"الجغرافيا الشرقية لابن حوقل، رحّالة عربي من القرن العاشر" [‎٥‎٢] (٣٨٨/١٠٥)

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Kelimah, or Kelmiah, is a town which belonged
to the Roumians; and there is a gate at
Tarsous, which they call uj I j Bah Kelimah, or the Gate
of Kelimah. Kelimah is at a distance from the sea. About a
merhileh's distance from that, there is a village on the sea-shore,
called Lames ; from that village the country is Roum.
Ikjl Antakiah is a very strong fortress, belonging to the
Roumians, situated on the sea-shore. It is well-inhabited, and
has many villages depending on it. The bay on which it is situated
is of bitter or salt water; and they call it the Bay or Gulph of
Costaatinah ^ c h a i n is ( or may be) drawn
across this gulph, to hinder any one from passing there from the
sea or elsewhere;" * and this gulph falls into the Sea of Roum.
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On the side of Roum there are shores which they call the coasts
of Asas and Roumiah These are two
well-inhabited and considerable towns, with villages and tilled
lands: they belong to the Christians, and are situated near the
sea. Asas is the place from which came the ^I j ^ j
Grecian Philosophers. Roumiah is one of the props of the king
dom of the Christians; they have one throne at Anta
kiah, one at Eskanderouiah, and one at Roumiah;
and the throne which they have at cxaj Beit al Mokeds