LAR  , a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

• PERSIA

Persia, See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of See also:

• LARISTAN

Laristan, in 27° 30' N., 530 58' E., 18o m. from See also:

• SHIRAZ

Shiraz and 75 from the See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast at Bander Lingah . It stands at the See also:

• FOOT

foot of a See also:

• MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
• MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

mountain range in an extensive See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain 'covered with See also:

• PALM (Lat. palma, Gr. iraX6.jn )
• PALM, JOHANN PHILIPP (1768-1806)

palm trees, and was once a flourishing See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place, but a large portion is in ruins, and the See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population which See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early in the 18th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century numbered 50,000 is reduced to 8000 . There are still some See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good buildings, of which the most prominent are the old See also:

• BAZAAR (Pers. bazar, market)

bazaar consisting of four arcades each 18o ft. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long, 14 broad and 22 high, radiating from a domed centre 30 ft. high, an old See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone See also:

• MOSQUE (through Fr. mosquie; Span. mezquila, from Arab. masjid, sajada, to adore)

mosque and many cisterns . The See also:

• CREST
• CREST (Lat. crista, a plume or tuft)

crest of a steep See also:

• LIMESTONE

limestone See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill immediately behind the See also:

• TOWN

town and rising 150 ft. above the plain is crowned by the ruins of a See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle formerly deemed impregnable . Just below the castle is a well sunk 200 ft. in the See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

rock . The See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower-flanked mud See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

wall which surrounds the town is for the most See also:

• PART

part in ruins .