Amasya - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Amasya - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Taeschner, Franz

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1060475
Doc. NO	:	ALei872
Main Entry	:	Kreiser, Klaus
	:	Taeschner, Franz
Title & Author	:	Amasya - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Taeschner, Franz
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(1,139 words)
Abstract	:	Illustration 1. Amasya c. 1915, probably before the great fire. Photograph courtesy of the Library of Congress. Amasya is a town in the Pontic mountains of present-day northern Turkey, roughly 80 km southwest of the Black Sea port of Samsun, and the capital of a vilayet/ilçe of the same name (Illustration 1). It preserves the name of Amaseia, under which it was known in antiquity. Amasya is situated on the main branch of the Yeşil Irmak (ancient Iris River) above the confluence of the Tersakan Çay, c. 400
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei872.pdf