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KERMAN , capital of the above province, situated in 30 17' N., 56 59' E., at an elevation
population is estimated at 6o,000, including about 2000 Zoroastrians, too Jews , and a few Shikarpuri Indians. Kerman has post and telegraph offices (Indo-European Telegraph Department), British and Russian consulates, and an agency of the Imperial bank of Persia. The neighbouring districts produce little grain and have to get their supplies for four or five months of the year from districts far away. A traveller has stated that it was easier to get a mann (61 lb) of saffron at Kerman than a mann of barley for his horse, and in 1879 Sir A. Houtum-Schindler was ordered by the authorities to curtail his excursions in the province " because his horses and mules ate up all the stock." Kerman manufactures great
east
foundations
condition . Among the mosques in the city two deserve special
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