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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 See also:town of See also:Asia See also:Minor, situated in the valley of the Kiichuk Menderes (Caystrus) at the See also:foot of Mt Messogis. It was the See also:capital of the amirate of See also:Aidin in the 14th See also:century, and is described by See also:Ibn Batuta as a See also:fine See also:city with streams and gardens. Pop. over 14,000, the larger See also:half Moslems. It is connected with See also:Smyrna by a See also:branch of the Aidin railway, and has a See also:trade in raisins, See also:wheat, See also:rice, See also:tobacco and See also:cotton.

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