Hamadan, an ancient Persian town, at the foot of Mount Elwend, 160 m. SW. of Teheran, is an important entrepôt of Persian trade, and has flourishing tanneries; it is believed to stand on the site of Ecbatana (q.v.).
Population (circa 1900) given as 30,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
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