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'Central Asia. Part V. A contribution towards the better knowledge of the History, Ethnography, Topography, and resources of part of Asiatic Turkey and Caucasia' [‎23] (38/360)

The record is made up of 1 volume (342 pages). It was created in 1872. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.

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ANA—AMI
district fertile in rice, corn, fruit, wine, and cotton, Anah forms a convenient
resting place for the caravans which traverse the great desert of Meso
potamia. It is, however, exposed to the desert winds, locally termed ' fatal
whirlwind/ which blow with great violence. During the Euphrates expe
dition, in 1836-37, the Ship Tigris was lost in one of these hurricanes.
In 1807, Anah was sacked and burned by the Wahabis. The population,
chiefly a branch of the Ommiades, or Beni-Ommaiyah, is estimated at 3,000
or 4,000. [Chesney—Rich—Imperial Gazetteer?)
ANAKLIA.—Lat. 42 0 2Z' Long. Elev.
A fortified town and port in Mingrelia, Russia, east coast of the Black Sea, on
the left bank of the Engura River, and near its embouchure. It contains a
custom-house and carries on some trade with Turkey. The fort was erected
by the Turks, but is now a Cossack post; near it is a wretched villao-e.
f I on llaxthausen—Imperial Gazetteer.)
ANANUR.—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Georgia, on right bank of the Aragua river and about 40 miles
north of Tiflis. It contains 47 houses with a population of 150 Georgians
and 100 Armenians.
ANAPA.—Lat. 44 0 54' Long. 37 0 5 , Elev.
A seaport and fortified town in Black Sea, Russian Circassia. The port is
tolerably good for small vessels, but the outer road is unsheltered and is
safely accessible only in the fine season. The fort was constructed in 1784
by the Turks when the Russians took possession of the Crimea and the
island of Taman. In 1791 the Russians carried it by storm. It was after
wards restored to the Turks, who strengthened the fortifications. By a sub
sequent treaty the Russians again acquired possession of it. The ex
ports are grain, tallow, hides, and honey and wax. The inhabitants are Cir
cassians, Tartars, Greeks, Turks, Jews, Armenians, and Russians, and the popu
lation, exclusive of the garrison, about 3,000. It is a poor place and wretchedly
built, the only traces of European comfort being the newly-erected houses
of the Russian Civil and Military officers. There used to be some Circassians
in the garrison of this place. Before the acquisition of this place by the*
Russians it used to be one of the chief posts by which the Turks used to
supply the Circassians with arms, ammunition, and stores, to enable them to
carry on the struggle with the former nation. (Imperial Gazetteer^
ANHEL.—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Kurdistan high up in the mountains near the source of a tri
butary of the Tigris, some 40 miles north of Nisibin and 12 miles south of
Mediat. {Taylor.)
ANI.—Lat. Long. Elev.
An ancient city in Turkish Armenia, on the right bank of the Arpa Chai and
26 miles east of Kars. The city is situated on a tongue of land, protected
on the east and south by the enormous and exceedingly steep ravine through
which flows the Arpa Chai, and on the west by another ravine of similar
proportions, which joins the above stream. These ravines may be 40 yards
wide and 20 yards deep. The north is the only side exposed to assault, and
this is defended by a double wall of hewn stone : even the ravines have been
strengthened by a strong parapet, which runs the whole length of the face
towards the Arpa Chai, and the ravine to the west. The space inside the
walls must have been very confined and could not have admitted of a large
population. Each face of the fortress is about 500 yards in length. The

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Central Asia. Part V. A contribution towards the better knowledge of the History, Ethnography, Topography, and resources of part of Asiatic Turkey and Caucasia.

The book is written by Charles Metcalfe MacGregor.

Publication Details: Calcutta: Foreign Department Press. 1872.

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1 volume (342 pages)
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The contents in the volume are arranged in chronological order.

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Dimensions: 250 mm x 155 mm.

Pagination: 1-342.

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