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3.17 History of Persia: Kās̲h̲ān
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§ 457. Mīrzā ʿAbd al-Raḥīm “Suhail” b. M. Ibrāhīm Dunbulī Kās̲h̲ānī was entrusted by the Governor of Kās̲h̲ān with the duty of answering a questionary drawn up by the Parsee Māṇekjī1 and sent by order of Nāṣir al-Dīn S̲h̲āh Qājār to the different Persian provinces. In nine months he wrote his

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Mir’āt al-Qāsān2 (sic, according to Rieu), a geographical and historical account of Kās̲h̲ān, completed in Muḥarram 1288/1871: Majlis 272 (ah 1294/1877), Rieu Suppt. 99 (ah 1304/1887).

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Notes

^ Back to text1. For whom see p. 186 supra.

^ Back to text2. Mirʾāt i Kās̲h̲ān according to the Majlis catalogue.

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“3.17 History of Persia: Kās̲h̲ān”, in: Storey Online, Charles Ambrose Storey. Consulted online on 03 June 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2772-7696_SPLO_COM_10203170>
First published online: 2021



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