JULFA

[s. 379] : A town in Persia, lying on the Zende Rud, opposite Ispahan, with which it is connected by bridges as a suburb. It is peopled largely by Armenians, the descendants of captives brought Station of by Shah Abbas from the Caucasus. the CMS (1875), with 14 mi ionaries, men and women (including hospital nurses); 32 native workers, men and women^a printing house, 3 day schools, 2 hospitals and dispensaries and 245 pro Great extension has been fe ed Christians. given to medical work here, which has offered special channels of acce to Mohammedans. There is also a sub-agency of the BFBS, with branch depots at Yezd, Shiraz and Sultana bad. JULLUHDUR. See Jalandhah. 379