[545] Syria.
[546] Jemeleyn.
[547] Kara Amid, or Amid-Diarbekr. See [Zeno].
[548] An error. The Emperor Constantine repaired the old Roman walls only.
[549] These towers were built at various periods by the chiefs of the different dynasties that reigned there. There are inscriptions from Valens down to Sultan Selim, that each successive possessor placed on the walls.
[550] This was the emblem of the Ortokide and Eioobite rulers, and not the Imperial arms.
[551] Despina Khatoon, the latter word meaning “lady” or “madam”, and so “queen”.
[552] Calo Johannes, or Black John. See [p. 42], Zeno.
[553] Now the Ooloo Jami.
[554] A stone seat fastened to a wall.