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owing to the elevation of the mountains behind, the winds
0 not blow home, and the anchorage has, in consequence,
hitherto proved safe. The city is believed to have been
founded about 2000 years b.c. 1
The 16 Sanjakliks composing the Vezirate of Anadoli Ancient pro-
proper, include the whole tract northward of the district ofZZu.
IConiyeh, and westward, from the limits of the preceding
districts on the banks of the Halys, to the shores of the Black
and Mediterranean Seas ; so that they nearly represent the
Asiatic proconsulate of the Romans, viz. Lydia, Ionia, Caria,
Mysia, Phrygia, and the district of the Hellespont; 2 they also
constitute the Asia proper of Ptolemy 3 and Strabo; that is,
the whole of the territory within the Halys, with the excep
tions of Pisidia, Pamphylia, and a part of Phrygia.
In describing the former portion, it will be proper to A'yiiniik of
commence with the A'yanlik of Aidin, which occupies the Aldm '
interior, stretching from the lower part of the Mendereh
northward by Tireh to the river Kodus or Geduz, and east
ward along the former river, till it includes Aidin, Sart,
Guzel-hisar, Allah-shehr, and the principal town, Tireh.
This fine tract, which is mentioned by Homer, 4 contains Soghiah.
the governments of Soghiah and Saru-Khan, of which the
former has the district of Ai'din to the east: it extends along
the shores of Ionia, from the banks of the Buyuk Mendereh
to those of the Kodus, and is remarkable for the bold and
striking scenery formed by its numerous headlands, bays,
and inlets, especially that of the chief town, Izmir,
Saru-Khan touches the northern extremity of Soghiah Sam-Khan,
and Ai'din, and consists of a narrow strip, which extends
eastward from the Gulf of Sandarli to the plains beyond
Ak-hisar, With the exception of the Kiziljah, Musa Tagh
(Mount Tmolus), and the range of Boz Tagh (Mount
Sipylus) to the north, it is almost entirely a rich plain, which
is abundantly watered by the Kodus and Mendereh, with
their tributaries : near the rivers are seen the fig, vine, olive,
plane, pine, wild pear, and oleander; but the country is thinly
1 Falmayer's Geschichle des Byzantinisclien Kaiserthums, p. 4.
2 Notit. Imperii. 3 Lib. V., c. ii. 4 Iliad, lib. II., v. 461.