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TIREH (anc. Teira)

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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 1009 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TIREH (anc. Teira)  , a
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town of
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Asia Minor, situated in the valley of the Kiichuk Menderes (Caystrus) at the
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foot of Mt Messogis . It was the capital of the amirate of
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Aidin in the 14th century, and is described by
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Ibn Batuta as a
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fine city with streams and gardens . Pop. over 14,000, the larger
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half Moslems . It is connected with Smyrna by a branch of the Aidin railway, and has a trade in raisins, wheat, rice,
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tobacco and cotton .

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