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IZBARTA, or SPARTA [anc. Paris]

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 102 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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IZBARTA, or See also:SPARTA [anc. See also:Paris]  , the See also:chief See also:town of the Hamid-abad sanjak of the See also:Konia vilayet, in See also:Asia See also:Minor, well situated on the edge of a fertile See also:plain at the See also:foot of Aghlasun Dagh . It was once the See also:capital of the Emirate of Hamid . Itsuffered severely from the See also:earthquake of the 16th-17th of See also:January 188g . It is a prosperous See also:place with an enlightened See also:Greek See also:element in its See also:population (hence the numerous families called " Spartali " in Levantine towns); and it is, in fact, the chief inland See also:colony of See also:Hellenism in See also:Anatolia . Pop . 20,000 (Moslems 13,000, Christians 7000) . The new See also:Aidin railway extends from See also:Dineir to See also:Izbarta via See also:Buldur .

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