JOSHEKAN

joshekan, a small province of persia covering about 1000 sq. m. pop. about 5000. it has a yearly revenue of about £1200, and is held in fief by the family of bahram mirza, muizz ed dowleh (d. 1882). its chief town and the residence of the governor used to be joshekan-kali, a large village with fine gardens, formerly famous for its carpets (_kali_), but now the chief place is maimeh, a little city with a population of 2500, situated at an elevation of 6670 ft., about 63 m. from isfahan in a north-westerly direction and 13 m. south-west of joshekan-kali.