NATANZ  , a See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

minor See also:

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

province of See also:

• PERSIA

Persia, situated in the hilly See also:

• DISTRICT

district between See also:

• ISFAHAN (older form Ispahan)

Isfahan and See also:

• KASHAN

Kashan, and held in See also:

• FIEF

fief by the See also:

• FAMILY

family of the Hissam es Saltaneh (See also:

• SULTAN (an Arabic word meaning " victorious " or " a ruler," sultat, dominion)

Sultan See also:

• MURAD, or AMURATH

Murad Mirza, d . 1882) . It contains eighty-two villages and hamlets, has a See also:

• REVENUE
• REVENUE (0. Fr. revenu, from revenir, to return)

revenue of about £4000, and a See also:

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

population of about 23,000 . It is divided into four districts: Barzrud, Natanzrud, Tarkrud and Badrud . Natanz See also:

• PEARS

pears are famous throughout the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country . The western See also:

• PART

part of the province is traversed from See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north to See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south by the old high-road between Kashan and Isfahan, with the well-known stations of Kuhrud (7140 ft.) and So (7560 ft.) . This road was practically abandoned when the See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government See also:

• TELEGRAPH (Gr. Tike, far, and rypaq5eiv, to write)

telegraph See also:

• LINE

line, which ran along it, was removed to a road farther See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east in 1906 . The See also:

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

capital of the little province is NATANZ, a large See also:

• VILLAGE

village with a population of about 3000, situated 69 m. north of Isfahan, at an See also:

• ELEVATION

elevation of 5670 ft . It has an old See also:

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

mosque, with a See also:

• MINARET (from the Arabic mandrat ; manar or miner is Arabic for a lighthouse, a tower on which liar, fire, is lit)

minaret 123 ft. in height, built in 1315 .