"الجغرافيا الشرقية لابن حوقل، رحّالة عربي من القرن العاشر" [‎٥‎٧] (٣٨٨/١١٠)

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this spot: the water is so clear, that one may see whatever is at
the bottom. Those streams are collected together, and are the
source of the river ^\jjj\<*Khal)Ouran, on which, as far as
Karkesia, there are about twenty hamlets and villages. Ras-al-
aien is larger than Kufertouma, and has many trees, and much
cultivated land,
.<_X*«T Amid is situated on the eastern side of the Dejleh (Tigris),
and has strong walls, trees, and cultivated lands. ^ ^ j !
Jezireh Ebn Omar is a small town, with some trees, on the
western side of the river Dejleh. Samisat is the last
town of Jezireh, situated on the east of the Dejleh and Forat.
subLtMelitiah, and the ^ jj*J Seghour Sham, or frontiers of
Syria, as we before mentioned, are reckoned as belonging to
Jezireh, because the people of that province occasionally reside in
those places. a X jc W Haditha is situated on the banks of the
Dejleh, to the east; it has many corn-fields, trees, and gardens.
The river Dejleh runs by the skirts of the Ujb ojJ Mount
Barma ; and " on these hills there are springs or fountains that
yield gold dust and bitumen*;" and these mountains extend
through Jezireh towards the westf, till they come to the borders
t t-yU (Sy* It certainly should be JsjX* tSy* towards the east.