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TAROM

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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 430 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TAROM , a See also:

district of See also:Persia, situated on the See also:borders of See also:Gilan, See also:north-See also:west of See also:Kazvin. It is divided into upper and See also:lower Tarom; the former, on the right See also:bank of the Kizil Uzain (Sefid Rud) See also:river, is a See also:crown domain; the latter, on the See also:left bank, forms See also:part of the See also:province of Kazvin. It produces much See also:cotton and See also:fruit, and derives a considerable See also:revenue from its See also:alum mines at Zajkanin. Most of the alum is exported to See also:Russia. It also has a few See also:olive groves. The inhabitants are See also:Turks.

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