ARABGIR, a town of Asia
Minor, in the pashalik of Sivas, is situated
on an elevated plateau between the Go'l- Dagh and
Sari-Chi-Chak branches of the Anti-Taurus [Anatolia]
; at a distance of 16 miles N.W. from the
junction of the Kara-Su and Murad-Su, on the
caravan route from Aleppo to Trebizond, from
which places respectively it is distant 270 and
198 miles. It is built amidst a forest of fruit-
trees, among which the White Mulberry is most
common. The fruit of the mulberry is eaten fresh,
or used for making brandy, or it is made into a
sweetmeat called Petmez, which is common all
through Armenia. The soil in the neighborhood
where it is free from rocks yields fine crops of
wheat The climate is cold in winter, and much
snow falls. The town contains 4800 Turkish and 1200
Armenian families. A few years ago the Armenian population
had 1000 hand-looms at work, weaving cotton goods
from British yarn. This industry and the
caravan trade rendered Arabgir a thriving place.
In the surrounding highlands, which are bare and
barren, iron-ore is abundant ; and near the spot
where the above-named two rivers meet and form
the Euphrates, are the lead and copper-mines of
Kaben-Maden. (Royal Geographical Journal.)
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