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'The Expedition for the survey of the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, carried on by order of the British government, in the years 1835, 1836, and 1837; preceded by geographical and historical notices of the regions situated between the rivers Nile and Indus. In four volumes. With fourteen maps and charts, and embellished with ninety-seven plates, besides numerous wood-cuts. Volume the first.' [‎302] (369/905)

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CHAPTER XIV.
the eastern and north-western pashiliks
of asia minor.
Asia Minor divided by the Halys.—PdsMliks of Mal&iyah, Sivds, and Tard-
buzun. Vizirate of Anaddli.—Sdni-khdn.—The river Hermus.—Lydia, its
ancient Sites.—Smyrna.—Kari-sl.-MaMtiyah.-Blghah.-Tray and its
Riveis.—HeDarcJanelles.-Khoddvendl-kSr.—Bdll—Bithynia.—Nicara.
/-» "D 1 a . .
Ang
Nicomedia.—The Bosphorus.—Angora District.—Kastamiini.—City of
isrora. J
T he Halys divides the peninsula of Asia Minor into two
nearly equal portions, which lie on its eastern and western
sides; the former portion, extending to the Euphrates, is
conterminous with I'ran, which constitutes the subject of
the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh Chapters, and therefore
it is that with which it will be most convenient to take up
the geographical description of the country
It contains the pashaliks of Malatiyah. Tarabuzfin, and
hivas. The first of these districts is small, and it extends
westward from the banks of the Euphrates to Derendeh, and
northward from the slopes of the Taurus to the borders of
flT rr. ii 18 n ! ter f Cte(I from west t0 east b y tlle fertile valley
of the Tokhmah-su; and besides the town of Arka, the ancient
Areas, the thermal springs of Mor Hamman, and many
Turkoman villages it contains the small Sanjaks of Hasan
Patrick, Hakim Khan, and Hasan Chelebi. Malatiyah, the
andrt 0 , 6 d,strIct . with the summer habitations of Aspuzi,
and the ferry oyer the great river on the high road to Bagh-
aad, have already been mentioned.
haJtbTm t eXte " Si : e district of Sh ' is . or Suas, which
north ^ a /^ I ,&h41ik of Tarabuzun on the
, ' and those of Kaisanyeh and Malatiyah on the south •
phicauotr*' 8 JOUrney ' Vo1 - X - Part ,I1 ' P- 320 » f '"e Royal Geog^.

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The Expedition for the survey of the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, carried on by order of the British government, in the years 1835, 1836, and 1837; preceded by geographical and historical notices of the regions situated between the rivers Nile and Indus. In four volumes. With fourteen maps and charts, and embellished with ninety-seven plates, besides numerous wood-cuts. Volume the first.

Publication Details: London : Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1850 Printed by W. Clowes and sons, Stamford Street.

Notes: Printer's name from colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. . Only two volumes of text and an atlas containing the maps were published.

Bibliography note: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Physical Description: xxvii, [3], 799, [1] p., [29] leaves of plates (1 folded), (the plates are numbered: 1, 3-9, 11-26, 28, 33, 37, 39, 42-43). Vol. 1, p. 705-706 and p. 707-708 are fold-out leaves.

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'The Expedition for the survey of the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, carried on by order of the British government, in the years 1835, 1836, and 1837; preceded by geographical and historical notices of the regions situated between the rivers Nile and Indus. In four volumes. With fourteen maps and charts, and embellished with ninety-seven plates, besides numerous wood-cuts. Volume the first.' [‎302] (369/905), British Library: Printed Collections, IOL.1947.c.142, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023939722.0x0000aa> [accessed 23 June 2026]

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