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JOSHEKAN

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 517 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JOSHEKAN  , a small

province of
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Persia covering about boo sq. m . Pop. about 5000 . It has a yearly revenue of about 1200, and is held in
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fief by the
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family of Bahram Mirza, Muizz ed Dowleh (d . 1882) . Its chief
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town and the residence of the governor used to be Joshekan-
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Kali, a large
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village with
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fine gardens, formerly famous for its carpets (kali), but now the chief place is Maimeh, a little city with a population of 2500, situated at an
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elevation of 667o ft., about 63 m. from Isfahan in a north-
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westerly direction and 13 M. south-west of Joshekan-Kali .

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