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for subsisting' an army or for being made the basis of a plan of military
operations to the east. [Holmes—Shiel—JEastwick.)
ASKERAN—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Russian province of Karabagh, Trans-Caucasia, 15 milrs north
of Shusha. It was the scene of a siege of a Russian garrison by Abbass Mirza
in 1828. [Monteith.)
ASNOWAR—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Province of Musal, Asiatic Turkey, 15 miles east by north
of Nisibin, near the source of the Hasanawi River. {Chesney.)
AS SERAJ.
A tribe of Arabs who wander over Mesopotamia, in the Province of Baghdad,
Asiatic Turkey, south-east of the Hye and as far as the Hud River.
Their divisions are as follows :—
Addelfiyeh,
250 tents reside at Ai Jilibiieh.
Habjiyeh,
70 „
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Rejajeh.
Adryaa,
50 „
yy
yy
Sidal Nisrijeh.
A1 Gharib,
50 „
yy
yy
Al Beijaigeh.
A1 Abid,
50 „
yy
yy
Al Muwakef.
Feratesheh,
200 „
yy
yy
Asheb Abu Berjazigin.
Aakgie
200 „
yy
yy
Al Hemireh.
A1 Mekasis
100 „
yy
yy
Bedat Ajie.
Albu Debkhi
100 „
yy
yy
Al Kherij.
Albn Reshadeh,
120 „
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Nuhr Tamer.
Albu Habeeb,
70 „
yy
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Al Kubbeh Ali.
Albu Kashi,
70 „
yy
yy
Nuhr Iben Jesam.
Beni Akbeh,
150 „
yy
yy
Al Hammidijieh.
Total
1,480
They own allegiance to the Montafik tribe, so far as being protected by
the Shekhs of that tribe, but are really almost independent. The tribute
levied on them is usually 12,000 Shamies annually, but unless threatened it
is only partially paid. Of fire-arms they can muster about 400 and
can perhaps bring double the number of mounted spearmen into the field.
Their war-cry is " Akhuyet Hamdeh." They are rich in Arab estimation,
and possess large flocks and herds of cattle besides camels. They give
protection too to a few buffalo proprietors and are much feared by native
trading vessels. [Jones.)
ASTRAK AN—Lat. 44° 40' to 49° 45' Long. 43° 5' to 51° o
A Government of Russia in Europe, on the north-west coast of the Caspian
Sea, having the Maloi Uzen for its north-east boundary and the Manitch for
its south-west. It is divided into two nearly equal parts by the Volga, which
traverses it from north-west to south-east. Its coast line, excluding minute
sinuosities, is about 520 miles in length, and is crowded throughout its
whole extent by small islands, rocks, and shifting sand-banks. The entire
length of the province is 370 miles, its greatest breadth 250 ; area 83,000,
square miles, or 51,480,000 English acres. It consists almost wholly of