KUMISHAH  , a

district and town in the province of Isfahan, Persia . The district, which has a length of 5C and a breadth of 16 m., and contains about 40 villages, produces much grain . The town is situated on the high road from Isfahan to Shiraz, 52 M . S. of the former . It was a flourishing city several miles in circuit when it was destroyed by the Afghans in 1722, but is now a decayed place, with crumbled walls and mouldering towers and a population of barely 15,000 . It has post and telegraph offices . South of the city and extending to the village Maksudbeggi, t6 m. away, is a level plain, which in 1835 (February 28) was the scene of a battle in which the army (2000 men, 16 guns) of Mahommed Shah, commanded by Sir H . Lindsay-Bethune, routed the much superior combined forces (6000 men) of the shah's two rebellious uncles, Firman-Firma and Shuja es Saltana .