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CHAP. VI.]
HiRAN.
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The ruins of Haran (properly Charan) are about 20 miles Haran.
S.E. by S. from O'rfah, and consist of a bath, a castle, the
remains of a temple or church; and near them is the well of
Rebecca.
The royal river of Strabo, the Basilius, passes through the
ruins of Carrhse ; 1 and its banks in the neighbourhood have
become remarkable, in consequence of the victory gained
over the Romans by the Parthians. 2 The desponding
Crassus, on discovering subsequently that Surena, the Par
thian commander, had deceived him by entering into a treaty,
commenced his retreat towards the Zeugma of Commagene;
in which attempt the general, and about 30,000 Romans, met
that fate, which from henceforth will find a parallel in our
history.
The West Gate of Haran, drawn by Lieut. Eden, R.N.
Haran, the resting-place of the patriarch on his journey
to Palestine, is called a city of the Sabeans, 3 and it had a
sovereign as late as 1199 ; 4 but the scarcely less ancient city
of O'rfah took, and still retains its place.
1 Strabo, lib. XVI., p. 747.
2 Langbome's Plutarcb, Vol. III., pp. 313, 314, &c. London, 1774.
3 Ibn Haukal. MS. Translation of Mr. Rassam.
4 De Guignes, Histoire des Huns, Vol. L, p. 345.
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