See also:

• GERRHA (Arab. al-Jar'a)

GERRHA (Arab. al-See also:

• JAR

Jar'a)  , an See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

• ARABIA

Arabia, on the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of the See also:

• PERSIAN
• PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH

Persian Gulf, described by See also:

• STRABO (born c. 63 n.c.)

Strabo (Bk. xvi.) as inhabited by Chaldean exiles from See also:

• BABYLON (mod. Hillah)

Babylon, who built their houses of See also:

• SALT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch zout, Ger. Salz, Scand. salt; cognate with Gr. &Xs, Lat. sal)
• SALT, SIR TITUS, BART

salt and repaired them by the application of salt See also:

• WATER

water . See also:

• PLINY, THE ELDER
• PLINY, THE YOUNGER

Pliny (His' . Nat. vi . 32) says it was 5 M. in circumference with towers built of square blocks of salt . Various identifications of the site have been attempted, J . P . B . D'See also:

• ANVILLE, JEAN

Anville choosing El Katif, C . See also:

• NIEBUHR, BARTHOLD GEORG (1776–1831)
• NIEBUHR, KARSTEN (1733-1815)

Niebuhr preferring See also:

• KUWET (KuwEIT, KOWEIT)

Kuwet and C . See also:

• FORSTER, FRANCOIS (179o-,872)
• FORSTER, FRIEDRICH CHRISTOPH (1791-1868)
• FORSTER, JOHANN GEORG ADAM (1754-1794)
• FORSTER, JOHN (1812-1876)
• FORSTER, JOHN COOPER (1823-1886)
• FORSTER, WILLIAM EDWARD (1818-1886)

Forster suggesting the ruins at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the See also:

• BAY

bay behind the islands of Bahrein . See A . See also:

• SPRENGER, JAKOB (fl. 1500)

Sprenger, See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

Die alte Geographie Arabiens (See also:

• BERN (Fr. Berne)

Bern, 1875), pp .

135-137 . GERR$S, a small See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• PERSIA

Persia, situated between See also:

• KHAMSEH

Khamseh and See also:

• AZERBAIJAN (also spelt ADERBIJAN; the Azerbadegan of medieval writers, the Athro patakan and Atropatene of the ancients)

Azerbaijan in the N., See also:

• KURDISTAN

Kurdistan in the W. and See also:

• HAMADAN

Hamadan in 'the S . Its See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population is estimated at 80,000, and its See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital, Bijar, 18o m. from Hamadan, has a population ofabout 4000 and See also:

• POST

post and See also:

• TELEGRAPH (Gr. Tike, far, and rypaq5eiv, to write)

telegraph offices . The province is See also:

• FIEF

fief of the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of the Gerrfls Kurds, pays a yearly See also:

• REVENUE
• REVENUE (0. Fr. revenu, from revenir, to return)

revenue of about £3000, and supplies a See also:

• BATTALION

battalion of See also:

• INFANTRY

infantry (the 34th) to the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army .