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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 114 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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SAMNAN
SAMNAN, SEMNAN, or SEMNAN

SAMNAN, SEMNAN, or SEMNAN , a small

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PERSIA

Persia, which, including the

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

city and

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DISTRICT

district of •Damghan, is generally known as "

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DAMGHAN

Damghan . " It is bounded on the W. by the districts of

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KHAR

Khar (the

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ancient Choara) and

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FIRUZKUH

Firuzkuh, on the N. by

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MAZANDARAN

Mazandaran, and on the E. by

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SHAHRUD

Shahrud and Bostam . In the S. it extends beyond the

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OASIS (Gr. &toss, the name given by Herodotus to the fertile spots in the Libyan desert: it probably represents an Egyptian word, cf. Coptic ouahe, ouih, to dwell, from which the Egyptian Arabic sod is derived)

oasis of Jendek in the

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DESERT

desert N. of

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Yezd . Its

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NORTHERN

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PART

part is still known as Komush or Komish, the ancient Commisene . The

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revenue amounts to about £7000 per annum .

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