Seistan
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- Street in the city of Seistan after about 3/4 inch of rain, 1903. // Geographical (Geographical Magazine Ltd.);Mar2012, Vol. 84 Issue 3, p10
The article presents photographs taken in 1903 of the territory of Seistan, now Sistan, on the border of Iran and Afghanistan.
- Farah. // Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th Edition;11/1/2011, p1
Farah (f�r�'), town (1985 est. pop. 21,000), capital of Farah prov., W Afghanistan, on the Farah River. Surrounded by a solid earth rampart, it is strategically located at the river crossing that controls the road from Herat to the Seistan region and the Indian subcontinent. The town also...
- Sistan. // Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th Edition;11/1/2011, p1
Sistan (sest�n') or Seistan (sa�), border lowland region of SW Afghanistan and E Iran, c.6,000 sq mi (15,540 sq km), fed mainly by the spring flood of the Helmand River and other streams. At low water, the region is reduced to two lagoons (Hamun-i-Helmand [Sistan Lake] and Gaud-i-Zirreh [or...
- IRAN AS A GATEWAY TO RUSSIA. Wright, Edwin M. // Foreign Affairs;Jan1942, Vol. 20 Issue 2, p367
This article discusses the role of Iran as a gateway to the Soviet Union. The alleged reason for the Soviet and British invasion of Iran last August was the refusal of the Iranian Government to expel an unknown number of Germans who, it was feared, were paving the way for a German "coup...
