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CHAP. XIV.] THE PASHALIK OF TARABUZUN.
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of mountain slopes, valleys, and plains of limited extent, lying
on the northern side of the triple range which borders the
high table-land of Sivas; it is for the most part singularly
rich and beautiful, owing to its fine timber, and a profusion
of cistus, myrtles, azalia, and other shrubs, interspersed with
orange and lemon trees, hemp, and other productions of the
soil. Eastward from Tarabuzun are the districts of You-
mirah, Surmenah, Of, Riza, and Lazistan ; all of which, with
the exception of that of Of, are known under the general name
of Lazistan, from Lazii, the name of the people.
It contains the small ports of Khotz, Solocler, Riza, Eski, Townof
Tarabuzun, Kopa, Makral, and the mouths of the Makala • amsun '
and Kendris rivers. 1 Some distance westward of the capital
is the Kera-shundereh su, on which was ancient Cerasus; 2
and farther along the coast are the small towns and ports of
Terabolis (Tripoli), Kerasun, the ancient Pharnacia; 3 also
Ordou, Fatsa, Unieh (Oenoe), the estuary of the Yeshil-'Irmak,
which terminates below the town of Char-shambah, amidst
groves of fruit trees; and, finally, the ancient Amisus, now
Samsun, nine miles westward of the river. The latter town
is under a Musellim, and it contains about 450 Mussulman
houses. At the eastern extremity there is a castle, and at the
western are the government buildings, containing the copper,
lead, &c., brought hither for shipment. The anchorage is
open but safe, 4 and a road was in consequence made from hence
to the interior, through Sivas, by the late Reshid Muhammed
Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. in 1835.
Besides U'leh-Sheivan, Gemeri, and other considerable vil- Kara Hisar.
lages, the interior contains the valuable districts of Kara
Hisar and Gumish Khanah. In the former, the mines of
Shebb-Khanah constitute an A'yanlik, which is subject to
the Musellim of Kara Hisar. This town contains 2000
Turkish, and about 600 Greek and Armenian houses, nearly
encircling the higher part of a considerable hill, which
1 From a MS. survey of the coast of the Black Sea.
z Mr. W. J. Hamilton's Journey, Vol. VII., pp. 46-47, of the Royal Geo
graphical Journal. 8 Ibid-
* Mr. Suter : Vol. X. Part III., p. 443, of the Royal Geographical Journal.
2 r 2