DIARBEKIR

[s. 230] : A city and capital of a province of the same name in North Me so pot am i a, Turkey. It is the ancient Amida, called by the Turks Kara (Black) Amida, on account of the walls, which being built of black basalt, have a peculiarly forbidding aspect. It is situated on the Tigris River. Being a center for trade, it has always been an important place. Population about 34,000, of whom about 20,100 are Mohammedans (Arabs, Turks, Kurds, etc.) and the remainder Chris It was for many years a tians of various sects. station of the ABCFM and was given up because of insalubrity as soon as the evangelical church was able to stand alone. 230