a considerable city of Persia, in the prov- ince of Khorasan, situated on the verge of the Salt De- pression. There is an old city, Sultanabad, which is small; but a new one has been added, in which the governor and principal officers reside; and the two cities contain not 20,000 inhabitants, among whom are 100 Hindu families. The chief imports are indigo and other drugs from the west, and wool, cloth, and rice from Herat. The chief export is iron. The small quantity of European goods which are used is brought from Mazanderan. Tur- sheez is 160 miles west-north-west of Herat. The inter- vening country is wild, mountainous, and uncultivated.