DIARBEKR

or DIARBEKIR. (1) Vilayet, Kurdistan, traversed by Upper inhabitants mainly nomads; copper (Organi mine) is worked, also galena. (2) Cap. of above vilayet, on Tigris (37° 55’ N., 40° 21’ E.), formerly prosperous, with strong walls and citadel on rock 1,950 ft. high; now decayed; morocco leather, filigree work, cotton, silk, mohair, copper ore, sheep and goat skins. During the World War the town was an important base for the Turk. forces in Anatolia. Pop. 38,000 (Turks, DIARRHG§A, condition in which the contents of the bowel are being almost continuously ejected, due to some fntestinal irritation, or sometimes to Faroe disease, (¢.g.) cholera, typhoid ever.