Yezd
Americannoun
noun
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"The ancient, withered men of Yezd are being taught to read. In Qum and Bam, in Dizful and Gowater and 50,000 villages throughout Iran, 15 million peasants have been transformed, almost overnight in history's terms, from feudal serfs into freeholders whose land is now their own."
From Time
Yezd has a much warmer “hot season” than Isphahan, and the heat is much more trying and of longer duration.
From Project Gutenberg
There are many very good picnic places near by, and an excellent stretch of desert for a canter or gallop, but not so good as the desert outside Yezd.
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Only once was I spat upon in Persia, and that was in Yezd.
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Finally we spent a very happy year at Yezd, that City of Sand, situated midway between Isphahan and Kerman.
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