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TURRET I HAIDARI

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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 411 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TURRET I HAIDARI , the See also:capital of the See also:district, is 76 m. nearly S. of See also:Meshed, in 35° 17' N., 59° r1' E., at an See also:elevation of 4100 ft. The See also:town is picturesquely situated on the See also:bank of a deep and wide See also:ravine in the midst of lofty hills, and surrounded by clusters of villages. Its See also:population amounts to 8000 souls. There is a well-stocked See also:bazaar and a number of See also:Russian traders have established themselves here since 1903, when the See also:place was connected with Meshed on one See also:side and with See also:Seistan on the other side by a See also:telegraph See also:line which, nominally See also:Persian, is worked and maintained by a Russian See also:staff. A See also:British See also:consul has resided here since 1905, and there is also a See also:post-See also:office. The place was formerly known as Zavah and derives its See also:present name from the turbet or See also:tomb of a See also:holy See also:man named Kutb ed din Haidar, the founder of the ascetic See also:sect of dervishes known as the Haidaris. He died c. 1230 and is buried in a large domed See also:building a See also:short distance outside the town.

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