bastions, and near it, on a See also:hill rising 5oo ft. above the See also:plain, are the ruins of an See also:ancient See also:castle which, together with the old town, was destroyed either by Shah Rukh (1404-1447), a son, or by Baysunkur (d. 1433), a See also:grandson of Timur (Tamerlane), who afterwards built a new town. After a See also:time the Uzbegs took See also:possession and held the town until Shah Abbas I. (1587-1629) expelled them. In the 18th See also:century it See also:fell under the sway of the Afghans and remained a dependency of See also:Herat until 1851. A large number of windmills are at See also:work outside the town. The great See also:mosque, now in a ruinous See also:state, was built A.H. 796 (A.D. 1394) by See also:Karen b..Jamshid and repaired by Yusof Dowlatyar.

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