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FIRUZKUH

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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 425 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FIRUZKUH  , a small

province of
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Persia, with a population of about 5000, paying a yearly revenue of about Soo . Its chief place is a
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village of the same name picturesquely situated in a valley of the Elburz, about 90 M. east of Teheran, at an
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elevation of 6700 ft. and in 35° 46' N. and 52° 48' E . It has
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post and telegraph offices and a population of 2500 . A precipitous cliff on the eastern side of the valley is surmounted by the ruins of an ancient fort popularly ascribed to Alexander the
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Great .

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