KHAR  , a small but very fertile See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• PERSIA

Persia, known by the ancients as Choara and Choarene; pop. about 10,000 . The See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of the province resides at Kishlak Khar, a large See also:

• VILLAGE

village situated 62 m . S.E. of See also:

• TEHERAN
• TEHERAN (more properly TEHRAN)

Teheran, or at Aradan, a village 10 m. farther E . The province has an abundant See also:

• WATER

water-See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply from the Hableh-rud, and produces See also:

• GREAT

great quantities of See also:

• WHEAT
• WHEAT (Triticum)

wheat, See also:

• BARLEY (Hordeum sativum)

barley and See also:

• RICE (Greek 6p6 a, Latin oryza, French riz, Italian riso, Spanish arroz, derived from the Arabic)
• RICE, EDMUND IGNATIUS (1762-1844)
• RICE, JAMES (1843-1882)

rice . Of the £6000 which it pays to the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state, more than £4000 is paid in See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind—wheat, barley, See also:

• STRAW

straw and rice .