LARINO (anc. Larinum)  a town and episcopal see of the Molise (province of Campobasso), Italy, 32 M . N.E. of Campobasso by rail (20 M. direct), 984 ft. above sea-level . Pop . (1901) 7044 . The cathedral, completed in 1319, has a good Gothic facade; the interior has to some extent been spoilt by later restoration . The campanile rests upon a Gothic arch erected in 1451 . The Palazzo Comunale has a courtyard of the 16th century . That the ancient town (which is close to the modern) existed before the Roman supremacy had extended so far is proved by the coins . It lay in the 2nd Augustan region (Apulia), but the people belonged to the Frentani by race . Its strong position gave of the old Iranian stock, and there are also a few nomads of the Turkish Bah-aria tribe which came to Persia in the rith century when the province was subdued by a Turkish chief . Laristan remained an independent state under a Turkish ruler until 1602, when Shah Ibrahim Khan was deposed and put to death by Shah `Abbas the Great . The province is subdivided into eight districts: (r) Lar, the capital and environs, with 34 villages; (2) Bikhah Ihsham with I1; (3) Bikhah Fal with ro; (4) Jehangiriyeh with 30; (5) Shibkuh with 36; (6) Fumistan with 13; (7) Kauristan with 4; (8) Mazayijan with 6 villages .

Lingah, with its

principal place Bander Lingah and 11 villages. formerly a part of Laristan, is now included in the " Persian Gulf Ports," a separate administrative division . Laristan is famous for the condiment called mdhidbeh (fish-jelly), a compound of pounded small sprat-like fish, salt, mustard, nutmeg, cloves and other spices, used as a relish with nearly all foods .