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346 LAKES OF BEG-SHEHR, SoGHLAH, ETC. [CHAP. XV.
extensive lake of Beg-shehr, 1 containing several islands, and
having at the north-western, or smaller extremity, the modern
town of Kerali: 2 from the opposite extremity a large stream
flows into lake Soghlah, which is also called Seidi-shehr, from
a town of that name, situated a little way westward of its
shores, and containing from 400 to 500 houses. 10 or 12
miles from the eastern side is the town of Hajilar, the mines
of Tiris Ma'den, and some extensive ruins, occupying a com
manding view; these, from an inscription on a triumphal
arch, have been ascertained to be those of the capital of the
Isaurians, 3 whose district embraced the country northward,
and also that which extends westward of Laranda.
Ik^hehr. lake, Ak-shehr, occupies the north-western
extremity of the triangle, and is probably upwards of 30 miles
m length. Its water is fresh, and it contains abundance of
fish. The plain spreads round, on the eastern side, to Emir
Tagh, and on the western to Sultan Tagh. At the foot of
the latter are the villages of Isakli and Essenek Keui, with
several others; and at about six miles south of the extremity
of the lake is Ak-shehr (once Philomelium), the residence of
the Musellim of the district. The town contains two fine
mosques and about 600 houses, rising above each other on the
slope of Sultan Tagh, amidst luxuriant fruit-gardens; and
northward of these is a castle, with the remains of other
buildings. The district appears to represent Phrygia Paro-
reius, and the ruins alluded to may be those of Philomelium
which were to the north at the commencement of a plain. 4
The remaining lake, forming the apex of the triangle, is called
Tu z Goh or Tuz Choli (salt desert), and by the Turkomans
1 uzlah (Saltern or Salt-work). 5 Its extent may be estimated
at 45 miles from south to north, with a width varying between
Caralitis of Strabo.-—Mr. W. J. Hamilton's Journey, Vol. VIII. Part II.
p. 156, of the Royal Geographical Journal.
8 Carallia of Strabo.—Ibid.
J Mr. W. J. Hamilton, Vol. VIII. Part II.. p. 156, of the Roval Geographi-
oaUomrnal. . Strabo! lib xn _ pp
„ 2Q8 r „fr W R , S r 0Umey J r T Ang0ra 10 Vol. X. Part III.,
p. ^98, of the Royal Geographical Journal.