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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 809 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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USHAK , a See also:

town of See also:Asia See also:Minor, See also:altitude 316o ft. in the See also:Kutaiah sanjak of the See also:Brusa vilayet, situated in a fertile See also:district, on a tributary of the Menderes, and connected with See also:Smyrna and See also:Konia by See also:rail. Pop. 9000 Moslems and 2000 Christians. It is noted for its heavy See also:pile carpets, khali, known as " See also:Turkey carpets." The See also:Oriental See also:character of the carpets has been almost destroyed by the See also:adoption of See also:aniline dyes and the introduction of Western patterns. The town has a See also:trade in valonia, cereals and See also:opium.

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