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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 430 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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MAIMAND , a See also:

TOWN

town in the See also:

province of See also:

FARS (the name Farsistan is not used)

Fars, See also:

PERSIA

Persia, a few See also:

MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles See also:

east of See also:

FIRUZABAD

Firuzabad and about 70 M. from See also:

SHIRAZ

Shiraz. It has a See also:

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

population of about 5000, almost wholly occupied with the manufacture and See also:

sale of See also:

rose-See also:

WATER

water, which is largely exported to many parts of Persia as well as to See also:

ARABIA

Arabia, See also:

India and See also:

JAVA

Java. The See also:

DISTRICT

district also produces See also:

GREAT

great quantities of almonds. The rose gardens See also:

COVER (from the Fr. convert, from couvrir, to cover, Lat. cooperire)

cover several square miles. In 1349 a great See also:

PART

part of Maimand and of three little villages belonging to it became wakf (pious endowment) of the See also:

SHRINE (Lat. scrinium, a case or chest for books, hence a casket; from scribere, to write, Fr. ecrin, Ital. scrigno)

shrine at Shiraz of Mir Ahmed, surnamed Shah Chiragh, a son of Musa Kazim, the seventh See also:

IMAM

imam of the Shiahs, and the See also:

REMAINDER, REVERSION

remainder of the Maimand grounds was given to the shrine by Mir Habbib Ullah Sharifi and by Shah See also:

ISMAIL (1830-1895)

Ismail in 1504; the See also:

ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration of the Maimand See also:

PROPERTY

property as well as the guardianship of the shrine is still with the descendants of Mir Habbib Ullah.

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