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Encyclopedia Britannica



RESHT

This article appears in Volume V23, Page 183 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: RAY-RHU
RESHT , the
capital
  of the province of Gilan in Persia, in 370 17' N., and 49 36' E., on the left bank of the Siah-rud (Black river), which is a branch of the Sefid-rud (White river), and flows into the Murdab, lagoon of Enzeli. The distance from Enzeli, the port of disembarcation from Russia, on the S. shore of the Caspian, to Resht is 14 M. in a direct line, and is accomplished in an open boat, or (since 1892), depth of water permitting, in a small steamboat to Pir-i-Bazar and thence 6 m. on a good road by carriage. Resht has a population of 6o,000 and is the residence of English, Russian, French and Turkish consuls and the seat of the
governor
 -general of the province of Gilan. The town is situated in low, malarious ground, and was originally buried in jungle, but the Russians during their occupation of the place in 1723-34 cleared much timber and jungle and made some open spaces. The houses are red-tiled and raised from the ground, with broad verandahs and overhanging eaves. Conflagrations are frequent, particularly in the months of January and December, when hot, dry winds resembling the Fohn of the Alps come down from the snow-capped Elburz. A good carriage
road constructed and worked by a Russian company and opened to
traffic
  in 1899 connects Resht with
Teheran
  via Kazvin.
The value of
trade
  probably exceeds 2,000,000, principal exports being
rice
 , raw silk, dry fruit, fish, sheep and cattle, wool and
cotton
 , and cocoons, the principal imports sugar,
cotton
  goods, silkworm "seed " or eggs (L'o,16o worth in 1906-7), petroleum, glass and china. The
trade
  in dried silk-worm cocoons has increased remarkably since 1893, when only 76,150 lb valued at 6475 were exported; during the year 1906-7 ending loth
March
 , 2,717,540 lb valued at 238,000 were exported. There are telegraph and post offices and branches of the Imperial Bank of Persia and Banque d'Escompte.


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