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TARTARY

Volume 3 · 77 words · 1771 Edition

a vast country in the northern parts of Asia, bounded by Siberia on the north and west: this is called Great Tartary. The Tartars who lie south of Moscovy and Siberia, are those of Astracan, Circassia, and Dagistan, situated north-west of the Caspian sea; the Calmuc Tartars, who lie between Siberia and the Caspian sea; the Ufsec Tartars and Moguls who lie north of Persia and India; and, lastly, those of Tibet, who lie north-west of China.