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Adana → Adana (capital of Adana province)
Messis → Yakapınar (place in Yüreğir district, Adana province)
Yilan Kalé → Yılankale (village in Ceyhan district, Adana province)
Toprak Kalé → Toprakkale (centre of Toprakkale district, Adana province)
Osmanié → Osmaniye (capital of Osmaniye province)
Baghtche → Bahçe (centre of Bahçe district, Osmaniye province)
Jerrid → not identified
212-218
Aintab → Gaziantep (capital of Gaziantep province)
Derzim → Tunceli (province) [not visited by author]
Muzerrin → not identified
Yerablus → Jarabulus (in Syria)
ancient city of Cur-Chemish → site of Karkamış/ Karkemish, near district centre of Karkamış, Gaziantep province
Beridjik → Birecik (centre of Birecik district, Şanlıurfa province)
Oorfa → Urfa → Şanlıurfa (capital of Şanlıurfa province)
Severek → Siverek (centre of Siverek district, Şanlıurfa province)
Diarbekir → Diyarbakır (capital of Diyarbakır province)
Derzim → Tunceli (province) [not visited by author]
Djeziré → Cizre (centre of Cizre district, Şirnak province) [not visited by author]
Arghana → Ergani (centre of Ergani district, Diyarbakır province)
Arghana Madan → Maden (centre of Maden district, Elazığ province)
Lake Gulchuck → Gölcük (Lake in Elazığ province)
Kharpout → Harput (neighbourhood of Elazığ)
Mezireh → Elazığ (capital of Elazığ province)
306-308
Derzim Daghlar → Tunceli (province) [not visited bu author]
Keban Madan → Keban (centre of Keban district, Elazığ province)
Enchicle → Aşutka → Dutluca (village in Kemaliye district, Erzincan province)
Egin → Kemaliye (centre of Kemaliye district, Erzincan province)
Komer → = Kemah ? (centre of Kemah district, Erzincan province)
Evidently, for some reason the author confused Kömür/Kömürköy (a village in Kemah district), with the centre of the district. That he really visited Kemah can be derived from his description of the location of the place (along the river, Euphrates) and the fact that it was the seat of a kaymakam, or district governor.
329-334
Erzingan → Erzincan (capital of Erzincan province)
Derzim Daghlar → Tunceli (province) [not visited bu author]
Gumish-Khanné → Gümüşhane (capital of Gümüşhane province)
Soghan → not identified
Trebizond → Trabzon (capital of Trabzon province)
Barkley, Henry
Geographical Annotations
Places mentioned in the text, with new Turkish names and present administrative status and links to the internet edition on archive.org.