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‖ zindan|zɪnˈdɑːn|
[Pers. zindān, Turk. zindan.]
A prison in Persia or neighbouring parts.
1889G. N. Curzon Russia in Central Asia vii. 217 In another part of the citadel was the Zindan, or prison. 1924Glasgow Herald 29 May 9/7 In Persia..I saw for the first time a Central Asian underground prison called Zindan... Prisoners..cannot possibly escape out of a deep pit with only a circular opening at the top. 1959Listener 21 May 883/1 The Zindan or prison where Stoddart and Conolly spent so many miserable months [in Bokhara]. |