Note 288 — A NARRATIVE OF ITALIAN TRAVELS IN PERSIA. (continued 2)
Eugene Armand Roy translation
Ghilan, a province along the south-west shore of the Caspian, is rich and populous, the soil exceedingly fertile, fruits, rice, and grain being cultivated with great success; but the cultivation of silk constitutes the principal trade, and quantities are exported annually to Astrakhan from Resht and Lankeroon, the two principal towns in the province. Its population amounts to about six hundred thousand.