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PASHALIK OF MOUT t
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formerly part of the territory of Karaman O ghli, and owing Ancient sites,
to its distance and retired situation it maintained a nominal
independence till recently, when it was placed under the Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
of Mout: the valley of this name, the Calycadnus, or district
of Citis or Cotis, 1 is the most fertile, and the only level land in
Tracheiotis; yet the principal place, Mout, consists of mere
sheds, or residences in caverns: the town is probably situated
near the extensive remains of the ancient city of Claudiopolis. 2
The rest of the country is mountainous, wild, and highly pictur
esque, but thinly inhabited ; and with respect to comforts, the
people are in a half-savage state. 3 On the coast there have
been discovered 4 the ancient sites of Selinus Trajanopolis (Se-
linty), Charadrus (Kharadran), Celenderis (Chelendreh), and
beleucia (Selefkeh), the latter being a small town on the
Ghiuk-su or Calycadnus, in which are several remains of anti
quity. In the interior, at some distance westward of Mout, 5
is Ermen^k, the ancient Philadelphia; and S.S.E. the ruins
of Diocaesarea.
The province of I'ch-ili comprehends the Pashaliks of Mout Si's, and Ain-
and Adanah, the town of Adanah being the seat of govern- zarbah '
ment. The former territory, which constitutes the western
part of the province, is very mountainous; and in this respect
it contrasts strongly with the eastern portion, which is charac
terized by extensive plains. Towards the north-east of the
province is the castellated town of Sis, containing 1000
houses, which are built round a remarkable rock rising
abruptly from the plain. A few miles south-eastward is the
still more remarkable city of A'in-zarbah, the ruins of which
are very distinct, and occupy the slope and crest of an isolated,
lofty, and almost inaccessible rock near the banks of the
Pyramus: and lower down on this river is Misis, the ancient
Mopsuesta. Sixteen miles west by north of the latter is the
capital of the district, a flourishing but ill-built town, contain
ing 8000 houses and several good mosques. It is washed by the
1 Leake's Asia Minor, p. 116, from the Life of Basil of Seleucia.
2 Ibid., p. 117. 8 l bid -» P- iOQ-
4 By Captain Beaufort, R.N.
5 Leake's Asia Minor, p. 117.
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