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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 See also:

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

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