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SABLESTAN

Volume 16 · 61 words · 1797 Edition

or SABLUSTAN, a province of Asia, in Persia, on the frontiers of Indofan; bounded on the north by Khorasan; on the east, by the mountains of Balk and Candahar; on the south, by Sagetan or Segefan; and on the west, by Heri. It is a mountainous country, very little known to Europeans; nor is it certain which is the capital town.