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Encyclopedia Britannica



TURSHIZ

This article appears in Volume V27, Page 484 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: TUM-VAN
TURSHIZ , a
district
  of the province of Khorasan in Persia, lying E. of the
great
  salt desert. It has a population of nearly 20,000 and pays a yearly revenue of about 7000. It produces and exports wool,
cotton
 , silk and much dried fruit, of the latter particularly raisins and Alu Bukhara, " Bokhara prunes." The
chief
  place and
capital
  of the
district
  is Sultanabad, generally called Turshiz, like the district, situated 225 M. south-
east
  by
east
  from Shahrud and Too m. south-west from Meshed, in 350 10' N. 58 34' E., at an
elevation
  of 2200 ft. It is surrounded by a dilapidated
wall
  and has a population of about 8000.


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