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Arakan

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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A strip of land in British Burmah, on the E. of the Bay of Bengal, 400 m. long and from 90 to 15 m. broad, a low, marshy country; produces and exports large quantities of rice, as well as sugar and hemp. The natives belong to the Burman stock, and are of the Buddhist faith, though there is a sprinkling of Mohammedans among them.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Arakan'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​a/arakan.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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