NISHAPUR  , a See also:

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

province of See also:

• PERSIA

Persia, situated between See also:

• MESHED (properly Mash-had, " the place of martyrdom ")

Meshed and See also:

• SABZEVAR

Sabzevar, in See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

• KHORASAN, or KHORASSAN (i.e. " land of the sun ")

Khorasan . The older name of the See also:

• DISTRICT

district was Abarshehr . It has a See also:

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

population of from 130,000 to 140,000, is divided into twelve districts, and pays a yearly See also:

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

revenue of about £12,000 . It produces much See also:

• GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain and See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton, and is considered one of the most fertile districts of Persia . One of its subdivisions is that of See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

Bar-i-See also:

• MADAN, MARTIN (1726-1790)

Madan, with See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

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

place Madan (situated 32 M . N.W. of the See also:

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

city of Nishapur, at an See also:

• ELEVATION

elevation of 5100 ft., in 36° 28' N., 58° 20' E.), where the famous mines are which have supplied the See also:

• WORLD

world with turquoises for at least 2000 years . The province used to be one of the administrative divisions of Khorasan, but is now a See also:

• SEPARATE

separate province, with a See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor appointed by the shah .