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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 394 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MAHALLAT , a See also:

province of central See also:Persia, situated between See also:Kashan and See also:Irak. Pop. about 20,000; yearly See also:revenue about 2500. Until 1890 it was one of the five " central provinces " (the other four being Irak, Ferahan, Kezzaz, and See also:Savah), which were under a See also:governor appointed by the shah; since then it has formed See also:part of the See also:Isfahan See also:government. It is traversed by the Anarbar or See also:Kum See also:River, and comprises the See also:city of Mahallat, divided into upper and See also:lower, or Rivkan and Zanjirvan, and twenty-two flourishing villages. It was known in former times as Anar, the Anarus of Peutinger's tables. The city, See also:capital of the province, is situated at an See also:elevation of 5850 It. in 33° 51' N., 5o° 3o' E.; pop. about 9000.

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