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Originally appearing in Volume V11, Page 916 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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GHAT, or RHAT

GHAT, or RHAT , an See also:

OASIS (Gr. &toss, the name given by Herodotus to the fertile spots in the Libyan desert: it probably represents an Egyptian word, cf. Coptic ouahe, ouih, to dwell, from which the Egyptian Arabic sod is derived)

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town; forming See also:

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TURKISH

Turkish vilayet of See also:

Tripoli . See also:

GHAT, or RHAT

Ghat is an important centre of the See also:

CARAVAN (more correctly Karwan)

caravan See also:

trade between the Nigerian states and the seaports of the Mediterranean (see TRIPOLI) .

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