Online Encyclopedia

Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.

KAZVIN

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 705 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
» Make a correction to this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

KAZVIN , a See also:

province and See also:town of See also:Persia. The province is situated N.W. of See also:Teheran and S. of See also:Gilan. On the W. it is bounded by See also:Khamseh. It pays a yearly See also:revenue of about k22,000, and contains many See also:rich villages which produce much See also:grain and See also:fruit, See also:great quantities of the latter being dried and exported. Kazvin, the See also:capital of the province, is situated at an See also:elevation of 4165 ft., in 36° 15' N. and 50° E., and 92 M. by road from Teheran. The See also:city is said to have been founded in the 4th See also:century by the See also:Sassanian See also:king See also:Shapur II (309–379). It has been repeatedly damaged by earthquakes. Many of its streets and most of the magnificent buildings seen there by See also:Chardin in 1674 and other travellers during the 17th century are in ruins. The most remarkable remains are the See also:palace of the Safawid shahs and the See also:mosque with its large See also:blue See also:dome. In the 16th century Shah Tahmasp I. (1524–1576) made Kazvin his capital, and it remained so till Shah Abbas I. (1587–1629) transferred the seat of See also:government to See also:Isfahan.

The town still bears the See also:

title See also:Dar es Salteneh, " the seat of government." Kazvin has many See also:baths and cisterns fed by underground canals. The See also:system of See also:irrigation formerly carried on by these canals rendered the See also:plain of Kazvin one of the most fertile regions in Persia; now most of the canals are choked up. The city has a See also:population of about 50,000 and a thriving transit See also:trade, particularly since 2899 when the See also:carriage road between See also:Resht and Teheran with Kazvin as a See also:half-way See also:stage was opened under the auspices of the See also:Russian See also:Enzeli-Teheran Road See also:Company." Great quantities of See also:rice, XV. 23fish and See also:silk are brought to it from Gilan for See also:distribution in Persia and export to See also:Turkey.

End of Article: KAZVIN

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click, and select "copy." Then paste it into your website, email, or other HTML.
Site content, images, and layout Copyright © 2006 - Net Industries, worldwide.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.

Links to articles and home page are always encouraged.

[back]
KAZINCZY, FERENCZ (1759-1831) 		[next]
KEAN, EDMUND (1787–1833)

Site © 2006 - Net Industries