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KASHAM—KASHAN
KASHAMBEH—Kalhur. , , . ^ , • n , 7 ,
From Mulla Zaman to Kasliambeli the distance is 1 2 farsakhs. Inis
property is part of the Kalhur district and belongs to the Shahrik branch
of Kalhurs, and in this village lives Muhammad Karim Khan, Kaib-ul-Huku-
mat, appointed by the Ilkhani The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran. of Kalhurs. There is a spring from the
mountain and on its bank is a mill. Cultivation: ddhnl and db\ The
village of Kashambeh belongs to Vakil Elected representative or attorney, acting in legal matters such as contracting marriage, inheritance, or business; a high-ranking legal official; could also refer to a custodian or administrator. -ud-Dauleh, Katkhuda : Saifullah.
About 15 families. From Kashambeh there are 3 roads, one towards the
mountain known as Gardaneh Kashambeh, one to Mulla Zaman, and one
to Banganjau.— {Customs Mirza, Mahidasht; Rabino, 1907.)
KASHAN (Province). ^
The province extends to the desert on the east, on the north it is bounded
by Qum, on the west by Qum, Mahallat and Jushqan, and on the south by
Jushqan and Natanz. , „
Formerly a portion of Qum, it is now a separate Government; its taxes
amount to £17,000 per annum. It is divided into two districts, the Garm-
B ir (q. v.) and Sards^r {q. v.) (hot and cold districts), the former comprising
the plains, the latter the hills. The total population of the province is 75,000.
I^October 1910 the province was much disturbed owing to the depreda
tions of one Naib Husain. The Persian Government, after suffering this
man’s robberies for a couple of years, at last in 1912, made him Governor of
the province. 1 i
KASHIN—Lat. 34°; Long. 51° 17'-Elev. 3,300'.
51° 26' 39". By telegraph from Tehran.—-(M. John.)
A town 128 miles south of Tehran, and 111 miles north of Isfahan. Capital
of the district of the same name. It is situated at the junction of t e
Tehran-Isfahan and Tehran-Yazd main roads in a stony plain on the edge
of the great salt desert which extends to the north. Lord Curzon describes
it as being outwardly one of the most dilapidated cities in Persia, scarce y
a building in repair and hardly a wall intact. , ,
In spite of local tradition which ascribes the foundation of the town
to the wife of Harun-ur-Rashid, there seems no doubt but that it was m
existence in the time of the later Sassanian Monarchs.
From a very remote period Kashan has been celebrated for e c0 ^
mercial aptitude of its inhabitants, its brass and copper utensils, its silk
manufactures, its earthenware, and its scorpions.
In former times the silk worm was cultivated, and the deficiency made
up from Gllan; a number of beautiful silk fabrics as well as velvets are
still manufactured here. Kashan is still the great native manufactury of
domestic copper utensils and is renowned for its pierced brass and coppe
wares. The copper formerly came from the mines of Sivas, but is now
imported in bars from England. nr- x.-
The decorative art of mosaic work is known by the name of Kashi work,
and has its origin here. .
Kashan is celebrated for the number, size and venom of its scorpion,
which are of the black variety. It is a familiar Persian malediction t
wish that your enemy may be stung by a scorpion of Kashan or e ma
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