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JAHRUM , a See also:town and See also:district of See also:Persia in the See also:province of See also:Fars, S.E. of See also:Shiraz and S.W. of See also:Darab . The district has See also:thirty-three villages and is famous for its celebrated shdhdn See also:dates, which are exported in See also:great quantities; it also produces much See also:tobacco and See also:fruit . The See also:water See also:supply is scanty, and most of the See also:irrigation is by water See also:drawn from See also:wells . The town of Jahrum, situated about 90 M . S.E. of Shiraz, is surrounded by a mud-See also:wall 3 M. in See also:circuit which was constructed in 1834 . It has a See also:population of about 15,000, one See also:half living inside and the other half outside the walls . It is the See also:market for the produce of the surrounding districts, has six caravanserais and a See also:post See also:office . |
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