TUN  , a See also:

• TOWN

town in the See also:

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

province of See also:

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

Khorasan, See also:

• PERSIA

Persia, situated about 15o m . S. of See also:

• NISHAPUR
• NISHAPUR (Old Pers. Nev-shdpur-nev, New Pers. niv, nik= good; Arab. Naisabur)

Nishapur in 340 N., 58° 7' E., at an See also:

• ELEVATION

elevation of 1200 ft . The town, which has a See also:

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

population of 7000, is surrounded by a See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

wall, 20 ft. in height, raised on a high rampart of mud . It has three See also:

• GATES, HORATIO (1728-1806)

gates, handsome bazaars, See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good caravanserais and numerous large gardens and See also:

• FIELDS, JAMES THOMAS (1817-1881)

fields producing See also:

• OPIUM (Gr. amov, dim. from Orbs, juice)

opium, See also:

• TOBACCO

tobacco 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 . Some See also:

• SILK

silk is also grown .