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Samnan
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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the capital of the province, is situated 145 m. E. of Teheran, on the high road thence to Meshed, at an altitude of 374 0 ft. in 35° 34' N., J3° 22' E. It has a population of about 10,000, post and telegraph offices, and a fine minaret, built in the 12th century. It exports pistachios, almonds and coarse tobacco. A dialect with many old Persian forms and resembling the Mazan daran dialect is spoken. A. Houtum-Schindler, "Bericht -Ober d. Samnan Dialect," Zeitsch. d. naorgenl. Gesellschaft, vol. xxxii. (1878).
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Samnan'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/s/samnan.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Samnan'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/s/samnan.html. 1910.
