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KERMAN , capital of the above province, situated in 30° 17' N., 56° 59' E., at anSee also: elevation of 6too ft
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Its population is estimated at 6o,000, including about 2000 Zoroastrians, too Jews, and a few Shikarpuri See also: Indians
.
Kerman has See also: post and telegraph offices (Indo-See also: European Telegraph Department), See also: British and See also: Russian consulates, and an agency of the Imperial See also: bank of See also: Persia
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The neighbouring districts produce little grain and have to get their supplies for four or five months of the See also: year from districts far away
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A traveller has stated that it was easier to get a See also: mann (61 lb) of See also: saffron at Kerman than a mann of See also: barley for his See also: horse, and in 1879 See also: Sir A
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Houtum-Schindler was ordered by the authorities to curtail his excursions in the province " because his horses and mules See also: ate up all the stock." Kerman manufactures See also: great quantities of carpets and felts, and its carpets are almost unsurpassed for richness of texture and durability
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The old name of the city was Guvashir
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Adjoining the city on hills rising 400 to 500 ft. above the plain in the See also: east are the ruins of two See also: ancient forts with walls built of See also: sun-dried bricks on See also: stone
See also: foundations
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Some of the walls are in perfect condition
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Among the mosques in the city two deserve See also: special See also: notice, one the Masjid i Jama, a foundation of the Muzaffarid ruler Mubariz ed din Mahommed dating from A.H
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1349, the other the Masjid i Malik built by Malik Kaverd Seljuk (1041-1072)
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