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CHAP. XV.] CITY OF KONIYEH. 349
tions, built into the walls, denote that the latter were chiefly Anti< i u . ities
constructed from the ancient and celebrated city of Iconium, 10f ?0myeh '
whilst some of the remains in the interior connect it with the
later and no less remarkable period of the Seljukian conquerors.
The Selatyns, or royal mosques of Sherif Altun, Sultan Alau-
d-din, and that of Sultan Selim, are fine specimens of the
delicate tracery and laboured fret-work belonging to the later
architecture of I'ran, as are some of the Jami's, and a few of
the numerous Medresehs or colleges of this city; and the
sepulchral chapel of the Persian poet, Mevlani Jelalu-d-din
(Aladdin). The site of the ancient palace of the warrior
Sultan Selim is now occupied by the Konak of the P^sha, in
which are some Arabesque remains; but the building is an
ordinary Turkish house of wood and clay, with a dirty out
side staircase leading from a spacious court to the reception
rooms.
Walls about 30 feet high, flanked at intervals by square its population,
towers, and, like those of the ancients, perfectly vertical, sur
round the city, which has a circumference of nearly 3 miles,
independently of extensive suburbs on the eastern and south
eastern sides, besides Zilleh, an independent Greek town of 800
houses, situated 4 miles N.N.E. from it. The population rather
exceeds 40,000 souls, 2 a part of whom are employed in the manu
facture of carpets and in the preparation of leather, cotton,
wool, and hides. The gardens of Koniyeh produce a variety
of fruits ; and the plain supplies grain, flax, &c., in addition to
an abundance of pasture. At one period of the year a consi
derable part of the plain is inundated; but the inhabitants do
not appear to suffer from malaria to the extent which might
be expected.
The inhabitants of the Pashalik consist of Turks, who and mhabi-
dwell in the towns; Kurds and Turkomans, living alternately
in the plains and mountains; and Troglodyte Christians, of
whose origin as a people there does not seem to be any his
torical or traditional trace. 3 We know, however, that the
1 Plin., lib. V., c. xxvii. 2 In 1832 -
8 Mr. Ainsworth's Travels, Vol. I., p. 202.