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SAMNAN, SEMNAN, or SEMNAN

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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 114 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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SAMNAN
SAMNAN, SEMNAN, or SEMNAN

SAMNAN, SEMNAN, or SEMNAN , a small See also:

province of See also:

PERSIA

Persia, which, including the See also:

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

city and See also:

DISTRICT

district of •See also:

DAMGHAN

Damghan, is generally known as "Samnan va Damghan. " It is bounded on the W. by the districts of See also:

KHAR

Khar (the See also:

ancient Choara) and See also:

FIRUZKUH

Firuzkuh, on the N. by See also:

MAZANDARAN

Mazandaran, and on the E. by See also:

SHAHRUD

Shahrud and Bostam. In the S. it extends beyond the See also:

OASIS (Gr. &toss, the name given by Herodotus to the fertile spots in the Libyan desert: it probably represents an Egyptian word, cf. Coptic ouahe, ouih, to dwell, from which the Egyptian Arabic sod is derived)

oasis of Jendek in the See also:

DESERT

desert N. of See also:

Yezd. Its See also:

NORTHERN

northern See also:

PART

part is still known as Komush or Komish, the ancient Commisene. The See also:

revenue amounts to about £7000 per annum.

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