or Reshid, a town of Persia, capital of the province of Ghilan, stands in the midst of a wood, near the coast of the Caspian, 150 miles N.W. of Teheran. The streets are for the most part well paved, and the houses built in a superior manner. Large bazaars, partially open and partially roofed in, form the principal buildings in the town. Resht is the most unhealthy place in Ghilan, a province which is proverbial in Persia for its insalubrity. The chief manufacture of the town is silk-weaving; and the trade is very active, being carried on with Astrakhan, through the port of Enzillee on the Caspian, about 18 miles off; and by land with the principal towns of Persia. Near the port is a Russian colony of fishermen. Pop. about 60,000.