[204] Kharput, in the Valley of Sophene, as it was called by the ancients. See [Travels of a Merchant].

[205] Erzingan. See [p. 7].

[206] Konieh (Iconium). Konieh, a city of Asia Minor, with a population of thirty thousand, employed mostly in the manufacture of carpets; it was a capital of the Seljook Sultans.

[207] Ofium Kara Hissar, a town of fifty thousand inhabitants, two hundred miles from Smyrna, where opium is raised in great quantities.

[208] Kutaieh.

[209] Daood.

[210] Boorsa.

[211] Amurath.

[212] This, according to Knolles, was a Persian victory, Mustafa being forced to fly.—History of the Turks, p. 410. See below, [p. 25].

[213] Yusuf Khan.