or KASHAN, a flourishing city of Persia, 92 miles north of Isfahan, situated in a stony plain, and very ill supplied with water. N. Lat. 33.55, E. Long. 51.20. The manufactures of silks, carpets, cottons, and gold and silver articles, are extensive. It has a palace, and many fine mosques, bazars, and caravanserais. Pop. probably 30,000.