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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 265 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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NATANZ , a See also:

minor See also:province of See also:Persia, situated in the hilly See also:district between See also:Isfahan and See also:Kashan, and held in See also:fief by the See also:family of the Hissam es Saltaneh (See also:Sultan See also:Murad Mirza, d. 1882). It contains eighty-two villages and hamlets, has a See also:revenue of about £4000, and a See also:population of about 23,000. It is divided into four districts: Barzrud, Natanzrud, Tarkrud and Badrud. Natanz See also:pears are famous throughout the See also:country. The western See also:part of the province is traversed from See also:north to See also:south by the old high-road between Kashan and Isfahan, with the well-known stations of Kuhrud (7140 ft.) and So (7560 ft.). This road was practically abandoned when the See also:Indian See also:government See also:telegraph See also:line, which ran along it, was removed to a road farther See also:east in 1906. The See also:capital of the little province is NATANZ, a large See also:village with a population of about 3000, situated 69 m. north of Isfahan, at an See also:elevation of 5670 ft. It has an old See also:mosque, with a See also:minaret 123 ft. in height, built in 1315.

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