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Jurjan

(Encyclopedia)Jurjan: see Gorgan, town, Iran.

Kharg

(Encyclopedia)Kharg, island, Iran: see Khark.

Bushire

(Encyclopedia)Bushire: see Bushehr, city, Iran. ...

Dezful

(Encyclopedia)Dezful dĕzfo͞olˈ [key], city, Khuzestan prov., SW Iran, on the Dez River, near the site of ...

Urmia

(Encyclopedia)Urmia ûrˈmēə [key], formerly Rezaiyeh, city (1991 pop. 357,399), capital of West Azerbaijan prov., NW Iran, near Lake Urmia. It is the trade center for a fertile agricultural region where fruit an...

Khorramshahr

(Encyclopedia)Khorramshahr khōrämˌshäˈhər [key], city (1991 pop. 34,750), Khuzestan prov., SW Iran, at the confluence of the Karun River and the Shatt al Arab, near the Persian Gulf. It is a busy port. Its de...

Aga Muhammad Khan

(Encyclopedia)Aga Muhammad Khan or Agha Muhammad Khan both: äˈgämo͞ohämˈmäd khän [key], 1742–97, shah of Persia, founder of the Qajar dynasty. He was emasculated by family enemies at the age of five. He w...

Shahi

(Encyclopedia)Shahi, Iran: see Qa'em Shahr.

Gonbad-e Kavus

(Encyclopedia)Gonbad-e Kavus, Iran: see Gunbad-e-Qabus. ...

Dasht-e Lut

(Encyclopedia)Dasht-e Lut, Iran: see Dasht-e Kavir. ...