TEHERAN

[s. 749] : The capital of Persia, situated due the Caspian Sea in latitude 35° 40’ north, It is a walled city, with longitude 51° 25’ east. narrow, ill-paved streets, tho here and there Paris i an boulevards and European houses present The striking contrasts to the native quarters. water supply is good and abundant, and public The population of 250,000 baths are numerous. consists of Persians, Turks, Armenians, and a Parsees. The government estabfew Jews and lished a polytechnic school here in 1849, with a S. number of European profe ors. Its There is students receive a liberal education. also a militarj’ school and Civil Service school, the latter opened in 1900. The Imperial Bank of Persia has its chief It is an English establish offices in Teheran. ment. Ru ian capital has also established two banking houses there. There is a railway of six miles length leading out of the city, and two carriage roads of about ninety miles length each. Station of the London Jews’ Society (1888), with (1903) 1 mi ionary and his wife, 4 native Also station of the PN workers, 2 day schools. (1872), with (1903) 4 mi ionaries, three of them with their wives; 17 native workers, 3 outstations, 1 place of worship, 2 day schools, 2 dispensaries, and 40 profe ed Christians. 749