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MAHALLAT

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 394 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MAHALLAT  , a

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province of central
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Persia, situated between
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Kashan and
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Irak . Pop. about 20,000; yearly
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revenue about 2500 . Until 1890 it was one of the five " central provinces " (the other four being Irak, Ferahan, Kezzaz, and
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Savah), which were under a
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governor appointed by the shah; since then it has formed
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part of the
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Isfahan
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government . It is traversed by the Anarbar or
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Kum
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River, and comprises the
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city of Mahallat, divided into upper and
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lower, or Rivkan and Zanjirvan, and twenty-two flourishing villages . It was known in former times as Anar, the Anarus of Peutinger's tables . The city,
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capital of the province, is situated at an
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elevation of 5850 It. in 33° 51' N., 5o° 3o' E.; pop. about 9000 .

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