Yezd
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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The ancient, withered men of Yezd are being taught to read.
From Time Magazine Archive
While we were in Yezd the Babis were keeping very quiet, but, nevertheless, a great work was going on amongst them, but none dared say, “I am a Babi.”
From Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East by A. Hume-Griffith
The last of our three years’ sojourn in Persia was spent in Yezd.
From Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East by A. Hume-Griffith
While in Yezd I met and soon became very friendly with a most charming Persian lady.
From Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East by A. Hume-Griffith
A soft kind of felt carpet is also made in Persia, specially in Isphahan and Yezd.
From Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East by A. Hume-Griffith
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