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Abadeh

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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a town of Persia, in the province of Fars, situated at an elevation of 6200 ft. in a fertile plain on the high road between Isfahan and Shiraz, 140 miles (230km). from the former and 170 miles (270) from the latter place. Pop. 95,460



(2009). It is the chief place of the Abadeh-Iklid district, which has 30 villages; it has telegraph and post offices, and is famed for its carved wood-work, small boxes,light cotton summer shows, trays, sherbet spoons,backgammon, &c., made of the wood of pear and box trees.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Abadeh'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​a/abadeh.html. 1910.
 
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