See also:

• TURRET (from O. Fr. tourette, diminutive of tour, tower, mod. Fr. tourelle)

TURRET I HAIDARI  , the See also:

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

capital of the See also:

• DISTRICT

district, is 76 m. nearly S. of See also:

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

Meshed, in 35° 17' N., 59° r1' E., at an See also:

• ELEVATION

elevation of 4100 ft . The See also:

• TOWN

town is picturesquely situated on the See also:

• BANK

bank of a deep and wide See also:

• RAVINE

ravine in the midst of lofty hills, and surrounded by clusters of villages . Its See also:

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

population amounts to 8000 souls . There is a well-stocked See also:

• BAZAAR (Pers. bazar, market)

bazaar and a number of See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian traders have established themselves here since 1903, when the See also:

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

place was connected with Meshed on one See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side and with See also:

• SEISTAN, or SISTAN (SEJISTAN)

Seistan on the other side by a See also:

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

telegraph See also:

• LINE

line which, nominally See also:

• PERSIAN
• PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH

Persian, is worked and maintained by a Russian See also:

• STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff . A See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• CONSUL
• CONSUL (in Gr. generally ihraros,ashortened form of errpavgybs 8hraeos, i.e. praetor maximus)

consul has resided here since 1905, and there is also a See also:

• POST

post-See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office . The place was formerly known as Zavah and derives its See also:

• PRESENT

present name from the turbet or See also:

• TOMB (Gr. Tuµ/3a, Tuµ(3os, probably allied to Lat. tumulus, literally a swelling, tumere, to swell)

tomb of a See also:

• HOLY

holy See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man named Kutb ed din Haidar, the founder of the ascetic See also:

• SECT

sect of dervishes known as the Haidaris . He died c . 1230 and is buried in a large domed See also:

• BUILDING

building a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short distance outside the town .