GULPAIGAN, one of the smaller provinces of Persia, lying north-west of Isfahan province. It is mainly agricultural and a good deal of opium and wool are produced. The revenue in 1926– 2 7 amounted to 702,576 krans (£ = 45 krans) . The administrative centre is Gulpaigan, a straggling town with a population according to Lorini of 9,000, on the road from Isfahan to Hamadan, where good wood-carving is carried on and coarse woollen yarns made. It is surrounded with orchards, and there is a large export of carved wooden spoons to all parts of Persia.