HARAN, CHARRAN, or CHARRÉ, or Mesopotamia, a city celebrated for having been the place where Abra-
ham first retreated after he left Ur, and where Terah, Abraham's father, died and was buried. Thither likewise Jacob retired to Laban, when he fled from the indignation of his brother Esau. Lastly, at Haran or Charræ, in Mesopotamia, Crassus, the Roman general, was defeated and killed by the Parthians. Haran was situated between the Euphrates and the river Chebar, at a considerable distance from the place where these two rivers unite.