See also:

• TEHERAN
• TEHERAN (more properly TEHRAN)

TEHERAN (more properly TEHRAN)  , a See also:

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

province of See also:

• PERSIA

Persia, with See also:

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

capital-of the same name (which is also the capital of the See also:

• PERSIAN
• PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH

Persian See also:

• EMPIRE

empire) . It pays a yearly See also:

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

revenue of about £See also:

• IOO

ioo,000, and comprises the districts of See also:

• SAUJBULAGH, or SUJBULAK

Saujbulagh, Shahriar, Feshaviyeh, Shimran, Kasran and Veramin . The first three, situated See also:

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

north-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west, west and See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south of the See also:

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

city of See also:

• TEHERAN
• TEHERAN (more properly TEHRAN)

Teheran, are very fertile, and See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply the capital with 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, grapes and melons . Shimran, the See also:

• DISTRICT

district north of the city, and on the slopes of the See also:

• ELBURZ, or ALBURZ (from O. Pers. Hara-bere-zaili, the " High Mountain ")

Elburz (rising to an See also:

• ELEVATION

elevation of 12,600 ft.) has 63 villages (one, Tajrish, the seat of the See also:

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

governor, with a See also:

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

population of over 3000), which are much frequented during the summer months by the inhabitants of the city seeking See also:

• RELIEF

relief from the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• HEAT (0. E. haktu, which like " hot," Old Eng. hat, is from the Teutonic type haita, hit, to be hot; cf. Ger. hitze, heiss; Dutch, hitte, heet, &c.)

heat . One of the villages, Gulhek or Gulahek, but correctly Kulhek (with a guttural K, and meaning a small, reedy See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere), situated 800 ft. above the city of Teheran and 61 m. from it, was given in See also:

• FIEF

fief to the See also:

• BRITISH

British 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 by Fath See also:

• ALI

Ali Shah about 183o for the summer quarters of the British See also:

• LEGATION (Lat. legalio, a sending or mission)

legation . Zergendeh; a See also:

• VILLAGE

village adjoining Gulhek, is held in a similar manner by the See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian government, and the Russian legation stays there during the summer . Kasran is a hilly district north-See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east of Teheran, with numerous See also:

• COAL

coal mines (inferior coal of the See also:

• JURASSIC

Jurassic See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period) and streams abounding with See also:

• SALMON
• SALMON, GEORGE (1819-1904)

salmon See also:

• TROUT (Salmo trutta)

trout . The Veramin district, south-east of Teheran city, has 123 villages, and sup-plies the city and surrounding districts with See also:

• WHEAT
• WHEAT (Triticum)

wheat, See also:

• BARLEY (Hordeum sativum)

barley and See also:

• RICE (Greek 6p6 a, Latin oryza, French riz, Italian riso, Spanish arroz, derived from the Arabic)
• RICE, EDMUND IGNATIUS (1762-1844)
• RICE, JAMES (1843-1882)

rice . It is watered by the Jajrud See also:

• RIVER

river, and is considered one of the most fertile districts of Persia .