. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . PersianGulf, and on the E. by Carmania, the modern Ker-man. It was generally arid and unproductive, withsome fertile spots. The worst part, toward the S.,on the borders of the gulf, is like Arabia in climateand soil. Above this miserable region is a tractvery far superior to it, consisting of rocky moun-tains—the continuation of Zagros, among which arefertile valleys and plains, especially toward the N.,in the vicinity of Shiraz. Here is an importantstream, the Bendamir, which flowing through thebeautiful valley of Merdashi, and by the ruins ofPersep
. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . PersianGulf, and on the E. by Carmania, the modern Ker-man. It was generally arid and unproductive, withsome fertile spots. The worst part, toward the S.,on the borders of the gulf, is like Arabia in climateand soil. Above this miserable region is a tractvery far superior to it, consisting of rocky moun-tains—the continuation of Zagros, among which arefertile valleys and plains, especially toward the N.,in the vicinity of Shiraz. Here is an importantstream, the Bendamir, which flowing through thebeautiful valley of Merdashi, and by the ruins ofPersepolis, is then separated into numerous chan-nels for irrigation, and, after fertilizing a large tractof country (the district of Kurjan), ends its coursein the salt-lake of Baktigan. Vines, oranges, andlemons are abundant in this region. Further arid country again succeeds, the outskirts of theGreat Desert, which extends from Kerman to Ma-zenderan, and from Kaslian to Lake Zerrah. Thechief towns were Pasargada?, the ancient, and Per-. Persepolia. PER PER 839 sepolis, the later capital. While Pars is the originalPersia, the name is more commonly applied, bothin Scripture and by profane authors, to the entiretract which came by degrees to be included withinthe Persian Empire. This empire extended at onetime from India on the E. to Egypt and Thrace onthe W., and included, besides portions of Europeand Africa, the whole of Western Asia between theBlack Sea, the Caucasus, the Caspian, and theJaxartes on the N., and the Arabian Desert, Per-sian Gulf, and Indian Ocean on the S. The onlypassage in Scripture where Persia designates thetract which has been called above Persia Properis Ez. xxxviii. 5 (so Rawlinson). Elsewhere the em-pire is intended (2 Chr. xxxvi. 20; Esth. i. 3, &c).Persians. Persian [-shan], pi. Persians f-shanz] (; Gr. Perses, pi. Persai; see Persia), thename of the people who inhabited Persia Proper,and who thence conquered a mighty empire. Thereis reas
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