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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 219 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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SARIPUL, or SIRIFUL

SARIPUL, or SIRIFUL , a See also:

TOWN

town and khanate of Afghan See also:

Turkestan. The town lies roo m. S.W. of See also:

BALKH

Balkh; estimated pop. 18,000. Two-thirds of the See also:

PEOPLE

people are Uzbegs and the See also:

REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest Hazaras. The khanate, which lies between Balkh and See also:

MAIMANA

Maimana, is one of the " four domains " which were in dispute between See also:

Bokhara and See also:

KABUL

Kabul, and were allotted to the Afghans by the Anglo-See also:

RUSSIAN

Russian boundary agreement of 1873.

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