Diarbekr
Americannoun
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Under the leadership of Sheik Said, the Kurds attacked Diarbekr in southern Turkish Kurdistan, entered the town, were driven out by the Turks.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the territory of Diarbekr, or Mesopotamia, I was the guest of an old man, who was very rich, and had a handsome son.
From The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 2 by James Ross
The Turkish army in Syria will be rushed to Diarbekr to rally their defeated right wing and endeavor to hold the Armenian Taurus Mountains against the Grand Duke's left wing.
From World's War Events, Vol. II by Francis J. (Francis Joseph) Reynolds
Then we had no further use for the forty Turks, so we turned them loose with enough food to enable them to reach Diarbekr if they were economical.
From Hira Singh : when India came to fight in Flanders by Talbot Mundy
The crew proceed back by road to Diarbekr or some up-river town to bring down another raft.
From A Dweller in Mesopotamia Being the Adventures of an Official Artist in the Garden of Eden by Donald Maxwell
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