Place descriptions - BESNİ
Maunsell, F.R.
Military report on Eastern Turkey in Asia. vol.IV Middle Euphrates Valley. Country from the Gulf of Alexandretta towards Erzurum and Bitlis. Compiled for the Intelligence Department. War Office, 1904
"kaimakam under Kharput": Harput (close to present day Elazığ) was the capital of the province of Mamuretülaziz
Other place descriptions in Maunsell 1904
Adana • Adıyaman (Hisnimansur) • Antakya • Antep (Gaziantep) • Arapkir • Çemişgezek • Diyarbakır • Elbistan • Ergani • Hacin (Saimbeyli) • Haleb (Aleppo) • Harput & Elazığ (Mezre) • Hozat • İskenderun (Alexandretta) • Karataş • Kemah • Kemaliye • Kiğı • Kilis • Kozan (Sis) • Malatya • Maraş (Kahramanmaraş) • Mardin • Mazgirt • Mersin • Midyat • Nusaybin • Palu • Payas • Polat • Pülümür • Ras-el-Ain (Ceylanpınar) • Şamşat • Silvan • Tarsus • Urfa (Şanlıurfa) • Viranşehir • Zeytun (Süleymanlı)
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