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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 946 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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KUMISHAH , a See also:

DISTRICT

district and See also:

TOWN

town in the See also:

province of See also:

ISFAHAN (older form Ispahan)

Isfahan, See also:

PERSIA

Persia. The district, which has a length of 5C and a breadth of 16 m., and contains about 40 villages, produces much See also:

GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain. The town is situated on the high road from Isfahan to See also:

SHIRAZ

Shiraz, 52 M. S. of the former. It was a flourishing See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city several See also:

MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles in See also:

CIRCUIT (Lat. circuitus, from circum, round, and ire, to go)

circuit when it was destroyed by the Afghans in 1722, but is now a decayed See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place, with crumbled walls and mouldering towers and a See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population of barely 15,000. It has See also:

POST

post and See also:

TELEGRAPH (Gr. Tike, far, and rypaq5eiv, to write)

telegraph offices. See also:

South of the city and extending to the See also:

VILLAGE

village Maksudbeggi, t6 m. away, is a level See also:

PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain, which in 1835 (See also:

FEBRUARY

February 28) was the See also:

SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of a See also:

BATTLE

battle in which the See also:

army (2000 men, 16 guns) of Mahommed Shah, commanded by See also:

SIR

Sir H. See also:

LINDSAY

Lindsay-See also:

Bethune, routed the much See also:

SUPERIOR

superior combined forces (6000 men) of the shah's two rebellious uncles, See also:

FIRMAN (an adaptation of the Per. ferman, a mandate or patent, cognate with the Sanskrit pramdna, a measure, authority)

Firman-Firma and Shuja es Saltana.

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