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RESHT , the See also:capital of the See also:province of See also:Gilan in See also:Persia, in 370 17' N., and 49° 36' E., on the See also:left See also:bank of the Siah-rud (See also:Black See also:river), which is a See also:branch of the Sefid-rud (See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
White river), and flows into the Murdab, See also:lagoon of See also:Enzeli. The distance from Enzeli, the See also:port of disembarcation from See also:Russia, on the S. See also:shore of the See also:Caspian, to Resht is 14 M. in a See also:direct See also:line, and is accomplished in an open See also:boat, or (since 1892), See also:depth of See also:water permitting, in a small steamboat to Pir-i-Bazar and thence 6 m. on a See also:good road by See also:carriage. Resht has a See also:population of 6o,000 and is the See also:residence of See also:English, See also:Russian, See also:French and See also:Turkish consuls and the seat of the See also:governor-See also:general of the province of Gilan. The See also:town is situated in See also:low, malarious ground, and was originally buried in See also:jungle, but the Russians during their occupation of the See also:place in 1723-34 cleared much See also:timber and jungle and made some open spaces. The houses are red-tiled and raised from the ground, with broad verandahs and overhanging See also:eaves. Conflagrations are frequent, particularly in the months of See also:January and See also:December, when hot, dry winds resembling the See also:Fohn of the See also:Alps come down from the See also:snow-capped See also:Elburz. A good carriage
road constructed and worked by a Russian See also:company and opened to See also:traffic in 1899 connects Resht with See also:Teheran via See also:Kazvin.
The value of See also:trade probably exceeds £2,000,000, See also:principal exports being See also:rice, raw See also:silk, dry See also:fruit, See also:fish, See also:sheep and See also:cattle, See also:wool and See also:cotton, and cocoons, the principal imports See also:sugar, cotton goods, silkworm "See also:seed " or eggs (L'o,16o See also:worth in 1906-7), See also:petroleum, See also:glass and See also:china. The trade in dried silk-See also:worm cocoons has increased remarkably since 1893, when only 76,150 lb valued at £6475 were exported; during the See also:year 1906-7 ending loth See also:March, 2,717,540 lb valued at £238,000 were exported. There are See also:telegraph and See also:post offices and branches of the Imperial Bank of Persia and Banque d'Escompte.
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