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ADANA . (1) A vilayet in the S.E. of See also:

Asia See also:Minor, which includes the See also:ancient See also:Cilicia. The See also:mountain districts are See also:rich in unexploited See also:mineral See also:wealth, and the fertile See also:coast-See also:plain, which produces See also:cotton, See also:rice, cereals, See also:sugar and much See also:fruit, and affords abundant pasturage, is well watered by the See also:rivers that descend from the See also:Taurus range. Imports and exports pass through See also:Mersina (q.v.). (2) The See also:chief See also:town of the vilayet, situated in the alluvial plain about 3o xn. from the See also:sea in N. See also:lat. 370 1', E. See also:long. 35° 18', on the right See also:bank of the Seihan (Sihun, anc. Sarus), which is navigable by small See also:craft as far as the town. Adana is connected with Tersus and Mersina by a railway built in 1887, and has a magnificent See also:stone See also:bridge, which carries the road to Missis and the See also:east, and See also:dates in parts from the See also:time of Justinian,, but was restored first in 743 A.D. and called Jisr al-Walid after the Omayyad See also:caliph of that name, and again in 84o by the Caliph Mutasim. There are, also, a ruined See also:castle founded by See also:Harun al-Rashid in 782, See also:fine fountains, See also:good buildings, See also:river-See also:side quays, cotton See also:mills and an See also:American See also:mission with See also:church and See also:schools. Adana, which retains its ancient name, See also:rose to importance as a station on the See also:Roman military road to the East, and was at one time a See also:rival of See also:Tarsus. The town was largely rebuilt by Mansur in 758, and during subsequent centuries it often changed hands and suffered many vicissitudes.

Its position, commanding the passage of the mountains to the See also:

north of See also:Syria, rendered it important as a military station in the contest between the Egyptians and the See also:Turks in 1832. After the defeat of the See also:Turkish See also:army at See also:Konia it was granted to See also:Ibrahim See also:Pasha, and though the See also:firman announcing his See also:appointment named him only muhassil, or See also:collector of the See also:crown See also:revenue, it continued to be held by the Egyptians till the treaty of See also:July 184o restored it to the See also:Porte. The chief productions of the See also:province are cotton, See also:corn, See also:sesame and See also:wool, which are largely exported. The See also:population of the town is greatly mixed, and, having a large See also:element of nomads in it, varies much from time to time. At its maximum it reaches nearlY.5o,000. (D. G.

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