BIRJEND  , the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of Kann, a sub-See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• KHORASAN, or KHORASSAN (i.e. " land of the sun ")

Khorasan in See also:

• PERSIA

Persia, in 32° 53' N . 59° 10' E., and at an See also:

• ELEVATION

elevation of 4550 ft . Pop. about 25,000 . It is situated 328 M. from See also:

• MESHED (properly Mash-had, " the place of martyrdom ")

Meshed by the See also:

• DIRECT

direct road, in a fertile valley See also:

• RUNNING

running See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east and See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west, of which the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern boundary is a lofty range of barren hills known as Kuh i Bakeran . Through the valley runs the Khusp See also:

• RIVER

river, which loses itself in the See also:

• DESERT

desert towards the west; it is, however, generally dry . The See also:

• WATER

water-See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply of the See also:

• TOWN

town and of the 70 or 8o villages under its See also:

• JURISDICTION
• JURISDICTION, CRIMINAL LAW, DIVORCE

jurisdiction is very scanty . On the east of the town at the See also:

• FOOT

foot of a See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill stands a dilapidated fort . Birjend has six See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good caravanserais, a See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college and some mosques; See also:

• POST

post and See also:

• TELEGRAPH (Gr. Tike, far, and rypaq5eiv, to write)

telegraph offices were established there in 1902 .