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Encyclopedia Britannica



YEZD, or YAZD

This article appears in Volume V28, Page 919 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: YAK-ZYM
YEZD, or YAZD , a province of Persia, bounded S. by Kerman, W. by Fars and Isfahan, and N. and E. by the central Persian deserts. It contains an area of about 20,000 sq. m., but its population barely exceeds loo,000, of whom about half inhabit the
capital
  of the province. Its subdivisions are: (1) the city of Yezd and immediate environs; (2) Ardakan; (3) Bafk; (4) Taft; (5) Kuhistan (Pish Kuh, Mian Kuh, Pusht Kuh, on the slopes and in the valleys of the Shir Kuh, a part of the
great
  Central Range of Persia W. of the city of Yezd, and rising to an
elevation
  of 11,000 ft.); and (6) Shahr i Babek. The last is situated far S. near Kerman, and sometimes is regarded as part of that province. The revenues slightly exceed 6o,000 a year. Much
silk
  is grown in the
district
 , but is not sufficient for the
silk
  stuffs which Yezd manufactures with its Torso looms, and raw silk (about 75,000 lb yearly) has to be obtained from Khorasan and Gilan.
Great
  quantities of felts (nimads), white and yellow
cotton
  stuffs, the latter a kind of nankeen made of Gossypium herbaceum, are also manufactured and exported. Other exports are opium, madder and almonds. The
grain
  produced suffices for only two or three months'
consumption
 , and supplies have to be brought from Khorasan, so that wheat and barley are dearer than at other places in Persia. The part of the
district
  situated in the plain is much exposed to moving sands, which render cultivation difficult and at times impossible.


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