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GERRHA (Arab. al-Jar'a)

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Originally appearing in Volume V11, Page 903 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GERRHA (Arab. al-See also:Jar'a) , an See also:ancient See also:city of See also:Arabia, on the See also:west See also:side of the See also:Persian Gulf, described by See also:Strabo (Bk. xvi.) as inhabited by Chaldean exiles from See also:Babylon, who built their houses of See also:salt and repaired them by the application of salt See also:water. See also: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 choosing El Katif, C. See also:Niebuhr preferring See also:Kuwet and C. See also:Forster suggesting the ruins at the See also:head of the See also:bay behind the islands of Bahrein. See A. See also:Sprenger, See also:Die alte Geographie Arabiens (See also:Bern, 1875), pp.

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

province of See also:Persia, situated between See also:Khamseh and See also:Azerbaijan in the N., See also:Kurdistan in the W. and See also:Hamadan in 'the S. Its See also:population is estimated at 80,000, and its See also:capital, Bijar, 18o m. from Hamadan, has a population ofabout 4000 and See also:post and See also:telegraph offices. The province is See also:fief of the See also:chief of the Gerrfls Kurds, pays a yearly See also:revenue of about £3000, and supplies a See also:battalion of See also:infantry (the 34th) to the See also:army.

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