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KHAMSEH

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 770 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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KHAMSEH  , a small but important

province of
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Persia, between
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Kazvin and
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Tabriz . It consisted formerly of five districts, whence its name Khamseh, " the five, but is now subdivided into seventeen districts . The language of the inhabitants is
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Turkish . The province pays a revenue of about £20,000 per annum, and its capital is Zenjan .

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