Maragha, a town of western Persia, 55 miles S. of Tabriz and 20 miles E. of Lake Urmia. It is celebrated as the capital of Hulagu Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan, and as the site of the observatory which Hulagu built for the astronomer Nasr ed-Din. Pop. 13,260.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 7: Maltebrun to Pearson, p. 35
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