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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 945 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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KUM , a small See also:

province in See also:Persia, between See also:Teheran on the N. and See also:Kashan on the S. It is divided into seven buluk (districts): (t) Humeh, with See also:town; (2) Kumrud; (3) Vazkerud; (4) KinarRud Khaneh; (5) Kuhistan; (6) Jasb; (7) Ardahal; has a See also:population of 45,000 to 50,000, and pays a yearly See also:revenue of about £8000. The province produces much See also:grain and a See also:fine quality of See also:cotton with a very See also:long See also:staple. Kum, the See also:capital, in 340 39' N. and 50° 55' E., on the Anarbar See also:river, which rises near See also:Khunsar, has an See also:elevation of 3100 ft. It owes much of its importance to the fact that it contains the See also:tomb of See also:Imam Reza's See also:sister Fatmeh, who died there A.D. 816, and large See also:numbers of pilgrims visit the See also:city during six or seven months of the See also:year. The fixed population is between 25,000 and 30,000. A See also:carriage road 92 M. in length, constructed in 2890-1893, connects the city with Teheran. It has See also:post and See also:telegraph offices. See Eastern See also:Persian See also:Irak, R. G. S. suppl.

(See also:

London, 1896).

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