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and vid Hanjan 45 miles. The valley is very fertile and has an abun
dance of water, its climate is very good, it is celebrated for its pears and wal
nuts, peach and mulberry trees which grow to a great size and are very numer
ous. The population is about three thousand, and it is the chief town of the
district where the Governor of the province resides. It has a small bazaar, a
caravansarai and some mosques and baths ; one of the mosques has a minaret
123 feet in height. On a hill north-west of the town is the grave of a female re
lative of the Imam Riza named Rukhnieh Khatun. The town is divided into
upper and lower, the latter comprising the greater part. There is an old hunt
ing box of Shah ’Abbas in the neighbouring hills.— {Schindler.)
NATANZ RUD—
The central district of the N<' tanz province ; it is celebrated for its pears,
which are supposed to be the finest in Persia.
Villages of Natanz Rad with taxes as assessed in 1891.
Apushteh
Chaheh
Dasti jird ..
Fazlabad ..
Ibrahlmabad
Jarian ..
Jazan or Jazan
Khafr (Kharv or Khaur)
Kandaz ..
Mazldabad
Nanai
Natanz (Upper) 4,210
,, (Lower) 6,868
Rahan
Riseh .. ..
Siankhafr
Sirishk
Tameh .. ..
Ureh .. ..
Vashvashad
VIshteh ..
Varkuran
Krdns.
1,860
23
1,688
167
454
2,339
1,557
3,090
1,663
706
97
| 11078
2,041
1,828
19
6,580
1,560
2,999
2,565
872
64
Total taxes of Natanz Rud
NAUDEH—
A village of 50 houses, 156 miles from Tehran on
dan.— {Schindler.)
43,150
{Schindler.)
the road to Hama-
NAUKASH SARAB— Elev. 3,990'.
NAURUD—
A stream in Gilan flowing into the Caspian about 6 miles east of Rasht.
It is about 5 yards broad and only a few inches deep in the winter, and has
not the appearance of ever becoming a large stream.— {Holmes.)
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